Serge Lama (born Serge Chauvier on 11 February 1943 in Bordeaux) is a French singer and songwriter.
His most famous song is Je Suis Malade, written with Alice Dona. It has been performed by a number of artists including Lara Fabian and Dalida.
In 1971, Lama represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Un jardin sur la terre, which was placed tenth.
Bora Bora is a 30 km² island in the Leeward group in the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (143 miles) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the centre of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point at 727 metres (2,385 feet).
Bora Bora is a major international tourist destination, famous for its aqua-centric luxury resorts. The major settlement, Vaitape, is on the western side of the main island, opposite the main channel into the lagoon. Produce of the island is mostly limited to what can be obtained from the sea and the plentiful coconut trees, which were historically of economic importance for copra. According to a 2008 census, Bora Bora has a permanent population of 8,880.
The island was inhabited by Polynesian settlers around the 4th century C.E. The first European sighting was made by Jakob Roggeveen in 1722. James Cook sighted the island in 1770 and landed that same year. The London Missionary Society arrived in 1820 and founded a Protestant church in 1890. Bora Bora was an independent kingdom until 1888 when its last queen Teriimaevarua III was forced to abdicate by the French who annexed the island as a colony.
Bora Bora is the fourth studio album by Brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso, being released in February 1988. Characterized by a tropical, Caribbean-esque instrumentation, main hits of the album include "O Beco", "Uns Dias" and "Quase um Segundo". It sold more than 20,000 copies in Europe.
Jamaican reggae deejay Peter Metro (credited as Peter Clarke) made a special appearance on this album.
Oh, comme les saumons,
Retrouver ma première source
Et contre mes flancs moribonds
Sentir l'eau des premières courses,
Déposer les oeufs en amont
D'où naîtront les futurs saumons
Oh, comme les saumons,
Retrouver l'eau claire de l'enfance
Et respirer à pleins poumons
L'eau pure de mes premières danses
Dans les premiers remous qui m'ont
Donné envie d'être un saumon
Putain de rivière!
Entre moi et moi, ils ont dressé
Des murs de pierres
J'ai beau sauter
Je retombe toujours en arrière,
Toujours en arrière
Putain de rivière!
J'ai beau tournoyer de sauts
En sauts vers la lumière,
Je n'atteindrai jamais
Jamais la source première,
Je mourrai derrière
Oh, comme les saumons,
Retrouver l'eau de ma Garonne
Et faire mes premiers plongeons
Dans l'eau jaune qui tourbillonne
Et nager parmi les ajoncs
Où j'ai rêvé d'être un saumon
Oh, comme les saumons,
Sentir le torrent qui commence
Et zigzaguer entre les monts
Et les rocs de l'adolescence
Vers des eaux de moins en moins claires,
Aller faire l'amour dans la mer
Putain de rivière!
C'est déjà assez les rochers,
Les courants contraires,
Combien d'entre nous atteindront
A l'heure dernière
La source première?
Putain de rivière!