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    Posted: February 07 2010 at 03:48
 
 
Christophe Gonin
Magma : decryptage d'un mythe et d'une musique (2010 Le Mot Et Le Reste)
 
New book about Magma in one of the most interesting French editions Le Mot Et Le Rest specialized in music and especially in Prog. Written by an universitarian it has a classical approach with a thematic first part and a detailled chronological  analysis of the records up to E.-Re.
 
 
 
 
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"Hey there! Rotter's Club!
Explain the meaning of this song and share it"

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Points: 1317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2010 at 10:27
I read a few pages and it's quite interesting.I will buy it later.
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If only I could read French...
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Points: 8321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2010 at 19:01
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

If only I could read French...
 
Je parle français! Big smile
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For those who don't speak French, I said:
I speak French, and it looks like a great book.
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Points: 7037 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2010 at 19:05
Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

If only I could read French...
 
Je parle français! Big smile
Ça m'a tout l'air d'un excellent livre Tongue
For those who don't speak French, I said:
I speak French, and it looks like a great book.


Then you can get it and translate it for all of us then. Wink
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Points: 8321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2010 at 19:08
Originally posted by Evolutionary_Sleeper Evolutionary_Sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

If only I could read French...
 
Je parle français! Big smile
Ça m'a tout l'air d'un excellent livre Tongue
For those who don't speak French, I said:
I speak French, and it looks like a great book.


Then you can get it and translate it for all of us then. Wink
 
LOL
 
I shouldn't have said that! Tongue
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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2010 at 19:37
I'll probably buy this one, hopefully it'll make me worker harder in French
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Joel, French is very worth learning. Have you seen my last post in the "There's something about France" thread? Tongue
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Joel, French is very worth learning. Have you seen my last post in the "There's something about France" thread? Tongue

Nope.

I'm in my 5th year of doing French, though. We had to do it for 2 years, so I decided I may as well continue with it
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2010 at 16:11
Looks interesting Martin! I'll try to struggle through it with the aid of a dictionary - my French A level was a long time ago but I can still more or less understand interviews in Rock et Folk provided there's not too much slang involved.
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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2010 at 14:14
The team of the fanzine Traverses made a review of this book - and they don't look very happy with this one:
http://www.rythmes-croises.org/traversesmag/

The review is on their forum.
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

The team of the fanzine Traverses made a review of this book - and they don't look very happy with this one:
http://www.rythmes-croises.org/traversesmag/

The review is on their forum.



 
I just read the review, which is as you said quite negative. So far all books I read from the Le Mot Et Le Reste  edition were good or excellent. A bit astonishing, that according to the reviewer, the book was hastely published with typing and other errors just to bring out the book for the 40th birthday of Magma, as the edition risks their good reputation.
 
 
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Explain the meaning of this song and share it"

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