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My French ye-ye (and other 60s pop) music playlist
1:50 am
UTC on June 25, 2015
I find most my music just surfing on Spotify. Sometimes I'll find new music through YouTube, but I prefer Spotify for the convenience and so that I don't have to feel bad about copyright infringement. Although admittedly YouTube does have a larger variety of 60s French pop, and it's really fun to sometimes watch them performing it.
If you're interested, here is the list of Ye-Ye songs I regularly listen to on Spotify, maybe there's a few you haven't heard yet.
The links in bold are also video instead of only audio, it's good fun to watch the artists perform their music,
Teenie Weenie Boppie - France Gall (She is probably one of the most well-known of these singers. She has a unique voice, I'd say. The first time I heard one of her songs, I wasn't quite sure whether I liked it or disliked it, but it stood out to me and stuck with me. She has a few other good songs such as Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son; Laisse Tomber Les Filles, very cool and nicely covered in English as "Chick Habit" by April March; and Sacre Charlemagne.)
L'Antiquite - Stone (For me, this is the coolest song I've ever heard in my life. Honestly, after the first time I heard it I spent like the rest of the day listening to it constantly on repeat. It's just so cool!)
C'est La Mode - Annie Philippe (I recommend also checking out the video for Le Mannequin on Youtube.)
[color=#CC0000]Hip Hip Hip Hurrah - Claude Francois (Also very cool. You may have noticed, I prefer female singers. However, I think this guy's singing makes the song cool. It's got a great swing to it. There used to be a music video for this on YouTube, but it got taken down recently. Fortunately though I was able to find it on a fan site, because it's pretty baller.)
Au Secours Aidez-Moi - Sophie Mansart (Some of these songs are French remakes of English songs. This one is a remake of Hokie Pokie Girl - Freddy Cannon. It's interesting to see how different another band can make a song sound.)
Tu Veux Ou Tu Vuex Pas - Brigitte Bardot
Les Framboises - Stone (I like this one alot because of the interesting notes Stone hits. It's quite an unusual melody, but very lovely.)
Fille Ou Garcon - Stone (A reworking of "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys)
Pourquoi Ne Veux Tu Pas De Moi - Sandie Shaw (This is the French version of a song called Too Bad You Don't Want Me by Chris Andrews. It's actually mislabeled on Spotify, which they have as "Boys - Tammy St. John". I didn't know that until I happened to stumble upon the English cover by Sandie Shaw when I was surfing one of her albums on Spotify. It actually caught me off guard for a second, because I had heard that song so many times, but in the French version. And even more interesting that I didn't realise it was Sandie Shaw, whom I've heard many times before.)
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7lioFpo2o]C'est Pas Prudent - Alice Dona
Je Ne Vois Rien - Les Problemes (Very cool song! Harder sound than any of the other songs, so check it out if you particularly like rock'n'roll. Great guitar rift!)
Palladium - Liz Brady (A French cover of a song called The Hip by The Sparkles. Incidentally, "The Sparkles" is genuinely one of the best band names I've ever heard of. Anyways, check the link to watch her perform it; although the audio is the studio version and not live, it is worth it to check out just for her awesome dancing.)
Je Suis Folle De Tant T'Aimer - Arlette Zola (Very nice melody.)
Couleur Café - Serge Gainsbourg (Not ye-ye, obviously, but it is one of my new favourite songs. I've been listening to it quite alot over the past few days.)
La musique et la danse - Christie Laume (I wish I could be half as jolly as these kind of songs are. By the way, I highly recommend checking out that YouTube channel for other great 60s French music videos.)
Rouge, rouge - Christie Laume (The French language is so cool that it can make a song about spilling your spaghetti sound based.)
Le pape du pop - Stephane Varègues (Yeah, I mean, I don't speak French, but rolling the lyrics through Bing translate gives me a pretty... lol... odd description of the song. Nevertheless, it's still catchy and good instrumentation.
If you're interested, here is the list of Ye-Ye songs I regularly listen to on Spotify, maybe there's a few you haven't heard yet.
The links in bold are also video instead of only audio, it's good fun to watch the artists perform their music,