go go crazy
great tune, groovy go-go. beautiful michelle mercier sings 'six-huit'
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
great tune, groovy go-go. beautiful michelle mercier sings 'six-huit'
Saturday, January 28, 2012
that hardy girl - saturday
FRANCOISE HARDY - COMMEhope you've enjoyed the recent fh posts - perhaps discovering a new song or two whilst marvelling at the stunning pictures of her.
Labels: francoise hardy
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Friday, January 27, 2012
that hardy girl - friday
FRANCOISE HARDY - IL N'Y A PAS D'AMOUR HEUREUXoh, so sad,
Labels: francoise hardy
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
electronic doll
JO LEMAIRE + FLOUZE - JE SUIS VENUE TE DIRE QUE JE M'EN VAISbrilliant 1981 version of the serge classic. hailing from belgium, jo recorded this electronic cover that would made elli et jacno jealous!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
that hardy girl - wednesday
FRANCOISE HARDY - AU FIL DES NUITS ET DES JOURNEESto put it simply: fucking great.
Labels: francoise hardy
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
driving miss marianne
watch this great clip of serge and marianne - watch out for bambou too. watch serge as he tells bambou he wants to fuck marianne, watch him chauffeur marianne as she makes her video for 'sweetheart', see her gulp down a can of beer - (listen out for serges comment here). but nothing can out do marianne informing serge as he flirts that she is 'not brigitte bardot!'. he looks like he is about to die and she looks like a spaced out prostitute! watch this - fifteen minutes well spent!
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Monday, January 23, 2012
that hardy girl - monday
FRANCOISE HARDY - DIE ROTEN RUSSENSTIEFELshe sang in german (but don't hold that against her!) - she makes it sound like a lovely language - surely a gift in itself!
Labels: francoise hardy, german
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
that hardy girl - sunday
FRANCOISE HARDY - MON AMIE LA ROSEi love this song so much. defo one of my francoise faves
Labels: francoise hardy, french 60s
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no nudes is good nudes
want to see some of your favourite dolls posing for the french equivalent to playboy?check out dani, corynne charby, bambou, amanda lear and lio here!
see stone(!!!!!), more dani, valerie legrange and joelle here
also here are some amazing pictures of grace jones in playboy.
Labels: amanda lear, bambou, corynne charby, dani, grace jones, joelle, lio, stone, valerie legrange
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
that hardy girl - saturday
FRANCOISE HARDY - POURTANT TI M'AIMESthis is a cover version of 'i still love him' by the joys (who?!).
Labels: francoise hardy, french 60s
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Friday, January 20, 2012
that hardy girl - friday
FRANCOISE HARDY - JE CHANGERAIS D'AVIStime to get back to blowupdolls roots - a week of francoise. yay!
Labels: francoise hardy, french 60s
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
blown away
oh stella. you are ace!
Labels: french 60s, stella, video
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
danse yourself dizzy
great song, slightly awkward yet wonderful dancing. enjoy!
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
made in china 5
BAMBOU - LULU (1986)this ode to her and serges son lucien (lulu) wasn't on her 'made in china' album and actually gives a better idea of where her music might have gone next. a much better song, with better production and much better male vocals!- clearly sounding more gainsbourgy. the b-side 'shanghai' is also not available on her album -you can hear it below - but does anyone have an mp3 of it (or can anyone rip it for me?!)
hope you've enjoyed these bambou days!
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
made in china 4
BAMBOU & MARC LAVOINE - DIS MOI QUE L'AMOURanother duet from 2003 (obviously that's serge in the picture not marc!)
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Friday, January 13, 2012
made in china 3
BAMBOU - NUITS DE CHINEborn caroline von paulus - you can tell by this great photo that she was quite a party girl!
and here is an updated version taken from marc lavoines 'les duos de marc' album - he seems to like her as he recorded another song with her (coming tomorrow)
BAMBOU & MARC LAVOINE - NUITS DE CHINE 07
the video:
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
made in china 2
BAMBOU - J'AI PLEURE LA YANG TSEi really like this one - a repetitive breathy doll voice - what more do you need?
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
made in china
BAMBOU - MADE IN CHINAwe all know that serge had the magic touch when it came to writing for women. but something didn't work out when he wrote an album for his wife bambou (named because she smoked opium a lot) - it was a total flop.
think charlottes wonderful charlotte for ever album mixed with grace jones inside story album - see! that doesn't sound too bad does it?! bambous voice is good enough - again it's reminiscent of charlotte or isabelle adjani. what lets this album down the most is the cheap production and god awful male voice that keeps cropping up - sometimes singing with bambou, sometimes just singing hideous back up.
anyway, the album is bloody hard to get hold of, so for the next few days i hope to bring bambou to a new audience who can give her appreciation she deserves.
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Monday, January 09, 2012
new wave dalida
who knew that after the death of disco and on the cusp of new wave dalida made such a fantastic song? (from 1min onwards)
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
my favourite waste of time
mr nonosse has the best youtube channel! chantal kelly i love you!
Labels: chantal kelly, french 60s, video
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cat power - saturday
CATERINA CASELLI - RE DI CUORIand upbeat song to finish the caterina posts - i hope it's encouraged you to look out for more of her - see a few more great tracks here, here and here!
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Friday, January 06, 2012
cat power - friday
CATERINA CASELLI - IL GIOCO DELL'AMOREkicking drums, great strings and the drama of her voice make this an excellent tune
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
cat power - thursday
CATERINA CASELLI - NINNA NANNAshe entered into various singing contests throughout her career - this one is her entry for the san remo contest 1971.
watch it here:
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
cat power - wednesday
CATERINA CASELLI - NESSUNO MI PUO' GIUDICAREthis is the song that helped to really establish caterina as a star - enabling her to make films (not always great but the songs are good) and to make more fantastic records.
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
cat power - tuesday
CATERINA CASELLI - IL VOLTO DELLA VITAshe must be really good to take me away from my french singing dolls! she is my favourite italian singer - if you are not familiar with her, give the next few posts a try and allow yourself the pleasure of caterina. this song is a masterful cover of 'the days of pearly spencer'.
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Monday, January 02, 2012
perfection
possibly my favourite france gall song ever. just perfect
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Sunday, January 01, 2012
cilla nero
CILLA BLACK - M'INNAMOROwelcome in 2012 with this great version of 'step inside love' sent to me by guido.
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