Subject: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 04 Mar 08 - 09:20 AM I love a lot of French popular music and I am critical of the BBC - here in the UK - for almost totally ignoring it. I thought I'd post a few of my favourites from Youtube - and feel free to add some. Patrick Bruel |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: John MacKenzie Date: 04 Mar 08 - 09:26 AM One of my favourites George Brassens Giok |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 04 Mar 08 - 10:01 AM "Giok" I love Georges, and, of course, he was a massive influence on the wonderful Jake Thackery. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: John MacKenzie Date: 04 Mar 08 - 10:46 AM For those who like me, also loved Jake Thakray Le Gorille Giok |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: bubblyrat Date: 04 Mar 08 - 10:52 AM I am very partial to Jean-Jacques Goldman, especially "Je commence demain " and " Elle a fait un bebe toute seule " ( forgive the spelling--j'essaye toujours, mais je ne suis pas sortie de l'auberge !!). Corrections gratefully accepted. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: topical tom Date: 04 Mar 08 - 11:23 AM Roch Voisine |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 12:44 PM Bubblyrat, the spelling is good, only the accents are missing to "bébé". Quand la musique est bonne is also a Goldman's good one to dance. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 12:50 PM Here are two by our Toulouse guys (you'll notice their nice Southern accent!), the second one being a tribute to Louis Armstrong. Francis Cabrel Nougaro - Armstrong |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 01:02 PM There are very few from him Julien Clerc on YouTube. The songs I linked to (Quand la musique est bonne, A l'encre de tes yeux, Armstrong, Femmes je vous aime) are more or less 25 years old. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 01:08 PM Now maybe some girls Barbara who was a great lady. Véronique Sanson |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 01:37 PM Here's another one Michel Jonaz (he still had some hair at that time) and another Michel Michel Sardou - Les lacs du Connemara |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: katlaughing Date: 04 Mar 08 - 01:42 PM Very kewl, merci beau coup! My Rog and I will enjoy these. katmarriedtoa"LaFrance":-) |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 01:54 PM Let's not forget Johnny Hallyday's son David Hallyday who succeeded to make himself a first name and here are father and son Hallyday père et fils Do you guys out there want more? |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:10 PM I think this chap is very interesting. Philippe LaFontaine |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Micca Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:13 PM of course from the past the Great Rina Ketty singing her most famous song, as Featured in the movie "Das Boot" about a U boat in the North Atlantic in WWII
Just for you katlauging, enjoy |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: John MacKenzie Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:39 PM Some great stuff Monique, mind you I did think that Claude Nougaro was going to burst into 'Go Down Moses' :) I do like Francis Cabrel, but he's so young, and he looks like he's wearing a false moustache to make him look older :) Anyway, thanks, I'm enjoying this thread. Giok |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: katlaughing Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:40 PM Ah, that's lovely, Micca. Her voice is so sweet. Rather a suggestive end pose there.:-) |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:48 PM Philippe Lafontaine is Belgian as was Jacques Brel and as is Julos Beaucarne (couldn't find a YouTube) I recommend the version qualified as "excellente qualité" of Ne me quitte pas that you'll find when you follow the link and also Regarde bien, petit. There's also a good version of "Les vieux" with Spanish subtitles. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:51 PM I love this one! Better known(in the US/USA) now as "Beyond the Sea" - Bobby Darin etc. La Mer - Charles Trenet |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 04 Mar 08 - 04:23 PM I can recall the first time I heard Francis Cabrel. It was in the record shop in Rennes, Brittany in the Summer of 1989. I love this one - it's so French! |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 04:42 PM I think that Francis Cabrel was 38 on the "A l'encre de tes yeux" video (he was born in 1953). Here's another Michel Michel Berger and still another one Michel Polnareff (this video must be around 40 years old) |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: gnu Date: 04 Mar 08 - 05:12 PM Oh my. I just saw this. What a wonderful "outpouring" and an introduction. The links are excellent! I must put in a plug for some particular music from La Belle Province. Ouch! (That's a Canuck thing, pay no nevermind) As I am in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada, I know many Acadian musios worthy, but, I don't think of them as "French". I think of Canuck "French" as from Quebec... like Harmonium... one of the most talented and amazing group or artists I have ever heard. I searched for a couple of particular tunes of theirs which enthralled me some 25 years ago, but I could not locate them. I did find one, which, although not necessarily typical, may give some slight insight to the talent within Harmonium. There first album, "Harmonium", is a treasure... trust me. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: gnu Date: 04 Mar 08 - 05:14 PM THEIR first album... sorry for the typo... that's from the lysdexic side of my family. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 05:51 PM One more girl Patricia Kaas |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Seán Báite Date: 04 Mar 08 - 06:48 PM Monique, you're being a bit vague with the geography... I love Nougaro, who's definitely a toulousain (may he be singing on the right hand of whoever's up there !) but in the summer I can see Cabrel's house from my in-laws' summer house and it's definitely near Astaffort, 100 kms from Toulouse. He supports Agen in rugby, and not Toulouse, I'm sure (for his sins). Anyway - can I put up a few that are more of my generation than yours or Cabrel's (I'm 15 or so years younger than him) : First off, a Breton cousin - Christophe Miossec - man, can this fella write a song : Miossec - Brest On to these guys who are most definitely (110%) from Toulouse. I saw them in Dublin in the 90s with approx. 9 other people - here they are doing a wonderful 'joute verbale' in a magnificent setting : Fabulous Troubadours - Si tu te fais Then across the south of France to Marseille, to the equally wonderful Massilia Sound System, encouraging us in the local lingo to talk the local lingo (Occitan/Provencal) : Massilia Sound System - Parla Patois Back to Toulouse again for Zebda's famous 'replique' to Chirac's extremely indelicate comment on immigrants (they give gainful employment to an Irish fiddler, these boys) : Zebda - Le Bruit et l'odeur Further south into French Catalonia - that gave us Bruno Cali (who loves Ireland and has worked with ex-Waterboy Steve Wickham). Here he is wasting his talents on tourists in the cablecar that goes up to the Sacre Couer in Montmartre. I don't think a finer song has ever been written in appreciation of the female posterior : Cali - La fin du monde Up a bit to Paris, and Renaud who has put well-meaning but rather simplistic (regarding his analysis of the Troubles) French lyrics to the wonderful Scottish (?) melody 'The Water is Wide' : Renaud - La ballade nord-irlandaise More Breton cousins, this time with a French transposition of a song you should all recognise : Tri Yann - La ville que j'ai tant aimée And finally, the Fleming Arno, doing a cover of a song by the great French poet Leo Ferré. Unfortunately, it's one of those mobile phone captures - but I think he gets the message across all the same : Arno - Comme à Ostende Sorry for being so longwinded - but they're well able to write a song - those damn French (and Catalans, and Basques, and Bretons, and Marseille heads, and Corsicans.... ) |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: katlaughing Date: 04 Mar 08 - 07:50 PM Sean! Thanks. I can hardly wait for Rog to get home. He will love these, even if he is of French Canadian stock...we both love French and "Canuck." Thanks, too, to gnu! |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: katlaughing Date: 04 Mar 08 - 08:05 PM OH, that last one, esp. LOVE his voice AND delivery! |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST Date: 04 Mar 08 - 08:07 PM Sure I'm being vague with the geography Seán, but people would more easily figure out which large area he comes from if I say Toulouse. I'm glad you added some younger ones (I'm indeed 2 years older than Cabrel) and Massilia and Fabulous Troubadours. Those Coriandre are an Occitan trad. group. Here's another one Florent Pagny |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 04 Mar 08 - 08:09 PM the previous post is mine |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 03:27 AM Florent Pagny is a another French pop singer, not another Occitan group. Here are a former group Téléphone and his now solo singer Jean-Louis Aubert (same sound) |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:15 AM In less than a day, this thread has introduced me to more French singers/musicians than the BBC has in the past 50 years! Sean Baite: In your posting you said of Bruno Cali's song La Fin du Monde: "I don't think a finer song has ever been written in appreciation of the female posterior" Now, has this subject matter been the theme of other French songs and, if so, can you give details. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Georgiansilver Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:23 AM Yes I know I started a thread about Francoise Hardy and it has now disappeared...but I love so much of her stuff..I just had to add another of her songs. Saurai-Je..Francoise Hardy Best wishes, Mike. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Seán Báite Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:28 AM Recognised you no problems, Monique - are you in or around Toulouse ? For geography, I'm in Agen - where a guy at the market made me ask for saucisse d'Agen once instead of saucisse de Toulouse - they're just a little bit 'chauvin' sometimes... Love the Polnareff one - especially as he was taking in a lot of English influences at that time. My kids heard it on the TV the other day and went - 'what the hell is that ?' - more generation gap trouble coming up :-< Gnu and Katlaughing, if it's stuff from that lovely place across the Ocean from Ireland you're after here's a couple more : Richard Desjardins - great voice/great writer/great song - sorry the vid and the sentiment is a bit anti-American : Richard Desjardins - Les Yankees Some kind soul has put up a whole TV concert of the great Felix Leclerc : Felix Leclerc - Whole Concert A nice a capella delivery by Acadian singer, Pierre Robichaud, outlining the perks of working as a gardener in a convent : Pierre Robichaud - Le jardinier du couvent The same fella with one that's a bit commercial and reggae-ised - but the landscape's lovely (looks a lot like the west of Ireland/Scotland - apart from when they've blued up the sky with Photoshop :->) Pierre Robichaud - Aux iles de la Madeleine Enjoy - and ain't the internet great ? The BBC is grand enough - but stuff in French only comes along sporadically - with the web, we're pure spoilt... |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Georgiansilver Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:34 AM Okay so does anyone remember Sylvie Vartan? More to some peoples taste than Francoise but hey...... Sylvie Vartan.....WOW Best wishes, Mike. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Seán Báite Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:54 AM Mike - douze points to Hardy any day - beautiful woman and singer - a lot less to Vartan. She's an ex-wife of Hallyday - and is actually Bulgarian originally, believe it or not ! To find your thread on Hardy again - change the filter at the top of the page to '3 days or a week' and refresh - it's still there. Tunesmith, as to the female posterior in French music - I'm sure there are many instances as they're generally a lot more comfortable with their bodies than us in the English-speaking world (one of their great qualities). I can't immediately think of too many. I remember Brel's 'Madame promene son cul sur les remparts de Varsovie...' but it's hardly very appreciative of the said posterior. Brassens, I'm sure has written a good few fairly 'carnal' songs - that Giok fella should know a few. Then, of course, there's Gainsbourg - 'Initiales BB' being his famous tribute to Bardot. He admires most parts of her in it - not sure if he mentions her derrière - he even got her to sing it, the sod ! Look closely at the video by Cali, there's a poor wee auld lady that's starts getting a bit flustered when she hears the words of the song - priceless ! So bang goes my gross generalisation about the whole French nation being comfortable about their bodies... |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Mooh Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:04 AM Interesting, and thanks. My French connection didn't go past Pierre Bensusan until now. Peace, Mooh. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:20 AM Tunesmith, there's a Georges Brassens's song called "Vénus callipyge" that talks about it and another one called "Le blason" about the "front side" which is a very beautiful tribute to the women's most intimate parts. Lyrics on Paroles.net, no English translation available as far as I could check. Seán, I'm in Montpellier. If you're in Agen, then you're not that far from Castelsarrasin, birth place to Pierre Perret who wrote this Lili beautiful song against racism. And you'll also want to listen to "Mon p'tit loup" one addressed to a girl who's been raped. We haven't much heard of Polnareff during quite a lot of time. Here's a nice old one Sous quelle étoile suis-je né? Bercy and you'll find "Love me please love me" there too. The Fabulous Troubadours' "Si tu te fais" has a pretty collection of words that every student of French would like to know and they'd dash to check The Alternative Dictionary (Dirty words from around the world in a BIG lot of languages) |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:30 AM Mike, here is one about Sylvie Vartan's Bulgarian background La Maritza and a tribute to her late father Mon père. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:36 AM Those two Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin were missing. You'll easily find out what it's about! |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Seán Báite Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:36 AM Yes Monique, have heard a bit of Perret - always amused that he bears exactly the same name as the lead songwriter of the Only Ones -a great English band from a little before Téléphone (Another Girl, Another Planet). My wife taught in Castelsarrasin for a year. I couldn't watch a clip from Bercy, I'd feel like the taxmen'd track me down :-> Even if it's Polnareff. I noticed the 'rich' vocabulary used by the 2 troubadours - they should put on a performance for that old lady in the cable car, I think - or maybe not, if she's a bit cardiac. As a native of Joyce's hometown - never had any problem with those sort of words - revelled in them actually - now the practical side was another matter :-> |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Georgiansilver Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:01 AM Thanks Monique. This thread is sure bringing back some memories but Francoise H will always be top of my list. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:08 AM Here she is Tant de belles choses. I agree that she's good and beautiful! The Gainsbourg-Birking post was mine too. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: Georgiansilver Date: 05 Mar 08 - 08:36 AM At 62 she is still so beautiful! Someone said 60 is the new 40..... looking at Francoise..that must be true eh? |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST Date: 05 Mar 08 - 08:51 AM I love La Chevanee, Le Gop!, Mes Souliers Sont Rouge, Malicorne of course and early Stivell. I have just got into Portuguese Fado too. Elfcall |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 02:34 PM Here is another old one (both video and singer) Jean Ferrat. The song is one of Louis Aragon's poems. And still another one William Sheller ... not so old! |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 02:48 PM One more Laurent Voulzy and one more still Alain Souchon. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Monique Date: 05 Mar 08 - 03:25 PM A younger one Calogero. The guy at the drums is one of my colleague's husband and I'm afraid it's mostly why I know about them. And Maxime Leforestier's San Francisco. All the people born in the 50's sang this one around a fire on the beach in Summer when we were young and slim. We used to sing "Education sentimentale" too if someone had a guitar around and "Parachutiste" if we were in an antimilitary May '68 mood. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: katlaughing Date: 05 Mar 08 - 03:28 PM Those last four are wonderful, Monique! |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 05 Mar 08 - 04:53 PM Sometime in the early 1990s, I was buying some perfume in a shop down Rue de la Huchette(a busy little street on the Left Bank)when this great track came on over the sound system. It turned out to be Maxime Le Forestier. Great stuff. |
Subject: RE: Vive la French From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 05 Mar 08 - 04:58 PM I couple of legends here! Francis Cabrel and that great Cajun musician, Zachary Richard. Check Zachary out, he's terrific. Francis Cabrel and Zachary Richard. |
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