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"Né en 17 à Leidenstadt" (English: "Born in '17 in Leidenstadt") is a 1990 song written by Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was the third single from their debut album, ''Fredericks Goldman Jones'', and was released in July 1991. It has been performed twice by Goldman alone, and also by Goldman with Carole Fredericks and Michael Jones, each with a specific verse to sing. An English version exists in which Fredericks and Jones sing in their native language. ==Lyrics and music== In this song, the three singers are wondering if they would have acted differently if they had been in the situation of Germans after the 1918 defeat and during the rise of the Nazism (stating that the composer, Jean-Jacques Goldman, had Polish and Jewish origins and that his mother is German), or in that of Northern Irish who were into civil war, or if they would show more solidarity with blacks if they were born as being white and rich in Johannesburg, South Africa. Therefore the song deals with the question on the topic of the choice and the position. It ends with the wish to never have to choose a camp. 'Leidenstadt' is an imaginary city whose name is composed of the German words ''das Leiden'' (the suffering) and ''die Stadt'' (the city). However, there does exists a town named 'Lydenburg' (same meaning in Afrikaans) in South Africa. According to Goldman, the song was very difficult to compose and record. The introduction, played on the piano, was inspired by the Virginian artist Bruce Hornsby.〔 The song features as the third track on the 1990 album ''Fredericks Goldman Jones'', and as the third track too on the 2000 best of ''Pluriel 90-96''. In the English-speaking countries, the song was released in a bilingual version (French / English) entitled "Born in 1917 in Leidenstadt". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Né en 17 à Leidenstadt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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