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Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Rafael — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:17:39 -0000

Merci nightinggale girl. If you all like this video, I would also suggest you watch the video for "Flowers" by Emilie Simon.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

The nightingale girl — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:36:11 -0000

This is a gorgeous story. I've read the original book and have listened to album. 'Tais toi mon coeur' is truthfully one of my most favorite songs.

I'd like to inform all people of curiousity living outside of France that there is an English version of the book in the UK, existing under the title of "the boy with the cuckoo clock heart". An American version is going to come out in March of 2010.

Here is a picture of the beautiful English cover: http://img1.fantasticfictio...

The cover art was by the French artist Benjamin Lacombe, an extremely talented man who lives in Paris.

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Featured. — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:36:09 -0000

Amazing album. It isn't just in French though. There are a few English songs and I do believe one Spanish song on there as well.

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UK Publisher — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:28:33 -0000

La Mecanique du Coeur has been optioned for full-length animation by Luc Besson's production company. The book is currently being translated into English and will be published in the UK and the US as THE BOY WITH THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART in 2009.

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The Good Sir Wi11i4m j4m3s — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:58:09 -0000

doe anyone happen to know what the opening instrument is?

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The Good Sir Wi11i4m j4m3s — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:39:16 -0000

my life story

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Widjet — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:43:50 -0000

does anybody know if it (cd or book) will ever make it to the states? and i've heard talk about a movie (ah to dream)

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Mario — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:04:25 -0000

Every sensible man can identify himself in this video; he just want to stop the voice in his heart because love only lead to deception. I know it's sad. So he try to turn it into stone so he can stop the pain. Here in Quebec, most of the population understand both french and english; it's a unique vision of the world that we're so lucky to have. Real love is almost impossible i think, "they" want us to believe in that concept to sell us stuff like chocolate and flowers, i know that you wish i am wrong but look deeply inside of you like that guy and listnen...thank's for reading me

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Filmed Fairytale — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:23:59 -0000

I think I'm going to have to track down this album and I'd love to read the book but my French is more than little weak...do you think they would ever dare to translate it to English? Not to be a jerk...or anything but It would be Shiny if they would...

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Ginger — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:28:52 -0000

Basically, Tais Toi means 'shut up'.
Hence, he is telling his heart to be quiet. (or shut up)
After he says tais toi mon coeur the female adds in "I do not recognize you". Thats basically the chorus of the song.

Some of the lyrics get lost in translation, but I'll try my best to help!

The first part (lyrics before the chorus) is basically him giving up and teling the "birds of his heart to give flight".

The second part (after the first chorus) is a little harder to translate. He is singing about having a heart of stone to become a bigger boy so that she would be proud. He then goes on to sing:
"But on a fine day like this
You wake up with a stupid idea
Digging up dreams and memories
In the trash to passion."

The third part (after the second chorus) translates as:
"I have cracks
In my shoes
That knock upon my heart of stone
Causing earthquakes."

Im pretty sure this is how the song translates, but there may be some errors as I am only in my fourth year of french. But I really hope I helped!

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Bonnie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:39:53 -0000

So very beautiful... thanks for posting.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Yann — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:42:09 -0000

Hi yes this is Theme Planet, you cn download it at No fat clips, here
http://dekku.blogspot.com/
(browse down a little)

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

spacedlaw — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:28:46 -0000

Lovely video.
Have you seen this one?

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Vernian Prcoess — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:11:50 -0000

Oh man... I have been working on a song called "Her Clockwork Heart", I hope no one thinks I ripped the idea off from this? =(

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

maximum humphries — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:49:44 -0000

anything with emily louizeau in it wins my vote, her video for ja suis jalose is quite steampunky, you can see it on youtube.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Brian Ghewette — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:22:33 -0000

Listened to this album again, but once again I just couldn't find the ukulele infused pop/ alternative rock appealing. I still love this song its sadly the most consistent song on the album although I liked a few others none of them seem very appealing to U.S. listeners (I'm not talking about mainstream listeners either). This is some of their better work, considering their earlier albums which I'm not sure if I liked more or less. However, I will also add and ask: What exactly is the music scene in France right now? If someone could honestly tell me, that would be amazing.

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Atomboy — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:16:15 -0000

Tinkergirl disappears again. Perhaps an airship whisked her away to a place of gears and goggles. Me hopes all is well with her, as always, but hopes she returns with haste.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Arvid — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:24:11 -0000

Oh, and the rythm of Je ne te reconnais pas- / Jen'te reconnai pas bloody rocks and whoever concieved it is a genius, unless this sort of thing is commonplace in french lyrics, in which case the french language deserves mad creds.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Arvid — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:16:47 -0000

I just had to get a comment in while this item is the top post.

Freaking mesmerizing. Extremly evocative once I learnt the lyrics to the chorus. It's all perfect: The clock estetics, iconic romantic cliff landscape, the whole subject matter is awesome, peaking with our hero finally rejecting that clockwork heart he has struggled to live with all this time. I absolutely love it, and I've watched it dozens of times now. I've already nicked the concept for something of my own. Well freaking done.

And MobMentality: Absolutely, that would rock. Interstella 5555 is my favorite flick! If only the novel was available in english, though...

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Miss Jessica Butcher, esq. — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:54:46 -0000

This is great! I just added to my Skype profile. :-)

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Alal — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:57:01 -0000

correction: the only album was the La Mécanique du Coeur

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Alal — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:55:02 -0000

I was able to get only the album Dyonisos, and yes, this was the best song on that album... but it contained other good songs. Not the bests of the world but they are good as "background music". Maybe the lyrics would even improve the songs, but my French knowledge is... hmmm let's say it's not good enough :)

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Yann — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:04:16 -0000

Yes I'm sorry for that, but it touched my most sensitive chord!
I found that simply calling a work 'stupid' did not really pay due to the effort of the artist. At least using a more detailled explanation would have suited me perfectly. Dyonisos is all but techno, last album contains lots of lyrics and texts which appeal to poetry. Some texts read by other famous artits.

Still all my apologies Brian and 'o23', for this outgoing of me.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Miss Sabine Fairweather — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:45:39 -0000

Yann, what a terribly rude thing to say! One is permitted to express a dislike of a work of art without his intelligence, breeding, or heritage being called into question.

Re: La Mécanique du Cœur – Novel and Album

Yann — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:55:53 -0000

Maybe you both are not smart enough to understand these songs.