Okay about 6 six years ago I stumbled upon the song Le Meme Histoire by Feist and feel in love with this song. It's the audio equivalent of happiness no matter my mood this song transports me to indescrible joyous place. I went out and bought some Feist albums after hearing this and was disappointed SHE SINGS IN ENGLISH!! French is such a beautiful language to sing in.

I have since been on the lookout for French music with the same vibe as this song. Any leads to any artists with this sound would be greatly appreciated. If you have never heard this song the link is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqOCCePTTvc

maybe these...?

Vanessa Paradis

https://www.youtube.com/w...LFwO1w7zN8

https://www.youtube.com/w...0Rlh9VwmVo

Lenny Kravitz wrote an album for her in the 90's as well when they were dating before she left him for Johhny depp..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo6-7yZbpj4

.

Indila (the link has 13 of her songs u might like)

https://www.youtube.com/w...mp;index=1

.

Or even older singers:

Francoise Hardy

https://www.youtube.com/w...Ek8Zd0po_o

Sylvie Vartan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkt2lJTjx5M

.

Lastly one French Band I think are great (they sing most songs in English though)

Cats on Trees

https://www.youtube.com/w...3hJYDGSXt4

[Edited 6/29/15 19:41pm]

inspireof said:

maybe these...?

Vanessa Paradis

https://www.youtube.com/w...LFwO1w7zN8

https://www.youtube.com/w...0Rlh9VwmVo

Lenny Kravitz wrote an album for her in the 90's as well when they were dating before she left him for Johhny depp..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo6-7yZbpj4

.

Indila (the link has 13 of her songs u might like)

https://www.youtube.com/w...mp;index=1

.

Or even older singers:

Francoise Hardy

https://www.youtube.com/w...Ek8Zd0po_o

Sylvie Vartan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkt2lJTjx5M

.

Lastly one French Band I think are great (they sing most songs in English though)

Cats on Trees

https://www.youtube.com/w...3hJYDGSXt4

[Edited 6/29/15 19:41pm]

Man all these were great except the co-penned Kravitz one, I generally don't like anything with Lenny however so soon as I saw it was written by him I didn't like it. Cats on Tress sound fine but I have enough songs in English! Could you recommend a starting album for Slyvie Vartan and Francoise Hardy?

http://www.besteveralbums...php?b=9020

http://www.last.fm/music/...vie+Vartan

aaroncanderson said:

inspireof said:

maybe these...?

Vanessa Paradis

https://www.youtube.com/w...LFwO1w7zN8

https://www.youtube.com/w...0Rlh9VwmVo

Lenny Kravitz wrote an album for her in the 90's as well when they were dating before she left him for Johhny depp..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo6-7yZbpj4

.

Indila (the link has 13 of her songs u might like)

https://www.youtube.com/w...mp;index=1

.

Or even older singers:

Francoise Hardy

https://www.youtube.com/w...Ek8Zd0po_o

Sylvie Vartan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkt2lJTjx5M

.

Lastly one French Band I think are great (they sing most songs in English though)

Cats on Trees

https://www.youtube.com/w...3hJYDGSXt4

[Edited 6/29/15 19:41pm]

Man all these were great except the co-penned Kravitz one, I generally don't like anything with Lenny however so soon as I saw it was written by him I didn't like it. Cats on Tress sound fine but I have enough songs in English! Could you recommend a starting album for Slyvie Vartan and Francoise Hardy?

In terms of a good starting album for Françoise Hardy I would recommend any of her first four album which contain her early plaintive and melancholic pop (kind of a very different expression of the familiar teenage yearning you can hear from countless US girl groups around the same time) before imo she got real MOR real fast. Confusingly they are all entitled Françoise Hardy, but the tracklist and cover art are all available on Wikipedia so that should help you avoid making mistakes. I decided to plump for the vinyl versions a while back, but if you want a more accessible summation of this period of her career the compilation called The Vogue Years is well worth getting first as a jumping-off point. As I said I don't really enjoy anything she made after that, but it's possible I've accidentally missed something good, so don't necessarily take my uninterest in her latter career as gospel.

I actually like Françoise Hardy's 1972 album Et Si Je M'En Vais Avant Toi. French vocals over American country music sounds like an odd pairing, but it totally works for me. Love the album cover too.

Thank you all so much I got La Question and the Vogue Years albums, can't wait to dive into them this weekend. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

aaroncanderson said:

Thank you all so much I got La Question and the Vogue Years albums, can't wait to dive into them this weekend. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

If you really like the Vogue Years compilation, there is a box set available of those early Françoise Hardy albums in full: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002L7TMAE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=31QLBRKWEFJ4T&coliid=I3VXMQDTQ6HCIP

The ultimate in classic French pop for me though is Serge Gainsbourg. His 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson is my favorite French album of all time.

sexton said:

aaroncanderson said:

Thank you all so much I got La Question and the Vogue Years albums, can't wait to dive into them this weekend. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

If you really like the Vogue Years compilation, there is a box set available of those early Françoise Hardy albums in full: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002L7TMAE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=31QLBRKWEFJ4T&coliid=I3VXMQDTQ6HCIP

The ultimate in classic French pop for me though is Serge Gainsbourg. His 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson is my favorite French album of all time.

Nice choice, I was going to recommend Melody Nelson as well, a real classic

Oh Serge...What are your thoughts on the Lemon Incest song?

France Gall peut-etre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHGU8gqz9U

Tout de Francoise Hardy (Everything by Francoise Hardy)

Par exemple: https://www.youtube.com/w...ZPriwkS7K4 (A quoi ca sert)

IN-Grid (more dance Pop) "Tu es foutu":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGSqC7xds8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yé-yé

Salut de Vienne, Autriche

Thanks for the In-grid recommendation!!!! I'm getting the album right meow!

aaroncanderson said:

Oh Serge...What are your thoughts on the Lemon Incest song?

Musically I think it's a nice smooth piece of 80s synth pop. Lyrically, it's intentionally controversial, but harmless--no different to me than Prince's songs mentioning rape.