I also assume, that if this was France, Allstate would choose a different song for their marketing scheme. Users Online Now: 1,667 : Visitors Today: 31,594: Pageviews Today: 79,413: Threads Today: 46: Posts Today: 692: 12:56 AM : Directory Adv. So, unlike most Americans, and no doubt the Allstate Insurance company, when I see this commercial, I'm reminded of those French Foreign Legionnaires. It is very annoying, especially when you are holding the remote and having to turn down the volume everytime a commercial comes on so you dont wake up your spouse. They left their barracks singing the song (I've seen old black and white films of this), which has now become part of the French Foreign Legion heritage and is sung when they are on parade. The officers of the regiment were arrested and tried but the non-commissioned officers and legionnaires were assigned to other Foreign Legion units (the actual 1st REP was dissolved and has never been re-instated). ![]() At the time of the recording, France was still engaged in the conflict, and the 1st REP (1st Foreign Parachute Regiment) – which backed the previously mentioned failed coup against de Gaulle and the civilian leadership of Algeria – adopted the song when their resistance was broken. You ask yourself, what does all of this have to do with the song? Well, it turns out that Edith Piaf dedicated her recording of the song to the French Foreign Legion. They, along with some pro-pied noir generals in metropolitan France, tried to overthrow the government in order to maintain Algeria as part of France. Towards the end, in 1961, when it became apparent that the French government under General de Gaulle was going to quit the war and grant Algeria its independence, almost all of the French forces in Algeria rebelled against the French government. Does this sound familiar: 'If you dont have an iPhone, well you dont have an iPhone' - link Adverts are suppose to be funny, informative and inspiring but apple adverts are so pathetic lately I just wanna hit them with a brick. Because of that, the French government fought a long and bloody war between 1954-62 to try keep Algeria as part of the French nation.Īs part of this effort, the French deployed almost the entirety of the French Foreign Legion and most of their elite forces in Algeria over the eight years that fighting took place. ![]() The region had well over a million of Europeans, known as pied-noirs or "black feet", mostly concentrated in the well-watered coastal areas in and around the capital of Algiers. What am I talking about? Shifting gears, up to 1962, the country of Algeria was not a colony but an integral part of France. ![]() Probably some people that have in-depth knowledge of modern French history would know, but your average person wouldn't have a clue. This is a very interesting song, for reasons that most people here in the USA cannot even begin to imagine.
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