Sunday, January 26, 2014

He who must not be named

...Guys, proceed with caution. I know you are adults and you can choose for yourself what you do and do not want to expose yourselves to, but...René la Taupe cannot be unseen. This is the 2 Girls 1 Cup of joke songs. It will haunt you.

Anyway, for the brave, here is a LINK.

Nico says it was impossible to escape this song for about 6 months. People set it as their cell ringtone, and it played on the radio, in the grocery store, when you went shopping... x_x I realize that I may be spreading the infection by even making this comic, but...ugh. It's too horrible not to share.
 
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11 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 26, 2014 at 12:34 PM

    "T'es siiiiiii miiiignon, mignon, mignon, mignon gnon gnon! "
    Haha I don't know if it's the same but when I lived in France René la Taupe sang this one, and it was awfull.
    I'm not so glad living in México, but I don't miss this awfull mole, at all. But I hope you enjoy your stay in France :)

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    1. Natalie NourigatFebruary 3, 2014 at 3:57 PM

      Ha ha ha! Thanks, Laura. Yes, I heard the "mignon" song, barf.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 26, 2014 at 12:47 PM

    It's over René la taupe... But lot of people in France hated this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv_O3BWT_gU)

    Si ça peut t'aider à apprendre le français, je peux écrire dans cette langue puisque c'est ma langue maternelle. Quoi qu'il en soit, René la taupe n'est plus diffusé depuis longtemps sur les chaînes de radio, ni dans les restaurants ou magasins. Tu es sauvée !

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    1. Natalie NourigatFebruary 3, 2014 at 4:00 PM

      Merci pour le message! :D Ne hesitez pas de m'ecrire en français ou corriger mon français.

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  3. win_angryJanuary 26, 2014 at 11:34 PM

    Even Hitler faced his toughest opponent here .... :'(
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N49bip9wzkk

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  4. RaphaëlleFebruary 11, 2014 at 6:27 AM

    Hahaha so true ! René la taupe is just horrible !
    I just discover your blog and it's so funny ! I'm from Annecy (thx for the great pix of my city) and I live in Grenoble (if you love French food, we have a nice plants alcohol called Chartreuse and some stuffs with nuts here)...If you want to go there, we have a sofa with my boyfriend for nice people we meet, and a big fluffy cat for hugs !
    ps : sorry for my English, so bad !

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    1. Natalie NourigatFebruary 12, 2014 at 5:22 AM

      Wow, thank you Raphaëlle! :D I have heard that Grenoble is lovely, and I will definitely try to go this year before I leave France. It's really nice of you to offer a couch!!
      Haha, I just had Chartreuse for the first time at Bulles de Neige. It's so strong!

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  5. ZongoFebruary 11, 2014 at 11:56 AM

    True it's a shame this awful song has been so successful.
    But hopefully Nico was wrong ! :) I heard a lot of people talking about it but i never heard it once !
    I suppose it mostly depends on how much you watch Tv and listen radio and which channels you choose (a good radio recommendation to my opinion : try FIP... only music and no avertissement at all !)

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  6. KyrioFebruary 20, 2014 at 2:01 PM

    Hi ! I'm a French student and I just discovered your blog. Most of your reactions about France are... sadly accurate ^^
    I think you get the little habits and clichés very well !
    BUT I don't know how René made it to the #1 ranking, because I can tell you that anyone around me hated him ! I think people only bought the song to bother their relatives !

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    1. Natalie NourigatFebruary 23, 2014 at 6:58 AM

      Thanks, Kyrio!
      Hahaha! I really couldn't imagine why people were buying René, but I guess that makes sense. :P

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