Friday Night is French Pop Music Night...

[the_mikey]

 

[Mattonsea]

 

[chewa]

One more from Francoise Hardy

This brings back memories of a school boy crush

Fabulous voice- this one is ace!

 

[craigwend]

 

[John the Monkey]

Saint Privat -Un, Deux, Trois

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R04sTIHgU44


Stretching the definition yet again, Sonic Youth - Au Café (from the Simon Werner a Disparu soundtrack)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecRMXTUUucU


A belter from the B13 soundtrack, Iron Sy - Resistant

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqWhSOwOCLk

(Much too quick for my poor French comprehension, but gosh, he seems cross).

 

[John the Monkey]

[QUOTE 3390384, member: 259"]I can understand more French rap than I can understand a lot of US rap. And my daughter doesn't understand the swear words.[/QUOTE]
I'm amazed at how good French sounds in rap, it's just too quick for my limited fluency

 

[John the Monkey]

Les Freres Smith - Doucement

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wsg-mweYf0


Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crblDrrcunQ


vitalic - Poney Pt1

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fpj4YTyR-k


Zoot Sims et Henri Renaud - Evening in Paris

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9tfDk_OFfM

 

[marknotgeorge]

This is going in, because Yann Tiersen is French. So there. The Goodbye Lenin! theme (Summer 78)...

 

[John the Monkey]

Soul Sugar (Paris based Afrobeat/Funk group) - Nothing but the Truth

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE7Dfo1UuwU

 

[accountantpete]

Charlotte Gainsbourg (half French)

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Not quite pop, but definitely French, from the Betty Blue soundtrack:

 

[Accy cyclist]

Mireille Mathieu Les Bicyclettes De Belsize

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Tjb_9H8fQ

 

[John the Monkey]

Cyclechat: French Pop Music Night - Spotify Playlist.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Cyclechat: French Pop Music Night - Spotify Playlist.

Good work JtM, not that I'm going to listen to all that caca!

 

[John the Monkey]

Good work JtM, not that I'm going to listen to all that caca!

Arf Some of it's rather good. Not all of it is on Spotify though, (mal)heureusement.