What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (VOL V)

For it was discussed yesterday...

Michel Polnareff, Polnareff's

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AMG:
This is pretentious French psychedelic soul at its most garish and essential.

Huw - how is Janine and the Beethoven/Britten? I played her Tchaikovsky after you did at the weekend and thought it was superb. I am now thinking of adding her Beethoven Violin to my collection of that concerto.

Warming up for Saturday's Hampshire Jam. Superb electronic music from Brendan Pollard

Maurice, I listened to the Michel Polnareff album last night - it sounds erm... just how I imagine French pop music from 1971 to sound - groovy. Funny though.

These lines made me laugh, especially as he sings it like he really means it:

Ce n'est pas un crime, Je suis né dans un ice-cream.

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Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:
Ce n'est pas un crime, Je suis né dans un ice-cream.

Pretty powerful, intellectual stuff.

On CD:-

Today's playlist

That's the wrong order!!

DP one of the few rockers of that ilk I still play.

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Huw - how is Janine and the Beethoven/Britten? I played her Tchaikovsky after you did at the weekend and thought it was superb. I am now thinking of adding her Beethoven Violin to my collection of that concerto.

Buy without regret - I don't like the Britten violin concerto as much as his work for cello, but the playing is fine. Need to listen to the Beethoven a bit more, but a fine version.

Now

On CD:-

Alchemy - Dire Straits Live on vinyl

Boy does this rock the house.

Come on, you two. I forgive you, but only because I am not French!

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Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:
Maurice, I listened to the Michel Polnareff album last night - it sounds erm... just how I imagine French pop music from 1971 to sound - groovy. Funny though.

These lines made me laugh, especially as he sings it like he really means it:

Ce n'est pas un crime, Je suis né dans un ice-cream.

Funny, because Polnareff's is somewhat unique and quite ambitious for a mainstream french pop album of this era.

It's one of my favourite french artists and I really love his songs. The lyrics are quite expressive, and most of the time the arrangements are splendid.

I guess that it's not your cup of tea then.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:
Ce n'est pas un crime, Je suis né dans un ice-cream.

Pretty powerful, intellectual stuff.

Un peu facile, mon cher Adrian!

Maybe it makes sense if you read some more lines:

Ce n'est pas un crime
Je suis né dans un ice-cream
Et les gens qui jasent
Disent que ma mère m'a nourri au jazz
J'ai eu deux petits frères et quatre violoncelles
Un jour j'ai tout quitté pour suivre une étincelle

One can think it refers to the fact that he's not playing proper music (ice cream meaning entertainment), and that he left classical music to pop (étincelle - spark - referring to the stage lights, or electricity).

The song tells his love of music without frontiers. At least this is what I understand!

No intellect, just poetic licence!


May I suggest you something completely different ?

William Sheller, Sheller en solitaire

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Originally posted by munch:
Adrian,

The cd is on Amazon 63p
No vinyl.
Three other 10,000 vinyl albums on there though.
Stu

Thanks for the heads-up. Winging their way to me over the next few days on vinyl are:

In My Tribe
Blind Man Zoo
The Hope Chest

Can't wait - be good if Unplugged released the Maniacs on vinyl though

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Originally posted by m0omo0:
Come on, you two. I forgive you, but only because I am not French!

MDR, as they say en France.

Maurice, I really liked Polnareff's on a first listen, as it has so much going on in every track, and it's just not like anything I ever listen to. I've got it on again. I probably like it in the way I like Scott Walker (3 and 4) - it's a bit over the top and it makes me smile - Computer's Dream is great.

Meanwhile, The Jean-Claude Vannier record I mentioned yesterday is probably the strangest thing I've ever heard.

Maurice - thanks for the extra lyrics. Not really poetry for me with my middling French!

Anyway, as we are back on French music, here is an old fave album of me and the missus, Liane Foly - Reve Orange


I'll check out Monsieur Shellner.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

I'll check out Monsieur Shellner.

Moi aussi.

Another great Harry Manx album

Got bored with the Liane Foly - has not aged so well, so playing the ultimate French album. Best artistic thing to come out of France, other than Juliette Binoche and Emanuelle Beart, all IMHO.