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The lyrics are written as an imaginary dialogue between two lovers during a sexual encounter. Phrases from the song include:
  • "Je vais et je viens, entre tes reins" ("I come and I go, in between your hips" - literally: "Entre tes reins"; reins means kidneys or lower back in French, which has also been interpreted as a reference to anal sex)
  • "Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue" ("You are the wave, I am the naked island")
  • "L'amour physique est sans issue" ("Physical love is a dead end street")
The explicit eroticism of the song was declared offensive at the time of its release. The lyrics referred to the taboo theme of engaging in sex without love, and were delivered in a breathy, suggestive style. The song culminates in simulated orgasm sounds by Birkin. It was banned from radio play in Italy, Iceland, Poland, Sweden, Spain, and the UK, and denounced by the Vatican in a public statement


The song was originally written for and recorded with Gainsbourg's lover at the time, Brigitte Bardot, in 1968. However, Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release their recording of the song, and he agreed.[3] Later that year, Gainsbourg met and fell in love with English actress Birkin on the set of their film Slogan. "Je t'aime... moi non plus" was re-recorded with Birkin replacing Bardot, and was released early in 1969.
 
Platinum Blonde and BerlinRocks, I'm french and I never fully understood "Je t'aime.....moi non plus" until I read this quote by Gainsbourg:

"I love women as an object, the beautiful women, the mannequins, the models. This is the inner painter in me. I never tell them I love them. Je t'aime... moi non plus (I love you... me neither) expresses erotism overcoming sentimentalism… So many songs about romantic and sentimental love, encounters, discoveries, jealousy, illusions, desillusions, betrayals, remorses, hatred, etc... Then why not devote a song to a sort of love much more current these days: physical love? "Je t'aime" isn't an obscene song, it's very reasonable to me, and fills this gap. Its explanation is that girls say "I love you" during sex, and the man with their ridiculous virility doesn't believe them. They think the girls only say it as a result of enjoyment, of pleasure. I guess I believe the girls, or maybe that's a result of my fear. But that's also an aesthetic step, a search of absoluteness"
 
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lisaa1, you have to provide the pictures' credits or else they will have to be removed. It's tFS policy... :flower:
 
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