Yelsiap said:

I'm speechless

People refers to standard probably cuz they stand the test of time, who knows where Hélène Segara or Calogero will be in 50 years, will they be remembered?

MarySharon said:

I guees you are right, still there are many options out there...

Paris Combo turns me on:



and Ludovic Navarre aka St. Germain is awesome both in the studio and live:

MITSOU!!!

Bye Bye Mon Cowboy (1988)

AIR.....fantastic....their cd 'moon safari' is a must buy !!! cool, mostly instrumental stuff...also their cd with Charlotte Gainbourg called '5.55' is also brilliant

Dewrede said:

Timeless

peppeken said:

Yes 5:55 is a great album for sure

Propergol.

Dewrede said:

I love, love, love him too, even though he is from Belgium but true, he sang in French, so it counts. Of all the French artists I collect I own most Brel and Édith Piaf records. Totally devoted to their voices, the way they deliver their vocals and their lyrics.

Pascal Obispo and Sinclair were big in France when I lived there, but I loved Sinclair because his funky music.

I have albums of all three, besides the moderns like Mc Solaar, Ophelie Winter, Bob Sinclair, Air, Cassius, Justice, I also love the classics, like Françoise Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg, Sylvie Vartan, Dalida and some peeps I am sure I am forgetting about.

HamsterHuey said:

Oooh, like Lucienne Delyle. I love that moment in time when it comes to music.

I was over on the Politics and Religion thread and came across this snippet of music that caught my attention.

I did a search but didn't find a whole lot. Someone named Chenard Walcker who did this piece under the name The Walcker Crew and some other African flavored stuff.



If anyone can point me to more sound clips of this artist I' appreciate it.

There's something about this tune that is under my skin.

HamsterHuey said:

I like Air too


My friend hipped me to Dalida


I don't know those others you mentioned apart from Edith Piaf

Dewrede said:

If you like electronic music, try Justice. Their performance at Pinkpop was certainly one of my two highlights of the festival.

Probably Stereolab. Favorite song? Maybe "Brakhage".

HamsterHuey said:

ok , frankly i'm not really
cheers though

GAINSBOURG, GAINSBOURG AND GAINSBOURG

Every human being should hold a copy of 'the Ballad of Melody Nelson', one of the greatest albums, both musically and lyrically
(certainly in my top 20, and believe me I listen to many different types of music and hold countless CDs and MP3s,,,,)

Enjoy!

Lammastide said:

They attempted to give a new flavour to french soul (which was very unpopular), dunno what they're doing now



So u should like Linda Lemay just the same

Charles Aznavour & Air

Daft Punk

I quite like Vanessa Paradis