Joe Mac
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Ay Ay Sailors!
Today is Friday and also the day we finally get on the boat to start the journey. We will be sailing at night so we will spend a few hours more in Paris. I will be taking you on a tour of some of my favorite record shops!
First is, obviously, Superfly Records! Considered as the fifth best record shop in the world by thevinylfactory.com, this record shop is a heaven for crate diggers. Mainly focused on soul, Brazilian, African, jazz and Latin music, Manu and Paulo also run their own label and will soon have a 40th release out.
Second is Balades Sonores. They have two shops in the Barbès area (very close from Montmartre, le Moulin Rouge and the famous Sexodrome, known as the biggest sex-shop in the world), they have a lot of everything. They sell mostly new records but have a few crates of second-hand records.
Third is Sam Records. If you are a jazz record collector I strongly suggest leaving your credit card at home and to visit the shop with cash only. Not that they don’t take cards, just that you will want to buy everything. It’s an amazing shop with a very, very knowledgeable staff. If you are in Paris and love jazz, it’s for you.
Fourth is Heart Beat Vinyl. Crates are full with 99% of Japanese records, either Japanese or International music. I was once looking for a very hard to find Japanese jazz record that was reissued a couple of years before and thought they could have this one. Well, they had but it was an OG, even harder to find.
It’s now time to get on the boat! Let’s go to Port de l’Arsenal where our boat is waiting for us. On our way we will eat at Amarante restaurante. For those who prefer some quality junk food, go to O Charbon near Bastille. Very close, rue de la Roquette, take a delicious ice cream and Glace Room.
That’s all for Paris! Hope you enjoy these days and now let's get on the boat. Our next stop is Rouen! Meanwhile, after @TenderLovingKiller® suggested her as the artist for our AOTM, I invited Camille to sing the perfect song when you have to leave Paris : Paris!
Finies les balades le long du canal / No more walks along the canal
Les escaliers des cartes postales / Postcard stairs
C'est fini, Paris, c'est décidé, je me barre / It's over, Paris, it's decided, I'm leaving
Finis le ciel gris, les matins moroses / Gone are the gray skies, the gloomy mornings
On dit qu'à Toulouse les briques sont roses / They say that in Toulouse the bricks are pink
Oh là-bas, Paris, les briques sont roses / Oh over there, Paris, the bricks are pink
Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte / Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
Que je change de cap, de capitale / That I change course, capital
Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte / Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
Je te plaque sur tes trottoirs sales / I dump you on your dirty sidewalks
Je connais trop ta bouche, bouche de métro / I know your mouth too well, subway entrance
Les bateaux mouches et la couleur de l'eau / Fly boats and the color of the water
C'est fini Paris, je les connais trop / Paris, it’s over, I know them too well
Ici je m'ennuie, même quand vient la nuit / Here I am bored, even when the night comes
On dit que Séville s'éveille à minuit / It is said that Seville wakes up at midnight
Là-bas, Paris, la ville s'éveille à minuit / Over there, Paris, the city wakes up at midnight
Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte / Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
Que je change de cap, de capitale / That I change course, capital
Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte / Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
Je te plaque sur tes trottoirs sales / I dump you on your dirty sidewalks
Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte / Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
Que je change de cap, de capitale / That I change course, capital
Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte / Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
Je te plaque sur tes trottoirs sales / I dump you on your dirty sidewalks
À Toulouse il a plu, à Séville j'ai trop bu / In Toulouse it rained, in Seville I drank too much
À Rio j'ai eu le mal du pays / In Rio I felt homesick
Oh pari perdu, je retourne vivre à Paris / Oh bet lost, I'm going back to live in Paris
Have a nice week-end! See you on Monday!
Did you know?! Where does the Fly Boat name come from? For the Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches, the name would come from the district of La Mouche, in Lyon (chantiers de la Félizate, quai de la Mouche around 1870), where this type of boat would have been manufactured for the first time. True story.
I’m impressed. Google tells me Rouen is on the Seine between Paris and the sea at Le Havre! So it’s actually a realistic boat trip, so far, and not just a device…