But it was the impersonator Gerald Dahan who really blew me away. He did three songs in the style of three different singers - and of course on the subject of Nicolas Sarkozy. A technical tour de force that we've seen before from Thierry le Luron

I offered this page originally as a challenge to the ear, because the songs are particularly difficult to follow

A word on the linguistic interest. The first song, parodying Brel, La Valse du Président is a patter song. Very fast but pretty clear. We have to persuade our brains to keep up with the pace.

Here is the original. You can find the words here.

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Here is a little sequence of comedy songs, starting with Jean Poiret who has his own take on La valse à mille temps

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The others are more difficult, because indistinct, particularly the second, which is based on  Aznavours Emmenez-moi. (Youtube clip)

The third is Gainsbourg Le poinçonneur des LIlas and here is a snippet of the original.  Find the words here  (Youtube link)

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Click (or right click to download) the top of the picture for the video and the bottom for the text

And here is the audio only version. Useful if you're going to rewind a lot