HK (Kaddour Hadadi)
«Et malheur à celui qui pense,
Et malheur à celui qui danse.»
—HK
Kaddour Hadadi (HK) is the leader of a popular-music group with social-revendication themes, including the masterpiece "Danser Encore" which challenges the covid restrictions. One of his interesting input in the genre is some sort of Célinian transmutation of the narrative style that brings in some elements of spoken, popular language, especially from immigration, alongside an otherwise highly crafted and poetic text. Examples include the main line, and the title itself, of "Danser encore":
Nous on veut continuer à danser encore
which is the type of pleonasm that one would correct in a child's phrasing but that here acquires the dimension of something between an anadiplosis and a polyptoton. This other example, that better illustrates the link to immigration, is from "Merci":
Si tout le monde il dit merci, ça irait mieux la France
where the text is given the awkward grammar of the character but without the accent by the narrator, which contributes to emphasize the urgency, authenticity and importance of the request. The correct version, "si tout le monde disait merci, la France irait mieux" (or "ça irait mieux en France"), has lost all its impact and trivialises the song. Finally, this time an exacerbated version with ««Tout' mon vie, j'ai travaillé»» (which one should probably write "j'ai travailler") with some créol accent from la Réunion, that has the full text declinated in this way, so much as to be regarded as written in a different language!
This a selection of favourite creations from this artist and his band:
Danser Encore
This is the group's masterpiece, that enticed spontaneous public popular interpretations—a crowning achievement for artists of the revolutionary caliber—and which also received considerable worldwide attention. Elena wrote the first Spanish version (Seguir bailando) which was among the very first translated languages (after German and along with Italian).
Other languages
So far the song appears to have been translated in the following languages, by their order of chronological appearance (many have several versions, in which case they are also given in chronological order):
German
Leipzig
—Tanz im Kreis, Leipzig, 27 March 2021., Post from HK's facebook.
Die Box
—Die Box, Wir Wollen Tanzen, 1 April 2021
Monika Mahr
—Monika Mahr (?!), 17 April 2021, Wieder tanzen gehn
Filming for change
—Filming for change, 1 May 2021, Danser Encore München
Trio tricando
—Trio tricando, Weiter Tanzen, 18 May 2021
Spanish (Castellano)
Elena del Valle
See also Seguir Bailando for interpretations worldwide and further details of this Spanish version.
—Elena del Valle, Seguir Bailando, 30 March 2021.
Aurore Morena
See also a version by Aurore Morena (lyrics not transcribed), 20 April 2021.
Laura Albertelli
Con retoque argentino (with Argentinian arrangements):
—Laura Albertelli, Seguir Bailando / Buenos Aires, 10 May 2021.
Italian
Sara Nastos
—Sara Nastos, 6 April 2021, Continuare a danzare ancor.
Massimo Caruso
—Massimo Caruso, 24 April 2021, Danzare Ancora.
Mario Lunghi
—Mario C. Lunghi, 28 April 2021, Danzare Ancora.
English
Partial lyrics:
—Joan (?!), 7 April 2021, Post from HK's facebook.
Catalan
—Unknown, Barcelona, Somriure ballant.
Portuguese
Kumpania Algazarra
—Kumpania Algazarra, 17 April 2021, Continuar a dançar.
Sopa da Pedra
—Sopa da Pedra, 25 April 2021, Queremos Continuar a Dançar!
A version (Ainda dançar) by Victor Ribeiro, 29 April 2021 (lyrics not transcribed).
Dutch
Marieke Schreuder
—Marieke Schreuder, 17 April 2021, Wij Dansen Door.
Liefdes demonstranten
—Liefdes demonstranten, 23 April 2021, Blijven dansen.
Polish
Alicja Aschmann
—Alicja B. Aschmann, 23 April 2021, Zapraszam Do Wspólnego Tańca I Śpiewu.
Cezary Cesarz
—Cezary Cesarz, Tańczmy Ile Sił - Polska - Slava., 24 April 2021.
Bavarian
—De Bavarian Immigrants, weida danzn., 29 April 2021.
