Les Bobos [English translation]

They are called bourgeois bohemians1

Or just "bobos" to those who know them best

In the songs of Vincent Delerm,

They appear on every rhyme

They are a new class

After the "bourges"2 and the proletarians

Not far from the rednecks, but classier

I'm going to give you a brief overview of them

They're a bit of artists, that's something

But their passion is their job

In the information technology, in the media

They're proud to pay a lot of taxes

The bobos3, the bobos

The bobos, the bobos

They live in attractive districts

Or in suburbs but in a loft

Shops of connected artists

Much more trendy than the Avenue Foch4

They have well-behaved children

Who have read "the Little Prince"5 at 6 years old

Who attend private schools

Deprived of the scums, you know

They smoke a joint from time to time,

They go to bio-stores

They drive four-by-fours, but generally

They prefer take their bike

The bobos, the bobos

The bobos, the bobos

They read Houellebecq or Philippe Djian6, the Inrocks and Télérama7

Their bedside book is Surand

Near the Ikea catalog

They like Japanese restaurants and Korean movies

They spend their holidays at Cap Ferret8

The French Riviera, honestly, it sucks

They mostly watch ARTE9

Canal Plus10 is for morons

Except for PSG11 matches

And once in a whale a short porn movie

The bobos, the bobos

The bobos, the bobos

They listen on their stereo

To France-info12 all day long

Alain Bashung, Françoise Hardy

And Gérard Manset13, of course

They like Desproges14 without even knowing

That Desproges hated them

They like Bedos and Jean Marie Bigard15,

Even if they are ashamed to admit it

They like Jack Lang and Sarkozy16

But they always vote for the ecologists

They love the Mayor of Paris,

Ardisson and his friend Marco17

The bobos, the bobos

The bobos, the bobos

The girls buy clothes at Diesel

For him, it's Armani or Kenzo clothes

For their cashmere that is always clean,

Congrats to Zadig & Voltaire

They go to many museums,

Art galleries, old pubs

They drink ice manzana and listen to Manu Chao

My pen is a bit ruthless

For these people I don't like

In some ways, I guess

I'm also part of them

The bobos, the bobos

The bobos, the bobos

1. The word "bobo" comes from the abbreviation of the words "bourgeois" and "bohemian". A bobo is described like a "fashionable middle-class lefty" person.2. abbreviation of "bourgeois" which are the french upper crust3. a "bobo" is described as someone who is kind of trendy and snobbish4. one of the most prestigious streets in Paris5. famous book of the French aristocrat, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry6. both French writers7. french liberal magazines8. headland known as a place of leisure for the high French society9. a Franco-German TV network that promotes programming in the areas of culture and the arts10. a TV network that broadcasts several encrypted programmes11. football club based in Paris12. 24-hours all-news radio channel13. French singers14. French humorist known for his black humor15. Humorists known for their controversial humor16. French politicians17. French TV hosts who work at Canal Plus