Get ready from some ooh aah weirdness! I did all the crate digging so that all you have to do is dig these sounds from the comfort of your own happy place. Podcast No. 41 has lots of 1960s covers from Québec that I just had to share with you along with some French freak beat.

Playlist
Les deux et demi – Voulez voulez
Nanette Workman – Quand-je reviendrai
Ginette Reno – Les cornichons
Les Baronets – Hello, je t’aime
The Haunted – Vapeur mauve
Les Papyvores – Psychedelque badge
César et ses romains – Egg roll

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Radio Oh La La podcasts are finally back with some fuzz and garage sounds from new artists and the real deal from back in the 1960s. Check out and tune into Podcast No. 40 and kick start your day with some 60s vibes that I have been promising you for way too long! Yes, there still is some background noise, but it’s that or nothing at this point…!

Playlist
Sheetah et les Weissmüller – Mets des badges
Larry Greco – J’y laisserai ma peau
Les Limanas – Je ne suis pas très drogue
Philippe Bruna – Et pourquoi pas
Les Terribles – C’est fini
Les Gypsys – Prolétaire
Sheetah et les Weissmüller – Le Monkiss de la police

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Yes! French funk and soul does exists and not all of it is a watered down version of some Motown hit. The proof is in Podcast No. 39, compiled by yours truly with some extra spice added in by Guuzbourg over at Girls and Giggles (Filles Sourires).

Some of the songs here may have been featured before, that is a first, but some things are definitely worth repeating. As well, some of the songs here are more recent, but their soulfulness is unquestionable.

Playlist
Gil Now – Dis-le moi
Eddy Mitchell – Vieille fille
Sévérine – Je suis la même
Claude François – Un homme libre
Ben L’Oncle Soul – Demain j’arrête
Nino Ferrer – Je veux être noir

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With many thanks going out to Ingeborg and film company Cinéart who convinced Joann Sfar’s to come to Amsterdam for the first time and for the première of his own film a few weeks ago, here is Podcast No. 38 featuring a unique interview I managed to get with the ‘puppet master’ himself.

More thanks to Francois Pieneman who recorded the interview and took pics.

Find out more about the release of the film in English on Gainsbourg, le fim, le blog.

Playlist
Eric Elmosnino & Anna Mouglalis – La javanaise
Eric Elmosnino & Laetitia Casta – Comic strip
Eric Elmosnino – Parce que
Eric Elmosnino – Aux armes, etc.
Eric Elmosnino & Lucy Gordon – Le canari est sur le balcon

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“It’s like an enormous library falling down whevener you talk about Serge. There’s so many references.” – Guuz Hoogaerts.

Special guest star on this podcast is journalist, blogger and huge Dutch Gainsbourg fan Guuz Hoogaerts, aka DJ Guuzbourg.

In honour and anticipation of the release of the film Serge Gainsbourg – Vie Héroïque (Serge Gainsbourg – A heroic life), Podcast No. 37 features an all Serge affair, with music from the film and a selection of special songs you don’t hear very often.

Playlist
Eric Elmosnino & Philippe Katerine – Je bois vs. Intoxicated man
Emily Loizeau & Jeanne Cherhal – Qui est ‘in’, qui est ‘out’
Alain Chamfort – En relisant ta lettre
Serge Gainsbourg – La noyée
Serge Gainsbourg – Evgénie Sokolov
Serge Gainsbourg & Eddy Mitchell – Vieille canaille

If you want more exciting up-todate info about the film in English, be sure to check out Gainsbourg, le fim, le blog.

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Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks everybody for your support and help this year!

And here it is, the last podcast of the year and it’s all yours right in time for Christmas! Podcast No. 36 has some jingling bells sung by Québec bands, a French band and an Englishwoman who made France her home. I’m off to cook and bake now!

Playlist
Tony Massarelli – Cette nuit les clochent sonnent
Ginette Reno – Vive le vent
Les Chaussettes Noires – Noël de France
Les Classels – Le sentier de neige
Petula Clark – Mon beau sapin
Danièle et Michèle – La neige sous mes pas

If you want more French Christmas songs or funky, dirty, sexy, odd, funny ones sung in all kinds of ways, check out Christmas a gogo, where I’ve contributed this year along with many cool bloggers from around the world.

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It’s cocktail time! Podcast No. 35 features some new and old, dry and wet, strong and soft, all in one! Go go go and get more information about this brand spanking new single off the Gainsnord album and hear music and check out videos.

Get ready for some soul, samba, scatting, sleazing along, getting sultry and even a tad sad yet happy inside.

Podcast No. 36 will be a French Canadian Christmas affair, perfect for spicing up your office parties!

Playlist
Juicebox – Chatterton
Serge Gainsbourg – Les Sambassadeurs
Michel Legrand – Quand ça balance
Françoise – Hum ! Hum !
Eartha Kitt – Je cherche un homme
April March – Le temps de l’amour

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Not going on vacation? Never seen St. Tropez, let alone France or even Europe? Then this year’s summer podcast is for you! Podcast No. 34 is one big vacation, with sea, sex, sun, sadness, teenage romance, small hotel rooms and expensive drinks. Pretend you’re a teenager like France Gall here, sitting on a boat near Nice. Your family drags you down there from Paris every year and the boys keep trying to coax you to parties and kiss you while your sweetheart is stuck in the Canary Islands with black haired Spanish beauties in their bikinis. Life is so tough!

Playlist
Petula Clark – Voilà les vacances
Nelly Perrier – Un soir d’été
Serge Gainsbourg – Sea, sex and sun
France Gall – Le temps de la rentrée
Sacha Distel – C’est les vacances
Sheila – Pendant les vacances

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We have it, it’s here and it’s all yours: Podcast No. 33!

Be sure to watch DutchwomanTeddy Scholten who won the Eurovision in 1959 with a Dutch song called “Een beetje” (”A little bit”) and then listen to her sing it the same in French (”Un petit peu”) at the end of this podcast! The French host of the show has this to say about the song (roughly translated):

“In love we say ‘a bit, a lot, passionately, madly, not at all’ (the French version of “she/he loves me, she/he loves me not” with the daisy petals). In the Netherlands, they sensibly say ‘a bit’ “.

A big thanks to Insult Masterrr! an iPhone application that made a generous donation to this podcast.

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And feel free to read a nice blurb about me and this podcast by Meribeth Deen, a Canadian journalist living in London. Cheers!

Playlist
The Madd – Je suis parti
Les Mersey’s – Si tu m’aimes
Jacques Dutronc – J’ai un tigre dans ma guitare
Françoise Hardy – Je suis d’accord
Les Serfs – Mademoiselle yéyé
Teddy Scholten – Un petit peu

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Hold the phone, it’s Podcast No. 32! It was time to dig deep, to soul search and cook up a serious dish of French music with a side dish of soul. Nino Ferrer often said he wish he was black (yeah, baby), André Brasseur is simply possessed by the devil but in a good way, The Velvelettes show off their French skills Motown style, Denise Brousseau does Gainsbourg and by special request, Catherine Desmarets tries her hand at computer dating, sixties style. Oh and for dessert, Alica Dona covers an Italian classic! Yum!

Playlist
Nino Ferrer – Le Roi d’Angleterre
André Brasseur – The Duck
The Velvelettes – Je veux crier
Denise Brousseau – N’ecoute pas les idoles
Catherine Desmarets – Les petites croix
Alice Dona – Stasera no no no

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First, this rare photo of famous Dutch singer Liesbeth List singing with Serge Gainsbourg (thanks Guuzbourg!). Then, we have winter as the main theme running through Podcast No. 31, although sparingly since most of you get bombarded with way too much of this normally. I decided to keep it low key, retro, snowy, with a hint of Christmas. Think of these songs like gifts, one more relaxed for the parents, one for grandma, one for the boisterous kids, etc. Just use your imagination!

Playlist
Liesbeth List – L’anamour
Michel Polnareff – La mouche
Claude Dubois – Sullivan
Ronnie Bird – SOS mesdemoiselles
Ginette Reno – Père Noël arrive ce soir
Danièle et Michèle – L’hiver

And I found a picture of me back in Brossard, Québec, when I was much smaller and apparently already colour coordinated.

Podcast No. 30 has stories and music being treated with love and care. And the grooviness has been piling up as much as my work has. Maybe the next podcast will be about all those sixties dances, maybe it will be a cocktail party podcast, we’ll see! You shouldn’t have to wait too long this time.

Find out more about the Filles Fragiles compilation launches under Upcoming (here left).

And another thing, aka blowing my own horn: think about hiring me! If you would like to have a swinging French party, some classy dinner party music or an absolute back to the sixties trip a gogo, drop me a line.

My recent gigs include a corporate marketing party on a huge boat and a way too short trip to Berlin. Feel free to follow me on Twitter as well.

Playlist
The Lovers – Moi je suis faite pour l’amour
Vanessa Contenay-Quinones – Pourquoi pas
César et ses Romains – Elle le sait
Henri Salvador – Purée de pommes de terre
Dario Moreno – Pachanga
Blossom Dearie – Boum

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Bam, bop, whizz! The music will get you dreaming, dancing, swinging or just snapping your fingers. So go to your happy place like I do where the bar is stocked, the people are beautiful and the music is brought to you by Podcast No. 29, which took way too long, I know! I will make it up to you all soon, but for now, be cool and get ready to shake yourself or a drink.

Playlist
Les Terribles – Tu l’as voulue
Dany Brillant – Comme le jour et la nuit
Minimatic – Chez les yéyés
Valéry – Vous dansez mademoiselle
Ria Bartok – Tu peux pas savoir
France Gall – Les sucettes

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I don’t like the way they treat their records, but that’s why we have podcasts nowadays! Speaking of which, Podcast No. 28 is full of stories and music being treated with love and care. I threw in an extra song because it’s been a while. In the mean time, the grooviness has been piling up, so you’ll never go hungry!

For those of you who have been asking, feel free to find out more about my upcoming spinning activities.

Playlist
Henri Salvador – Rock and Roll-mops
Jacqueline Taïeb – On roule à 160
Johnny Hallyday – Noir c’est noir
La 4e volonté – CÉGEP blues
Michel Legrand – Marins, amis, aimants ou maris
Bonus track: Brigitte Bardot – C’est une bossa nova

Oh and the music in the mix of the Win a Radio Oh la la T-shirt contest in the previous podcast was the following:

1. Claude Nougaro – Les Don Juan
2. Richard Anthony – Nouvelle Vague
3. Michel Legrand – Di-Gue-Ding-Ding
4. Françoise Hardy – J’suis d’accord
5. Alice Dona – C’est pas prudent
6. Anna Karina – Roller girl
7. Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
8. Jacqueline Taïeb – 7h du matin

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Tune into space music, late-night floating around music and some goooood stuff in Podcast No. 27! Check into the space lounge in Space Patrol Orion style and let the grooviness flow.

Win a Radio Oh la la T-shirt!

CONTEST RULES:
1. Listen to the contest mix of eight songs in the podcast.
2. All songs are French from France and have been featured in previous podcasts or are playing on the web radio.
3. Three winners will be chosen who need to correctly identify the artists and song names (spelling not too important) of all eight songs in the mix.
4. You can enter using the e-mail under ‘Contact’ in English, French or Dutch.
5. If no one comes up with all eight songs within about two weeks, I will pick the closest winners.
6. You can only enter once.
7. Click on the T-shirt button (right-hand side) for more details about T-shirts sizes, etc.
8. My family and friends can play, but I want to give T-shirts to those who don’t have one yet!

Playlist
Stéphane Varègues – Le pape du pop
Virginie Rodin – Commando Spatial (Raumpatrouille Orion)
Jacques Denjean – Névrose
Nino Ferrer – Mao et Moa
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Radiomatic – Jolie frimousse

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The Chick Habit party on 24 November was also the launch of the new CD Filles Fragiles compiled by Guuzbourg over at Filles Sourires after much hard work. Two songs are featured in Podcast No. 26: a duet by Salvatore Adamo & Olivia Ruiz and another by Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin. As well, in the hipster catergory, the oh so dreamy young Jacques Dutronc and a more mature yet charming Gilbert Bécaud. Sandwiched in between are the very mellow Françoise Hardy and the very uppity Sylvie Vartan.

Playlist
Salvatore Adamo & Olivia Ruiz – Ce George(s)
Jacques Dutronc – Le responsable
Gilbert Bécaud – L’orange
Françoise Hardy – Comment te dire adieu ?
Sylvie Vartan – M’amuser
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – La chanson de slogan

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Back from two weeks of French record shopping in Montréal, Québec, I scored me an interview with record collector and sixties girl group enthusiast Denis Lalonde (photo) of the well-known Ultra Chicks compilations and record store Le Pick-Up. Podcast No. 25 features this interview as well as an all-out French Canadian music podcast, complete with accents and quebecisms.

Les Minous Blancs need to be believed, while Les Milady’s cover France Gall oh so sweetly. Karo sings a song about buzzing bugs, Les Hou-Lops show off their buzzing guitars and Michèle Richard & Denis Pantis cover Serge Gainsbourg. In the end, you can picture me singing along to Pierre Lalonde when nobody is watching.

Playlist
Les Minous Blancs – Oh non jamais
Les Milady’s – Jazz à gogo
Karo – Les bibittes
Les Hou-lops – Oh non !
Michèle Richard & Denis Pantis – Bonnie and Clyde
Pierre Lalonde – Nous on est dans le vent

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It’s time to cosy up by the fire, sit on the deep pile carpet and thrown on some records! Podcast No. 24 was inspired by this album cover, which I found unexpectedly at a small flea market in Amsterdam that had no reason to even have any records. For the rest of the story and more, you’ll have to listen to the podcast.

Les Surfs announce the end of summer, Eartha Kitt manages to tell you want kind of man she wants, as she does in almost every song, Colette Renard sings an entire dirty song, Nat King Cole tests his French skills phonetically yet again, Sheila makes you a bit sad and Jacques Dutronc tells you why he likes girls.

Playlist
Les Surfs – Quand vient la fin de l’été
Eartha Kitt – C’est si bon
Colette Renard – Les nuits d’une demoiselle
Nat King Cole – Les feuilles mortes
Sheila – Bang bang
Jacques Dutronc – J’aime les filles

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Warning! Podcast No. 23 is educational and good fun for the entire family! Gabriel Dalar has mom and dad snapping their fingers without getting off the sofa, while Les Classels lets the kids twist it out of their system. Stone has the perfect song for rebellious teens and Claude Bolling provides you with some good, wholesome Madison moves. Stella allows the entire family to bone up on their knowledge of Nouvelle Vague films by playing “name that movie” and Shirley Théroux gives parents enough time to make some popcorn, send the kids to bed and pop in a black and white film with sexy French actors of the 1960s.

Playlist
Gabriel Dalar – Hé Youla !
Les Classels – Lucille
Stone – C’est ma vie
Claude Bolling – Le Madison
Stella – Nouvelle Vague Blues
Shirley Théroux – Par amour du métier

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It’s bikini time again in St. Tropez, with a young Catherine Deneuve riding the waves!

Stuck in that nasty, stuffy Paris traffic jam? Go franco à gogo with Podcast No. 22! Les Parisiennes want to get out of town like the rest of Paris, down to the breezy Côte d’Azur, while Gillian Hills uses her charms to hitch a ride. Once we get there, suave regular Sacha Distel even scores us a room. Then sexy but shy Dalida is afraid to walk around in her bikini, but eventually does ’cause everybody else is doing it. France Gall falls for some Scandinavian guitar-playing cutie and Marie Laforêt sings that sad yet beautiful song by the camp fire on the beach when the sun goes down.

Bonus! Off the new and modern Maison Close compilation, a real party number by Cucumber called ‘Boogaloo Au One Two Two’.

Playlist
Les Parisiennes – Ce soir à St-Tropez
Gillan Hills – Cha cha stop
Sacha Distel – Plage à St-Tropez
Dalida – Itsi bitsi, petit bikini
France Gall- Christiansen
Marie Laforêt – La Plage
Cucumber – Boogaloo au One Two Two

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It’s finally here, Podcast No. 21! Some trains, some planes and other tunes in between, this podcast is as mixed up as it gets, but in a good way, of course. If anyone out there has a request I can fulfil, drop me a note, you never know. Invite your friends over, nicely paired up and picture perfect and listen to some retro!

Playlist
Les Champions – Le train
Berthe – Les emberthements
Nancy Holloway – Elle t’aime
Brigitte Bardot – Je danse donc je suis
Gilbert Bécaud – Dimanche à Orly
Magali Noël – Rock des petits cailloux

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Podcast No. 20 starts off psychedelic with some Richard de Bordeaux & Daniel Beretta and Les Papyvores, moves in a female direction with Sophie Mansart and Christine Pilzer, and finishes up in jazz lounge with Les Double Six and Lucky Blondo.

I want to know: are there other James Bond themes in French? I own Bob Asklöf ‘Bons baisers de Russie’ (From Russian with Love)(see Podcast No. 2), Mireille Mathieu ‘Les yeux de l’amour’ (’The Look of Love’, original Casino Royale) and Lucky Blondo ‘Tu vivras deux fois’ (’You Only Live Twice’). I already know about Michel Legrand’s music to ‘Never Say Never Again’ and Isabelle Aubret doing ‘Savez-vous ce qu’il faut au sapin de Noël ?’ (that Christmas ditty with children singing in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’). If you know anything, please tell me by commenting here.

Playlist
Richard de Bordeaux & Daniel Beretta – La drogue
Les Papyvores – Le papyvore
Sophie Mansart – Au secours, aidez-moi
Christine Pilzer – Mon p’tit homme spatial
Les Double Six – Tout en dodelinant
Lucky Blondo – Tu vivras deux fois

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What a treat! Cute and fun yéyé girls from then and now, and a guy to tie, er, twist it up in the end. Podcast No. 19 has six groovy numbers ready to go. Chantal Goya is not sure about a guy, while Camille is very sure about him. Fabienne Delsol does France Gall her way and Jocelyne hums along merrily. Near the end, things go live with Vanessa Paradis and our man Richard Anthony twists his way out of girl trouble.

Playlist
Chantal Goya – Tu m’as trop menti
Camille – Opération charme
Fabienne Delsol – Laisse tomber les filles
Jocelyne – La la la la la
Vanessa Paradis – Les Cactus
Richard Anthony – J’irai twister le blues

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Come over for dinner and after we can listen to some records and Podcast No. 18! That’s the new pick up line these days, pardon the pun, according to the lovely French duo, Radiomatic. Then, there’s coffee or tea with chocolate truffles listening to Philippe Nicaud, while the host fetches that bottle of cognac he keeps for those really special guests. As he pours you all a stiff one, Dario Moreno gets exotic, and once you’ve started dancing, Nino Ferrer keeps those organ grooves going. And then once you’ve realised how amazing that retro leather couch is to sit on and just keep drinking, France Gall gets your fingers tapping, as does Michel Magne and his movie finale.

Playlist
Radiomatic – Zoï zoï
Philippe Nicaud – Cuisses nues, bottes de cuir
Dario Moreno – Instanbul
Nino Ferrer – Alexandre
France Gall – Jazz à gogo
Michel Magne – Mélodie en sous-sol

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Here’s a dolled up Michèle Richard telling you with her French Canadian accent to come on honey, let’s go go! Podcast No. 17 not only features La Richard, but the garage of Jacqueline Taïeb & The Amsterdam Beat Club, the bopping of Phonoboy , the jive of Dany Brillant, the rockin’ of Rock Falair and the swaying of Petula Clark. Get yourself a fitting beverage, find a comfy seat and turn it up! If I were you, that’s what I’d do.

Playlist
Jacqueline Taïeb & The Amsterdam Beat Club – 7 heures du soir
Phonoboy – C’est ma vie
Dany Brillant – Suzette
Rock Falair – Rock Monsieur
Michèle Richard – Les boîtes à gogo
Petula Clark – Un doigt de champagne

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Back to business with some groovy, jazzy and twangy tunes! Podcast No. 16 goes from modern to old and from one country to the next, like a get-in-your-car-and-drive musical roadtrip. Did I say trip? Jenny Rock pleads her case, while 5 Gentlemen make theirs. Next stop, a request for some Marie Laforêt, an uppity visit with Joël Denis and a pit stop to shake your limbs with Ariane. Listen for that scrumptious drum intro by Les Champions at the end of the road.

Playlist
Jenny Rock – Donne-moi ta jeunesse
5 Gentlemen – Si tu reviens chez moi
Marie Laforêt – Ivan, Boris et moi
Joël Denis – Hey, hey Lolita
Ariane – Les gémeaux
Les Champions – 1647 mètres G.O.

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It’s time for a theme podcast! Podcast No. 15 features some nice French cinema music that makes you want to know more about the films they come from. Michel Magne gets two chances with spy music from OSS 117 and Fantomas. Then, there’s Georges Garvarentz on the soft drugs and Michel Legrand with some of his groovy strings. To top if off, a soft-spoken classic by Pierre Barouh from A man and a woman and Philippe Clay from the film Barocco. I realise the poster is misleading, but I do recommened Les Parapluies de Cherbourg to anyone who enjoys heavy colour contrasts, a good tear jerker and a young Catherine Deneuve.

Playlist
Michel Magne – Bagarre à Bangkok
Georges Garvarentz – Haschisch Party
Michel Legrand – Come Ray and Come Charles
Pierre Barouh – Samba Saravah
Michel Magne – Thème de Fantomas
Philippe Clay – On se voit ce soir

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Podcast No. 14 promises a drawer full of goodies! Alice Dona prefers it in red cars and Salvatore Adamo is bursting with love. Dalida takes out her Spanish disco ball and the funny threesome of Henri Salvador, Jean Yanne and Gillian Hills opt for cha cha cha. And then, it’s a French Canadian double whammy with Les Habits Jaunes and Denise Brousseau.

Playlist
Alice Dona – C’est une voiture rouge
Salvatore Adamo – Crier ton nom
Dalida – Besame Mucho
Henri Salvador/Jean Yanne/Gillian Hills – Allô Brigitte (Babylone 21-29)
Les Habits Jaunes – Monsieur Longtemps
Denise Brousseau – Avec toi

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People take anything when there’s nothing
They get that way,
Just like that.
What they need is a little darling
A hermit or, a big star.

Some plastic or rubber thingamajig,
Some little thing, some kind of a toy.
That burns up like tinder does.

People are crazed, the times are a haze,
The times are a haze, and people are crazed.

Download Podcast No. 13 and sing along in English to my translation of the first verse of Jacques Dutronc’s “Les gens sont fous, les temps sont flous”. No really, it works!

Next, there’s lesser known Ronnie Bird admitting to stalking, followed by Tiny Yong who tries to resist a sweet talker. Nino Ferrer gets funky with food and Ivy does Gainsbourg. In the end, Colette Renard takes it away with a little bit of ‘java’.

Playlist
Jacques Dutronc – Les gens sont fous, les temps sont flous
Ronnie Bird – Où va-t-elle ?
Tiny Young – Tu es le roi des menteurs
Nino Ferrer – Les cornichons
Ivy – L’anamour
Colette Renard – Marseille, tais-toi Marseille

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Life through rose coloured glasses may have looked like this in the 1960s. Podcast No. 12 starts off with Les Excentriques covering the Beach Boys and Nicole Paquin telling us about marrying a monster, Halloween style. French choir boy rockers Les Poppys sing their protest song, Natacha Snitkine plays phone pranks and Rita Cadillac sings about the good old days. Last but not least, a tribute to the Beatles in French by Les Fizz.

Playlist
Les Excentriques – Fume, fume, fume
Nicole Paquin – Mon mari, c’est Frankenstein
Les Poppys – Non, non rien n’a changé
Natacha Snitkine – Le jeu du téléphone
Rita Cadillac – Souvenirs, souvenirs
Les Fizz – Si tu fais ça

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