On Thursday, I went with Hoff to see Dick Valentine (frontman for Electric 6, one of my favorite bands) perform at Joe's Pub in the village. It was a pretty intimate show, not even close to sold out, and Hoff and I sat comfortably at a table. One of the songs he played was, I believe, one he wrote (not a cover) and one of the funniest songs I've heard in a while -- impressive, since every Electric 6 song is amazingly funny.

I took the liberty of transcribing the lyrics:

I met a girl named Gabrielle
She was dressed in black and young as hell
She took me to her dormicile
Invited me to stay a while
She fed me breakfast and fed me wine
And later on we took the time
We explored each others area
Ran into a language barrier
It can be so frustrating
When we insist on communicating
But I do not parles vous you, oh

I don’t speak French
But somehow I got on the good side
I don’t speak French
But theres only one thing on her mind

Vou les vous, mon amie, bon swa baby
Is all I know how to say right now
But you get better I’m learning how ?
Cause where I’m from the thing to do
Is paint yourself red white and blue
How bout you? Can you say you do the same thing too?
I’m just your average yankee
Trapped in a world of French hanky panky
But I do not parles vous you, oh

I don’t speak French
But I’ve got a shitload of Euros
I don’t speak French
But that doesn’t matter to French girls



Here are 2 parts of the show. enjoy!