February 2, 2007


Il m’a vu nue, supernue

Mesdames et messieurs, je vous présente Les Chauds Lapins:

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(Clickez sur la photo; you can also see the video more crappily, at MySpace.)

Why yes, since you asked–those are banjo ukuleles. Aren’t they the cutest things?

Les Chauds Lapins means literally, ‘the hot rabbits.’ Figuratively it means someone who is always turned on sexually. Usually, it refers to the guys who are always hitting on girls. This music will cause you to recklessly try your luck.

A thirteen-track album is apparently “‘in the can’ as they say.” And if you, as I do, enjoy Meg Reichardt’s singing, you may also like her band The Roulette Sisters.

(No, I do not know these people.)

posted by India in music 

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10 Responses to “Il m’a vu nue, supernue”

  1. India on February 2nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm

    “Banjoleles,” I’m told those things are sometimes called.

  2. Barry Stone on February 2nd, 2007 at 6:22 pm

    “super nue” is my new favorite two word combo.

  3. India on February 2nd, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    I find it hypercute that French people (the ones I know, at least) are always tacking super and hyper onto the fronts of things. So, yes, supernue really made the song for me.

  4. India on February 2nd, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    Let us summarize the vocabulary learned in this unit:

    • supernue - extremely naked
    • un chaud lapin - someone who is always turned on sexually (would the closest translation be horndog?)
    • in the can - almost completed
    • banjolele - a cross between a banjo and a ukulele; per Wikipedia, “a four-stringed musical instrument with a banjo-type body and a neck with (typically) sixteen frets (shorter than a banjo, but longer than a ukulele).”
  5. Daniel Lestarjette on February 2nd, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    I suppose I could go and look it up myself, but qu’est-ce que lapin veut dire en anglais ?

  6. Mary Jeys on February 2nd, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    this says “bunny”. “hot bunny”?

  7. India on February 3rd, 2007 at 12:11 am

    As it says in the post above, “Les Chauds Lapins means literally, ‘the hot rabbits.’”

  8. Sheila Ryan on February 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 am

    So too super-too! I adore what I’ve seen and heard of Les Chauds Lapins. Thank you, India.

    And just think: The new album will probably be released just in time for my birthday.

  9. India on February 3rd, 2007 at 11:23 am

    And when might your birthday be?

  10. Sheila Ryan on February 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 am

    Comin’ up same day as Patty Hearst’s.