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Hymn of Georgian Police on Edith Piaf Motives

February 22, 2011

The music of the new hymn of Georgian police turned out to be created on the motives of the less known song of a French singer Edith Piaf. The song was first performed on the French children’s TV channel Babino. The lyrics and music is by Julien Bouquet, the co-author of the music is Labadie.

The concert where this song was first performed was held in 1963. The song Tiens, v'là un marin was dedicated to a sailor.

“See the sailor. I love sailors. When I see him, I remember my sailor,” – states one of the verses of the song.

The new music video of the MIA performed by the children was aired in the beginning of 2011. The video was met with controversial responses on different social networks and forums. Some perceived it as a part of government’s propagandist machine. Some stated that the government is taking country back to communism. Others compared the ideological sense of the video to the pathos of Youth Communist Union. In approximately three minutes video-clip the school children perform the roles of Constitutional Security Department and Special Operative Department of MIA and the border police.

The director of the video-clip is Kakha Bukhrasvhili, operator – Goga Mamasakhlisi. The video-clip was made in two weeks.

The less known song of Edith Piaf was spread on social networks.

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