PARIS SE REVEILLE…
…to the sound of mp3s… U2’s promo gig in Paris’ Man Ray can be downloaded from YouTwo.net.

And if you’re wondering what the French is that Bono’s reciting during Bad, it’s Jacques Brel’s ‘Ne me quitte pas’, known in its English translation as ‘If you go away’.

Ne me quitte pas (Don’t leave me)
Il faut oublier (it ‘s neccesary to forget)
Tout peut s’oublier (everything you need to forget)
Qui s’enfuit deja (which is already over )
Oublier le temps (forget the times)
Des malentendus (of the misunderstandings)
Et le temps perdu (the lost time)
A savoir comment (to know how)
Oublier ces heures (forget the hours)
Qui tuaient parfois (which sometimes kill)
A coups de pourquoi (the reasons why)
Le coeur du bonheur (the heart full of joy)