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Thursday, January 31, 2008

FG week - Thursday

FRANCE GALL - CHANSON POUR QUE TU M'AIMES UN PEU

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

FG week - Wednesday

FRANCE GALL - CELUI QUE J'AIME

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

FG week - Tuesday

FRANCE GALL - L'HIVER EST MORT
absolutely gorgeous

Monday, January 28, 2008

FG week - Monday

FRANCE GALL - CHANSON INDIENNE
getting psychedelic from 1968

Sunday, January 27, 2008

FG week - Sunday

FRANCE GALL - CET AIR LA
well i had to really didn't i! what would blowupdoll be without france gall?!
this week i'll be posting songs that i haven't posted before.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

JB Week - Saturday

JANE BIRKIN - YESTERDAY YES A DAY
a gorgeous but very sad way to finish jb week.

Labels: french 70s, jane birkin

Friday, January 25, 2008

JB Week - Friday

JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG - LA CHANSON DE SLOGAN
it wouldn't be jane b week without an serge g duet - enjoy!

Thursday, January 24, 2008

JB Week - Thursday

JANE BIRKIN - JANE B
serge gave her this great signature tune (with a little help from chopin!)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

JB Week - Wednesday

JANE BIRKIN - RACCROCHEZ C'EST UNE HORREUR
hello hello!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

JB week - Tuesday

JANE BIRKIN - FRENCH GRAFFITI
turn this up! i love it: "i want to be fucked by you!"

Sunday, January 20, 2008

essential viewing

a quick break in jane birkin week to encourage you to go see 'les chansons d'amour'. a brilliant french musical (with more than a few nods to les parapluies de cherbourg) - with a great soundtrack. really, really enjoyable. go see!

JB week - Monday

JANE BIRKIN - LE CANARI EST SUR LE BALCON
from her first album from 1969

JB week - Sunday

JANE BIRKIN - APOCALYPSTICK
a fab song (from the ex fan des sixties album) to start off jane birkin week

FH week - Saturday

FRANCOISE HARDY - VA PAS PRENDRE UN TAMBOUR
for the final day of fh week - i give you a vogue classic.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

FH week - Friday

FRANCOISE HARDY - L'ANAMOUR
we couldn't do a francoise week without a serge gainsbourg track - enjoy!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

FH week - Thursday

FRANCOISE HARDY - LA FIN DE L'ETE
1967

FH week - Wednesday

FRANCOISE HARDY - JEANNE
dreamy collaboration with air from 98

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

FH week - Tuesday

FRANCOISE HARDY - CE PETIT COEUR
a song with a big heart from the mid 60's

Monday, January 14, 2008

FH week - Monday

FRANCOISE HARDY - MESSAGE PERSONNEL (english version)
a curious english version of this masterpiece

Sunday, January 13, 2008

FH week - Sunday

FRANCOISE HARDY - TRAUME
francoise hardy week begins with a little bit of german from the french goddess

Monday, January 07, 2008

clothilde - the complete collection

CLOTHILDE - L'INTEGRALE (link expired)
i lost track of where i was up to with the clothilde posts - so for ONE WEEK ONLY i give you her entire collection- including 8 french songs, 2 italian versions (big thanks to spiked candy for these) and the front and back covers of both e.p.s.
after this week i will not post any clothilde ever again...so get it now!

Labels: clothilde, french 60s

Saturday, January 05, 2008

big lady

CHER - MAMA (WHEN MY DOLLIES HAVE BABIES)
time to get back to 60's - i think sonny bono is underrated as a songwriter because this is so ace.