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Madeleine Peyroux - La Javanaise (1963 / 2006)
Beautiful cover of one of Serge Gainsbourg’s greatest songs.
Naked Translations explains the song and its title:
The song makes it sound like “la Javanaise” is a dance, when in fact javanais is a form of French slang which sticks “av” between a word’s consonants and vowels. I’ve always loved this song and its undulating alliterations (including, cleverly enough, the sound “av”), which give an excellent idea of Gainsbourg’s mastery of language.
