French music

[aledavid]

Hello Salut Hola

I want to listen some french music but I don't wich groups are goods. Could someone recommend me good groups and songs?

Thanks Merci Gracias

 

[kobayashi]

moved to bang and clatter.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

hmm

what type of French music exactly?

jazz? pop? of which era?

for jazz I recommend this group called Paris Combo

for 60s pop/rock I dig Jacques Dutronc, Francoise Hardy, people like that

80s/early 90s I highly recommend the rock group Noir Desir. My favourite song of theirs is a collaboration with Manu Chao called 'Le Vent Nous Portera', which is a very good tune.

I'm not too familiar with the modern stuff, but there's this great recent single by this (Parisian?) band called Kyo titled 'Derniere Danse' which is really good.

 

[Elvis Presley]

80s/early 90s I highly recommend the rock group Noir Desir. My favourite song of theirs is a collaboration with Manu Chao called 'Le Vent Nous Portera', which is a very good tune.

I must say, that is a great tune....

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

cool

let's not forget Air

and are M83 French?

 

[DiGi]

St Germain

 

[dandy]

St Germain

 

[ZeroDude]

Where on This Earth is Yann Tiersen from? The words where in French

 

[Laura M]

As Yertle has already mentioned, KYO - I also love the Noir désir & Manu Chao song.

French hip-hop - MC Solaar (I really like La belle et le bad boy) & IAM.

 

[meegannie]

French hip-hop - MC Solaar

 

[u2popmofo]

Not a French band, but 'Bonnie and Clyde' by Luna is in French. Quite good too

Also, you may like to hear 'Protege Moi' by Placebo (also not a French band, but the song is in French). It did quite well as a single in France from what I understand.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

There is also a French version of 'Burger Queen' by Placebo. I need to get my hands on it.

 

[knox]

I like Joe Dassin, as well as Manu Chao (but his stuff is definitely in languages in addition to French, mostly Spanish and English).

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Deep Forest are French, but their music comes in a wide, and I do mean wide, variety of languages.

 

[lady lemonade]

Indochine (sorta like the Cure)
Jacques Brel
Serge Gainsbourg

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I have an mp3 of Burger Queen Francais.

I think.

 

[u2popmofo]

I have an mp3 of Burger Queen Francais.

I think.

Hook us up.

u2popmofo@yahoo.com

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

you have mail

 

[elevation2u]

django reinhardt, is he french? well whatever i love his tunes

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

He was Belgian, as was Jacques Brel.

Another very good artiste I highly recommend is Keren Ann Zeidel, or just Keren Ann as she calls herself. Nice, fluffy, jazz-inflected pop tunes. She's actually Israeli-Dutch (or something like that) but she sings in French, although she has an English album out.

 

[Laura M]

They were on a Jools Holland show on BBC2 about a week ago, did you see them?