"He's on the phone" by St. Etienne is a great dance track that has a sexy French bloke saying rude things down the phone in the middle.
There is also a French version of "Sunday Girl" by Blondie.
OK guys, I want you to give me the names of any good dance tracks with a French theme. I'm trying to decide on my DWAS tracks for saturday. I've a few but i'm sure there must be alot more i've missed!
HELP!
"He's on the phone" by St. Etienne is a great dance track that has a sexy French bloke saying rude things down the phone in the middle.
There is also a French version of "Sunday Girl" by Blondie.
My mother used to swoon to Sasha Distel (?spelling) he was french wasn't he? Don't ask me what hits he had though!
What about tracks sung in French - eg Le Ballet by Celine Dion.
Magny Cours
Paul Ricard
Pau
Abbeville
HTH
OT - I cannot see the name Celine Dion without thinking of the unfortunate songwriter who heard her singing a song of his in French. He found out that the track had been around for a long, long time, and he had not received a cent in royalties. He got onto the scent, trying to find out just how much he had been ripped off. His publisher finally confessed that he had licensed the song ages ago, and not bothed to mention it. After all it was just some unknown teenager. That was before Celine won Eurovision.
Unfortunately the performing rights company got the name wrong. The royalties were unclaimed, and being unclaimed for so long were lost. More important was that the songwriter had not had the use of her name to promote his songs. Every aspiring songwriter hopes for a big name to record one of their songs, it is a passport to getting them heard.
Further investigation revealed that his mis-spelt alter ego had also been racking up royalties from one Sarah Brightman. She had one of his songs on a concert sales only album.
Sometimes you can long to be a success, without knowing you are already a success.
right...
Carla Bruni - Le plus beau du quartier; l'excessive
Dany brillant - J'habitais Saint Germain des pres; C'est toi; Caroline est en colère (just kidding - just found that one on itunes and thought it was funny )
Angun - Etre une femme, Cesse la pluie
Nadiya - Cheyenne (ok this might be better suited to a wcs comp... ), Roc
Renaud - Docteur Renaud, Mister Renard
De Palmas - Regarde-moi bien en face
Moulin rouge soundtrack - lady marmelade - but I'm sure you thought about that one
Ask Franck or Sheena I'm sure they know plenty of French tracks suitable for MJ
Errrr.. how do we know if you mave missed any if we do not kmow what you have on the list?
anyway have you considered the following, which would be recognised by most dancers :
Vaya con Dios - je l'aime je l'aime
Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi
Scooter Lee - J'ai du boogie
Sash - Encore une fois (if you don't mind club style)
Pink Martini - Sympathique
Ingrid - In tango
Ingrid - Tu es foutu
Desireless - voyage voyage
Dany Brillant - Parce que tu sais, C'est toi, Je voudrais tant que tu me donnes, Toi et moi, Y'a les filles qui m'interessent
Baccarra - Yes sir, i can boogie (french accent)
Kate Ryan - Je t'adore
Kate Ryan - Desenchantee (if you don't mind club style)
Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit (bluesy)
Carla Bruni - Le plus beau du quartier
Carla Bruni - Raphael
Eartha Kitt - Je cherche un homme (bluesy)
Keb Mo - France (bluesy)
Manhattan Transfer - Chanson d'amour
Bonnie Tyler - I was lost in France
Gary Moore - Parisienne walkways
and finally
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je t'aime non non plus
please, NO !
"The Gotan Project" (based in Paris?)
Madeleine Peyroux
Arielle Dombasle
SpinDr
P.S. Not forgetting: "French Kissin' in the USA" -- Debbie Harry, or "Can Can" -- Bad Manners
P.P.S. Surprised no one mentioned the "Crazy Frog" yet
Plenty of good one's mentioned already, but don't forget Candye Kane - Swango.
Greg
There are a few tracks by Paris Combo I like: Paris Combo – Music at Last.fm
Camille - Ta Douleur
Funky and cool - for Utopia style event.
Anything from Gotan Project? (They're based in Paris)
Got properly introduced to Pink Martini by Firefly. Several of their tracks have been used at CEROC nights.
Pink Martini's First Album - Sympathetique
Whitetiger
Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (Windmills of Your Mind) - Patricia Kaas does a version with a latin feel
DJ by Diam's is a French (female) rap version of "Sway"
While in France I heard, Mon Maquis by Alizée and liked it enough to track it down, but I've never heard it all the way through, (it is a bit moody like "china in your hand", but not as angst-ridden)
Others that come to mind:
You Never Can Tell (C'est la Vie) Willie & The Poorboys,
April In Paris Cleo Laine or Ella Fitzgerald
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