Richter and Rostropovich, Beethoven Cello sonata no. 3:
(As always, it's fun to play them all at once...)
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Guy Béart
French 60s (and later) folk singer.
An early 60s Scopitone:
Bonus clip: Béart/Gainsbourg on-air fight on Apostrophes, 1986!
Béart starts speaking at about 1:37. Basically, Gainsbourg thinks songwriting is a minor art (compared to painting, architecture, poetry), Beart thinks there's no such thing as a minor art.
An early 60s Scopitone:
Bonus clip: Béart/Gainsbourg on-air fight on Apostrophes, 1986!
Béart starts speaking at about 1:37. Basically, Gainsbourg thinks songwriting is a minor art (compared to painting, architecture, poetry), Beart thinks there's no such thing as a minor art.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Catherine Ferry, "Bonjour Bonjour," 1982
Scraping the bottom of the barrel of Euro electro-disco. Still fun, though.
Michel Fugain & Big Bazar
Mid 70s French, umm, "hippie collective." Unexplainable, not that it needs any explanation.
Was Big Bazar the inspiration for La Bande a Basile? You decide.
Was Big Bazar the inspiration for La Bande a Basile? You decide.
La Bande a Basile
1970's Commedia del'arte-styled French folk-song disco. Yes indeedy.
Nothing's quite as good as "La Chenille," but here are a couple more:
Nothing's quite as good as "La Chenille," but here are a couple more:
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