[Kizzy]

I like it, its a French song by Stromae - Papaoutai

But can anyone say what is the relationship between the boy and the father? Is he jealous of other kids? is his dad there or not? I can't work it out.

Youtube video

[Christmas Dynamo]

vile little brat

where is his mother?

[MTVN]

Presumably he's jealous that he lacks the close familial relationship that other people have however hard he tries to recreate them, I guess his Dad is either dead or neglectful

[Kizzy]

Yes I thought that too but when the guys in the red and the yellow come on half way through they seem to be showing the father son relationship in a bad light is one a burglar and the other aggressive? that threw me.
It's really sad that in the end he just stops trying to communicate with him too.

[Christmas Dynamo]

its french

[AnnieKristmas]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaoutai

Translation:
Tell me where it's from
Finally i'd be where i want
Mother says when we search good
We'll be done looking forever

She says he is never very far
he goes to work every day
Mother says working is good
Better than being in bad company
isn't it?

Where are you, papa?
Tell me, where are you papa?
Without even talking to him,
he knows what he did wrong.
It's holy papa,
Tell me where are you broken!
It must...
I have at least one thousand times, I
Counted my fingers
Hé!

Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you, are you, where papa, are you?

Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you, are you, where papa, are you?

Even, if we believe it or not
There'll be a day we'll believe it no more
A day or another, we'll be complete papa
And one day or the other we'll be going away

Will we be hateful?
Will we be admirable?
Broodstock or geniuses
Tell us who gave
responsibility without caring!

Ah tell us who has diarrhea
Everyone knows
how to raise a child
But no one knows
How to raise a father
Mister i know it all,
We have inherited, that's it.

Sucking his thumb too much or what?
Tell us where it's broken,
It must...
be at least one thousand times we have
eaten our fingers
Hé!

Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you, are you, where papa, are you?

Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you, are you, where papa, are you?

Where are you, papa?
Tell me, where are you papa?
Without even talking to him,
he knows what he did wrong.
It's holy papa,
Tell me where are you broken!
It must...
I have at least one thousand times, I
Counted my fingers
Hé!

Where are you, papa?
Tell me, where are you papa?
Without even talking to him,
he knows what he did wrong.
It's holy papa,
Tell me where are you broken!
It must...
I have at least one thousand times, I
Counted my fingers
Hé!

Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you, are you, where papa, are you?

Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you? Pa, where are you?
Where are you, are you, where papa, are you?



Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/papaou...#ixzz3X7YyUqAI

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

[Kizzy]

I think something is lost in translation :/
It's a great video anyway

[T*]

Omg i love stromae
Basically his father died in a massacre and the song is about his frustration and sadness that he is gone from him, hense 'Papa, where are you?'

[T*]

The music video accompanying the release of "Papaoutai" was directed by Raf Reyntjens and released on YouTube on June 6, 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-two seconds. The video shows a young boy trying to interact with his unresponsive father (played by Stromae), who sits motionless, his expression and body resembling that of a mannequin, while outside, other fathers and sons dance together. In the end, the son joins Stromae on the sofa, assuming a rigid, lifeless position identical to his father's. It refers to the absence of Stromae's father, who was killed in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.[2] The video has received over 240 million views on Youtube.[3]
In the video, the boy's father is represented as a lifeless mannequin, so he is present physically, but not emotionally. As the boy looks outside, he sees that the other parents always do something together with their sons, while his remains motionless. The boy reproaches his father with the words of the song about how a parent should raise their son, and the boy then works to involve his father in dancing, like the parent-son couples he had seen before. First, the boy dances at home in front of the father; then, both of them are seen dancing in the square, but that vision is actually just an imagination of the boy, who in reality is dancing alone while his father stays motionless in the car. In the end, the boy surrenders and also becomes an empty mannequin like his father, as that is the only thing his father has taught him. Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Willis, one of the creators of Krumping, appears in the music video as a parent dancing together with his son.

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[Kizzy]

That's great thankyou tom, that makes sense, poor guy

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I like it, its a French song by Stromae - Papaoutai

But can anyone say what is the relationship between the boy and the father? Is he jealous of other kids? is his dad there or not? I can't work it out.

Youtube video

Its Clever
his dad is there
but frozen in time