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...