French Oldies in Coups de Foudre, Starring You Tube

Two more nights to see my friend Gaby's show Coups de Foudre (ticket info here)!  All of the songs are catchy, that's sort of the principle of the show, but there are a few that I can’t get out of my head: (Safe for work, assuming there are no haters of awesome old french music videos around your workplace.)

Laisse moi t’aimer – a naked, needy plea of a love song with a fine crescendo. The audience shots here are very funny (this is Quebec, 1970), especially the uncomfortable boy in the white suit who mouths all the words. 

Tous les garcons et les filles sung by Francoise Hardy - I loooooooooove this song.  And that is the only time on this website that you will see me use a dozen "o"'s in sucession like that.  I always thought it would be sweetly ironic to dance to this at a wedding.  (It’s about a girl who is single, painfully, when everyone around her isn’t.)

Comic Strip - Gainsbourg and Bardot.  Still feels minty fresh.

La-Bas – At first the video is kind of boring, but then it gets really intense and sad.

Tangent:  During summer breaks in university, my Dad used to hitchhike from his parents’ farm to the airport, fly to Canada to work on a tobacco farm, and then travel around the states with the money he earned.  Eventually this would lead to his meeting my mother and having spoiled American children.  (Hi!)  All of this has nothing to do with the video.  I just felt like telling a going away story with a happy ending.  You might need it after watching Goldman get shut into a wooden wagon. 

Comments

[Cornélie]

La chanson de Goldman je l'adore!!!! Mais elle est trop triste!

[delphine]

oh love all the kitsch songs. :) and great sorry about your dad...
delphine

[Alice]

Loved the show! I hope it will get extended, because they were all so talented, and the songs are definitely very catchy. I recognizd quite a few, although I have to admit I didn't know them all...

It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, let's just put it that way, and any show that makes me feel good like that is a keeper! :-)

[Elizabeth]

Only a frenchgirl could make singing while rocking back and forth at the front of a "boat" in a fairground look perfectly normal.

however, everytime the camera pulled back and let us see her in the swinging to and fro-- i could not stop the giggles--

can't wait to see you dance to this at your wedding-- I am invited, non?

[Neil]

I love the Francoise Hardy video, but I'm surprised you didn't mention her cool overcoat!

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[Francesca]

Wow, how lucky are you living in France - I just came back from Normandie and would love to move there...like yesterday;-)

[Guillaume Doane]

I just moved to Paris a couple of weeks ago and have been sampling the expat blogs to see what I like best; yours was a highlight. I was touched by your story about your dad. You see, like you I am a half-breed (French mother and American father) and can validate from personal experience the difficulty of translating one identity (or even soul) from one culture to another.

[Parisian Cowboy]

Hum.... l'histoire de ton père semble en effet une bonne illustration de la chanson de Goldman -:)

[seth]

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[Jean-Luc Picard]

You have a delightful blog! Beautifully designed!

[k]

where have you gone?! :(

[tendergirl]

Gainsbourg....merveilleux!!! Merry chrismas to you and to your....LOVELY BLOG!!!!

[Jo A.]

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and holiday season.

I wish you a healthy and fun New Year (Twenty O Eight!!!!!!!!!!)

And...happy blogging to all...

[Sara]

Just wanted to let you know that I have been following your blog for the past year and a half and truly enjoy and admire your entries. I am studying abroad in Paris in January for a semester and will most definitely look to your blog as an inspiration for my own experience in the city of lights. Thank you in advance :)

[Sylvain]

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Sylvain

[Dru]

Hi...just wanted to say, happy holidays and I hope 2008 is a brilliant year for you :)