French Music

[haku]

Who knows, this may interest 2 or 3 people.


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Here's the brand new single of MC Solaar - Da Vinci Claude, absolutely brilliant, a sure hit in France (and probably nowhere else, lol).

Alternative link on YouTube.

[the unforgiven]

Originally Posted by haku

the brand new single of MC Solaar - Da Vinci Claude

omg! I love this single, I love MC Solaar for years
the lyrics are both funny and brilliant. plus it's catchy, it makes people feel like dancing
not to mention that Claude MC is a cutie
I personally found his last album not that good but this new single let me hope that the next album will be great

nice thread, frenchies power

[dradeel]

French music... well, metal.

Personal favourite (well, actually the guy is swiss, but he sings in french on many songs, and also the band is/was signed on a french label) is Unholy Matrimony. One man black metal band.

There are some extreme metal acts from france that has drawn alot of attention the last couple of years tho. One in particular: Gojira. I'm not a fan of them, but some friends of mine like 'em. Enviormentally concerned death metal. Quite a weird mix. Bet half the band are vegans

[forre]

Whatever but it got to have good tunes.

[zebu]

well im not a fan of mc solaar, but im always interested in listening to some french music.

last thing i listened was vincent delerm, quite good. mickey 3d is fun, dolly (tous des stars-loved that song), indochine... some older stuff like noir desire. i like jane birkin too if u count her as french(cool album with colaborations- gainsbourg revisited), i even went to her concert when she was touring with arabesque. i also went to some small french bands concerts in zagreb.

id appreciate very much, if u french ppl introduced us to some good musique.

[the unforgiven]

zebu, Dolly is a good band, in my opinion, I have 4 albums if you want me to upload them, just ask
it would be my pleasure

I've seen Vincent Delerm live few years ago, that was great
we had to shout the name of the songs we wanted him to play

it's kind of old but I really like Cox, here's their myspace http://www.myspace.com/coxofficial if you want to take a look
I'm pretty sure that the lead singer is playing solo now, he's involved with Zazie *gossips*

[haku]

This is from last year but it's showed quite a lot on French TV again because he died a couple of weeks ago:
Grégory Lemarchal & Lucie Silvas - Même Si

[spyretto]

Originally Posted by haku

Who knows, this may interest 2 or 3 people.


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Here's the brand new single of MC Solaar - Da Vinci Claude, absolutely brilliant, a sure hit in France (and probably nowhere else, lol).

Alternative link on YouTube.

Thanks for that, It reminded me a little of Eninem with Dido...I remember MC Solaar from the European MTV back in the late 80's early 90's when they used to show all the French stuff, Mylene Farmer, Etienne Daho, Mano Negra etc.Though I never saw Noir Desir back then. Since then I'm in the dark as to what is going on in the scene - some music I came across lately ( Zazie, Lara Fabian etc, but they didn't quite rock my world. )

As for the newest stuff, I don't have the slightest clue.
Maybe you'd like to keep this thread alive then?

[haku]

Originally Posted by spyretto

Maybe you'd like to keep this thread alive then?

Sure, i'll post new videos regularly.


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In the meantime, here's a bunch of great singles from Nadiya, a very popular singer here.

Nadiya - Amies-Ennemies, Nadiya looking more girly than usual

Nadiya - Roc, powerful song with heavy guitars

Nadiya - Tous Ces Mots, another punchy song

Nadiya - Signes, Arabian feel

Nadiya - Si Loin De Vous, funny tune with Nadiya showing her butch side, shot on the nuclear carrier Charles De Gaule

Nadiya - Et C'est Parti, that song kicks ass, litterally… "Put your mother fucking hands up!!!" LOL

Nadiya - Parle-Moi, dark song about child abuse, hence the video


And just for fun, some live performances of Nadiya singing "What A Feeling" and "Lady Marmelade", lol.

[the unforgiven]

Originally Posted by haku

Nadiya - Parle-Moi, dark song about child abuse, hence the video

the only good one in my opinion

Mickey 3D - Matador this live is kind of crappy, what a pity cuz it's a cool song
Asyl - Hiroshima mis à mort this band is the new Indochine in a "punk" version ... the lyrics are strange lol

[zebu]

Originally Posted by the unforgiven

zebu, Dolly is a good band, in my opinion, I have 4 albums if you want me to upload them, just ask
it would be my pleasure

I've seen Vincent Delerm live few years ago, that was great
we had to shout the name of the songs we wanted him to play

it's kind of old but I really like Cox, here's their myspace http://www.myspace.com/coxofficial if you want to take a look
I'm pretty sure that the lead singer is playing solo now, he's involved with Zazie *gossips*

it would be great if u uploaded , i have only tous les stars album i bought when in france. or if there is a torrent site with french music or smthing u can give me a link.

ill check out cox later. im in bit of a hurry now.

oh and matador by mickey3d, i adore that song!

im already loving this thread.

[haku]

Originally Posted by the unforgiven

the only good one in my opinion

Good, we'll cover more grounds with different tastes.


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A band who's had 2 hit singles in a row recently:

Superbus - Butterfly
Superbus - Lola


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Christophe Willem - Double Je, his new album is currently #1 in France, remarkable voice

[the unforgiven]

Superbus is cool band, but they were better back in the day when their concerts cost 6 euros and the lead singer wasn't a complete b*tch! lol

Anaïs - mon coeur, mon amour it was a huge hit too
Anaïs - Christina
her album is really funny, it's a live where she interacts with the audience hehe so cool
I can upload it too, just ask me

[Life In Technicolor]

I like Dalida's song 'Paroles, Paroles' and this cover from 'Zofka':

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ywin7c Paroles, Paroles

Offtop:
Sean Lennon singing in French!

MP3 http://www.box.net/shared/okrq8ue6qv "L'éclipse" (Parachute)
http://leclipse.emi-artistes.com/

[zebu]

the unforgiven, i listened to everything u posted

cox is ok, i liked the most asyl. and have to admit that mc solaar song is pretty cool, i downloaded it. and superbus is fun, pretty catchy, downloaded lola...bum bum bum bum...

anything u upload will be great.

obviously i know canada is not france. but they sing in french and i just love them so much i have to mention them. malajube, maybe u already heard of them. i instantly fell in love with them, when i heard their album trompe-l'oeil. they r one of my fav bands. this is their "hit" montreal -40C, pate filo one more song fille a plume. they r worth listening the whole album, u have to trust me on that. if u cant find it, id be more than happy to upload.

[sk8rgrlzzz]

One French artist that I'm really loving right now is Emilie Simon.
I think she's great.

Videos on Youtube:
"Fleur de Saison"
"Dame de Lotus"
"Desert"
"Flowers"

On youtube, there are also many other videos including live performances. I actually like her better live as compared to the album versions.

Her Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/emiliesimonmusic

[the unforgiven]

sk8rgrlzzz, you're so right Emilie Simon is so brilliant!

btw, here's some Dolly's albums I've uploaded
Dolly - Dolly (1997)
Dolly - un jour de rêves (1999)
the 2 first ones, I'll upload the 2 others later

[dradeel]

This weekend I came over a new band. Never heard of them before. Was just something that was playing in this music store I was in.

Band: Dolls of Pain

After a little reading I found out it's a french band. The album that was played is called "Dec[a]dance". So I guess you know what music it is right there... electronic stuff. Dark Electro/New Wave. Dance music of the dark kind, pretty much. The rhythms are slow and heavy, the sounds reak of dance and acids, and the mood is fetishistic and dark.

If people wanna check it out, here's track 1, "Bring Me Some Flesh" and track 2, "Inside". If people like it, then just send me a msg and I might be able to fork up some more

Edit: I uploaded the album to a friend of mine, so I'll just as well post it to you. Here you go.

[haku]

Ok, i'm making this post for the sake of cultural diversity.

In France we have a musical genre called raï'n'b, as you may guess it's a fusion of raï and r'n'b, this kind of music is popular in France (urban areas, it's not really what a typical farmer will listen to while plowing his field), Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and… parts of India because it shares similarities with some Indian pop music.

Here's 2 major hit singles by Leslie & Amine (top 10 in the French chart):
Leslie & Amine - Sobri, this one even went up to #2 in the French chart
Leslie & Amine - Sobri 2, obvious Indian connection in this one, lol

I don't know if they're planning to do a Sobri 3, probably since as we say in French "jamais 2 sans 3". Oh and contrary to what many people think, Leslie is not French-Arab, she's French-Vietnamese-Polynesian.

Here's Amine alone, one of the biggest hits of 2006 in France:
Amine - J'voulais, this single stayed #1 in the French chart for no less than *5 weeks*, shows how popular this genre can be

I've thought for some years now that we should send some French-Arab raï'n'b to Eurovision just to see the reactions it would cause, that or some hardcore French-Arab rap, lol.


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And now something completely different…

Katerine - Louxor J'adore
Katerine - 100% VIP

I'm warning you, this guy is crazy. Believe it or not, he's been doing this for 16 years and 8 albums and has a dedicated fanbase, his last album sold over 120,000 copies in France (that's twice more than Tatu's D&M).

I've read that FT (French public broadcaster) is thinking of sending him to Eurovision next year and be done with it.

[the unforgiven]

omg! Haku you beat me, I wanted to post some vids of Katerine
may I post another one?
Katerine live at french music awards this is simply insane haha
I also want to mention that this is one lucky guy ... just look at his wife : Helena Noguerra

about the raï'n'b is not my cup of tea but it's funny and makes people dancing