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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums --> |
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| Name = Siberie m'etait contéee |
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| Type = ] |
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{{R from album}} |
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| Artist = ] |
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{{R with history}} |
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| Cover = siberie.png |
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| Background = orange |
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| Released = 2004 |
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| Genre = ] |
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| Length = 72:58 |
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| Reviews = ] (73%) |
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| Last album = ] </br> (2002) |
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| This album = '''Sibérie m'était contéee''' <br> (2004) |
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'''''Sibérie m'était contéee''''' {{sic}} or '''''Siberie m'etait contéee''''' (" ] was told/recited to me", but see discussion below) is the first ]-only album by ], released in 2004. This album features, along with a CD, an oversized book with lyrics to songs from the album and previous Manu Chao albums, as well as illustrations by ]. Hit singles include "Petite blonde du Boulevard Brune" ("Little blonde from Brunette Boulevard"). |
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==Spelling of the title== |
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Note that the title incorporates an intentional ] (''contéee'' instead of ''contée''). It may or may not incorporate an intentional dropping of ]s in ''Sibérie/Siberie'' and ''m'était/m'etait''. |
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The grammatically correct title would be ''Sibérie m'était contée''. The title as written in ]s on the album cover is ''SIBERIE M'ETAIT CONTÉEE'' . To interpret this, it is necessary to understand that the ] usually drops accents (]s) on capital letters, but nevertheless very often retains the accent for capital É (E with acute accent) when it occurs in a word-final or near word-final position, because in this position it could be mistaken for silent "e" and the word could be mistaken for another word: eg, ''conté'' (told ), ''conte'' (tale). |
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Thus, nearly all French language references interpret the title as ''Sibérie m'était contéee'' (Amazon.fr, album reviews, etc). However the official Manu Chao website manuchao.net gives the title as ''Siberie m'etait contéee'' (without accents on ''Sibérie'' or ''m'était'') even though ''Sibérie'' appears elsewhere on the same webpage with the accent. It is not known if this dropping of accents in ''Sibérie'' and ''m'était'' actually reflects the singer's intentions or was merely done by the site's webmaster. |
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==Puns and wordplay== |
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The title is a ] or ]. There are many books or articles in French with the title ''"Si X m'était conté"'' or ''"Si le X m'était conté"'' (for ] nouns X) or ''"Si X m'était contée"'' or ''"Si la X m'était contée"'' (for ] nouns X). These translate literally as "If X was told to me" or figuratively as "What X is all about" or "An introduction to X". Thus in ''Sibérie m'était contée'' the first syllable of ''Sibérie'' (Siberia) could be interpreted, in wordplay, as the word ''si'' (if): "If ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>bérie<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' was told to me" (whatever ''"bérie"'' might be). |
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It seems obvious that "Sibérie" is actually Paris in winter-time, as all the songs revolve around life in the French capital. So the title could be read as "All about Paris". |
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Note also a 1974 album by ] with the title ''Si Melina m'était contée''. |
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The album cover also includes the words (in capital letters): "…A TOUS LES PECHEURS DU FLEUVE AMOUR…", which is also a pun. It can be understood as either "to all those who fish the ] river" (a river in Siberia), or as "to all the sinners of the river Love". The French words ''pécheur'' (sinner) and ''pêcheur'' (fisherman/fisher) are spelled the same way when the accent is dropped in capital letters. |
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==Track listing== |
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#"Le P'tit jardin" |
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#"Petite blonde du boulevard Brune" |
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#"La valse à sale temps" |
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#"Les mille paillettes" |
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#"Il faut manger" |
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#"Helno est mort" |
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#"J'ai besoin de la lune" |
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#"L'automne est las" |
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#"Si loin de toi, je te joue" |
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#"100.000 remords" |
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#"Trop tard, trop tard" |
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#"Te tromper" |
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#"Madame banquise" |
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#"Les Rues de l'Hiver" |
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#"Sibérie fleuve amour" |
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#"Les petites planètes" |
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#"Te souviens tu..." |
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#"J'ai besoin de la lune remix" |
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#"Dans mon jardin" |
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#"Merci bonsoir..." |
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#"Je suis fou de toi" |
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#"Les yeux turquoises" |
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#"Sibérie" |
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] |
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] |
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