What is Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi Ce Soir??
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The phrase "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?" actually appeared before the song, in the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, and a poem by E.E. Cummings. The phrase is puzzling as it uses formal language ("vous" is the formal way to say "you") while describing an intimate act (the phrase literally means "Do you want to come to bed with me?"). This leads many to believe that the phrase is tied with prostitution.
"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" is the formal way of saying "Would you like to come to bed with me this evening", as opposed to the informal "Veux-tu coucher avex moi".
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Occasionally believed by the uneducated to have been made famous by Lil' Kim et al. Actually made famous in the original 1975 hit about a New Orleans hooker "Lady Marmelade" by Patti Labelle.
Kids today, honestly.
"Some ignoramus at slangdefine actually thought "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" was made famous by a bunch of carbon cutout pop has-beens. Can you believe it?"
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Actually, "Lady Marmalade" was not by Patti Labelle, but by the group Labelle, a band she fronted. Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash rounded out the trio. "Lady Marmalade" was written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan and was featured on Labelle's 1974 album Nightbirds.
Disco Stu-pid got it only partially right...
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Literally, French for "do you want to sleep with me this evening?." Made famous by the singers Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil' Kim on their song "Lady Marmalade"
vous est très sexy, voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?
you're very
so sexy, do you want to sleep with me this evening?
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