Ça le susurre
a mes entournures
Ah, ah, faut que j´moove
Ça le grince
juste pendant la nuit
Ah, c´est comme ça
ça plonge et ça vire
Ah, ah, faut que j´moove
Et ça gêne
quoi, quand y a pas de plaisir
–Rita Mitsouko
Sometimes you don’t have anything to say, so you just kind of throw a song out there.
Catch!
This one’s an alterna-pop classic from the late-80’s about…uh…physical feelings. It’s called “C’est Comme Ça”:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3okmf_les-rita-mitsouko-c-est-comme-ca_music#.UedLU1POp70
If you haven’t ever said “Ça le susurre a mes entournures” aloud before, I strongly recommend it. It’s really fun to say. It makes your mouth go all pouty.
Go ahead.
Try it.
Yes, in front of a mirror.
See what I mean?
Pouty.
I’m pretty sure that’s why the French have such a reputation for sexiness–it’s just a byproduct of what their mouths look like when they talk.
Now, go and Google Catherine Ringer. She’s the singer. She is très cool and vaguely porno.
Do it.
Spin has a few other ideas of what French beats might be good to listen to:
http://www.spin.com/articles/french-modern-rock-essentials-phoenix-daft-punk/
A few I’ve never heard or heard of…but Noir Désir are fantastic if you can get past the fact that the lead singer Bertrand Cantat beat his girlfriend to death. (Really, in 2004. He’s currently on parole.) They’re sort of a post-Grunge group.
Try their songs “Lost” and “Tostaky.”
“Tostaky” is one of my very favorite workout tunes. For what it’s worth.
I’m also a big fan of les Négresses Vertes. Their late 80’s record M’lah hasn’t got a bad tune on it, if you like quirky/melting pot/French-Arab-Spanish stuff with accordions in it. Their original lead singer Helno died in the early 90’s due to his long term heroin addiction.
Voilà l’été or Zobi la Mouche would be very…representational.
Yeah, I don’t get the French love of the accordion either. It’s a dance hall holdover.
I haven’t converted you, have I?