French Wednesdays

**gurnemanz** · 04-11-20, 13:32

Originally posted by cloughie View Post

Only just seen this one - it is a beautiful album - June’s voice and great piano from Huw Warren.

Thanks. Not heard before. I was reminded of a favourite June Tabor album, Rosa Mundi, on which Huw Warren also plays. The track, Paint me, Redouté also has strong French connections. Redouté published a famous book of flower paintings. He painted roses for Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie (aka Joséphine), whose second husband was Napoleon Bonaparte. The album notes explain that she created the first modern rose garden at their house in Malmaison. YouTube.

On a French theme, the album also has a lovely rendition of Roses of Picardy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBIXiKVRDWc

**Globaltruth** · 01-12-20, 15:06

Soon be wednesday.

On Saturday Elizabeth Alker played a couple of tracks by Françis Lemarque.
He's been under represented in this quiet corner to date, so here is a jolly track from him.
You may think it's a load of cobblers....

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

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just for contrast here is the American version by the Gaylords:

The Gaylords -The Little Shoemaker (1954).

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

(Based on the French Song "Le Petit Cordonnier"..Written by Rudi Revil)......Original French Lyrics by Francis Lemarque (as Nathan Korb),English Lyrics by Ge...

**johncorrigan** · 09-12-20, 10:17

I hadn't heard this rather lovely song by France Gall until former Arsenal Footie manager Arsene Wenger took it to his desert island - 'Evidement'

France Gall Evidemment paroles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImHIZh8fwac

video, sharing, camera phone, video phone, free, upload

Melancholy French Wednesday to all!

**Padraig** · 16-12-20, 12:16

Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post

I hadn't heard this rather lovely song by France Gall until former Arsenal Footie manager Arsene Wenger took it to his desert island - 'Evidement'

France Gall Evidemment paroles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImHIZh8fwac

video, sharing, camera phone, video phone, free, upload

Melancholy French Wednesday to all!

Assez magnifique Jean! Lovely arrangement, beautiful chords - I always feel a thump from a Vc 1b - if my ears don't deceive me - and a very good singer. I'll have to check all the words though, they sound deep-ish.

I don't think we've had Edith in this next song - one of my all time favourites going back to my teenage years, when our gang attempted part singing by ear. Ah, but were we 'appy. Oh yes we were.

Edith Piaf - Les Trois Cloches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuKLxx-ETY

Édith Piaf (French: [eˈdit pjaf]; 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963; married name Édith Lamboukas, previously Pills, née Gassion) was a French cabaret singe...

**johncorrigan** · 16-12-20, 14:11

Originally posted by Padraig View Post

Assez magnifique Jean! Lovely arrangement, beautiful chords - I always feel a thump from a Vc 1b - if my ears don't deceive me - and a very good singer. I'll have to check all the words though, they sound deep-ish.

There's an official clip of it, Padraig, which tells a wee story.

France Gall - Evidemment (Clip officiel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXsox2-70VE

Plus haut - Nouveau Best Of disponible ! Inclus la chanson inédite ‘La Prisonnière’, enregistrée en 1974. https://francegall.lnk.to/BO-PHAY

Originally posted by Padraig View Post

I don't think we've had Edith in this next song - one of my all time favourites going back to my teenage years, when our gang attempted part singing by ear. Ah, but were we 'appy. Oh yes we were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuKLxx-ETY

Gets you every time, Padraig. However for years I thought this was the original.

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**Globaltruth** · 23-12-20, 13:56

Couldnt be anything else really

Les Poissons - The Little Mermaid Live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQuOUq9cqa0

Watch John Stamos perform " Les Poissons" on The Little Mermaid Live! on ABC.Subscribe: http://goo.gl/mo7HqT

(actually JC - is that you singing lead?)

**johncorrigan** · 23-12-20, 15:20

Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post

Couldnt be anything else really

Les Poissons - The Little Mermaid Live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQuOUq9cqa0

Watch John Stamos perform " Les Poissons" on The Little Mermaid Live! on ABC.Subscribe: http://goo.gl/mo7HqT

(actually JC - is that you singing lead?)

Loved it. Good to see the early arrival of Mr Claws, Global.

Not me, sadly; the old mousers a bit greyer these days.

**johncorrigan** · 24-12-20, 09:58

Before you sit down to the Christmas Gumbo, have a swing round the living room to Jo-El Sonnier in this essential Christmas classic.

Jingle Bells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we3FKYX_6XM

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupJingle Bells · Jo-El SonnierCajun Christmas℗ 2002 Green Hill ProductionsReleased on: 2002-01-01Producer: Craig Du...

**Padraig** · 24-12-20, 12:58

It's not French, or Wednesday, but it's Christmas and time for a present for Global before it's too late. I gather that he enjoys a bit of angling, and I can't think of a better place for it than Lough Corrib. I have selected Part 2 of the video because I think it captures the spirit of the water, of the angler, and the beauty of the lake. I'm lucky to have been there many times. Happy Christmas Global, John and any who dap here.

Ireland's Mayfly Fishing Festival Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4JVtcu1tM

Second part of dvd. Twenty minutes long.

**Globaltruth** · 26-12-20, 12:39

Originally posted by Padraig View Post

It's not French, or Wednesday, but it's Christmas and time for a present for Global before it's too late. I gather that he enjoys a bit of angling, and I can't think of a better place for it than Lough Corrib. I have selected Part 2 of the video because I think it captures the spirit of the water, of the angler, and the beauty of the lake. I'm lucky to have been there many times. Happy Christmas Global, John and any who dap here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4JVtcu1tM

Thank you Padraig - much appreciated. You won't be surprised to know I have visited Oughterard a couple of times. Never managed to organise the fishing on Corrib though - would still love to go.
I have had some wonderful angling adventures in Eire though of which more perhaps another time.
invariably they had a different angle (ahem) reinforcing the old saying "it's called fishing not catching." Although, on occasion, plenty of fish were also caught.
thanks again.

**johncorrigan** · 06-01-21, 09:56

We were watching the very entertaining 'The Queen's Gambit' this last week. It's got a fine collection of tunes in there. This one jumped out at me - I hadn't heard 'Tut Tut Tut Tut' before nor heard of Gillian Hills, but this is a fine piece of sixties' French pop, I thought, for the initial French Wednesday of '21. Bonne Année !

Gillian Hills - Tut Tut Tut Tut (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN21hNaeEA

"Tut Tut Tut Tut" from Gillian HillsOfficial Music VideoConnect with Gillian Hills: https://ffm.bio/y89e2gb

**Globaltruth** · 12-01-21, 16:23

Just a street performer knocking out some standard blues riffs outside the Pompidou Centre...

Woilem - French Blues Guitarist virtuoso street music performance, Paris

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

Woilem - French Blues Guitarist currently in Paris can be caught performing on the plato in front of Centre George PompidouParis, May 9, 2013Woilem - França...

one day...

**Padraig** · 13-01-21, 20:21

Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post

Just a street performer knocking out some standard blues riffs outside the Pompidou Centre...

Woilem - French Blues Guitarist virtuoso street music performance, Paris

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

Woilem - French Blues Guitarist currently in Paris can be caught performing on the plato in front of Centre George PompidouParis, May 9, 2013Woilem - França...

one day...

I'll see you G and I'll raise you a fiddle, an accordion, 2 guitars, 1 sax, 1 trombone, a lead singer, several adults, 1 baby, all singing and dancing in a cloister - in a cluster too!

HK - Danser encore (Officiel) - HK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBEMRyt6Qg

Versions sous-titrées (icône paramètres - sous-titres) : FrançaisAnglais (with English subtitles)Allemand (mit Deutschen Untertiteln)Italien (con sottotitoli...

**Globaltruth** · 14-01-21, 10:46

Originally posted by Padraig View Post

I'll see you G and I'll raise you a fiddle, an accordion, 2 guitars, 1 sax, 1 trombone, a lead singer, several adults, 1 baby, all singing and dancing in a cloister - in a cluster too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBEMRyt6Qg

Padraig - you win. Superb.
We need more cheery stuff at the moment I reckon....

(thanks)

**Globaltruth** · 20-01-21, 13:44

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Jattendrai Swing 1939 - LIVE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANArGmr74u4

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