Je n'ai pas besoin d'amour (I don't need love) - Official Discussion Topic

[zenmeban]

Je n'ai pas besoin d'amour (I don't need love)

 

No I don't need love

I have someone everyday

In my arms

No I don't need love

I don't need moons

I have kisses that enlighten me more than stars

 

No I don't need flowers

Words sprout in my heart

I don't need dreams

No I don't need lovers

The wind blows tremendously

The night spreads musically

As I'm rocking my family

 

A little little great happiness

A beautiful gift from life

 

No I don't need love

I have friends surrounding me

My arms are full with happiness

No I don't need love

I don't need moons

I have kisses that enlighten me more than stars

 

A little little great happiness

A beautiful gift from life

 

You are not the love of my life

You are the life of my love ( >> You are my love brought to life )

My little little little tremendous happiness

 

I don't need flowers

Words sprout in my heart

I don't need dreams

No I don't need lovers

A single day without kissing you

And the leaves start falling

Help, help

I need your love

 

(Jean-Pierre Ferland / Daniel Mercure)

Fan translation.

[Kong]

Although I'm not really understand the lyric (the title called "I Don't Need Love", but the last phrase is "I need your love"), but still like this song. Edited October 21, 2012 at 08:22 AM by Kong

[chocolatechip15]

Although I'm not really understand the lyric (the title called "I Don't Need Love", but the last phrase is "I need your love"), but still like this song.

 

It's poetry, which is always hard to understand in a language other than the one in which its written -- but I think it's supposed to be an ironic "I Don't Need Love" to heighten the dramatic effect -- i.e. as you're listening to her sing it, it's obvious that she *does* need love.

 

But I don't understand more than that -- *why* is she pretending not to need love? Is the "someone everyday in her arms" and the "kisses" supposed to from her children? Is the love supposed to be romantic love as opposed to parent-child love? I don't really understand it.

[québecflower]

It's poetry, which is always hard to understand in a language other than the one in which its written -- but I think it's supposed to be an ironic "I Don't Need Love" to heighten the dramatic effect -- i.e. as you're listening to her sing it, it's obvious that she *does* need love.

 

But I don't understand more than that -- *why* is she pretending not to need love? Is the "someone everyday in her arms" and the "kisses" supposed to from her children? Is the love supposed to be romantic love as opposed to parent-child love? I don't really understand it.

 

i think that it is the sense : i Don't need love because i have already enough of it. But in the end, when she says she needs it, it is because she knows you can't have enough love. One can think it like that too: Peoples think that maybe she have already enough of everything, and she acknowldge it, but in the end she is saying that she is like everybodyelse, she needs it . A manner to reach the life of all .

[Bell]

I think you are right, quebecflower. I understand it the same way but could not find the right words to express myself.

[Chin]

It will be my favourite song from the album... The lyrics is awesome and meaningful

[Celine Fan 77]

amazing lyrics, incredible track!!! Can't wait to hear the full thing

[Kong]

Thanks for sharing the meaning.

[chocolatechip15]

i think that it is the sense : i Don't need love because i have already enough of it. But in the end, when she says she needs it, it is because she knows you can't have enough love. One can think it like that too: Peoples think that maybe she have already enough of everything, and she acknowldge it, but in the end she is saying that she is like everybodyelse, she needs it . A manner to reach the life of all .

 

Wow - that does make sense - thanks!

[Aniechris]

Beautiful song. I just listened to the short clip on her homepage. I love it... I will buy this album!!

[Chin]

After listening the album, this song is still my favourite... I have been listening it over and over again these days

[Matias]

it really has that epicness of her 90's english ballads, I really love it, and it could be a single!!! I love it!!!

[rhapsodion]

One of my favourites on the album!!!

[Macaronie]

This is how she'll sound when she's 60. Old and grumpy.

[Fanxiaoqiang]

This is how she'll sound when she's 60. Old and grumpy.

 

celine is not you ma lady! hahha be relax

[Fanxiaoqiang]

It will be my favourite song from the album... The lyrics is awesome and meaningful

 

 

also my favor ··· :clap: :clap:

[leus]

This is one of my favorites. Les Jours Comme Ca is my no. 1!! :-) Edited November 1, 2012 at 05:58 PM by leus

[Timster]

Does anyone else find her croaky voice annoying when she sings the lower "je n'ai pas besoin...." parts? - we all know she could have sung those parts clearer!

[ferjaacu]

Amazing and powerfull lyrics It's one of my favs on this album I felt the same québecflower described when I read it...

 

Does anyone else find her croaky voice annoying when she sings the lower "je n'ai pas besoin...." parts? - we all know she could have sung those parts clearer!

 

I don't think it's annoying, at least not for me... It's her way of expressing it

[québecflower]

after listening to the song 2 or 20 times, maybe the song talk about someone who is too prood and stubborn to admit she needs love, i don't know , it can have as many meanings as people listening to it, and that is why it is so great. And the music is perfect for the song, atypical. Edited November 2, 2012 at 02:42 AM by québecflower

[Peppercorn1991]

Does anyone else find her croaky voice annoying when she sings the lower "je n'ai pas besoin...." parts? - we all know she could have sung those parts clearer!

 

 

No no no not at all lol

 

I think that very croaky voice portrays the emotion in the song perfectly! Its what makes the song sooo great to listen to for me. The only critisism for me is like others have said, the chorus really needs to be repeated more at least one more time, it sends me to heaven!

 

 

kev x

[Bell]

after listening to the song 2 or 20 times, maybe the song talk about someone who is too prood and stubborn to admit she needs love, i don't know , it can have as many meanings as people listening to it, and that is why it is so great.

Interesting interpretation, you might be right. And, yes, it can have many, many meanings.

[Matias]

of course she needs love, she is being sort of ironic, she says she is fine, she has friends and family,ans she is over it,but she needs lovebadly, is like Nothing broken but my heart, she says she is ok, but her heart is broken...

[LukeD]

To me, the message of this song is that she already has enough love and doesn't feel the need to search it in chiche ''sources'' such as the moon, the stars, the flowers etc. All the love she needs comes from her family and in the end she changes the whole thing and asks for love after the lyrics say

 

''A single day without kissing you

And the leaves start falling...

Help, help

I need your love''

 

which means that she asks for love once a day goes by without being with the ones she loves.

[Davey84]

Does anyone else find her croaky voice annoying when she sings the lower "je n'ai pas besoin...." parts? - we all know she could have sung those parts clearer!

 

You know what occured to me... She sings this song like Jean-Pierre would sing it! She has a habit of doing that, like with Immortality, it's like how the Bee Gees would sing

 

 

I think the lyrics are beautiful, but the music could have been much more bombastic

[Bell]

After I heard it a couple of times, here's how I see it. It's the need of not just be loved but be loved by a particular person, I think this is what the song is about.

[zenmeban]

Does anyone else find her croaky voice annoying when she sings the lower "je n'ai pas besoin...." parts? - we all know she could have sung those parts clearer!

 

I do !!! It makes me so uncomfortable that I can barely listen to the song. Her rendition on Sans Attendre TV Special is much better. I can't believe not a single French-speaking person could tell her it's not nice to hear... It's not attractive, it's not emotional either... It ruins the song in my opinion, and in the end I skip it all the time, it's a shame. I thought it would be one of my favorites...

[Cuquito]

After I heard it a couple of times, here's how I see it. It's the need of not just be loved but be loved by a particular person, I think this is what the song is about.

 

I agree. She is saying "I don't need love because I have people around me that loves me already... I need your love"

[Bell]

Does anyone else find her croaky voice annoying when she sings the lower "je n'ai pas besoin...." parts? - we all know she could have sung those parts clearer!

You know, when I first heard it I thought it's not usual for Celine but I actually find it charming in some way. It's a part of the atmosphere, it makes it sound a little like an old French song for me and it's really fascinating.

[Lian]

Has anyone thought of the possibility it may be for a part about us, the fans? She always says she doesn't need to make music anymore, because she has her family. That she doesn't need the love of the public, and that she only keeps singing because she wants to. And maybe at the end she realises she still needs the love of the fans, even though she has everything she ever dreamed of (=a family)

 

This is just one interpretation and I don't mean to say this is what the song is about, but I think the song can be interpreted in this way too. And when you see the performance in the Sans Attendre special, at the 'au secours, au secours, je besoin de ton amour' she looks right in the camera..