ZANG TUUMB TUM DISCOGRAPHY “…or the imagination”

Il pleure (at the turn of the century)


Imagine an actor saying the following
Imagine me saying the following

When Debussy died on March the 25th 1918 in Paris
It was being bombarded by the Germans
And it was raining

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville

[And it’s weeping in my heart]
[Like it’s raining in the town]

It was raining

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville

And it was raining

And it’s weeping in my heart
Like it’s raining in the town

It rains

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville

It rains

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville

It rains

???

Weeping in my heart
Like it’s raining

It rains

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville

It rains

???

Eventually Claude Debussy was recognised as one of the greatest composers of his time
Today he is more than that
He is considered not only the greatest French composer who ever lived
He is considered the revolutionary who set 20th century music on its way

On its way

Notes: Lyric based on ‘Il pleure dans mon coeur’ by Paul Verlaine.