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ZAZ entertainment as French singing star performs on the summit of Mont Blanc...

Posted: 8 October 2012
by Jon


Ah, those crazy continentals... Here on OM we're proud to bring you the news that internationally renowned French popular music star ZAZ has performed an impromptu, unlpugged version of her internationally known trademark hit 'Je Veux' ('I Want') on the summit of Mont Blanc.

Not only that, but the lovely ZAZ along with her guitarist and bass player made it to the summit via the normal route entirely under their own steam carrying their fragile instruments with them. It was all worth it though, at around 10 am, the band let rip with an audience consisting of two cameramen and a radio-controlled drone.

You can find out more from the video above, bear in mind that it's in French, though thoughtfully German sub-titles have also been provided: 'Mental ist er einfach unerschütterlich,' says Dani the guide and one of the best mountaineers in der Welt. 'Das ist super hart'. Erm, ja...

It was all part of the Mammut Peak Project which is celebrating 150 years of the Swiss mountain brand by forcing random celebrities to climb high mountains, sorry, by scaling 150 peaks around the world including five of the seven highest continental summits. 

Not only that but the film of the ascent and, obviously, the concert, is going to form part of this year's European Outdoor Film Tour (EOFT) which kicks off in Luxembourg this Thursday and visits the UK for the first time this year. 

More about that at www.eoft.eu.


And just so you know how the song should sound at sea level, here's ZAZ in effervescent form in the streets of what we're thinking is Paris... And the lyrics - moving stuff:

Donnez-moi une suite au Ritz, je n'en veux pas
Des bijoux de chez Chanel, je n'en veux pas
Donnez-moi une limousine, j'en ferais quoi ?
Offrez-moi du personnel, j'en ferais quoi ?
Un manoir à Neufchatel, ce n'est pas pour moi
Offrez-moi la Tour Eiffel, j'en ferais quoi ?

Je veux de l'amour, de la joie, de la bonne humeur
Ce n'est pas votre argent qui fera mon bonheur
Moi je veux crever la main sur le coeur
Allons ensemble, découvrir ma liberté
Oubliez donc tous vos clichés
Bienvenue dans ma réalité

J'en ai marre de vos bonnes manières, c'est trop pour moi
Moi je mange avec les mains et je suis comme ça
Je parle fort et je suis franche, excusez-moi
Finie l'hypocrisie, moi je me casse de là
J'en ai marre des langues de bois
Regardez-moi, de toute manière je vous en veux pas et je suis comme ça !

Je veux de l'amour, de la joie, de la bonne humeur
Ce n'est pas votre argent qui fera mon bonheur
Moi je veux crever la main sur le coeur
Allons ensemble, découvrir ma liberté
Oubliez donc tous vos clichés
Bienvenue dans ma réalité


And finally the rather watchable trailer for the European Outdoor Film Tour 2012 which hits the UK for the first time this year - no ZAZ content whatsoever. The trailer that is...


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