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| pingvin10 Groupie Hungary Joined 6279 days ago 68 posts - 114 votes  Speaks: Hungarian* Studies: English, German, Spanish, Turkish | Message 9 of 23 10 November 2013 at 5:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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Calogero.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 10 of 23 11 November 2013 at 7:03pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for that suggestion. I listened to a few samples, and just bought his album 3 (or Calog3ro). Good stuff! EDIT: 2nd listening, and still enjoying it. :) Edited by Jeffers on 11 November 2013 at 9:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spinchäeb Ape Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4471 days ago 146 posts - 180 votes Speaks: English*, German | Message 11 of 23 12 November 2013 at 8:39am | IP Logged | ||
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I've been listening to the music of Brigitte Bardot recently. If you like ultra-retro sounding 60s pop, you'll probably like her. If you can find it, there's a video of her singing multiple songs. It's titled En Chansons. It's a bit of a tough find, but it's out there. And I don't mind looking at her either. When I first saw her in an old movie from the 60s, I was like, "Whoah!" I can see why people were hypnotized by her beauty. John Lennon was smitten by her as a teenager and had a poster of her on his wall. Oh ... and her music is way fun.
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| FelixKatze Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4165 days ago 20 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 12 of 23 12 November 2013 at 3:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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About Brigitte Bardot, some people might like to be aware the sorts of things she is associated with, before supporting her by buying her music. She supports the basically fascist Front National party, is hostile toward gay rights, toward immigrants, and has been convicted repeatedly, for inciting racial hatred. Of course, I think her music and films were made long before she became involved with the far-right, and if people wish to enjoy her stuff regardless, that's all well and good, but some may like to know of her inclinations, so they can make an informed choice...
Anyway, Mylène Farmer is quite good. Amanda Lear, who is my favourite, while more often using English lyrics, has also put out a fair number of songs in French, over the years, as well as a few in Italian, Spanish, and German. She's also written a couple of books in French. Edited by FelixKatze on 12 November 2013 at 3:52pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Spinchäeb Ape Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4471 days ago 146 posts - 180 votes Speaks: English*, German | Message 13 of 23 12 November 2013 at 9:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't approve of what Brigitte Bardot said about immigrants, but I forgive her for it. I support her in her campaign against animal cruelty. I also think the government of France violated her free speech rights when they sued her and fined her over what she said. What she said may not have been very nice, but she should have every right to say it. The antidote to speech like that is not oppression of speech, but rather more free speech to contradict it. If they don't like what she said, they should have just rebutted her, not prosecuted her.
Turns out the most beautiful woman of the 20th century is a flawed human being. Oh, well. I'm still going to listen to her music and watch her movies. And I'm going to support her in her efforts to stop people from clubbing defenseless animals to death. She's wrong about immigrants and about gays, but she's right about animal rights. And France should seriously consider legalizing free speech. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| languagenerd09 Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom youtube.com/user/Lan Joined 5101 days ago 174 posts - 267 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Thai | Message 14 of 23 13 November 2013 at 2:14am | IP Logged | ||
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One of my favourite current French pop singers is Tal. I recommend envole-moi, la sens de la vie and danse.
Plus there's Dania Giò S-il Nous Plaît Link Edited by languagenerd09 on 13 November 2013 at 2:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| AML Senior Member United States Joined 6826 days ago 323 posts - 426 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish | Message 15 of 23 13 November 2013 at 7:19pm | IP Logged | ||
Stromae is a good one for French. Papaoutai and Alors en Danse are two of his most famous ones. A good way to learn with lyrics is to check out the same videos on LyricsTraining.com 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Eagle32 Groupie New Zealand Joined 6502 days ago 56 posts - 83 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 16 of 23 01 December 2013 at 3:54am | IP Logged | ||
Wow, that's a really cool site. Rather than typing out a bunch of names I put together a short YouTube playlist of French pop music (or music I like). Edited by Eagle32 on 01 December 2013 at 4:48am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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