Florence's Sad Song (HQ Original)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2018
  • Florence's Sad Song from Dougal and the Blue Cat, a Magic Roundabout feature film. Featured in a recent BBC Desert Island Discs and uploaded for critique and review discussion.
    Created in France by Serge Danot, The Magic Roundabout was adapted and narrated in English by Eric Thompson who gave each character a charm that was adored by millions, making it one of the most cherished British television institutions.
    © Serge Danot 1970
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  • @elenawilliams8058
    @elenawilliams8058 5 лет назад +41

    This is a perfect rendition of what it feels like to suffer with depression. Its absolutely hear rendering

    • @amax6340
      @amax6340 3 года назад +3

      I do agree, such a great song. Never heard the English version before, you should check the French one, it's even more beautiful as it is sung by a little girl

    • @paulbeardsley4095
      @paulbeardsley4095 3 года назад +2

      Yes, that is how it is.

  • @tppercival5295
    @tppercival5295 2 года назад +8

    That song has made me shed some tears when I listened to it whilst watching the film. That moment in the film was truly depressing.

  • @BlackAce-zr2ms
    @BlackAce-zr2ms 5 лет назад +24

    This is the 70’s for you....VERY deep this is....I do remember actually breaking down when I first heard this back when I was 6!
    Well done Eric Thompson...he deserves an award for this film...

  • @lynfordcasting7461
    @lynfordcasting7461 5 лет назад +20

    If you can listen to this without shedding tears, then you're a stronger person than me... blimey, tragic stuff

  • @thecinematicmind
    @thecinematicmind 6 лет назад +15

    Thank you Mark Kermode and Charlie Brooker for introducing me to one of the most underrated film songs ever.

  • @annalever6113
    @annalever6113 3 года назад +6

    This movie terrified me as a child and just watching this clip, I can see why!

  • @gftyhify
    @gftyhify 2 года назад +8

    I love how Mr Rusty remains optimistic. Also I wonder if he’s like a father figure towards Florence, after all her parents are nowhere to be seen

  • @dukeofmars4847
    @dukeofmars4847 2 года назад +5

    Mark kermode considers this to be one of the best movies ever made and just watching this clip i can feel sonething in this film that i really havnt felt before, it sounds corny but know that im being perfectly serious when i say: its magical.

  • @davidpercival6326
    @davidpercival6326 Год назад +2

    I was born in 1986 in about 1990 I owned this on vhs I watched it over and over and remember this part the most

  • @alexbentley4087
    @alexbentley4087 Год назад +3

    Oh my word. It’s so beautiful. And simple. I can’t love it any more than I do

  • @David-uf8ex
    @David-uf8ex 3 года назад +2

    I had the soundtrack record in the 70s , just seeing this brought it all back what a lovely sad little song 😢

  • @johnlonghurst4275
    @johnlonghurst4275 4 года назад +5

    As you mentioned, as a kid I pictured every scene. Couldn’t believe it when I found the real movie. Only have it on VHS though. Must invest in DVD. Mrs thinks I’m bonkers!!

    • @jannyrocks1815
      @jannyrocks1815 Год назад +1

      Same here, played the album to death when I was 4, didn't see the film til my 20s on VHS, there was a book too with stills from the film. Not sure how we could've watched the film in the 70s, maybe at the cinema

  • @roadrunnercoyote2263
    @roadrunnercoyote2263 5 лет назад +13

    For those of you interested, I have the French version of this as well :) Here are the lyrics (from the English translation on the 2010 UK DVD):
    My sorrow is immense,
    For I feel the absence...
    ...of my dear loyal friend.
    I recall and implore...
    ...the one that I long for,
    The one who's on my mind,
    The one I hope to find.
    Hours and days slowly pass by
    I'm so lonely, my heart will cry
    Hours and days slowly pass by
    I can't believe this is goodbye...
    (spoken, while crying) Pollux, my dog... my sweet dog. My sweet friend, where are you?
    My sorrow is immense...
    For now will commence...
    A never-ending wait.
    My friend always gave me
    Such happiness and glee.
    Am I singing in vain?
    Or can he feel my pain?
    Hours and days slowly pass by
    I'm so lonely, my heart will cry
    Hours and days slowly pass by
    I do believe this is goodbye...
    I do believe this is goodbye...

    • @barbarakirk3064
      @barbarakirk3064 5 лет назад +6

      The translation of the French lyric seems more grown up and more resigned.

    • @Hug0k
      @Hug0k 5 лет назад +1

      @@barbarakirk3064 simply because the french version is the original :D

    • @pdrg
      @pdrg 5 лет назад

      Is the French one the same tune?

    • @gazzarrr666
      @gazzarrr666 5 лет назад +7

      Jesus! That's even more depressing than the english version. Good job I live on the ground floor, or I might be tempted to 'defenestrate' myself :-(

    • @gazzarrr666
      @gazzarrr666 5 лет назад +1

      BTW - The dog's 'Pollux'? It certainly is....

  • @jackfriend4u
    @jackfriend4u 2 года назад +2

    trying to type my thanks... with tears in my eyes. i only saw this film (and got a copy on dvd ) a few years ago and have now watched it at least ten times (so far), and i still get teary with this scene/song. because i love Eric Thompson's script and voice so much, i haven't been able to get more than 10 minutes into the original French version before losing patience- it feels shrill and puerile by comparison- but i can never forget that it is still Serge Danot's (?) direction and a fully French design and animation , as well as story, all of which are wonderful. its just that Thompson's voice and the nuances he gave the characters make one very big difference. The French version feel very much like its "kids only", whereas the English version feels just as much for adults, and never once feels like its talking down to the younger audience. I do wonder what the French fans of this film (and the series) thought about the two versions , what their preferences are, and whether they ever felt insulted by the BBC's/Thompson's change to the tone of it all. It would be a good subject to make as a docu-drama covering the whole history of that period. I haven't seen any of the more recent CGI version of Magic Roundabout and from all accounts (almost universally on RUclips anyway), its not a jot on that which came from the 1960's until the feature film of "Dougal and the Blue Cat" (1970). To my thinking this film should be up there with "Yellow Submarine" as something that has lasted the test of time and needs to be rediscovered and find a new audience. remastering it, adding loads of extra features on a Blu-Ray would be a good start- so come on BBC, (or BFI) - how about it? You've given attention and money to things with far less cultural cache, and many folks would like to spend their money on it.

  • @aaronsmyth7943
    @aaronsmyth7943 6 лет назад +12

    Fucking heartbreaking.

  • @endgamefond
    @endgamefond 3 года назад +2

    Me listening to this coz I'm depressed. It hits deep. This song.

  • @nostall123productions
    @nostall123productions 3 года назад +2

    I forgot how brutally depressing this movie was at some points, especially seeing zebedee, who’s usually capable of everything with his mustache, powerless and crying. Deep shit.

  • @johnpearson8190
    @johnpearson8190 5 лет назад +5

    Best film ever

  • @trionabyrne72
    @trionabyrne72 5 лет назад +4

    Beautiful song but sad in this 1970s special

  • @CarlosM.FernandezRivera-ez6vr
    @CarlosM.FernandezRivera-ez6vr 10 месяцев назад

    It's a shame this film never got released outside the UK and France.

  • @roadrunnercoyote2263
    @roadrunnercoyote2263 6 лет назад +19

    CHRIST this is downright DEPRESSING :( The fact that Ermintrude has a plastered smile on her face as she's shedding tears doesn't help and only adds to the creep factor... :/

    • @thecinematicmind
      @thecinematicmind 6 лет назад +7

      RoadRunnerCoyote18 On the soundtrack version, it includes the sounds of chains adding even more of the creepy nature.

    • @trionabyrne72
      @trionabyrne72 5 лет назад +3

      That song is beautiful but sad

    • @FletcherWilbury
      @FletcherWilbury 4 года назад

      @@thecinematicmind Oh?

  • @jimdandy3818
    @jimdandy3818 5 лет назад +2

    I hope everything turned out nicely in the summertime.

  • @TheMasterNo6
    @TheMasterNo6 4 года назад +5

    A wonderful film. I have it on DVD. It also has the original French version of the film too. Thompson's adaptation was better though. The original Magic Roundabout is still far superior to that cgi nonsense made a some years ago. They just don't make programmes or films like this anymore which is such a shame. Florence is my favourite character. My Girlfriend as a child looked like Florence - button nose and Bowl Cut hairdo. It's also a shame the utterly wasteful BBC can't be bothered to repeat the entire series in the same timeslot before the evening News - children and adults would certainly love it in the run up to the ever paranoic, ever biased, ever depressing News (which, I hasten to add, I don't really watch anymore - the News that is).

  • @jam-nc8ut
    @jam-nc8ut 3 года назад +3

    Imagine what Nico could have done with this.

  • @mrnobody2018
    @mrnobody2018 3 года назад +1

    Dotted eyes, stop motion, looking different etc. paints a picture of the remake

  • @danyhunselar9654
    @danyhunselar9654 3 года назад +3

    As sad as IT IS, The fact, that a MAN Sings Florences Song is kinda funny

  • @seanjones3746
    @seanjones3746 3 года назад +1

    I haven't seen the ep or dont know the context or reason for the song but damn this is so sad. Espechialy the part were he says sorry to Dougal.

  • @mrnobody2018
    @mrnobody2018 3 года назад +1

    Locked up like those in Robin hood fox feature film

  • @danyhunselar9654
    @danyhunselar9654 3 года назад +2

    Corona-Song...😔

  • @pdrg
    @pdrg 5 лет назад +5

    God that's brutal :'-(

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    @chrisrobson4991 Год назад +1

    2020's coronavirus lockdown in a nutshell

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    @esilayakut7447 5 лет назад +2

    😭😭😭😭🙍🙍🙍🙍🙍

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  • @danyhunselar9654
    @danyhunselar9654 2 года назад

    STOP THE WAR!!!

  • @mrnobody2018
    @mrnobody2018 3 года назад

    Florence doesn't have that kind of hair the future series

  • @mrnobody2018
    @mrnobody2018 3 года назад

    To dolly, I want the show creative hand drawn stylized

  • @cinnamonpumpkin7655
    @cinnamonpumpkin7655 3 года назад

    What happenned to her voice ???? :O

    • @michaelcasey1648
      @michaelcasey1648 Год назад +1

      It's the narrator

    • @cinnamonpumpkin7655
      @cinnamonpumpkin7655 Год назад

      @@michaelcasey1648 No. the thing is I know this movie in French ! And I loved this song sang by a little girl...and so this sounds very weird to me ! If you find the french version of this, you'll see what I mean !

  • @josephward1071
    @josephward1071 Год назад

    Before Zeebad there was Buxton

  • @minicle426
    @minicle426 2 месяца назад

    This film was pretty bleak, compared to the more whimsical tv series.

  • @mattp.7975
    @mattp.7975 5 лет назад

    $LODE 😢

  • @LePenguin
    @LePenguin 6 лет назад +17

    Dang, Eric Thompson pulls off a really well singing voice, especially for her, this didn't make me necessarily cry, but this might bring a tear to the eye