Here it is : be careful/watch out !We are hurt,we have a man ,his name is Jean-Michel,his leg is broken.With a young girl,she's called Gisele,it's so beautiful ,they climbed a tree to make love.He adopts the missionnary position it's popular...he fell,his leg is broken,look out!
English Translation of Siren Lyrics: Warning! We are injured! We have a man His name is Jean-Michel His leg is broken! With a young woman Her name is Giselle (she's gorgeous) They climbed into a tree To make love. He adopted the missionary position (it's popular) He fell, broke his leg, Warning!
@@AvishalomShalit I too love Tim's stuff. I would say that Bill Bailey is a comedian with music thrown in, and Tim is a musician with comedy thrown in. :-)
TECHNICLY, you could hear the sirens going "the other way". if it was driving towards you at a steady speed, and then suddenly started accelerating, the pitch would rise as it continues to accelerate...until it drives past you and then it would of course drop.
It’s great that people have posted the English translation; but I thought I’d post the French lyrics, in case people fancy singing along, but weren’t sure of some of the words. (Note: as I don’t speak French myself, I’m just posting what I found online; my apologies if it’s wrong.) ‘Attention! Nous sommes blessés! Nous avons un homme Il s’appelle Jean-Michel Sa jambe est cassé Avec une jeune fille Elle s’appelle Gisèle (C’est si belle.) Ils ont montés dans un arbre Pour faire l’amour Il a adopté la position misionnaire (C’est populaire.) Il est tombé Sa jambe est cassé Attention!’
Fnniest musician / comedian ever - This is probably one of his best sketches ever with the musical endings to how sirens should sound as they disappear down the street - howl with laughter. Bill Bailey, You are a F'in' legend HA HA
Attention! We have an injury! We have a man His name is Jean-Michel His leg is broken With a young woman Her name is Giselle (she looks great) They climbed a tree To make love They positioned themselves misionary (quite popular) He fell Leg broke Attention!
Attention ! Nous sommes blessés ! Nous avons un homme, il s'appelle Jean-Michel, sa jambe est cassée. Avec une jeune fille, elle s'appelle Gisèle - c'est si belle. Ils monté dans un arbre, pour faire l'amour. Il a tenté la position "Missionnaire" - c'est populaire. Il est tombé, sa jambe est cassée, attention ! Bill Bailey makes some little mistakes, but it makes the song even better ! :)
Thank you, Bill Bailey, for posting this on your own channel. This is one of my favourite bits, and I'm glad of having a source I can show to other people without risking the link dying.
You have no idea what a revelation he is to me, a tired old American from The 60´s, having to endure contemporary comedians and musicians, thieving derivative, oh Jesus, I¨m becoming redundant already. Long may you run, like a Bill Evans solo.
I shouldn't watch this while drunk. Now I have an uncontrollable urge to buy an accordion on ebay and learn French for the next time my parents go to Paris O_o.
I dont normally buy into slating peoples comments but surely the person who just gave us a french lesson is beyond help if their heart failed to be lightened by this?
I wanna hear his take on American sirens, particularly the powercall and federal Q. There's not much like it in Europe, at least not as far as I've heard.
Can anyone tell me what kind of music this would count as? I've heard a lot of songs like this here and there (usually accordion) and I love the energetic whimsy it evokes. But I have no idea what to search for to find more!
I love that the audience pretty much only reacts to the lyrics when it says 'they adopted the missionary position. It's popular.' Seems that even when in a different language we Brits manage to pick out the sexual aspects of the song! aha
It is, or was when I was going through school. Spanish was a close second, and German would have been popular when I was younger, but by the time I left school Japanese and Mandarin/Cantonese were becoming more popular and widely taught. It's standard to learn 1 foreign language up to GCSE level (16y/o).
@k45im4l1 he plays his own stuff, has a degree in music from some university (one of the more prestigious ones I think but which one escapes me) very very clever talented man
he probably does because of the "that would defy physics comment", it just wouldnt have been funny to say "according to the doppler effect, the frequency of the siren can never increase once the source of the sound waves moves past you".
The lyrics are his own, though he may have pinched the tune I don't know. Roughly translated the lyrics read: Warning! We have a man. He is hurt! His name is Jean-Michel. He has broken his leg. He was with a girl. Her name is Giselle. She is so beautiful. They were up a tree making love. They adopted the missionary position. It is popular. Now it is grave. His leg is broken. Warning!
Lyric translation: Attention, We are injured, We have a man, He's called Jean-Michel, He breaks his leg, With a girl, She's caled Jiselle, She's beautiful, They climb up a tree, To make love, They adopt the missionary position, It's popular, He fell, He broke his leg, Attention
He is both a brilliant comedian and a brilliant musician. I understand he has perfect pitch.
I played this song for my French wife a few years ago. Not only did she find it hilarious but she became a massive Bill Bailey fan!
And today on things that never happened…….
I'm French and I dearly wish our sirens were like that. * crying from laughter *
fellow french whovian! love doctor who!
melodysymphonystar could you translate that scene when he sings in French? Thanks!
Here it is : be careful/watch out !We are hurt,we have a man ,his name is Jean-Michel,his leg is broken.With a young girl,she's called Gisele,it's so beautiful ,they climbed a tree to make love.He adopts the missionnary position it's popular...he fell,his leg is broken,look out!
Cefims Soas Way cool!
Can you translate the song for me?
I find this to be the most perfect comedy moment in the history of comedy.
English Translation of Siren Lyrics:
Warning!
We are injured!
We have a man
His name is Jean-Michel
His leg is broken!
With a young woman
Her name is Giselle
(she's gorgeous)
They climbed into a tree
To make love.
He adopted the missionary position
(it's popular)
He fell, broke his leg,
Warning!
Now that I know, I am crying tears of laughter.
Would love to have a siren like that
I'd say it's more accurate to say "one is injured," or "someone is injured."
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THANK YOU!!!!
The only standup who leaves me begging for sheets and tabs.
He's great, but I'd say try Tim Minchin's Thank You God or If You Really Love Me
Or maybe Stephen Lynch, but he is quite rude :P
@@AvishalomShalit I too love Tim's stuff. I would say that Bill Bailey is a comedian with music thrown in, and Tim is a musician with comedy thrown in. :-)
The French Siren is not only funny (which would be plenty, actually) it is very beautiful, too.
I'm actually french and I found him absolutely HILARIOUS !!! thanks Bill ! (Just hope that nobody think that we actually have this siren xD)
you don't? aww I'm dissapointed.. lol.
It's okay, we told all the Americans we met that It's not true.
If I was a police commissioner in France I'd commission these sirens for all police cars :D
Aw you don't want the ambulance announcing all the embarrassing ways you hurt yourself to the passerbys who need to get out of the way? ; p
True comics make the simplest things hilarious
"Missionary, it's popular"
I'm rolling in fits, best siren ever!
"Yes, there IS an accident..but let's enjoy the ride!"
XDDDDDDDDDDD
"Yes, there IS an accident...but let's enjoy the ride"
I need a film where someone steals an ambulance in a chase scene through France, switches on the siren, and this starts playing.
TECHNICLY, you could hear the sirens going "the other way". if it was driving towards you at a steady speed, and then suddenly started accelerating, the pitch would rise as it continues to accelerate...until it drives past you and then it would of course drop.
If it drives past you
Thanks!
I am currently in the French Alps and I can confirm this is accurate.
In my not so humble opinion: this is one of the greatest contributions to musical comedy ever written.
what a talent! He would make a great music teacher
"That would be an ambulance attending an emergency in another dimension."
Which would be awesome. Probably a Delorean crashed into a phone box.
Best comment 5/7
+Ben Tyndall le reddit armie has arrived
You sir, are an absolute genius! :-)
Hate to see the excess on that one..... :D
Not just a phone box...a Tardis!
It’s great that people have posted the English translation; but I thought I’d post the French lyrics, in case people fancy singing along, but weren’t sure of some of the words.
(Note: as I don’t speak French myself, I’m just posting what I found online; my apologies if it’s wrong.)
‘Attention!
Nous sommes blessés!
Nous avons un homme
Il s’appelle Jean-Michel
Sa jambe est cassé
Avec une jeune fille
Elle s’appelle Gisèle
(C’est si belle.)
Ils ont montés dans un arbre
Pour faire l’amour
Il a adopté la position misionnaire
(C’est populaire.)
Il est tombé
Sa jambe est cassé
Attention!’
The first time I saw this section - I've never laughed so much in all my life - I actually found it hard to breathe!
Fnniest musician / comedian ever - This is probably one of his best sketches ever with the musical endings to how sirens should sound as they disappear down the street - howl with laughter. Bill Bailey, You are a F'in' legend HA HA
I think the ambulance service in France should actually adopt this as their siren :)
They kinda already do..
I LOVE Bill Bailey!!!
A genius at work
I wish our french ambulances sound like this xD
How does he think of this stuff? Can you imagine walking down a street with him....? 😂😂
He once said during another gig that he starts with a laugh first.
@@ireneparkin3360 he’s a cool dude. 😄.
A wonderful showman.
Whenever I'm in France and an ambulance passes I start singing this, my friends have no idea why.
Absolutely amazing, love this scene
Attention!
We have an injury!
We have a man
His name is Jean-Michel
His leg is broken
With a young woman
Her name is Giselle (she looks great)
They climbed a tree
To make love
They positioned themselves misionary (quite popular)
He fell
Leg broke
Attention!
21 years and I only just found this out! Thanks for the translation.
Wondered what it meant 😂
Jean-Michel Jarre est un imposteur
Attention !
Nous sommes blessés !
Nous avons un homme, il s'appelle Jean-Michel, sa jambe est cassée.
Avec une jeune fille, elle s'appelle Gisèle - c'est si belle.
Ils monté dans un arbre, pour faire l'amour.
Il a tenté la position "Missionnaire" - c'est populaire.
Il est tombé, sa jambe est cassée, attention !
Bill Bailey makes some little mistakes, but it makes the song even better ! :)
I could have sworn it was "Ils adoptaient" :)
I didn't know he spoke French. He's really good!
Brilliant! 😊 ❤️ And, for a very different perspective 20+ years later, there's Rhys Darby's bit about sirens! 😆
Thank you, Bill Bailey, for posting this on your own channel. This is one of my favourite bits, and I'm glad of having a source I can show to other people without risking the link dying.
this is just perfect
my teacher showed this to us, i laughed like a mad child during the french siren :P
Grâce à Duolingo app, I have learned enough French to understand the song. C'est très drôle. Merci, Duolingo. Thank you, Bill Bailey.
Only Bill can write a masterpiece about a guy breaking his leg while shagging a bird up a tree
You have no idea what a revelation he is to me, a tired old American from The 60´s, having to endure contemporary comedians and musicians, thieving derivative, oh Jesus, I¨m becoming redundant already. Long may you run, like a Bill Evans solo.
I shouldn't watch this while drunk.
Now I have an uncontrollable urge to buy an accordion on ebay and learn French for the next time my parents go to Paris O_o.
Andy B Did you act upon your urge?
Still waiting for an answer
@@samrose3205 No I didnt. The plague made any tourism seem a little unrealistic.
@@RS250Squid well you had at least 4 years of plague free time. This seems like an excuse
@@nonnodacciaio704 No excuse needed. I used to have lots of random flights of fancy when I was drunk. Thankfully, I rarely indulged them.
haha h e still is the best comedian that does stand up with music.
The French part was so on point! I mean, stereotypical music but what he said makes sense
This is probably his best joke :D Also, his French is quite good!
This is fucking hilarious. Love Bill. What an amazing sense of humour.
I dont normally buy into slating peoples comments but surely the person who just gave us a french lesson is beyond help if their heart failed to be lightened by this?
I love that French siren, lol
Come on, Come on, out the way, out the way!
More than my jobs worth
fucking genius. bill bailey is the savior of mankind. without bill bailey we are lost...
Would love that French every so often beautiful 😂
Actually love the song.
really want the French police to change their sirens to this.
Thanks... That help alot.......
Thank you !
keep it together bill stay in this unievers
Hai, After seeing a few youtubes, I am officially a fan!Keep it up! Greetings Rob
come on come on out the way, more than my jobs worth
I can't believe I've never watched this on drugs
I'm half German, half English! My father was from Greece, and my mother was from Holland, but I was conceived in the uk, or so my sister says?
UK Amazon has a soundtrack CD by Bailey called 'Bewilderness' which has this song on it. Not sure if the Australian Amazon will have it though. :)
I think he made that up! I've never heard it before!
The French lyrics had me weak
Cheers.
Do not listen to this with your legs hanging out over the seine, I very nearly fell in laughing so hard
So you're saying you nearly went in seine?
@@kwanarchive legend
I wanna hear his take on American sirens, particularly the powercall and federal Q. There's not much like it in Europe, at least not as far as I've heard.
@ghowells thanks man! : ) have always been wondering what he was singing about, could only understand attention : P
Shame there isn't a reaction that says, "Bloody hilarious!".
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
@JimReaper24 yes. the pitch of the sirens would increase assuming he is accelerating as he goes towards you.
Does anyone know what the french siren song is based off, I have been looking for this song for ages!
That joke is fucking brilliant. YES.
Can anyone tell me what kind of music this would count as? I've heard a lot of songs like this here and there (usually accordion) and I love the energetic whimsy it evokes. But I have no idea what to search for to find more!
epic win :P
I love that the audience pretty much only reacts to the lyrics when it says 'they adopted the missionary position. It's popular.' Seems that even when in a different language we Brits manage to pick out the sexual aspects of the song! aha
How many english people are learning french in school? I'm getting a feeling that most popular foreign language in england is french?
It is, or was when I was going through school. Spanish was a close second, and German would have been popular when I was younger, but by the time I left school Japanese and Mandarin/Cantonese were becoming more popular and widely taught.
It's standard to learn 1 foreign language up to GCSE level (16y/o).
c'est populaire
Is that a Parker Fly guitar in the background?
What's the name of the french music he plays as the siren?
Modern day Amadeus!
I understand that, i was critising that he said you never hear them going the other way.
Sigh, i know ... read the first comment where I even said that its called the doppler effect. I making a point about the way he said it :)
Was that an original french piece or is it something else? Because I want to learn it!
Does anyone have the entire bewilderness up on here? I've only ever seen the beginning.
I was laughing so hard, i almost bneded a French ambulance!
@k45im4l1 he plays his own stuff, has a degree in music from some university (one of the more prestigious ones I think but which one escapes me) very very clever talented man
Good save.......
Wonder what tune the French song is called
That’s fuckin insane 😄🙌🙌👏👏👏
he probably does because of the "that would defy physics comment", it just wouldnt have been funny to say "according to the doppler effect, the frequency of the siren can never increase once the source of the sound waves moves past you".
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Was there ever a soundtrack released for this show? Or even Angry Boys?
The lyrics are his own, though he may have pinched the tune I don't know. Roughly translated the lyrics read:
Warning!
We have a man.
He is hurt!
His name is Jean-Michel.
He has broken his leg.
He was with a girl.
Her name is Giselle.
She is so beautiful.
They were up a tree making love.
They adopted the missionary position.
It is popular.
Now it is grave.
His leg is broken.
Warning!
Lyric translation:
Attention, We are injured, We have a man, He's called Jean-Michel, He breaks his leg, With a girl, She's caled Jiselle, She's beautiful, They climb up a tree, To make love, They adopt the missionary position, It's popular, He fell, He broke his leg, Attention
I think he meant some grammar mistakes. The song is original, unless I'm mistaken.
great midi emulator for accordion. can anybody guess what it is?
Marek M he often uses a Roland RD 700-GX
keep it together bill stay in this dimnshon
He is talking about the drop in pitch when the ambulance has passed by,thus he detunes
i make a light hearted comment and you respond with that? When I was a child I learnt about respect and politeness too
french sirens starts at 1:36
Merci beaucoup monsieur!
What does he say before jobsworth?
come on come on out the way more than my jobsworth
The funniest man on a keyboard./...lol for me anyway
"Bill Bailey makes some little mistakes..." So wait, does the song already exist? Or did he just do it differently than he usually does?
How on earth do you play this!? I need to learn it !!