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Amadou & Mariam — Camions Sauvages
Album: Dimanche à Bamako
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Released: 2004
Length: 4:04
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Le long des longs camions sauvages
Le monde est mon camion sauvage

La route est longue, mes pieds sont lourds et mes paupières lourdes
Comme du plomb s'écrasent sur la route.

Le long des longs camions sauvages
Le monde est mon camion sauvage

Mon dos cassé fatigué, le long du serpent blanc éblouissant
Tombent les, tombent les kilomètres

Le long des longs camions sauvages
Le monde est mon camion sauvage

Dans les poulets, dans les poulets
Dans les enfants, dans les enfants
Dans les éléphants, dans les éléphants
Dans les giraffe, dans les giraffe

Le long des longs camions sauvages
Le monde est mon camion sauvage

Le jour se lève comme tous le jour
Sur mon camion et mes paupières lourdes
Comme du plomb s'écrasent sur la route.

Le long des longs camions sauvages
Le monde est mon camion sauvage

C'est la panique, panique, panique
Sur le périphérique
Panique, panique, panique économique
C'est la panique, panique, panique
Sur le périphérique
Panique, panique, panique trop de traffic

C'est la panique en Afrique, panique en Amérique
Panique aux fanatiques tac tic tac tic

C'est la panique, panique, panique
Sur le périphérique
Panique, panique, panique, trop de traffic.
Comments (129)add comment
It‘s very rare to hear 2 1’s in a row on RP, The Weeknd song and now this POS
Posted 1 month ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
So Manu Chao 
Posted 9 months ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
I’m picturing fleets of rampaging trucks with mad staring headlamps….
Posted 10 months ago by petecallaghan    [ Reply ]
I noticed a couple quotes of Manu Chao songs. The lyrics of "Panik Panik" near the end, plus the 'Dun dun dun dun' part earlier has the melody of "El Viento"
Posted 1 year ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
hm... is it..? were they recording with Manu Chau? 
Excellent tune BTW. Solid 8, but for second listening it might get bumped up to 9
Posted 1 year ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:




Hilarious!
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Mali has a lot to offer.
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:




Excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Did I hear the dulcet tones of a kazoo in there?
Posted 2 years ago by MilidelEubanks    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

Not that it matters, but both Mariam and Amadou are both blind from an early age. 

Makes me appreciate them more. I have had this album for years after hearing it here on RP and enjoy hearing them occasionally. . . although the original CD was borrowed by my daughter and is now part of her collection!



I saw them twice on "Later With Jools Holland" and didn't realize that until a few years ago.  
Amadou is one of those distinctive "African Sound" guitar players. I like it.
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Good music is good music. No matter which side of this tiny blue dot it comes from.
Posted 2 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
 R_P wrote:

Wild trucks...



Posted 2 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
When they played in Amsterdam, the roof almost came down! They know how to sweep up the party. Waiting eagerly for them to play again in my town. 
Posted 3 years ago by Grebbel    [ Reply ]
 haroldfromfrance wrote:

Great song. Unexpected in an American based radio, but great. Thanks for making us listen to around-the-world musics... !!! I'm French by the way ;-) 




Would have never have thought that "haroldfromfrance". Must be your accent.
Posted 3 years ago by Eric_Denison    [ Reply ]
¡Me gustan Amadou & Mariam!
Posted 3 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Love this tune, always cheers me up. Such an interesting fusion of cultures.
Posted 3 years ago by rincewind    [ Reply ]
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Manu Chao, Moby... which one I hate the most??
 
You should undertake a pilgrimage to the deepest of forests and contemplate that question. Don't bother getting back to us.
Posted 3 years ago by rdloewen    [ Reply ]
Everything I've heard from this album has been excellent.
Posted 3 years ago by rdloewen    [ Reply ]
Mau Chao in tha house! Nice cameo
Posted 4 years ago by Mpayan    [ Reply ]
Stop the hate
Posted 4 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Fast forward meets french guiana (spelling?)OK with me.
 
You're only off by about 5,000 km (wait, let me guess - 3,000 miles).
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
Truly an epitome of music.
Posted 4 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
El Watusi !!   Ray Barretto would follow this nicely....for me .
Posted 4 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
it is not a piece of music,  it is just some noise.
Posted 4 years ago by geoscientist    [ Reply ]
Not that it matters, but both Mariam and Amadou are both blind from an early age. 

Makes me appreciate them more. I have had this album for years after hearing it here on RP and enjoy hearing them occasionally. . . although the original CD was borrowed by my daughter and is now part of her collection!
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Manu Chao, Moby... which one I hate the most??
Posted 5 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
I wasn’t listening closely to the lyrics and heard “Le Willy Wonka, ton sauvage...”
Posted 5 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
 Elvis78 wrote:
the whole album was produced by Manu Chao, btw
 
I didn't realize this, but hearing Amadou & Mariam made me think of Manu Chao, so I guess I can hear the influence. 
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Great song. Unexpected in an American based radio, but great. Thanks for making us listen to around-the-world musics... !!! I'm French by the way ;-) 
Posted 5 years ago by haroldfromfrance    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:

                                     I have lost the will to live ~

                                      

 
Poulets morts!
Posted 6 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}
Posted 6 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
This guy became a billionaire crapping this kind of... can't name this SONG.
Well, if people agree to give him their money, I'm OK with it... but their tastes are awful. {#Sick}
Posted 6 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Great song.
Posted 6 years ago by gmsingh123    [ Reply ]
Astoundingly tedious.
Posted 7 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
more like this!
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam},i think...
Posted 7 years ago by arrow24s    [ Reply ]
MANU CHAO = PSD
Automatic, as simple as 2 + 2 = 4
(and I got Yes - Starship Trooper)  {#Notworthy}
Posted 7 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]

For a perhaps more accurate version of the lyrics with English translation, see here.
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]



                                     I have lost the will to live ~

                                      
Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 Elvis78 wrote:
the whole album was produced by Manu Chao, btw

 

I thought it was Manu Chao until I checked.  I think that is unfortunate.
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
the whole album was produced by Manu Chao, btw
Posted 7 years ago by Elvis78    [ Reply ]
so now we know the chicken was actually panicking.

I always wondered about that.
Posted 7 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
Awful.  Just Awful.
Posted 7 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
A nice 1 sucko barfo
Many things give me shame to be French but MANU CHAO is the FIRST DAMN ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 8 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
I will be OK if I never hear this repetitive thing again in my life.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]

 Excuse moi French tac-tic, while it reminds me atria.


Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Hi Bill, Hi Rebecca, Hi fellow listeners,
Here are the French lyrics with English translation :
https://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Amadou_%26_Mariam:Camions_Sauvages/en
I think it's a very nice song and the lyrics are deep and echoes sadly after the recent event in France..."Panique aux fanatiques tac tic tac tic" = "Panic among fanatics tock tick tock tick".
Let's keep on going forward alongside the long wild trucks and acting and hoping...and listening to RP.
Thanks you for...broadcasting :o)
P.S. : more about Amadou & Mariam : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_%26_Mariam
Posted 8 years ago by SamWanderer    [ Reply ]
Yes.  :)
Posted 9 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Fun! {#Bananajam}Love it! Never a dull moment at RP {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 9 years ago by Zeekei    [ Reply ]
hey.
Posted 9 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
 forestcowboy wrote:
Sounds like Manu Chao, but not as good as him
 
It is Manu Chao {#Wink}
Posted 9 years ago by Falcon    [ Reply ]
It does sound like Manu Chao, and not only this one song... weird. I don't like it much.. 4. for the entire album.
Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Manu Chao, but not as good as him
Posted 9 years ago by forestcowboy    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
QUITE nice on my senses

 
Tout à fait d'accord.
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
QUITE nice on my senses
Posted 9 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
There is nowhere else on Earth for me to hear this kind of stuff. I'm "not into" World Music so I'm never going to stumble across this by myself. Thanks Radio Paradise.
Posted 9 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 iMacomania wrote:
Oh, Goodness!
There are so many really good songs on the list, are never played till now.
But all the s..t of these both ever smirking Amadou & Mariam is played all the time, again and again and again and again...... What a bummer! Are there really so many people who like this?
Boot it out! Boot it out! Boot it out NOW!

 
Yes...there really are people who like this.  Fantastique!
 
Posted 9 years ago by NCEyeballKid    [ Reply ]
A very welcome change from all that anglo-centric music shit. 😊
Posted 9 years ago by bendame    [ Reply ]
 iMacomania wrote:
Oh, Goodness!
There are so many really good songs on the list, are never played till now.
But all the s..t of these both ever smirking Amadou & Mariam is played all the time, again and again and again and again...... What a bummer! Are there really so many people who like this?
Boot it out! Boot it out! Boot it out NOW!

 
You seem tense. Have you tried yoga? A warm bath, perhaps?

 

 


Posted 9 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Oh, Goodness! There are so many really good songs on the list, are never played till now. But all the s..t of these both ever smirking Amadou & Mariam is played all the time, again and again and again and again...... What a bummer! Are there really so many people who like this? Boot it out! Boot it out! Boot it out NOW!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
Fast forward meets french guiana (spelling?)OK with me.
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
What language/country/style of music is this from? Are these human beings? Aliens?
Posted 18 years ago by lordbyronfan    [ Reply ]
O.K. I consider myself to be culturally sensitive... but I swear it sounds like they are talking about f*ers & threesomes?? I'm sure they aren't but damn that's what it sounds like. Can live without!
Posted 18 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
OK, this is f'g horrible and there is no need to impose it on us ever again. We promise to be good. Unless someone out there actually likes it, in which case there is nothing I can say against it.
Posted 18 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]
MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! I WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO DIXIE LAND JAZZ
Posted 18 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
can anyone say what Miriam or the little boy are saying? i'm dying to know what the "yalla yalla" and rest mean.
I'm pretty sure "Yalla Yalla" means "Let's go" (From Arabic "Ya Allah"). There's a fun Swedish movie called "Jalla Jalla" (click here)
Posted 18 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
I like it a lot. One can hear the influence Manu Chao have had on the music, though. Not a bad thing, mind.
Posted 18 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Amadou & Mariam are certainly exceptional artists when taking into account their personal situation and socio-cultural context, but please don't play this song so often, it seems to me it keeps coming again and again every few days. It's fairly monotounous...
Posted 18 years ago by donmatthews    [ Reply ]
Wild trucks...
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Sexy
Posted 18 years ago by ad4tise    [ Reply ]
Nice groove and nice segue from Namaste.
Posted 18 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I beg for mercy - Do not play this s..t again! Neeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! Bitte, bitte nicht mehr diesen Mist spielen!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
This makes me feel a bit woozy, like smoking a clove cigarette.
Posted 18 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
valtouf wrote:
Same here. Look at the cover: Guest star Manu Chao Le fumier, il revend son style a d'autres maintenant... Is he starting a franchise or what?
Posted 18 years ago by shampa1n    [ Reply ]
tg3k wrote:
Whew! Glad that's over. I don't care what language it is, but monotonous in monotonous in any tongue.
Yeah. I'm glad they don't play Britney Spears here.
Posted 18 years ago by kaupmees    [ Reply ]
Whew! Glad that's over. I don't care what language it is, but monotonous in monotonous in any tongue.
Posted 18 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
I can't figure out if I like this. Will someone assist me?
It's gotta be driving (office boy who shall not be named) crazy - what more reason do you need to like it?
Posted 18 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
I can't figure out if I like this. Will someone assist me?
Yeah, you like it.
Posted 18 years ago by littleblueriver7    [ Reply ]
De la merde en pack de douze ce truc ^^
Posted 18 years ago by Axelito    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
I can't figure out if I like this. Will someone assist me?
Posted 18 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by ndg    [ Reply ]
robovm wrote:
Sounds just like Manu Chao to me, not quite as catchy though.
Same here. Look at the cover: Guest star Manu Chao Le fumier, il revend son style a d'autres maintenant... Is he starting a franchise or what?
Posted 18 years ago by valtouf    [ Reply ]
robovm wrote:
Sounds just like Manu Chao to me, not quite as catchy though.
I was thinking the same thing before I clicked to see who it was.
Posted 18 years ago by olsaltybastard    [ Reply ]
Sounds just like Manu Chao to me, not quite as catchy though.
Posted 18 years ago by robovm    [ Reply ]
jah_blessed wrote:
Oh wait, the guy is actually blind, like Stevie Wonder. Didn't mean to offend blind people.
No worries, they're not reading this anyway.
Posted 18 years ago by GunnerXP    [ Reply ]
jah_blessed wrote:
Oh wait, the guy is actually blind, like Stevie Wonder. Didn't mean to offend blind people.
Oh, I see.
Posted 18 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
Slowly creeping up with me, started as a 4, now upto 7
Posted 18 years ago by Gorky    [ Reply ]
rosedraws wrote:
I like this song... but it totally reminds me of another song I hear on RP... but I don't think it's this artist. Anyone know what I mean?
Nope. But pass over that doobie, OK? And thank god someone found that interview with Amadou, so we know what the heck he means by "wild trucks"...
Posted 18 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
I love it... 10
Posted 18 years ago by lunar1963    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
can anyone say what Miriam or the little boy are saying? i'm dying to know what the "yalla yalla" and rest mean.
At the end, the boy is saying "Cigarettes, matches..."
Posted 18 years ago by kaupmees    [ Reply ]
i usually like these guys, but this particular cut has the quite prominent presence of The Most Boring Person in Popdom, Mr One-Chord himself, Manu Chao. In one word:aaaaaaaaaaargh!
Posted 18 years ago by Bakana    [ Reply ]
That was nice to listen to. Thanx
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
C'est plus terrible!!
Posted 18 years ago by -relayer-    [ Reply ]
can anyone say what Miriam or the little boy are saying? i'm dying to know what the "yalla yalla" and rest mean.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Can we request this be removed from the rotation? Horrible...and the ratings back it up!
Posted 18 years ago by jackvh    [ Reply ]
me gusta marijuana, me gustas tu kaupmees wrote:
Manu Chao produced the CD. Hence the resemblances both to him and to Mano Negra... Interview with Amadou here They're denouncing the strength of poorly-wielded economic power and its dramatic consequences for African people. You, the driver of this bad truck Can't you brake a little? Your bad car kills giraffes, Hippopotamuses, and children. ...speeding truck drivers slaughtering Mali's wildlife...
Posted 18 years ago by mikedill    [ Reply ]
Elle va à la fac.
Posted 18 years ago by brokemusician    [ Reply ]
Whoa. That was awful.
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
STOP THIS MADNESS!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Jacksonstat wrote:
Reminds me of Manu Chao's "Bongo Bong". I like both songs. Manu is a guest on this album.
Ah, yes. Thanks. Now I can stop trying to figure that out ( which is tough when you only have the tune in your head and none of the words or names.) It's cool to know a little about the lyrics too.
Posted 18 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
Manu Chao produced the CD. Hence the resemblances both to him and to Mano Negra... Interview with Amadou here Amadou wrote:
Camions sauvages talks about the bush trucks in Africa. They're not in good condition. And the roads are not good. The brakes are not good. People get killed, and animals.
They're denouncing the strength of poorly-wielded economic power and its dramatic consequences for African people. You, the driver of this bad truck Can't you brake a little? Your bad car kills giraffes, Hippopotamuses, and children. ...speeding truck drivers slaughtering Mali's wildlife...
Posted 18 years ago by kaupmees    [ Reply ]
rosedraws wrote:
I like this song... but it totally reminds me of another song I hear on RP... but I don't think it's this artist. Anyone know what I mean?
Reminds me of Manu Chao's "Bongo Bong". I like both songs. Manu is a guest on this album.
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
I like this song... but it totally reminds me of another song I hear on RP... but I don't think it's this artist. Anyone know what I mean?
Posted 18 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
That is one crazy looking album cover. It looks like a box of cereal or something ... "Amadou & Mariam Flakes - now with Manu Chao berries!" Fun track. Savage trucks? Okay. And here I was thinkin' maybe it was a song about sausages.
Wild/savage trucks? I don't get it. Perhaps it's an idiomatic French expression like Sisqo's use of "She had dumps like a truck, truck, truck" in his classic magnum opus "The Thong Song." And that, folks, is quite possibly the only reference to Sisqo on this website. So now we've met our quota.
Posted 18 years ago by thejake48    [ Reply ]
Bill it's "wild trucks" not "savage trucks" It still doesn't make any sense though... "Le monde est beau, camion sauvage"
Posted 18 years ago by jean-louis    [ Reply ]
Oh wait, the guy is actually blind, like Stevie Wonder. Didn't mean to offend blind people.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
MrSpaz wrote:
Am I reading the song title right? Any French speakers out there want to clarify? I don't want to post what I think it says 'cause I think it says something pretty weird. PS: By weird I mean odd, not profane or anything.
"Sauvage" is more like "wild" than "savage" -- I'd translate it "Wild trucks"
Posted 18 years ago by Ronn    [ Reply ]
Most def a WTF song...
Posted 18 years ago by cbonai    [ Reply ]
MrSpaz wrote:
Am I reading the song title right? Any French speakers out there want to clarify? I don't want to post what I think it says 'cause I think it says something pretty weird. PS: By weird I mean odd, not profane or anything.
"Wild Trucks". Wild as in wild animals. Not as in wild-n-crazy guy.
Posted 18 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
MrSpaz wrote:
Am I reading the song title right? Any French speakers out there want to clarify? I don't want to post what I think it says 'cause I think it says something pretty weird. PS: By weird I mean odd, not profane or anything.
Well, my French ain't what it used to be, but as far as I can tell, that literally translates to "wild trucks" . . .
Posted 18 years ago by Squirrel    [ Reply ]
The guy looks a bit like Stevie Wonder.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
I'll have one of those "sausages" then.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
"Amadou & Mariam Flakes - now with Manu Chao berries!"
Posted 18 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
And Bill continues with my musical education. Snappy l'il tune. And great cover. M
Posted 18 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
That is one crazy looking album cover. It looks like a box of cereal or something ... "Amadou & Mariam Flakes - now with Manu Chao berries!" Fun track. Savage trucks? Okay. And here I was thinkin' maybe it was a song about sausages.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
This is one really weird song. At first I hated it but by the end I enjoyed all the layering they had going on.
Posted 19 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Am I reading the song title right? Any French speakers out there want to clarify? I don't want to post what I think it says 'cause I think it says something pretty weird. PS: By weird I mean odd, not profane or anything.
Posted 19 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]