Help find name of French Rap tune

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: M.Ted
Date: 23 Sep 00 - 08:49 PM

Just heard Je danse le Mia" and that ain't it--

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: M.Ted
Date: 23 Sep 00 - 01:55 PM

The Pacelbel canon is a piece of early classical that has been used to excess in films, television commercials, children's dance recitals--most people would recognize it, but(and this is part of my problem) don't know its name.

The piece itself is based on a distinctive four measure melody that descends, scale-wise. The piece repeats this phrase with superimposed melodies and counter melodies that are variations of the original melody--the tempo is very stately, and the time signature is 4/4.

I am not sure if "Je danse le Mia" is the song I am looking for, because about three years ago, made the record clerk in a Carrefour play bits of each track on a "Greatest Hits" CD and it was not there.

WAIT--SIMON-PIERRE!!I have a great idea--send me your e-mail address and I will send you a MIDI file of the Pacelbel Canon!! Then you can play it, and tell me if it is the same song!!

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: simon-pierre
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 03:07 PM

I think you're reffering to the song «Je danse le Mia»; it's the only one I know from them, and it was their biggest hit. (But I really don't know what means/what is Pacelbel canon).

Sorry for the romantics who thought that the history of France stopped in the 20's... Some things turned bad there, like everywhere else...

SP

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: M.Ted
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 03:03 PM

Can't get them all here--in fact, I have never actually seen any here--in France, CD's often cost 210 Francs, which is about $30--and imports often include a surcharge, so anything other than a laser-targetted purchase would be expensive--and then you'd have to listen to hours of French Rap--not necessarily easy, especially when you have marginal ability to understand French--

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 01:15 PM

Cheaper than going to France would be to buy all of IAM's cds, though. ;)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: M.Ted
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 01:13 PM

I have actually spent time in French record stores trying to get an answer to this, and haven't gotten anywhere--I can't even hum it, because you can only hum one of the melodies at a time, and one their own, you can't tell what the song is--

Maybe next time I go to France, I'll have to take a CD of the canon, and go to a record store--but there has to be an easier way to find this out!

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 01:01 PM

I looked around, MTed, and couldn't find a thing. Probably somewhere, in French... This is no help, but I did read that Coolio sampled the same stuff in 'C U When U Get There.' Good luck:)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: M.Ted
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 12:33 PM

Dave,

It is also the land of Johnny Hallyday--"The French Elvis", need I say more?

Subject: RE: Help find name of French Rap tune
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 09:57 PM

Oh, tell me it's not true! From the land of Haute Couture, of lemon souffles, Corot and Manet, the fountainhead of Chateau Cheval Blanc and Chateau D'Yquem-- Rap? Rap? Oh, no!!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: Help: Want to find name of French tune
From: M.Ted
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 05:05 PM

There was a popular rap tune in France several years back by a group from Marseilles called IAM--the curious thing about it was that the vamp that they used for it was the famous Pacelbel canon--I have been unable to find the name of this song, as French people that I know either don't know the group or don't know the Pacelbel canon--I know that this is a long shot, but I have been trying to find this for a long time, without success--Anybody?