frankifab Appreciation Thread

[Araucaria]

Good Saturday morning, Frankie!

I hope you have a great weekend, and that everything is going well for you.

 

[frankifab]

Hello Johnnie , thanks for always writing to me Dear Friend

I hope you and everybody else have a pleasant Easter later

I give credit to RedFox for this Ideal Dazzling Hottie

 

[PalacePaul]

Feliz domingo de Pascua, Frankie!

 

[rmcrae]

Happy Easter Frankie bud!

 

[Araucaria]

Good Saturday morning, Frankie!

I hope you're doing well, and that you have a great weekend.

Those Kurt Bradford pics are hot, but I wish he'd show us his dick!

 

[Araucaria]

Good early Sunday, Frankie!

I hope everything is going well for you, and that you're having a great finde.

 

[Araucaria]

Good Sunday morning, Frankie!

I hope you're doing well, and enjoying life right now.

 

[frankifab]

I haven't been enjoying life since late 2022 and in late 2024 things got the worst ever and they keep getting worse
I wish I could be a bird to fly away to some other faraway new nest , but it's very hard and utopic with a broken wing


Thanks for writing Johnnie , enjoy life to the most while you can

I wish I lived alone with a huge garden like yours ... Enjoy your life and freedom while you can

 

[Araucaria]

Frankie, your words remind me of a song that I posted a thread about a couple of years ago. It was originally written in French, and is about a character that felt that he was an ill fit for life on earth, and wished that he could be a bird and see the world from great heights.

Thread 'S.O.S. d'un terrien en detresse'

Mar 7, 2021

Every once in a while, I come across a song that blows me away. I had not heard this song until about a month ago, when someone posted it in the earworms thread. I wanted to sit with it, to find out all I could about the song.

No human being was meant to have the vocal range Piet Arion demonstrates here, and he tops it off by even singing in the whistle range.

• Araucaria
• Replies: 4
• Forum: Entertainment

Here are the original French lyrics with an English translation. I could try to find a Spanish translation if you think you need it.

Song by Daniel Balavoine

Why am I living, why am I dying?
Pourquoi je vis, pourquoi, je meurs?

Why am I laughing, why am I crying?
Pourquoi je ris, pourquoi je pleure?

Here is the S.O.S
Voici le S.O.S

From an earthling in distress
D'un terrien en détresse
I never had my feet on the ground
J'ai jamais eu les pieds sur terre

I'd rather be a bird
J'aimerais mieux être un oiseau

I'm bad about myself
J'suis mal dans ma peau
I would like to see the world upside down
J'voudrais voir le monde à l'envers

If it was ever more beautiful
Si jamais c'était plus beau

More beautiful seen from above
Plus beau vu d'en haut

From the top
D'en haut
I have always confused life
J'ai toujours confondu la vie

With the comics
Avec les bandes dessinées

I have a desire for metamorphosis
J'ai comme des envies de métamorphoses

I feel something
Je sens quelque chose

Who draws me, who draws me, who draws me up
Qui m'attire, qui m'attire, qui m'attire vers le haut
To the big lottery of the universe
Au grand loto de l'univers

I did not draw the right number
J'ai pas tiré l'bon numéro

I'm bad about myself
J'suis mal dans ma peau
I don't want to be a robot
J'ai pas envie d'être un robot

Metro work sleep
Métro boulot dodo

Wou-oh
Wou-oh

Haha
Ahah
Why do I live, why do I die?
Pourquoi je vis, pourquoi je meurs?

Why am I screaming why am I crying?
Pourquoi je crie pourquoi je pleure?

I think I pick up waves
Je crois capter des ondes

From another world
Venues d'un autre monde

I never had my feet on the ground
J'ai jamais eu les pieds sur terre

I'd rather be a bird
J'aimerais mieux être un oiseau

I'm bad about myself
J'suis mal dans ma peau
I would like to see the world upside down better
J'voudrais mieux voir le monde à l'envers

I'd rather be a bird
J'aimerais mieux être un oiseau

Sleep the child, do
Dodo l'enfant, do
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Luc Plamondon / Michel Berger
S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

 

[Araucaria]

Here is a recording by Dimash Kudabergen, a singer from Kazakhstan, with both the French lyrics and the English translation. You get the feeling that the character thinks he would fit better in another reality.

 

[PalacePaul]

Querido Franki, espero que pases un agradable finde a pesar de todo.
La sensación de no encajar en el mundo recuerdo haberla vivido muy intensamente a los 16-17 años, y durante los años siguientes se fue atenuando. En aquel momento no podía imaginar lo que me esperaba en la vida, y donde me encontraría hoy.
Siempre pueden llegar cambios, y la vida puede llevarnos por caminos inesperados.
El presente puede ser difícil, pero no tiene que ser para siempre.
Un fuerte abrazo, amigo

 

[frankifab]

Thanks Johnnie thanks for the song , I haven't listened to the song yet but reading the lyrics in french made me sob as I can relate to the song a lot , I will check it out in a few minutes ...
Hola Paul , en mi caso , a causa de no ser una persona neurotipica , senti que no encajaba desde muy temprana edad , 5 años , hasta el dia de hoy no encajo . I feel misunderstood , made fun of , stigmatised , slandered , isolated ... anyway I'm used to being a lonely person from an early age , I was fine that way as I'd gotten used to being that way since I realised I was alive in this world , nonetheless, the 2022 and 2024 health issues have " broken my leg and my wing " and all the plans I had to be able to make a living and find my way out of here are cancelled for a while I hope ... In addition to that , I am a prisoner in my own home .I also have to help my stresssed out mum dealing with both with my very elderly grandparents ( since late 2019 ) ...all by ourselves ..it's quite challenging , freedom-limiting and suffocating ... I can't even sleep well as their situation is getting more challenging and weakened
HI Guys , thanks for writing , I hope you both and everybody else have a wonderfull new week , it's full moon in scorpio .. . enjoy it

 

[Araucaria]

Good Tuesday morning, Frankie!

I'm sorry if I overwhelmed you by posting that song, but I immediately thought of it when you said that you wished you could be a bird and fly away.

It was a song that I became aware of a few years ago only because someone on Just Us Boys posted it. Being in French, I don't think it ever made it to the States in any form. But I was blown away by it. Once in a while I'll encounter a song, and I want to sit with it, listening to the music, the lyrics, different recordings, who wrote it and why, etc.; and I did that with this song.

 

[Araucaria]

Good Sunday morning, Frankie!

I hope everything is going well with you, and that life is at least tolerable for you right now.

 

[frankifab]

Thanks Johnnie for taking time to write to me My Friend
I hope everybody has a pleasant weekend

I give credit for these stunnign shots to RedFox

 

[PalacePaul]

Buenas tardes Frankie. Que tengas un buen fin de semana

 

[Araucaria]

Good Sunday morning, Frankie!

I hope you're doing well, and that you're having a great weekend.

 

[frankifab]

Hola Paul , gracias por escribir TodosLosDiasSonLomismoParaMiDaIgualSiEsSabadoOMartes

I hope you and everybody else have a pleasant Sunday

I give credit to Davis0444 and Fangs for these hot Alexander Aramov shots

 

[rmcrae]

Happy FRIYAY, Frankie bud!

Hope you have a good weekend and thanks for the reintroduction to Alexander Aramov! I had a whole Pinterest board for him, but it got nuked.

 

[Araucaria]

Good Saturday morning, Frankie!

I hope you're doing well, and that things are at least tolerable if hot great for you.