加拿大創作才女［瓊妮米雪兒］──民謠搖滾／爵士流行曲──［In France They Kiss on Main Street／在法國他們在街上接吻］

Downtown
My darling dime store thief
In the War of Independence
Rock n Roll rang as sweet as victory
Under neon signs
A girl was in bloom
And a woman was fading
In a suburban room
I said, "take me to the dance"
"Do you want to dance?"
"I love to dance"
And I told him, "they dont take chances
They seem so removed from romance"
"Theyve been broken in churches and schools
And molded to middle class circumstance"
And we were rolling, rolling, rock n rolling

Downtown
The dance halls and cafes
Feel so wild you could break somebodys heart
Just doing the latest dance craze
Gail and Louise
In those push-up brassieres
Tight dresses and rhinestone rings
Drinking up the bands beers
Young love was kissing under bridges
Kissing in cars, kissing in cafes
And we were walking down Main Street
Kisses like bright flags hung on holidays
"In France they kiss on Main Street"
"Amour, mama, not cheap display"
And we were rolling, rolling, rock n rolling

Downtown
In the pinball arcade
With his head full of pool hall pitches
And songs from the hit parade
Hed be singing "Bye, Bye, Love"
While hes racking up his free play
Let those rock n roll choir boys
Come and carry us away
Sometimes Chickie had the car
Or Ron had the car
Or Lead Foot Melvin with his hot-wire head
Wed all go looking for a party
Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead
And Id be kissing in the back seat
Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said
And wed be rolling, rolling, rock n rolling
Rolling, rolling, rock n rolling
Rolling, rolling, rock n rolling

１９７５年１１月, ３２歲的加拿大創作才女瓊妮米雪兒（Joni Mitchell）發行個人自己創作與製作的第七張專輯［The Hissing of Summer Lawns／夏日草坪的嘶嘶聲］（Asylum唱片發行）

它延續上張專輯［Court and Spark］中受爵士樂影響的聲音，並加入更多非傳統和實驗性的材料。

它具有採樣、合成器以及來自爵士搖滾樂隊 L.A. Express 和 Jazz Crusaders 以及 James Taylor、David Crosby 和 Graham Nash 等樂隊的貢獻。

米雪兒還負責空心吉他、鋼琴、鍵盤，合成樂器．

專輯發行之初樂評不佳，但隨著時間經過，聲譽逐漸提高，目前已被視為瓊妮最佳作品之一．

［The Hissing of Summer Lawns］登上加拿大專輯榜＃７

美國榜＃４　取得金唱片（５０萬張）　

英國＃１４　銀唱片（６萬張＋）

澳洲榜＃６２

雖然明顯遜上張專輯［Court and Spark］ ，但表現差強人意

首支主打是１９７６年１月推出的［In France They Kiss on Main Street／在法國他們在街上接吻］

由米雪兒創作，雖然歌名如此，但歌詞實際上講述了１９５０年代北美年輕人浪漫和成長的故事。

米雪兒把它製作成一首民謠搖滾／爵士流行曲．

編曲輕鬆隨興，瓊妮以慵懶放鬆的唱腔演繹．

David Crosby, Graham Nash, 和James Taylor擔任和聲。

《Cash Box 》表示「瓊妮米雪兒提煉出浪漫的精髓，並透過這首單曲將其自由傳播。」

［In France They Kiss on Main Street］登上加拿大榜＃１９

副榜──加拿大Easy Listening榜＃３３

美國單曲榜＃６６．

副榜──Easy Listening＃３２

Cashbox雜誌單曲榜＃５５

隔年瓊妮以專輯［The Hissing of Summer Lawns］提名葛萊美獎最佳流行女歌手．

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFksnIy2aO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQol0T505x4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BERzJXItRU

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Z_hZarKP0

1979 Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgjdm5qXTX4