Comments on: Ass Kicking French Pop Culture

Ass Kicking French Pop Culture

sourbrew — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:39:02 -0800

Unbelievably ass kicking playlist of french pop culture hits from the 60's. Featuring the ever zany Brigitte Bardot, Jaques Dutronc, France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg, and more. (via)

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:39:40 -0800

doh... should have said it was a playlist of of music videos...

By: psmealey

psmealey — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:44:27 -0800

J'y pense et puis j'oublie... c'est la vie c'east la vie! Je vous remercie de votre poste, sourbrew. Bien fait!

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:44:38 -0800

Also I have done Jacques Dutronc a disservice by misspelling his name.

By: Slack-a-gogo

Slack-a-gogo — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:50:24 -0800

Damn there's a lot to like here. You just made my lunch hour more fun. Now I have to find an album by Les Chats Sauvages!

By: dobie

dobie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:55:12 -0800

The story behind "Les Sucettes" is pretty funny. From Wikipedia: France Gall was horrified to discover the sexual double-meaning of the lyrics to "Les Sucettes". Les Sucettes tells about a little girl with a strong taste for lollipops — a perfectly innocent song suitable for small children. However, one can also interpret it as a description of fellatio.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:13:07 -0800

France Gall has no stage presence. She's positively soporific.

By: gren

gren — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:27:38 -0800

The vid of Jaques Brel singing Amsterdam is pretty interesting...its a much faster version than you normally hear, and he sounds to be very young in this take. All of the passion is still there tho, for a song about the sailors and whores of Amsterdam.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:40:31 -0800

Nice. I'm all for anything that goes beyond the mass-sheep-think of normal boring-ass US-UK pop-rock.

By: deafmute

deafmute — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:40:37 -0800

Well, I certainly had no idea that April March's "Laisse Tomber les Filles" wasn't an original. Color me ignorant...

By: shoepal

shoepal — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:05:06 -0800

Fans of french pop should check out the Ultra Chicks comps like Filles in the Garage and Lolita Ya-Ya!

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:06:54 -0800

"Headstock of wax, headstock of sound." Really? Okay.

By: BrodieShadeTree

BrodieShadeTree — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:22:51 -0800

Man , that Bardot could sure bring the sexy. in this vein, currently is Carla Bruni. Probably one of my favorites of the last year.

By: dov

dov — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:23:46 -0800

Thank you so much for this. Simply wonderful. And if you click on the tag Birkin, you can watch the (in)famous "Je t'aime, moi non plus".

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:26:32 -0800

Wow, this is awesome.

By: gren

gren — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:31:02 -0800

I would like to give my deepest thanks to sourbrew for finding this and sharing...it made my father (who was born and raised in Belgium) incredibly happy seeing these things he had only heard on the radio so long ago. If anyone else knows of good archives of older french (or flemish) music, I would be most grateful. Many thanks again sourbrew ;¬)

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:38:50 -0800

gren, no problem. I try to do my part to combat the notion that the French are (insert american stereotype here). The French have a beautiful culture, its nice to be able to share it in such an accessible way.

By: hoskala

hoskala — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:44:19 -0800

Thanks for the link. Great stuff. I'm just wondering about the copyright of these songs (and videos). How can this service be legal if p2p ain't?

By: holgate

holgate — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:56:24 -0800

[this is good] And no, Sylvie Vartan isn't Michael Vartan's mother: she's his aunt.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:12:49 -0800

the brel is simply amazing. That version of amsterdam was actually the only version I was familiar with, since I only have it on a collection. I was not aware the song was usually slower. I love him abandoning the microphone at the end, though. thanks for this. I'd never seen Jacqes Brel perform, before. really awesome.

By: Sk4n

Sk4n — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:22:46 -0800

Oh. And here's the Johnny Hallyday site.

By: Sk4n

Sk4n — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:24:27 -0800

Gettin hot now - Plastic Bertrand. I mean, honestly.. Any site called Famousbelgians.net deserves a shout-out.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:32:35 -0800

I am the king of the divan.

By: iamck

iamck — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:54:02 -0800

For the record, it's really via Bibi's Box, considering it's her playlist and all...

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:03:05 -0800

iamck, true that, but we make money not art is where i found it. I try to give credit to sites that let me know about cool stuff as aposed to just linking directly to the cool stuff. I run a weblog and I can track boosts in del.icio.us links based on days that i have posted stuff. I get no love though... its hard being a blogger. ;-)

By: flaneur

flaneur — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:09:17 -0800

Mark my words: Michel Polnareff's Love Me, Please Love Me will be used for the closing credits of a Wes Anderson film sometime soon. At least, it really oughta be.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:45:51 -0800

First time I have ever seen video footage of Michel Polnareff in his prime. All hail this post.

By: Bureau of Public Secrets

Bureau of Public Secrets — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:15:27 -0800

Unfortunately that site does not seem to have anything by Georges Brassens, who I think is the greatest French songwriter. This page discusses him and some of his contemporaries and gives a lot of links. "Brassens and the other post-World War II French singers are responsible for the greatest renaissance of song in modern times" (Kenneth Rexroth).

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:34:24 -0800

Fantastic! I really love the Bonnie and Clyde song.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:52:55 -0800

thanks! : >

By: dydecker

dydecker — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:59:17 -0800

i like it!