Tassez-vous de d'là
Encyclopedia
Tassez-vous de d’là is a song by the Quebec
band Les Colocs
. The lyrics were written by Dédé Fortin
, with a chorus in Wolof
written by Senegal
ese immigrant El Hadji Diouf; the music was written by Dédé Fortin
and André "Vander" Vanderbiest.
Tassez won the 1999 SOCAN award for best popular song of the year , and - since Les Colocs broke up in the aftermath of Fortin's suicide in 2000 - was their last hit.
/franglais
dialect. The title, loosely translated, means "get out of my way"; the song describes the narrator's guilt at having abandoned a friend who had overdosed, and his desire to see his friend again.
The music video was shot in Montreal, Canada more specifically on Emery Street between Sanguinet and St-Denis.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
band Les Colocs
Les Colocs
-External links:**Extensive French Wikipedia Les Colocs information***...
. The lyrics were written by Dédé Fortin
Dédé Fortin
André "Dédé" Fortin was the leader and singer of the Québecois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.-Early life:...
, with a chorus in Wolof
Wolof language
Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...
written by Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
ese immigrant El Hadji Diouf; the music was written by Dédé Fortin
Dédé Fortin
André "Dédé" Fortin was the leader and singer of the Québecois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.-Early life:...
and André "Vander" Vanderbiest.
Tassez won the 1999 SOCAN award for best popular song of the year , and - since Les Colocs broke up in the aftermath of Fortin's suicide in 2000 - was their last hit.
Meaning
Tassez is written in the Quebec joualJoual
Joual is the common name for the linguistic features of basilectal Quebec French that are associated with the French-speaking working class in Montreal which has become a symbol of national identity for a large number of artists from that area...
/franglais
Franglais
Franglais , a portmanteau combining the French words "français" and "anglais" , is a slang term for an interlanguage, although the word has different overtones in French and English....
dialect. The title, loosely translated, means "get out of my way"; the song describes the narrator's guilt at having abandoned a friend who had overdosed, and his desire to see his friend again.
The music video was shot in Montreal, Canada more specifically on Emery Street between Sanguinet and St-Denis.