Any French lovers in here???

I started to look up some old French songs and I truly believe that French music is highly underrated.

If I look at my friends, no one likes French music and to be exact they don't know anyone either. It also doesn't get any airplay here though they've had/have some pretty good artists/music. What I find cool is that if you're in France, they play their own music most of the time.

Do any of you guys know the following songs, like them, or not. Does anyone outside Europe even know any French artists? Maybe some Canadians?

They all have something naughty, sexy, not afraid to show themselves and that typical French popsound, I love it, I love France. I haven't heard French songs for a long time.

Please share your favorite French song(s) with me.
Let me hear what's hot at this moment and what you thought was hot years ago.


These are the ones I could think of myself at this moment, I surely missed a few:

Les Rita Mitsouko - Y'a d'la haine (also: Andy, Marcia Baila, Le petit train etc)
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...gx3AZCi0lw

Desireless - Voyage voyage
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...PDmZnG8KsM

Guesch Patti - Etienne
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...bea868xDW0

Mylene Farmer - L'amour n'est rien (Sans contrefaçon, Desenchantee etc)
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...re=related

Alizee - Lolita
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...DwKPGUIVME

Patricia Kaas - Il me dit que je suis belle
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...H9LhQqtfr4

Air - Mer du Japon
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...HtJCXurVxs

Axel Red - Naive
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...8C2o_zNqao

Edit: How could I forget her:
France Gall - Ella ella
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...QkB-WWzsbg

Please share your thoughts with me.


I've got this feeling this thread will die a lonely death
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Okay, 4 people, that's a start

These aren't really my taste frankly

I like Jacques Brel though
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How about K-OS (He's Canadian)




http://www.myspace.com/kos
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Stephan Pompougnac - Sous de Soleil (here's a clip with this song..I love his this song). I believe he is a DJ in France(not sure) My son is a fan of his music,that's how I found out about him. I understand he is part of hotel costas - which includes various artists or something like that.


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2elijah said:

That is indeed a nice song with Spanish influences.

Are you American?
Besides French/Canadian singers do they broadcast any French musicians in the US?

Shouldn't forget Celine Dion - Pour que tu m'aimes encore

http://nl.youtube.com/wat...djt0mWWH_M

When it comes to French music , I'm "old school" that is stuck in the 80s : Michel Berger , France Gall's husband, a brilliant composer and musician who wrote for so many other artists ( he died in his early 40s), Jean Jacques Goldman( also brilliant musician) and Francis Cabrel who has the most beautiful ballads.I loved the band ' Gold" when I was a teenager .

yael72 said:

Never heard of them. I looked up Jean Jacques Goldman, his songs sound very at ease, nice to hear.
It's such a waste that mostly British and American music gets played here, that's fine because I like that the most but if something isn't given a chance you can never enjoy it and there are so many French artists.


I'm pretty old school too.
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV Penguins
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...4oSXmnkPUU

A classic that even the rest of the world must know:

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...u660EWj03Y

Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...rqpod29LzQ

Patrick Bruel and Julien Clerc have nice songs, I even like some of Charles Aznavour.

Sash had a hit with encore une fois, not really my taste. Cheb Khaled with Aisha.

And I'm trying to recall a "recent" pop song, about 2-3 years ago. Got a lot of airplay on MTV. A girl driving in a sportscar somewhere along the coast at the Cote D'azur and in the end she's in a speedboat and a guy is tied up at the back and she's smiling. I liked that song a lot.

I really had to think about this one, I liked this song when I was 7

Lio - Amoureux Solitaire
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...M6zkoGsFKY

CJanssen said:

Found it myself!

Yeah, so many people checking out this thread

Tu es foutu - In-grid
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...fP8lVfbg5w

Hmmm, nice song

But I'm having fun me myself and I

How could I forget the superbe Grace Jones with La vie en Rose
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...re=related

Great Thread
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Telepopmusik

Breathe-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdUpxch4F8M


Daft Punk

One More Time-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryEBE2XeWO8

pradictable but still very good

I like a couple French movies and the music in them is really nice too

paper said:

Thanks.

Cool, didn't know telepopmusic was French

http://nl.youtube.com/wat...DQw-RShRUQ

And yes, I forgot about Daft punkt, I like this one from them, that clip with these strange people going up and down the stairs on the beat of the song, really great:

Around the world
http://nl.youtube.com/wat...0HSD_i2DvA

thekidsgirl said:

which French movies do you mean? Erotique Emanuelle? or UTCM?

I like the last one VERY much

Hey I thought I was the only one listening to french pop/rock!

Depending on what you are into i find the next songs/artists very entertaining they range from R&B to Pop to Rock... I hope you enjoy some of them:

Amel Bent
Raphael
Pauline
Louisy Joseph
Christophe Maé
Natasha St. Pier
Melissa M
Jenifer
Sheryfa Luna
Calogero
Marilou
Thierry Amiel
Vanessa Paradis
Yannick Noah
Christophe Willem
Julie Zenatti
M. Pokora
Mélissa Mars
Zazie
Daran
Cyril Paulus
Lorie
Pascal Obispo
Axelle Red
Shy'm
Vegastar
Superbus
Kyo
Arkol

what happened to this group

I like Johnny Hallyday.

This is a great version of this song... *



and I'm glad I just found this video on YouTube too because I had been looking for it for a while now.

* anyone here know: who does or wrote the original version of this song???? I know Jimmy Ruffin sings it as well, but is that a cover?

I wish I was around back then so I could see her perform.

I like Etienne Daho a lot

Here´s a duo with Charlotte Gaingsbourg, IF

Cinnie said:

I'm pretty sure Serge Gainsbourg rules this topic.

CJanssen said:

I see now that the video that I posted, is no longer available (Stephen Pompougnac) amazing, just one day and now the vid is gone.

Oh well, anyway, I am American. Also, I asked my son, if he knew of any French artists shown on American tv, he said he's not sure if they show this guy on tv here, but his name is Matt Poroka, and he has been compared to timberlake (although I am not a timberlake fan) - if you can get this video to play, you can watch him on this link:.
http://www.vbox7.com/play:02cf6e04
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My favourite French singer is Vanessa Paradis and these are my favourite songs:
Commando

Pourtant

La Bataille

If I only knew how to embbed youtube videos.....

copy the 'embed' code

and then write [youtube]copy code here[/youtube]

Yelsiap said:

Copy the youtube URL and when when writing a post over here click on URL put in the link, click on URL again and than rewrite the URL in the brackets to youtube.

I'm very much in a French (and Brasilian) mood these days and I'd like to share one of my faves with you.
A true classic by Mr. Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...hqvuP_osfE

Please, give it a try. This song is from 1968. It's on the album "Initials B.B." by Gainsbourg, that is (with Histoire de Melody Nelson) my favourite Gainsbourg.

Unfortunately I did not find Harley Davidson by Bardot (written by Gainsbourg) now on youtube. It used to be on there. Anyway, the best disc regarding 60s french music I heart til now is from the Atomic Cafe series. There are 3 vols out, I only do know vol 1.

Aahhh thank you all guys for doing the effort of looking up some French music, I like it!

My thread's starting to look like a real thread!