French Music

[Pbourgeacq]

Patrick Coutin.
Yes, thank you!!
Curious, why a fan of Angers? Are you from there?

[iougs]

Yes, thank you!!
Curious, why a fan of Angers? Are you from there?

because they suck !!! Born there, my man.

[fishbiproduct]

Patrick Coutin. Not afraid to say that I like that song.

Originaly, it's a Jacques Dutronc song, though,
1967.

[iougs]

Originaly, it's a Jacques Dutronc song, though,
1967.

don't think so ... pretty sure it's an original song ... but if you say it is, it must be.

iougs-

[iougs]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00000885L.08.LZZZZZZZ

au bonheur des dames .. then became, Ramon Pipin et les odeurs.

iougs-

[fishbiproduct]

don't think so ... pretty sure it's an original song ... but if you say it is, it must be.

iougs-

I guess you're right: I'm looking at his
discography and can't find it.
Don't know why I'm confused about this
and I'm not the only one:
http://www.paroles.net/chansons/30662.htm
Bizarre, bizarre...

As for the song, by Patrick Coutin, you can
hear it here:
http://www.coutin.net/mp3.html

[iougs]

Got it confused with "j'aime les filles" probably .. de chez Castel ... etc.

http://www.frmusique.ru/texts/d/dutronc_jacques/jaimelesfilles.htm

[lefutur]

Everybody remember that other big 80's french rock band...Telephone?


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006U0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[iougs]

Everybody remember that other big 80's french rock band...Telephone?

yeah but it didn't age that well imo ... good tunes though ... metro, c'est trop ... bombe humaine ... the first 3 albums were tops .. then lost interest.

and got split into 2 bands: Bertignac et les visiteurs and Aubert went on to something else with Kalinka.

does not hold a candle to TRUST though.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004S7A1.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

There was Niagara that was pretty good in the 80s also.

[lefutur]

is it just me or was there something VERY sexy about Mylene Farmer?

http://www.sandeechan.com/cd-7.jpg

she had alot of crappy songs but "sans contrefacon" was good.

Edit: i can shake my ass to "maman a tort" too :o

[iougs]

ditto ^. I am not afraid to say I have the DVD of her at Bercy. A little high on the sissy-dar but I also have some Shania Twain lying around, so ...

[lefutur]

and you know she must be pretty freaky-deaky. do these eyes say "sane" to you?


http://picnic.ciao.com/fr/88797.jpg

[lefutur]

i think it goes without saying that this guy was the coolest...

http://www.keystone.ch/public/teaser/12773207.jpg


...and so influential. listen to Beck's album "sea changes". its virtually a rip-off of Serge Gainsbourg's "histoire de melody nelson".

a class act.

[iougs]

entertaining to say the least.

Fave is that one:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000051YEJ.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[guignol]

gainsbourg, what class, it's a good thing he's french or he'd be so popular nobody'd like him anymore. recently i saw his first tv appearance... just an ugly bignosed kid scared to death of the camera, but le poinconneur de lilas... a song that good just knocks you over.

mylene farmer... not my cup of tea musically, but sexier than that tu meurs! spookykooky, and her fans the same. like a combination of madonna, elvis and the rocky horror picture show.

[Pierre-Henri]

(This will probably please the 47 384 members of the "Bigsoccer Toulouse Gang" )

My personnal favourite songwriter is Francis Cabrel, especially his darker songs, like "la Corrida", "Hors-Saison", "les gens absents" or "Samedi soir sur la terre" (writing such a beautiful song about springbreakers !). His recent translation of Dylan's "shelter from the storm" is amazing. Wrote very nice love songs too, like "Presque rien", "C'est écrit", or the last one "Bonne nouvelle". I can't resist the pleasure of a looooong post :
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BONNE NOUVELLE

Deux ou trois anges autour
Toujours en sentinelles
Des papillons aux ailes lourdes
De cannelle
Y'a pas de raison que ce soit confidentiel
Chaque fois que je te vois, que je t'appelle
La vie me donne ce que j'attends d'elle

Dans chaque bar, chaque coin de rue
Chaque chapelle
Tout le monde voit bien que sans toi
Je dérive au diesel
Toi t'as les clefs de tout, de la Tour Eiffel
C'est de là-haut que tu colores l'arc-en-ciel
C'est pour ça que je t'appelle "Bonne nouvelle"

J'entends les cuivres, les cordes, les cors
Les violoncelles
Je vois le monde loin, loin
Sous mes échelles
La nature a beau faire le lait, le miel
Le grand, l'inestimable, l'Essentiel
C'est toujours mieux sous ton ombrelle
Bonne nouvelle

Je me battais comme tout le monde
Pour quitter mes ombres profondes
Des tunnels
Dans la grande course d'obstacles
Je t'attendais comme un miracle
Un Noël
Il est venu mon jour de chance
Ni en retard, ni en avance
Ponctuel
Quand t'as allumé ton sourire
J'ai pu enfin m'entendre dire
La vie me donne ce que j'attends d'elle
La vie me donne ce que j'attends d'elle

Comme ça ce serait donc moi le gars aux yeux
Pleins d'étincelles
Celui qui connaît toutes tes couleurs de rimmel
À chaque fois que nos doigts s'entremêlent
Est-ce que tu sens les nuages à tes semelles
Et si c'était éternel...

Dans quelque temps, dans quelques tours
De carrousel
Quand je t'écrirai des mots d'amour
Poivre et sel
Y'a pas de raison que ce soit confidentiel
Je dirai comme à chaque fois que je t'appelle
La vie me donne ce que j'attends d'elle
La vie me donne ce que j'attends d'elle
La vie me donne ce que j'attends d'elle
Bonne nouvelle, bonne nouvelle

Je me battais comme tout le monde...
Dans la grande course d'obstacles...
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I also listen Georges Brassens and like french jazz : Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Petrucciani, Django Reinhardt and a few others.

[ilv2]

Ok, slightly off-topic thread...but never the less France related.

What Frenchy music does everyone (anyone?) listen too?

My personal faves: Serge Gainsbourg, Air, MC Solaar, Daft Punk, Indochine, Les Nubianes, and the singer from Ivy (who is amazingly hot) Dominique Durand.

Not on the list: Johnny Halliday, the kid who sang that dumb dance song "Dur d'etre bebe"

if you like MC Solaar, I would suggest checking out Fonky Family. They are incredible, if you're into hip-hop. Great beats and lyrics. The first album I heard of theirs was "Art de Rue"- awesome stuff.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000589RA.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg


a couple of my friends in paris were really into Tryo, but I never found it appealing. A lot of harmonizing, indie stuff.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004DTNZ.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Ganu probably covered all this stuff in the Cafe Saint Germain thread, but for some nice electro/house/jazz music, I think St. Germain and DJ Cam are some pretty surefire, great listens.

"Deep in it" from St. Germain's boulevard is my favorite, good for chillin.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000634HS.01._PE12_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Similarly, I really like DJ Cam's "summer in paris," although I think its on the SG Des Pres Cafe III compilation.

[fishbiproduct]

BONNE NOUVELLE

Deux ou trois anges autour
Toujours en sentinelles
Des papillons aux ailes lourdes
De quenelle

etc etc.





Fixed your meal
:p

[Nanbawan]

Everybody remember that other big 80's french rock band...Telephone?


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006U0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

It's musically dated, but the 'teen social angst' lyrics are still spot on !!

Argent trop cher ! La vie n'a pas de prix !! :p

Sorry, that was my "Tenemos que hacer la revolucion" outburst...


PS : I don't know what you think, but France's boards are getting cooler and cooler.

[Pierre-Henri]

PS : I don't know what you think, but France's boards are getting cooler and cooler.

They are getting off-topicker and off-topicker, i think. I guess it's the infamous "french vacation spirit".

France during summer and France during other seasons are completely different countries. Working from June to September is something other nations do.

http://socialsace.free.fr/hamac.jpg