'je changerais d'avais,' by francois hardy
'poupee de cire, poupee de son,' by france gall
i can't even tell you how much i lived in london or paris in 1967. the style, the fashion, the music....sigh. so, so, so cooool.
anyway, i love me a french chanteuse, or ye-ye singer as they're called in the verancular. ye-ye singers took all best bits from the u.s. and u.k. pop scene and gave it a jazzy, french twist. francois hardy, france gall, and bridget bardot were easily the biggest names--and rightfully so. they released some amazing stuff. they'd give any motown girl groups a serious run for their buck. i know francois and france have 'best of's,'
['cos i have 'em] and i highly, highly recommend them. i haven't the first idea what they're singing about, but when the melodies are this tight, i don't really care. like most good music, it takes me to another time and place. it also makes me want to don my ivy cap and burberry scarf. for reals.
france gall won the 1965 eurovision contest with 'poupee de cire, poupee de son,' and belle and sebastian did a cover of it way back in the day. it's a great little song -- in fact, they're all little. you'd be hard pressed to find a song by france or francois coming in at over three minutes.
i wish all the girls dressed like francois hardy. that would highly awesome because she is a fox. word.
→ francois hardy: je changrais d'avis
→ francois hardy: je t'aime
→ france gall: poupee de cire, poupee de son
→ france gall: quand on ensemble
SONG OF THE DAY (#248/#249)
Thursday, January 10, 2008 | Posted by matt lohrke at 8:00 AM
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oh heck yes! still, francoise hardy is my fave of the three, and the songs i was talking about the other day are: pourtant tu m'aimes, et meme, l'amour ne dure pas toujours. good stuff. have you heard "c'est un jour comme un autre" by brigitte bardot? it's a serge gainsbourg song i beleive, and it's so jazzy and awesome.
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