So I emailed my friend and said: It's Bye Bye Birdie meets Wes Anderson!
And she was all, swoon.
We were talking about the “Pourquoi pas moi?" video from Mareva Galanter's cd Ukuyéyé which came out last month. (Go to middle row, far right.)
Mareva is a former Miss France and Castelbajac’s girlfriend and she is from Tahiti (which explains the ukulele. Not that you ever need a reason for a ukulele).
She sings okay too, but whatever! She’s so pretty!
Hey, I dance like that too! And get made fun of for it.
Posted by: janna | 20 July 2006 at 05:55 PM
I love your blog. Have read through most of your archives. I've added your link to mine. Hope you drop by sometime and say hello! :o)
Posted by: Meena | 20 July 2006 at 07:38 PM
thank you for the music!
Posted by: SwanDiamondRose | 20 July 2006 at 10:53 PM
Ain't it fun?
Posted by: Coquette | 20 July 2006 at 10:57 PM
Ah, yes, the fashions of 1972! It was a very good year. Weird, but cool song...
Posted by: Neil | 21 July 2006 at 03:32 AM
Her site is fabbo-
Posted by: eurobrat | 21 July 2006 at 05:31 AM
Yes, it's really cool (though it's obvious she can't sing, but as you say she's so pretty she can be forgiven) - btw her name is Mareva not Mereva :-)
Posted by: Ana | 21 July 2006 at 09:32 AM
Thanks Ana, when I was a factchecker they used to take writers in the basement and do scary things when you spelled a name wrong.
Posted by: Coquette | 21 July 2006 at 09:37 AM
Uh, scary! Don't worry, I wouldn't do that :-)
Posted by: Ana | 21 July 2006 at 12:51 PM
Well, you can all have your fun, but I love her voice, And the way she moves. But then, I grew up with and loved Judy Garland and Liza (especially on French TV when she sang in French).
Posted by: Floridora | 21 July 2006 at 01:07 PM
What a zippy little site she has! Too much fun - thanks for sharing.
Is it just me, or does "Pourquoi pas moi?" sound like something that should have been in the movie "8 femmes"?
Posted by: katie | 21 July 2006 at 01:21 PM
Laurent Baffie (on Theirry Ardisson's show Tout le monde en parle) ripped this girl apart when she was a guest a few weeks ago. At first I felt bad for her, but then I started thinking about how the song has nothing to with her, her generation, or her current age... Finally, I find it irksome when a pretty face with no musical talent (IMHO) gets enough financial backing to release an album and a video where she sings about hoping to be rich someday. But I guess that's the industry.
Posted by: Romanbrent | 21 July 2006 at 05:02 PM
OK, so I bit and watched the video. You're right - it is very Wes Anderson, and a good video. But dammit if I can't get that song out of my head now. Grrr.
Posted by: Ed | 21 July 2006 at 05:23 PM
If French people don't get Mareva it's because they're missing the part of their brain where "kitch" is processed (and appreciated). She is *so* cute! The video concept and styling is *so* cool. I totally have a crush on Mareva. I want to shopping in St. Tropez with her in matching micromini dresses and big floppy sun hats.
Posted by: GdP | 21 July 2006 at 05:57 PM
Hey! I have a dress like that. It's purple with blue flowers on it. I bought it at a vintage store. Its a fun outfit to wear. So bright. Yeah Vintage clothing.
Posted by: lady guinevere | 22 July 2006 at 02:26 AM
"she sings ok"?!
Posted by: chantilly | 23 July 2006 at 02:50 AM
Thanks for the terrific link to Mareva..was she wearing Vintage Correges do you think in that number...?
Posted by: ParisBreakfasts | 23 July 2006 at 03:08 PM
I LOVED that video, and the website, and Mareva.
Oh, and I know where it's been filmed. Pierre Cardin's house in Theoule-sur-mer. Perfect setting!
Posted by: Moi | 23 July 2006 at 06:43 PM
More info on "Palais Bulles":
http://www.pierrecardin.com/Dculture/palais_bulles.html
Pourquoi pas?
Posted by: Moi | 23 July 2006 at 06:48 PM
Hello, I discovered your site because you talked about Mareva and I'm looking for informations about her.
Have you seen on her website the scopitones ? They're fantastic ! I don't know if the word "scopitones" existed in english but it France scopitones were first music videos during the sixties. They're incredible because I've the impression they made in the sixties !
A bientôt. Very good site.
Pierre
Posted by: pierre | 24 July 2006 at 02:45 PM
Sad you could not come to the Pique Nique, se you next time I hope !
Posted by: Negrito | 24 July 2006 at 11:00 PM
Romanbrent, I actually read about that online somewhere. Darn, I wish I had seen it.
Paris breakfasts, her boyfriend must have designed the clothes, right?
Moi, Grazie for the link. That place is so cool.
Negrito, I see the picnic photos on you blog, but I wasn't invited!
Pierre, thanks!
Posted by: Coquette | 25 July 2006 at 12:06 PM
As I listened to the song (without the video) I imagined Virginie Ledoyen and Catherine Deneuve prancing around in a big ole mansion...I agree with Katie's comment above, it is a very "8 Femmes" song.
Posted by: CentralO | 25 July 2006 at 07:03 PM
oh gosh! thanks for that link! the video is so cool! so "salut les copains", love it! looks like it was filmed in pierre cardin's bubble villa in cannes... the danding also reminds me of the party scene in two for the road :-)
the song is very "8 femmes" but not the video to me.. 8 femmes was in the 50s, this is very 60's
Posted by: kafeine - Pink Bubble | 26 July 2006 at 02:41 AM
Funny video; but questionable musical talent. (I really dig the original song by Stella, from 1963.) Visually pretty entertaining. I think that April March does a better reprise of these old songs, though.
Posted by: Max | 02 August 2006 at 05:28 PM
Yeah, I haven't heard the original... I need to get on that.
Posted by: Coquette | 02 August 2006 at 05:51 PM