I remember this song very well from the 1960s. I was a proud Catholic schoolgirl at the time to have a hit song by a nun playing on the radio and being on The Ed Sullivan Show. Magnifique! 👏

I LOVE the song, I was 16 years old that time.

I was little in Argentina and remember very well singing this.

Mom played this music alot, grew up in a french canadian town

Yes, I absolutely do remember Soeur Sourire! I was growing up in Germany at the time. She was a sensation in Germany, especially when she came out with the German version of “Dominique”! I don’t think her death and circumstances of her death were widely reported in the US (I’ve been living here since the early 1970’s). So I didn’t find out about it until much later. So sad. But she gave us this wonderful simple song that’ll keep on living!

@joalexsg9741

2 жыл бұрын

I only learned about a few months ago myself! It's most heartbreaking. I'll look for the German version of the song, vielen dank for the tip.

Oh.. yes, I remember this song. It’s so upbeat. I love it!

I was born in 1966 in Atlanta, GA and I know this song very well! I've always loved this song! I'll be honest though, Sister Janet Mead was my favorite "Singing Nun" hands down. It was because of Sister Janet Mead's record of The Lord's Prayer that at 7 years old I had it memorized and could recite it in Sunday School I wore that 45rpm record OUT! That single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 23 February 1974, charted for 13 weeks and reached a peak of No. 4 during Holy Week in April. The record also reached No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. In 1973, Sister Janet was nominated for a Grammy for Best Inspirational Performance (although she lost to Elvis Presley's How Great Thou Art). How cool is that! Elvis Presley is my favorite singer when it comes to Gospel Music and The Statler Brothers are just a skosh behind him. Sister Janet also became the first Australian artist to sell one million US copies of a record produced in Australia. Sister Janet and Sister Luc Gabriel have been the only two Nuns that have earned Gold Records while they were both still members of their orders Sister Luc Gabriel was a member of The Dominican Order of Belgium and Sister Janet belonged to the order The Sisters of Mercy in Australia. Thanks for sharing! ❤ ~APRIL LIPKE

Voler de ses propres ailes est mon nouvel idiome préféré. Merci Géraldine!

Fascinating story, merci. I am old enough to remember this song when it first appeared. It was radically different to the music of my peer group and i wasnt religious but it was too charming to reject. I didnt know her later life was so tragic.

I remember this song so well. Thank you for the history.

I was unaware of the tragic end of this singer. I grew up listening to the album, and learned a couple of the songs in French even though I didn't understand the words. I still sing this one: Le menton dans les mains, les pieds dans la goutiere Tu regarde le ciel, et respire la nuit La cite endormie a la couleur du reves Et ressemble a un songe qui fuit. (sorry, can't type accented letters with this keyboard). Thanks for rounding out my knowledge of Soeur Sourire's story. May we learn to live-and-let-live in a more accepting, peaceful world.

C'est une historie super triste mais super intéressant aussi ! Merci pour le video Géraldine !

Génial, Géraldine! Merci.

I grew up in the 70’s and remember it well

I think I have a new favourite channel! Spent a year in Grenoble in the 90's and it was brilliant. Haven't spoken much French since, and each lesson I watch it stirs up previously forgotten vocab. Thank you

Quelle histoire! J'adore se format.

Excellent as always!

Bravo ! J. Deckers a chanté la chanson engagée qui s' appelle : ' Dominique .' Madame avait bcp de talent. 🇫🇷🐌🇫🇷

Merci Geraldine pour cette lecon d'histoire. I have always wondered what happened to the Singing Nun and now we know her tragic ending. She was ahead of her time.

Bien que je me souvienne très bien la chanson, je ne connaissais pas l'histoire. Tragique.

Love this lesson, continue to do more thanks. I understood most of it. I still love this song, it will be wonderful to have the words and understand it.

Oui oui. J 'aime beaucoup ce format. Merci

what a beautiful video and wonderful work you are doing! Thank you very much and very kindly, blessings to you.

Beautiful music by Jean Dekker, but such a sometimes sad life.

J'ai adoré cette vidéo. Je me souviens bien de la chanson. Je ne comprenais pas le français à l'époque, mais maintenant je le comprends et je peux l'apprécier encore plus.

Dominique c'était un chanson de mon enfance et nous le chantions dans l'école. Je ne connaissais pas la triste vie de la religieuse. Merci! C'est très intéressant.

Fascinating.

I was almost three and remember it

absolutamente maravilhoso, merci a vous!!

Je préfère largement ces vidéos en français - merci. Les expressions françaises familières (le tube) ajoutent de la qualité à la vidéo et permettent d'apprendre dans son contexte correct. Le sujet de cette vidéo m'a aussi rappelé des souvenirs....

Des cours de compréhension orale sont très utiles. Merci!

You’re a great teacher

J’ai grandi aux Etats-Unis dans les années soixante et beaucoup aimé la sœur chantant, même si j’ai rien compris!

I only had 2 years of basic French in high school and then I did 2 years in language laboratoire 40 years ago but I understood almost everything.

I remember American Horror Story Asylum where the song is part of the soundtrack.

Comme c'est tragique cette histoire!!!!! J'ai appris cette chansone en college dans ma classe de francais.

I was a child in the sixties and though I've already got memory problems, there are songs and movies our limbic system keep in our hearts; however I can only remember getting a small vynil at 1971, as an eleven-year-old, with four tracks by the Singing Nun, one of them being the iconic song. Je suis vraiment reconnaissant for this and for all your free material on the emails and here, much appreciated indeed! P.S.: I confess I only learned about her tragic demise a few months ago, reading more about her after listening to the songs in a fit of nostalgia. Devastating, sigh.

Bon courage Bonne continuation Bon effort

Je ne savais pas l’histoire tragique de la Sœur Sourire. J’ai 64 ans, et je me souviens ce tube “Dominique” quand j’avais 6 ans. C’est une vraie tragédie, mais comme on lit en la Bible, “La miséricorde de Dieu dure pour toujours”. “The mercy of the Lord endures forever”.

I heard it every day on it's original release my mum loved it to death. What I was more interested in as I grew older was the history behind the song, why were heretics burned, who were the Albigensians? A whole lot more in that song than just a catchy tune.

I didn't grow in the 60s but I know the song, wow I didn't know was from the 60s hahaha

Very interesting

I’m old enough to remember how insanely popular this song was when it first came out, but I never knew about the sad,sad story that came after it. How cruel life - and human beings - can be. One thing about the lyrics that I never understood was that line about St Dominic “combatting the Albigensians,” when I knew that the Church had launched a crusade against these “heretics“ throughout Languedoc and massacred them all. I don’t know if Dominic’s preaching played a role in that slaughter, but that line still strikes me as very odd.

These lessons are very well done - they should help fluency, yet don’t condescend to the listener. I’m fluent in French and am really enjoying them. Néanmoins,, il me semble qu’elle aurait du considérer la reference a Albi comme méritant explication.

Merci Géraldine! J’ai comprends peut être 80%, ce vidéo me donne de confiance. ^^ Moi, je connais la chanson ‘Dominique’ parce qu’elle est inclu dans la série ‘American Horror Story,’ spécifiquement la seconde saison. Chaque fois que les caractères jouent cette chanson sur leurs tourne-disque, il vous faites grincer les dents. 😅 Merci!

@waterbottle9603

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I also know this song from AHS 😅

I was about 5 when this song came out in the Sidney Poitier movie Lilies of the Valley and I remember seeing her make the rounds on TV and then we saw the movie with Debbie Reynolds . It makes me very sad to hear that things became so bad for her that she died so tragically

Thank you for telling this story! I have an original US version of the album (with watercolors). I am not Catholic, but love her lovely melodies of faith, which transcend institutionalization. My favorite song is Complainte Pour Marie-Jacques,..

I definitely remember this song. I was born in the 60’s and it was very popular. Brings back pleasant memories. Unfortunately, the singing nun, soeur sourire, committed suicide. 😣

Me, downloading the translation as well: Goodness, I just hope this isn't like Chris Cornell and Black Hole Sun.

No clue about turning about how to turn on sub titles !

Une autre chanson populaire était: Brigitte Bardot - "Harley Davidson"

History might repeat itself, now there is an italian woman that was a nun and performed a song on the italian version of the tv show "The Voice" in 2014. Now a few weeks ago she quit her vows and moved to Spain working as a waitress pursuing a pop music career. Another catholic chasing worldly things. Another victim of novus ordo. The secular world exagerated the love for her as a nun singing pop song. But this is just mockery. Once the novelty wears off people will forget about people like her. Which honestly, most everybody dont know about her after her little popularity 8 years ago

Talking to the future generations, the legendary actor Christopher Lee once said: “The most dangerous thing that a young actor or actress can do is to believe their own publicity.” kzread.info/dash/bejne/nnymtaajdMebkqQ.html

Just to make sure, is there anything offending to a native french person in the song? Because I really liked the song and showed it to a french farmer without checking what the lyrics meant since I wasn't good at french at all, and he seemed uncomfortable and told me to look up what the song is about and I felt so embarrassed and worried about it

@FLYNNMBF

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing offensive in the lyrics, it is all about St. Dominic. Maybe he thought it was trivializing a saint but that is a personal take.

@deny2294

2 жыл бұрын

@@FLYNNMBF Thank you for the response, I guess it could be that? Although he never struck me as a very religious person

@apaul9776

2 жыл бұрын

According to Wiki... 'The song's chorus refrain "Dominique, nique, nique" was the source of some unintended amusement amongst French listeners as the word "niquer" is short for "fornicate", with "nique" the equivalent of "fuck"; Deckers was unaware of the connotation, as were the other Belgian Catholics of that era.[10]'

@FLYNNMBF

2 жыл бұрын

@@apaul9776 Oh, interesting. One always has to be careful, no?

@deny2294

2 жыл бұрын

@@apaul9776 That's interesting, thank you so much for your reply! Maybe he knew about the word being equivalent to "fuck" and that's what made him uncomfortable. It could be a possibility I suppose. Thank you!

🙋🏼Jaime bien ce forme de lecon moi

How sad

Psssst. That was actually a Belgian song.

american horror story… just saying

Les paroles de la chanson ne sont pas si gaies, car elles chantent la lutte des prêtres dominicains contre les Albigeois (c'était juste un génocide contre les habitants du Languedoc). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade#Genocide