{"id":403,"date":"2007-12-20T17:20:40","date_gmt":"2007-12-20T21:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=403"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:11:18","slug":"les-amoureux-des-bancs-publics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/20\/les-amoureux-des-bancs-publics\/","title":{"rendered":"Les amoureux des bancs publics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]UlmyNpn_mnc[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>When I reported on Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=384\">Michel Dallaire has been commissioned to design new downtown street furniture<\/a>, I noted that Le Devoir&#8217;s article on the subject was titled, &#8220;Les amoureux se b\u00e9coteront sur de nouveaux bancs publics,&#8221; which struck me as awfully whimsical for a newspaper headline. <\/p>\n<p>Turns out it&#8217;s a cultural reference that I completely missed. (You&#8217;ll have to excuse me: I&#8217;m an anglo born in the 1980s. How could I have known?) Spacing Montreal reader BJ explains that the headline refers to a 1952 song by French singer-songwriter <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Brassens\">Georges Brassens<\/a>, &#8220;Les amoureux des bancs publics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Les gens qui voient de travers<br \/>\nPensent que les bancs verts<br \/>\nQu&#8217;on voit sur les trottoirs<br \/>\nSont faits pour les impotents ou les ventripotents<br \/>\nMais c&#8217;est une absurdit\u00e9<br \/>\nCar \u00e0 la v\u00e9rit\u00e9<br \/>\nIls sont l\u00e0 c&#8217;est notoire<br \/>\nPour accueillir quelque temps les amours d\u00e9butants<\/p>\n<p>Les amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;fouttant pas mal du regard oblique<br \/>\nDes passants honn\u00eates<br \/>\nLes amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;disant des &#8220;Je t&#8217;aime&#8221; path\u00e9tiques<br \/>\nOnt des p&#8217;tit&#8217;s gueul&#8217; bien sympatiques<\/p>\n<p>Ils se tiennent par la main<br \/>\nParlent du lendemain<br \/>\nDu papier bleu d&#8217;azur<br \/>\nQue rev\u00eatiront les murs de leur chambre \u00e0 coucher<br \/>\nIls se voient d\u00e9j\u00e0 doucement<br \/>\nEll&#8217; cousant, lui fumant<br \/>\nDans un bien-\u00eatre s\u00fbr<br \/>\nEt choisissent les pr\u00e9noms de leur premier b\u00e9b\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Les amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;fouttant pas mal du regard oblique<br \/>\nDes passants honn\u00eates<br \/>\nLes amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;disant des &#8220;Je t&#8217;aime&#8221; path\u00e9tiques<br \/>\nOnt des p&#8217;tit&#8217;s gueul&#8217; bien sympatiques<\/p>\n<p>Quand la saint&#8217; famill&#8217; machin<br \/>\nCroise sur son chemin<br \/>\nDeux de ces malappris<br \/>\nEll&#8217; leur d\u00e9coche hardiment des propos venimeux<br \/>\nN&#8217;emp\u00each&#8217; que tout&#8217; la famille<br \/>\nLe p\u00e8r&#8217;, la m\u00e8r&#8217;, la fille<br \/>\nLe fils, le Saint Esprit<br \/>\nVoudrait bien de temps en temps pouvoir s&#8217;conduir&#8217; comme eux<\/p>\n<p>Les amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;fouttant pas mal du regard oblique<br \/>\nDes passants honn\u00eates<br \/>\nLes amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;disant des &#8220;Je t&#8217;aime&#8221; path\u00e9tiques<br \/>\nOnt des p&#8217;tit&#8217;s gueul&#8217; bien sympatiques<\/p>\n<p>Quand les mois auront pass\u00e9<br \/>\nQuand seront apais\u00e9s<br \/>\nLeurs beaux r\u00eaves flambants<br \/>\nQuand leur ciel se couvrira de gros nuages lourds<br \/>\nIls s&#8217;apercevront \u00e9mus<br \/>\nQu&#8217; c&#8217;est au hasard des rues<br \/>\nSur un d&#8217;ces fameux bancs<br \/>\nQu&#8217;ils ont v\u00e9cu le meilleur morceau de leur amour<\/p>\n<p>Les amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;fouttant pas mal du regard oblique<br \/>\nDes passants honn\u00eates<br \/>\nLes amoureux qui s&#8217;b\u00e9cott&#8217;nt sur les bancs publics<br \/>\nBancs publics, bancs publics<br \/>\nEn s&#8217;disant des &#8220;Je t&#8217;aime&#8221; path\u00e9tiques<br \/>\nOnt des p&#8217;tit&#8217;s gueul&#8217; bien sympatiques<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]UlmyNpn_mnc[\/youtube] When I reported on Monday that Michel Dallaire has been commissioned to design new downtown street furniture, I noted that Le Devoir&#8217;s article on the subject was titled, &#8220;Les amoureux se b\u00e9coteront sur de nouveaux bancs publics,&#8221; which struck me as awfully whimsical for a newspaper headline. 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