French Wednesdays

[johncorrigan]

Gideon Coe on BBC Radio 6 had a French night a week or two ago, still available on the i-player. He played this old French Wednesday favourite, among others, so thought I'd give it another spin.
Les Négresses Vertes - 'Zobi La Mouche'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6nSpBiekzQ

[Globaltruth]

Musette avec vache.

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

[johncorrigan]

Musette avec vache.

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

Great moosic, GT...give us an udder one, ...the bell was particularly appealing.

[teamsaint]

Gideon Coe on BBC Radio 6 had a French night a week or two ago, still available on the i-player. He played this old French Wednesday favourite, among others, so thought I'd give it another spin.
Les Négresses Vertes - 'Zobi La Mouche'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6nSpBiekzQ

I certainly dig out my vinyl copy from time to time for a spin. Excellent record.

[Globaltruth]

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

"In France they kiss on Main Street"
"Amour, mama, not cheap display"

[johncorrigan]

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

She could do it live too, GT, with a wee bit help from her pals Pat and Jaco. Wonderful song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgjdm5qXTX4

[Globaltruth]

Continuing the Sufi theme ..... Moroccan women performing in India.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBpTJfGpH8E

Powerful call and response

(and some nifty tambourine work at around 4m 40s)

[johncorrigan]

I chanced on an old Martha Wainwright record this morning that a colleague and I used to play back in 2005. Here's Martha in great voice singing 'Dis, Quand Reviendras-Tu?', and sounding so much like her mother.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zYBYzPYdc

[johncorrigan]

Been a while since we had a French Wednesday, but heard this lovely gentle bit of Cajun by Linda Thompson the other day and thought I'd post - 'Je Vois Plus Te Voir'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGgGI8VUt0g

[Globaltruth]

Which logically (? well,my logic anyway)....leads us here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvdO3l4_P8

[in the comments suggests traces of Ravel can be found in the sax hook..]

[johncorrigan]

Which logically (? well,my logic anyway)....leads us here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvdO3l4_P8

[in the comments suggests traces of Ravel can be found in the sax hook..]

Brilliant stuff, GT. Of course it reminded me of seeing the song performed by Marsha Hunt back in the late 60s - went back for a listen but it didn't have quite the same effect as it did on the teenage me, I should say.

[johncorrigan]

Petroc reminded us listeners this morning that it's bonne anniversaire to Brigitte Bardot having reached the ripe old age of quatre-vingt-huit, aujord'hui. Here she is back in '63 singing and looking great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMCfnLAKRl8

[Globaltruth]

Hey Johnny,

Something has been lost in the translation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pnigYayPNU

[johncorrigan]

One of my pals has bought a pile of Eartha Kitt cds and was trying to persuade me of Miss Kitt's merits at the weekend - I'm still someone suffering from over-exposure in my childhood to 'I'm Just an Old-fashioned Girl', , but I did enjoy Eartha's steamy version of 'Sous Les Ponts de Paris', perfect for a non-steamy Novembre mercredi français.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en_vi5ksx6o

[Globaltruth]

One of my pals has bought a pile of Eartha Kitt cds and was trying to persuade me of Miss Kitt's merits at the weekend - I'm still someone suffering from over-exposure in my childhood to 'I'm Just an Old-fashioned Girl', , but I did enjoy Eartha's steamy version of 'Sous Les Ponts de Paris', perfect for a non-steamy Novembre mercredi français.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en_vi5ksx6o

I changed my mind about her after her anti-war and racism comments. She's a brave person.