Cajun Country Revival - You Won't Be Satisfied | French People React to Cajun Music!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- As a French person, my interest in the Cajun Culture brings me to Cajun Music!
Very peppy, lots of instruments and happy people, it's a YES!
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French Listen to Cajun Country Revival - You Won't Be Satisfied | Reacting to Cajun Music!
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People who think the US is New York, Florida, or California miss a heck of a lot found in “fly-over” middle America.
Another way to say that is that most Americans forget about our Third Coast... It's not all about east and west when you factor in the culture around that big beautiful Gulf :-)
@@RraMakutsi ,, Hey, great. But I have to wonder what possessed someone to build a City below Sea Level.
@@davidleatherneck The Original City of New Orleans (The French Quarter) was not built below sea level but was located on ground that was above sea level. They needed a safe place to trade with the Indians and control the river.
Yeah. How could we forget VEGAS (aka Sin City)
Those class clown states make the show up early with an apple on the teachers desk states look bad.
Also check out Zydeco Music --- ( French: Zarico) is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Although it is distinct in origin from the Cajun music of Louisiana, the two forms influenced each other, forming a complex of genres native to Louisiana.
Buckwheat Zydeco is a great performer .
If I remember my history right, it's short for Les haricots sant pas saie.
Doug Kershaw ruclips.net/video/HI8d8rxlMsE/видео.html or Waylon Thibodeaux ruclips.net/video/_yistA2MlR4/видео.html
@@lasagnasux4934 les haricots ne sont pas salés = Beans aren't salted
Les haricots….zydeco
Now you understand when someone asks where to go in America the question is so difficult to answer. The country is so big and so diverse.
That was such a fun video! As we say in southern Louisiana, "Laissez les bons temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!)"
Love your channel BTW.
Loved watching Justin Wilson when he cooked and You Sir reminded me of his humble hospitality in your reply! Cheers From Ohio
I have always said that the 2 major musical places in the world are Ireland and Louisiana......If you study or play western music, that's where to head.....I'm Scots/Irish and love both of them..
@@nodgelyobo1 Agree 100 percent! Cheers and Slainte From Ohio
Just now watching your video. I’m a native Cajun, born and raised in Louisiana. This makes my heart smile! Geaux Tigers!!!
I was 18 when I met my first Cajun. We were in boot camp together. He was a great friend and wicked funny.
I attended navy Operations Specialist A School with a seaman named Hebert Toups. He was in the Naval Reserve serving as a deckhand in a small boat unit in Louisiana before striking as an OS . Cool guy .
Wicked!? Are you from Boston?
@@jeffreyviolette6116 family is
I would love to see you go to Louisiana and film yourself talking Cajun French with people there.
Love the reaction, I live in the Heart of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana! Love the culture and food.......:-)
When you come visit America, swing up by Wisconsin, and I'll take you to my tribe's powwow. Traditional Native American singing, dancing, and food! Lots of food!
These are friends of mine! I grew up in Acadiana, and I can get you in touch with these folks for your trip!
My wife grew up in New Orleans and it's all about the food and the MUSIC!
I’d kill for some shrimp gumbo and beniets.
@@gawainethefirst I have beniet mix in my pantry at all times.
My dude, it's spelled beignets. Don't let your wife see how you spelled it lol.
@@noladr I won't! lol
@@noladr that could be why I don’t have a wife…🤔
They know how to throw down for sure..only thing hotter than the food and drink is the music..
And the hot sticky weather.🌞🌞🌞🌞
Look up Doug Kershaw, The rage'n Cajun. "Diggy Liggy Lo" is great. He had a lot of hits back in the day. Thanks
He was born some time in the 1930s. In an interview, he mentioned that he could not speak English until he was about 10. He is an old Cajun fiddler who is decidedly worth listening to.
@@ralphtomlinson4520 ,,, Yup, and the only reason we know about him today is because a friend of his eventually convinced Doug he should make a recording. He really did not want to deal with that for a long time. But we won when he did record.
@@davidleatherneck He had a brother, Randy(?) who performed and recorded with him, but I don't remember what ever happened to him.
Cajun and Zydeco music are some of the best music that ever ended up on this Earth. Music doesn’t get much better than these two styles. Plus I had a Cajun family as friends, they treated me like I was royalty. Their surname is LeJeune, best people that I’ve ever met.
Same thing here, I got adopted in the culture for a while, they did love me tho being from Alabama. Even got to be in a Mardi Gras parade outside of Baton Rouge in Port Allen. The Simoneaux and Dedeaux families. I'll Cherish it forever.
This song is very similar to what is called "Bluegrass" in America. Bluegrass comes more from the Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains. The Bayou area of Louisiana is one of the more isolated areas of the United States and therefore the music is very unique since it developed while cut off from the outside world.
Missouri here love the bluegrass. Grew up with the whole family playing
It's the music of Acadians that were expelled from Acadia. (Canada) They migrated to Louisiana, which at the time was controlled by Spain, who wanted to expand the Roman Catholic population.
This is very bluegrass influenced. Not super traditional Cajun.
@@raymondyukich7891 This is not traditional Cajun music. It has a heavy bluegrass influence.
@@BP-or2iu Kind of Bluegrass with a Cajun French accent but that's what I love about Louisiana it's a musical gumbo where everyone brings something tasty and throws it in the pot! You never get the same stew twice cause the ingredients are different each time.
You hit the nail right on the head when you said everybody likes to dance to Cajun music. It’s happy music, and you almost can’t help yourself!!! I visited the Audubon Zoo near New Orleans and there was a Cajun music festival going on . Almost everybody in the park was dancing, even some people who were checking out the animals!! It was a fantastic experience !! I hope someday you can go and experience the Cajun culture and food in Louisiana . You will never forget it!!! Great video as usual!, 😎😎👍👍👍👍👍
I just got back from New Orleans (I'm from Dallas, Texas). I love New Orleans and all of our next door neighbors from Louisiana. The food is the best! Most of the people are friendly like us in Texas. If you do get a chance to go, please do. You will love it.
The National World War II Museum is also located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It's a museum not to miss.
Dear Marie- I have worried that some of the trolls on RUclips might be acting like jerks and making you sad. Don't even read them all the way through. Just block them and don't worry. We love your posts and they should just get a life and quit bothering lovely people like yourself.
👍👍 agree. Miss Marie is a beautiful soul..
Yes, I miss hearing zydeco. I used to live in Louisiana. The instrument that looks like a small accordion is actually a concertina and is commonly heard in zydeco music.
Great video Marie, it's kind of like Bluegrass with a Zydeco. It's always nice to be exposed to different types of music. Olease keep the great videos coming.
I’m loving your channel! If you visit Louisiana, definitely try to make it to Festivals Acadiens et Créoles or Festival International de Louisiane. Both are in Lafayette, LA and they are fantastic!
I've only missed two festivals since 1989
FAeC I meant
I'm a lover of all kinds of music. This genre, Zydeco, is just one of the ones I love. And the chord pattern on the song you highlighted is something I could easily follow on guitar, just a a one-four-five in the key of D (I pulled my guitar off the stand to verify). Most blues and a lot of rock and roll have this same pattern.
Enjoys your videos today.Looking pretty in pink.Keep the great music playing.Keep smiling 😃
Kansas Grandpa Checking in. That's a lot of fun to dance to...
yrp... that good ol' 2 step!
My uncle Camey Doucet is in the cajun music Hall Of Fame. His most popular song was to hs mom, our grand mother, after she died, called- Mom im still your little boy. Thankyou for the videos, Love you and God bless. Mike.
Zydeco music is popular and includes the "squeeze box" and a fiddle. It is pure Cajun. Some people call it French Hillbilly. It is fun and has a catchy beat to it. I notice and lot of feet moving and sometimes people getting up to dance when they play it. There was a comedian who had a Cajun cooking show and he would tell funny stories while he cooked. His name was Justin Wilson. He had a Cajun accent and the way he told those stories reminded me of my late Uncle Ike. Ike was tall and thin and a bit swarthy. He had lived in Louisiana so long that he talked with a Cajun accent. He was the skipper of a towboat on the intercoastal waterway.
Zydeco is different from Cajun music - love them both - black and white cousins !
For a time, there was a Cajun music festival at Saulieu, but COVID-19 and a few other things killed it.
Music transcends all languages, and is the only true universal language. Great entertainment and great reaction! ✌️😎
That's the magic 🤠✌💖
Sadly the government of Louisiana had a few years ago went on a campaign to stop teaching cajun or creole language and history in the schools. I saw a program on RUclips showing the locals that were having to teach their children the language. I hope the don't stop it all together
The music is a lot like bluegrass music of the eastern United States ( hills music) they use the same instruments mostly but the hand accordion and the bluegrass music uses the floor bass and banjo. The music is great and tells the stories of years ago.
Some people say these types of music are a simpleton style of music by simple uneducated people but it's very complex and have the best harmonies. Bluegrass and Cajun music was in the beginning the roots of blues, country and rock music. The blues, and country music show the same vibes and styles still today. Love the channel
Marie, you have such a spritely and delightful personality. Keep it up!
Très jolie en rose! I like this music, I’ll definitely try to find more. I didn’t know anything about Cajun culture before I saw your videos, so merci. 👍
Marie !!! - Let's DANCE !! When you get to Louisiana, you will only be across the river from TEXAS!
Greetings from central Louisiana, love the video. So looking forward to going back home toNew Orleans for the French Quarter Fest
Love Cajun! The best! You should watch the movie Southern Comfort. Hugs from Idaho.
Omg your English has come so far right now✊🏽✊🏽stay strong and keep pushing forward💪💪😍👍👍🥰🥰
I came across your channel via your Normandy video (which I really liked) and I also enjoyed this one very much as well. As a native New Orleanian, I like your choice of attire and room decor (especially the LSU and Drew Brees pennants, so GEAUX TIGERS and WHO DAT!).
You must visit New Orleans and Louisiana when you get the opportunity to do so. You will eat some of the best food on the planet, dance to some amazing music, and have a lot of fun while doing so. No one, and I mean no one, throws a party (or parties) like New Orleans, as others have commented, our unofficial motto is 'Laissez les bon temps rouler'.
Another reason to visit NOLA is that we also have the National WWII Musueum, which is one of the world's highest ranked muesuems. It was spearheaded into existence by Tom Hanks and Stephen Ambrose (he was a local university professor and author who wrote the book Band of Brothers that HBO later made into an epic miniseries). We have it here in New Orleans because the Higgens boats used to land Allied troops at Normandy on D-Day and other campaigns were designed and developed in New Orleans by Andrew Higgins. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander during WWII and later U.S. President, described him as, 'the man who won the war for us.'
If/when you do come, the fall through spring is the best because of the multitude of festivals we have such as Mardi Gras, and b/c of covid, we're having Jazzfest (for now) in October. Bring an appetite.
I think you'll enjoy this short video: ruclips.net/video/aNssVFajt_Q/видео.html&ab_channel=AH
Hope you're doing well ❤️ From Pennsylvania
You have to yell, "YAAAAAAAAAAAYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!"
That was a fun & festive reaction! I'm sure there was a nice crawfish boil going on somewhere in the background, at least I hope so! (The jambalaya you put at the end sure looked delicious) :0) 🐺
Jambalaya, Catfish pie, Filet Gumbo,,, all lines from Hank Williams Sr. song. 'Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou.'
Keith I agree. Makes me want to go and get some for lunch. Then take a big nap.
Wish I was back on the bayou
Rollin' with some Cajun Queen
Wishin' I were a fast freight train
Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans
CCR!!!!!!
I love that you have the LSU banner right behind you...Geaux Tigers!! ❤
go tigers
Nothing like some Cajun Two-Step to get your toes tapping and your head nodding 💯
Louisiana is historically the heart of American music! Jazz and blues come from the mixture of Cajun and Creole music. Impossible to imagine what would have become of music without the influence of Louisiana because almost everything was born there ...
Cajun music creating Jazz and Blues, I'd love to see the sources for that.
Hello Miss Marie !!! If you Ain't Picking & A Grinning Now there is A Good Chance your Dead inside !!! 😂😂😂😂
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Quite the Array of instruments there !!!
Cajun music is a combination of French music, Folk music, and Country music. That is what is unique about it.
Bonne vidéo Marie! Bonne musique Cajune aussi! Le Tour à terminé, mais maintenant commencent les Jeux Olympiques d’Ete à Tokyo, Japon. C’est un bon été! 🌎⚽️⚾️🌸🚴♂️🎾🏀🥎🏓🏸🏑🥊🥋🏋️♀️🤸♂️⛹️♀️⛹🏾♂️🤺🏊♀️🤽🏿♀️🚣♀️👍😉
Theres nothing like some good cajun music and crawfish. Come anytime sha, Love you and God bless.
If this is THE Michael Doucet, she DECIDEDLY should listen to your music.
@@ralphtomlinson4520 Beausoleil? Je ne crois pas que ce soit le même Michael Doucet.
@@JAlex-dg5mk Ben ouais, l'equipe est "Beausoleil" , mais eje sais pas s'y soit le même Michael Doucet. 'A devroit encore écouter Beausoleil.
i used to work for cajuns and they were the best bosses i ever had. just great people.
Great review!
As soon as I heard that music l lost all control of my feet , they were tapping by themselves. Brilliant.
I recommend you try some zydeco, Clifton Chenier specifically. The King of Zydeco.
Didn't think of this the day you did your Cajun music video but you might like Mary Chapin Carpenter doing Down at the Twist and Shout but be prepared to dance when you listen to it and you'll break out in grins again.
Welcome back, Marie!!!!!!
Fun Fact: When you go to a zoo they have a plaque with a nice description and facts about the animal and their habitat.
In Louisiana at the zoo they have a plaque with a nice description and facts PLUS a recipe on how to prepare it.
My family has been in America for nearly 400 years. My fathers side came from Scotland in 1646 courtesy of the British. My mothers side came from France in 1700. My French ancestor was Sieur Pierre Rachal St. Denis (1698-1756) of Isle d' Orleans, France. He was sent by the king of France to establish a fort in what was then French Louisiana. He established Ft. Natchitoches to thwart Spanish incursion into the area. He also helped established Ft. Rosalie in what is now Natchez, Mississippi. I was born in Bastrop, Louisiana in 1946 and am very proud of my Scottish and French ancestry.
👍👍 awesome video miss marie... The Cajun culture is incredible.
Food. Music. Friends nothing better🌻🌻
I’m a Cajun who loves his music, so glad to see it 🤟
Muy buena la música Cajun, con raíces de Francia.
My husband said if you are ever in Sulphur, Louisiana we will gladly be your host family and cook and share some Cajun recipes.
This is great music but its a Fusion of Cajun and Mountain Music called Blue Grass . They work well together don't they . I have been wowed over by this song . I hope there is more of this fusion music to come .
If this doesnt make you get up and dance then you must be dead 😆😆😆😆😁😁😁.one of the things i love the most about my country is the endless amount of different cultures here.it is such a joy to see other people learning about them too.
Check out Queen Ida (pronounced “eye-dah”
She is fabulous
At her concerts she’d order all seating to be removed because everyone dances on the spot
It’s amazing
Magnifique vidéo Marie! Vous ne pouvez pas vous tromper avec la musique Cajun! Si cela ne vous fait pas danser, vérifiez votre pouls.
Here are a few artists and songs from my playlist that you and your subscribers may enjoy.
1. “La Cravat” by Doc Happy and the Boys
2. “Going back to Louisiana” by Hadley J. Castille & Louisiana Cajun band
3. “Who stole the pies” by. Camey Doucet & Musique
4. “Parlez-nous à boire” by Michael Doucet & BeauSoleil
5. “T Bec Do” by Joe Warren Cormier
6. “Les Veuves de la Coulee” by Leroy “Happy Fats” Leblanc
7. “The back door (La porte en arriere) by D.L. Menard
8. “La ville de Mantoue” by Edius Naquin
9. “Chère Tout Toute” By Sundown Playboys
10. “La danse des Mardi Gras” by Dewy Balfa & The Balfa Brothers
Prendre plaisir!
Enjoy
You have to move to this music. The old saying fits ( If you can't dance to to this, Y'aint got feet!)
love it when you break out in those big grins!!
That was absolutely grear. I loved it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊
Thanks for the amazing song. Keep up the good work.
Louisiana native here. My favorite Cajun album of all times is Live at the Dance by the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band. Every song is a gem. It features master accordionist Marc Savoy, his wife Ann on guitar and vocals and Michael Doucet, better known from the band BeauSoleil, on violin. Traditional Cajun music at its best.
Something to ponder…Cajun music, like Zydeco, Bluegrass, Jazz, and the Blues, are truly an American invention.
Marie, in the Mini Series "Band of Brothers", there is some interaction between a French speaking Belgian, and a cajun that I think you would like Its a great mini series and i would love if you could react to it.
it's 'doc' Eugene Roe.
Frenchfryyy! The US is such a big country that it has many different histories in different regions. Cajun music demonstrates that as well as it is possible! The only French term I know is how to ask where the toilet is, but I don't need to know any French to love this music! California sends love!
Check out Caesar Vincent ! My old uncle sang French ballads between 600 to 900 years old. He also made the first version of Travailler C'est Trop Dur !
This was really fun. Thanks for sharing :D
Your channel is awesome you teach me things I never knew about America. I have been to France 🇫🇷 but never have been to Louisiana meci boucoup
MAKES ME DANCE and smile... more than any other music! You are wonderful.
These are the descendants of the Acadians expelled from modern day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1755. Can we have them back now?
No. 😉
You should go to the Cajun music festival there in France. Cajun/Zydeco bands from good ole Louisiana make their way across the pond to perform.
Love Cajun music and you found a great one here!!! Yeah, I don't see how anybody can sit still listening to Cajun--you have to move!!! (and you did).
Hello, I am from Louisiana and this music speaks to me. It makes me cry because I live away but grew up listening and dancing at Fais doo doos.
The town I came from, Basile, had a number of famous musicians Dewey Balfa, Canray Fontenot, Nathan Abshire, Boisec Ardoin, and others but the town has fallen on hard times, many musicians play in the larger cities, New Orleans, if you travel here please let me know, I would be happy to help plan your trip.
You should try to catch thr Cajun Mardi Gras season, around Opelousas and Lafayette! Filled with le joyeaux de vivre.
Bonjour Marie! I hope that you go try some of the Cajun/Creole restaurants there in France (I think most if not all are in Paris,) becuase it may be a different experience than trying to make the food yourself using the kits that people have sent to you. Either way, thanks for this video! Bonne Journee! ~Be Blessed
I've heard Cajun music before and I like it. How does it relate to French culture? Is there a similar genre in France. Good to see the French standing up to Macron. Well done the French.
"Cajun" is a corruption of "Acadian". The Acadians were French speaking people who were forced out of eastern Canada by the British in the 18th century. Some of them ended up in southern Louisiana and developed what we today call Cajun culture.
In addition to Barry Fletcher's reply-- there is still some "back and forth" between Québec and Louisiana and there are some great Québecois Cajun bands such as Salebarbes-- check out their live stuff here on RUclips.
@@craigramsay53 Grouyan Gombo was another one that was pretty good; from Montréal. The squishbox player was from Nova Scotia; blocque carrée.
@@barryfletcher7136 Driven out of Canada by the English and then banned from practicing their language by other English speakers. The irony is that the English language would be almost impossible to use without the French language as it contains about 50% of the words coming from the French language. Even the inscriptions on the English royal coat of arms have been in French for 1000 years .... Check it out for yourself, it is written "Honni soit qui mal y pense" and "Dieu et mon Droit". Another irony: it is French speakers who founded the English monarchy in 1066 and who created the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the teaching was exclusively in the French language for the first 3 centuries of their existence.
Conclusion: the United States could never have existed without France because it is not only the sale of 1/3 of the territory by France "louisiana purchase" (Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minesota, Iowa, Nebraska, kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lousiane, 1/4 of texas and 1/2 of Colorado) and military aid to independence ..... there is also the great influence of the French language in the language national national spoken by Americans ....
@@litogor I know the English language was changed after the invasion by William the Bastard in 1066.
Believe it or not, my local Fraternal Order of Eagles club in Minnesota has a Cajun band that (prior to covid anyway) used to play regularly at the club. So Cajun influence has even reached as far as Minnesota. I know one of the band members.
I loved that !
Here's another classic:
ruclips.net/video/he9QMKqbd7E/видео.html
Jennifer Ewen is one of my fave Louisiana Cajun-French girls!
Cajuns living in the southern United States are the direct descendants of French settlers who came to Canada to settle in the provinces now known as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The French settlers named the area Acadia and were known as Acadians. When the English won the Seven Year War in North America, they expelled all the Acadians starting in 1755. Those Acadians, the ones that survived, trekked all the way south to the remaining French colony of Louisiana where they resettled. It is now part of the USA. The name Acadian was slowly corrupted until they were simply known as "Cajuns".
The teacher who instructed me in French was from Turkey, and naturally I picked up pieces of her accent. As a result, my own French is accented. I have been told by more than one native speaker that "tu parles français avec un l'accent acadien." Which is weird, because as I said, my French instructor was from Turkey. C'est un mystère.
You ought to check the Cajun cook Justin Wilson. He was and still is a National Treasure.
Bienvenue New England, upper New York, and the candienne maritimes, and our cousins in the south!
It's hard to resist dancing to Cajun music. If you would like to hear some New Orleans music, select a video from Tuba Skinny. They play 1930's New Orleans jazz. They have played in France at some jazz festivals. I think you will love it. Enjoy and stay well.
I grew up listening to this kind of music 🎶 the only thing missing was people two steppin (dancing) 😂….I’m Cajun and we’ll cook a gumbo for you when you get here 😉
Hello from Detroit Marie. You would enjoy the movie The Waterboy. It's a comedy about Cajun college football.
very similar to Bluegrass, minus the accordion. Great to listen to, merci beaucoup, young'un!
Fun video! That single-row diatonic accordion is known as a"Squeeze-box". And of course the fiddle is familiar in this music. But the inclusion of mandolin seems a little unusual to me. However, I like it. It adds a little bluegrass flavor which I like.
J'aime la musique des cousins ! Quelle ambiance ! Merci.
I loved that song. There are so many fusion bands that have been around for along time. Some that have come out of Europe not that long ago. Metal with violins and trumpets ect.
Reminds me of Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band that played around the Bay Area - so much fun when at small places in Marin. Every area has unique music to enjoy. Amazed at how many musicians in my hometown in Central New York too.
laissez les bon temps rouler
When you get to Louisiana try to find a little town that's having a Street festival.I went to one in St Martins Parish years ago lots of fun,food,music and people from baby's all the way to 90yr old.
That particular accordion is now only used in cajun and zydeco music. It is some type of swiss accordion I believe.
The cajuns or acadian by they're proper name were French colonists in Canada that settled Canada. When the British took Canada in the 7 years war many acadian refused to swear aligence to Britain so in 1755 they're homes and churches were burned and they were loaded on prisons ships and sent anywhere that would take them. At the time Louisiana was a Spanish territory that was very sparsely populated. Spain was worried about being able to hold territory without enough people living there, so they were more than happy to take them. They gave them tools and supplies to farm. The problem was the creoles didn't like the idea of a lot of poor farmers moving in, so they faced severe discrimination. Eventually they were forced out into the swamps and prairies of southwestern Louisiana, the area known as acadiana ,where they remained mostly isolated and there they thrived.
New Orleans is definitely not cajun, but still interesting culture.