'And as Charles de Gaulle made it into power, promising the colonial population in Algeria 'the 1,001 nights', and even as the Bastille seemed like it was never, ever to be taken again yet, in spite of it all, the voice of Elvis kept singing 'Good Rockin tonight'

'No I'm not the first king of controversy. I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley, to do black music so selfishly and used it to get myself wealthy '

Et Charles de Gaulle prenait le pouvoir, promettant les milles-et-une-nuits au pieds-noirs, et la Bastille en a tellement vu, qu'on ne l'y reprendra jamais, ja…

'Little Hellions, kids feelin rebellious, embarrassed their parents still listen to Elvis'

Et Charles de Gaulle prenait le pouvoir, promettant les milles-et-une-nuits au pieds-noirs, et la Bastille en a tellement vu, qu'on ne l'y reprendra jamais, ja…

The hippies, who had never really believed they were the wave of the future anyway, saw the election results as brutal confirmation of the futility of fighting…

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