The Wild Heart liner notes weirdness

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Sleepless-Child

"Le bete"?? God, this makes me cringe. Whoever she's talking about, it's just not correct in french.

You wouldn't say that to Bob du Lan.

- Jake

[melacine]

Originally Posted by mikebise

Next, in the lyrics to "Beauty And The Beast", the ending vamp lyrics have "le bete" printed, which is masculine in French. However, in the cassette, the lyrics say "la bete", which is feminine..

I have an outtake of Beauty and the Beast where a man speaks in french at the end, maybe that's why the lyrics originally had the masculine le bete?

Probably reading too much into it, but it's a cool thought

--Shel