French Wednesdays

[Alain Maréchal]

Especially on Fête de la Musique, Charles Trenet again, in one of the most uplifting songs I know. A reminder that he began his career as "le fou chantant".

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

C'est la vie qui va toujours
Vive la vie
Vive l'amour
La vie qui nous appelle
Comme l'amour elle a des ailes
Oui c'est elle qui fait chanter la joie
Quand tout vit c'est que tout va
Quand tout va la vie est belle
Pour vous et pour moi
Je sais bien que demain tout peut changer
Je sais bien que le bonheur est passager
Mais après les nuages
Mais après l'orage
On voit se lever joyeux
L'arc-en-ciel dans vos yeux
Tout est beau comme un mirage
Quand la vie va mieux.

Vous qui rêvez d'un désir fou
Vous qui chantez la jeunesse
Vous qui pleurez d'un air très doux
Le cœur empli de tendresse
Stop ! Arrêtez-vous un instant
Écoutez la marche du temps...
Voici la vie

{au Refrain}

La vie va mieux
La vie va mieux
Pour vous et pour moi
C'est la vie qui va !

For those who have read this far, a reminder that Kevin Kline gave a remarkable performance of La Mer (Trenet's not Darin's) in the closing credits of "French Kiss". Kline was a replacement for Depardieu, so he played the part as GD. (but, mercifully, sings better).

[vinteuil]

Can Can, Belly dancing, Limbo...whatever has been put in the water around here today?
/ ... / Here she sings 'Uskader' which seems to be Turkish, having travelled from the Iberian peninsula in Moorish times...

... perhaps off-topic, but who could resist -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBF5hOb7JAM

[MrGongGong]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHjWNXx_T78

[johncorrigan]

Especially on Fête de la Musique, Charles Trenet again, in one of the most uplifting songs I know. A reminder that he began his career as "le fou chantant".

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

Thanks Alain. Terrific. In looks Trenet reminds me of a cross between Harpo Marx and Gene Wilder.

Before the dying of the day a wee bit of Zydeco courtesy of Clifton Chenier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6u90Q_283s

[johncorrigan]

Manu Chao with Amadou & Mariam's 'Sénégal Fast Food' could turn up any day of the week here these days, but offers a chance to bop your way through Mercredi even though it's a Dimanche kinda song. Great vid. Play loud!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43T8rEOg-I

[Globaltruth]

They always used to say there's music in the air

The French Connection...

http://www.folkstreams.net/film,178

or, if you've only got a minute and must have your YouTube fix...

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

[Lat-Literal]

Gilbert Bécaud - La Vente aux Enchères - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSUFCY9rNB4
MC Solaar/Friends - Hijo de Africa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgITwSyzheM
Delphine - La Fermeture Eclair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5BEu2xMyXk
Eliane Radigue - Yogic Experience - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xErtRAMXDvM
Prima Linea - Brumes Et Monuments 86 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-SYzdjvM2Y

[Lat-Literal]

....have been listening to the music in all of the clips from the past four or five pages. Mostly good. None atrocious although I am not sure I am joining the Carla Bruni fan club. Amadou and Mariam and Clifton Chenier are in my record collection. Lucienne Boyer and Sir Lancelot aren't so and I was especially struck by those tracks. Francoise Atlan is doing a Yasmin Levy. The second MHD clip had some merit but I thought JC's comments were spot on - "Often feel that hip hop is best in French - the language seems to lend itself to the medium. Not keen on his voice modulation machine bits, mind you...that bugged me in the previous track you posted by MHD too - always gets me" although Frampton is fine for running with it early. The funny song could be from an Austin Powers film or Flight of the Conchords. I could choose to be slightly squeamish about "The Fur Trade" but am content with it so far as it is heritage.

6th in 1992:

Kali - Monté la Riviè - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc5RYcO32Lc

[Lat-Literal]

Lo'Jo - Noisy Flower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cno0XRY53fk

[johncorrigan]

I like that Lo'Jo, Lat...but it's Bastille Day, French rider Barguil won a really exciting stage in the Tour de France, and it seemed appropriate to break tradition with Serge's 'La Marseillaise', just for today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whq60VC0pjY

[Globaltruth]

Well, how long have we known each other JC, and I never knew you were a fellow cyclo-fan.

Here then, a cool live Euro version....from possibly the most exciting live performers the world has ever known.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLTNz53DpRs

They're also fans....

[Padraig]

Here's a melody that's come to me out of the blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAQWr34De0

You might wonder how I arrived at the title. If I can hum the tune my wife will provide the words. She's got quite a repertoire.

[Lat-Literal]

Well, how long have we known each other JC, and I never knew you were a fellow cyclo-fan.

Here then, a cool live Euro version....from possibly the most exciting live performers the world has ever known.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLTNz53DpRs

They're also fans....

Saw them outdoors in Spain on that tour - at "Beni" - same year I think - what time of the day was it? - around 2am or 3am ish.

Atmospheric - and an ambition fulfilled.

Did you spot "Milk Float" on last night's Late Junction? Had never heard it before. Interesting but I didn't know what to think of it.

Here's a melody that's come to me out of the blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAQWr34De0

You might wonder how I arrived at the title. If I can hum the tune my wife will provide the words. She's got quite a repertoire.

Very nice Padraig - thank you for it.

I like that Lo'Jo, Lat...but it's Bastille Day, French rider Barguil won a really exciting stage in the Tour de France, and it seemed appropriate to break tradition with Serge's 'La Marseillaise', just for today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whq60VC0pjY

Thanks JC - my difficulty with the Tour de France is that I don't understand the scoring.

Lovely scenery though.

[Globaltruth]

Again, no YouToob from me but more FIPness

http://www.fipradio.fr/player

This is the station that they began with,before branching out into separate stations for rock, jazz, groove, monde, reggae; there is no classical station.

...The stations form part of the Radio France group. fiP rests on a concept which has not varied much since its creation in 1971: an eclectic based musical program intersected with road and cultural information and a short news bulletin every at 50 minutes every hour and without any commercials.

that could never work surely....

[Globaltruth]

Only one possibility today

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