From 1967, please enjoy the pre-cosmic Moody Blues with the great Denny Laine and their oh so sad and haunting ode to Parisian heartbreak, the gorgeous and very French -- dig that accordion! -- "Boulevard de La Madeleine."
It's a sad day in Paris
With no girl by my side
Got to feeling so badly
Like a part of me died
It would have been
So good to see her
I never thought
She wouldn't be there
There's no girl standing there
And there's no one who cares
And the trees are so bare
On the Boulevard de la Madeleine
I was luckier than the song's protagonist, of course; I got to stand on the street with a certain shady dame taking the picture, if not quite by my side (until we were done, obviously.)
Justifying the beret, aren't you. Cute.
ReplyDeleteI can practically smell the gauloises and sweat! (not from you, of course...) Have a ball!
ReplyDeleteLove Denny Laine!
ReplyDeleteAre you quaffing elitist vin ordinaire, or is that a contradiction in terms?
Wow, Dayton sure looks different than I remember! :)
ReplyDeleteAh, Ohio in the fall! Tres jolie!
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You must have found the only street without orange barrells!
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