Talk:Michelle (song)

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[edit] Sun King

I'd been led to believe that the "Spanish" in Sun King was actually Spanish-sounding nonsense.PurpleChez 22:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

It's Italian, not Spanish.

[edit] Early bilingual pop song?

"...and in fact it is believed to be one of the first bilingual pop songs ever."

Believe it all you want. 'Taint true. Dyfsunctional 18:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "des mots" or "les mots"

I know a little French, and always thought the word was "les". I saw the "des" in a prior version of this article and was going to change it. Before I did, however, I listened closely to the song and decided it sounded like "des". That's WP:OR, though, and so I looked in various lyric sources, all of which had "les" until I checked The Beatles - Complete Scores (Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (1993). The Beatles - Complete Scores, 680. ): they had it as "des mots". (That source is well-regarded as containing very precise transcriptions.) I left the "des" as-is. Subsequently, I found that Many Years from Now (Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, 274. ) has a quote from McCartney and he says "les mots." So, I am OK with either version. If someone thinks it's important (I don't), we can add a note that some people hear it as "des" (and cite Scores) but McCartney said it was "les" (and cite Many Years from Now and other lyric sources). There are more important edits to complete for this article, however, like providing citations in general. John Cardinal 16:24, 19 May 2007 (UTC)