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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

france faves - tuesday

FRANCE GALL - LA FILLE D'UN GARCON
this is defo one of my top 3 faves

Monday, March 30, 2009

france faves - monday

FRANCE GALL - LE TEMPS DE LA RENTRÉE

Sunday, March 29, 2009

france faves - sunday

FRANCE GALL - POLICHINELLE
love love love this

Saturday, March 28, 2009

france faves - saturday

FRANCE GALL - FAUT-IL QUE JE T'AIME
to make up for my lack of posts recently i thought that to get us all back in the blowupdoll groove we should enjoy some of my favourite gall songs.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

beatles week - bonus

let's not forget beatles doll pattie boyd...

beatles week - saturday

CLAUDINE LONGET - GOLDEN SLUMBERS
this is so beautiful.
i've really enjoyed this week so let's finish with a song actually written by lennon and mccartney (i was listening to this song for years before i realised)

Friday, March 13, 2009

beatles week - friday

SISSY SPACEK - JOHN, YOU WENT TOO FAR THIS TIME
who better than creepy carrie for my friday 13th posting! under the name 'rainbo' sissy chastised john lennon for going full frontal!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

beatles week - thursday

YOKO ONO - MRS. LENNON
you know how much i love yoko - her songs are so mesmerizing. this is taken from her 1971 album 'fly'.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

beatles week - wednesday

CHARLOTTE LESLIE - MONSIEUR HARRISON
you can hear all the crackles of the vinyl on this which just adds to its rarity and marvyness. enjoy this fuzzed up and tripped out ode to george. (thanks to readysteadygirls)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

beatles week - tuesday

MARIANNE ROSENBERG - MR. PAUL McCARTNEY
this 15 year old german singer brings us this groovy oddity recorded in 1970

Monday, March 09, 2009

beatles week - monday

MAMAS AND THE PAPAS - I CALL YOUR NAME
when asked to imagine the man that she was singing about when recording this, cass whispered "john....john" (meaning john lennon) and if you listening closely at 1.26 you can hear it! she had quite a crush on him. great song too.

Labels: 60s, mama cass elliot, mamas and papas

Sunday, March 08, 2009

beatles week - sunday

LES BEATLETTES - RESTE ENCORE
i can't stand the beatles. but i do like dolls who were inspired by them or covered their songs so here is a week of that! take les beatlettes for example- not only do they look ace with their dyed mop tops but this song is fab

Friday, March 06, 2009

margo covered - friday

SAMANTHA JONES - COME TO ME SLOWLY
i could not believe my ears when i discovered she'd covered this - her voice is pure doll and from start to finish this version is marvy.

are there any other versions of margo songs that you know of? - let me know!

Thursday, March 05, 2009

margo covered - thursday

CLAUDINE LONGET - I DON'T INTEND TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU
ok ok so i realise this song seems slightly out of season- but because it is genuinely a fantastic song, it means that it can be played any time of year. claudine also covered 'think of rain' but out of those 2 choices- this is her best margo cover.

don't forget that loveclaudine still updates regularly!

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

margo covered - wednesday

MARIE LAFORET - ET SI JE T'AIME
her wibbly vocals and a change of language turns 'sunday morning' into this true doll essential. (recorded in 1968)

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

margo covered - tuesday

ASTRUD GILBERTO - THINK OF RAIN
taken from her marvy album called "september 17, 1969"

Monday, March 02, 2009

margo covered - monday

CASS ELLIOT - I THINK A LOT ABOUT YOU
(i love this picture!) the wonderful cass slows down margos version to make it all her own.

Sunday, March 01, 2009

margo covered - sunday

SPANKY AND OUR GANG - SUNDAY MORNING
this 60's folk pop group add their hippy harmonies to this ace track. (you can hear why spanky ended up filling in for cass elliot when the mamas and the papas toured after cass died)