Mal ,'Objects In Space'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Now if you want to talk about a great run, the first four TALKING HEADS records are pretty impressive back to front, and the last four have a lot of good-to-great songs even if they aren't quite as awe inspiring a LPs. Plus they did one of the greatest concert films of all time.
Also? French lyrics.
Now, if someone could just defend Bondie's first four albums we'd have a trifecta of random Frenchitude.
Now, if someone could just defend Bondie's first four albums we'd have a trifecta of random Frenchitude.
They are great! I love their first four albums.
It must be noted, also, that Television's Tom Verlaine took his name from the French poet. Rimbaud was also a major influence on Richard Hell and Patti Smith. Those wacky French Symbolists - so rock and roll.
Bringing things full circle, I should mention that one of the Feelies' first college radio hits was "Fa Cé-La," which is, I believe, French.
And a totally excellent song. Off a totally excellent album.
"Fa Cé-La," which is, I believe, French.
If it is, I have no idea what it might mean. It does look a bit like "le texto", i.e., French text messaging.
"Fa Cé-La,"
I think those are just sung notes, as in the "Doe a Deer" song from Sound of Music.
And a totally excellent song. Off a totally excellent album.
You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
French text messaging.
David has to be right, because that song dates back to 1979.
My dear Buffistarawkers! My son has a HS World Cultures teacher that is said to be a most knowledgeable fellow when it comes to independent, and shall we say obscure, music. He really is a cool person although his main purposes in life seem to be split evenly among torturing high school students, music, and online video game wars.
He has assigned Brendon the following project. Compile 10 musical selections from 10 different European artists. (They are doing Europe this term) Stump the teacher obscure is a plus. Three (3) different genres, yes, he used the word genre. He wrote on the board No Spice Girls and No Emo, including a stick figure of a teary person with knife. (he is a funny guy) At least 3 countries of origin. At least three selections in foreign language. There are other aspects to the project as well, flash animation and so forth that Brendon has under control.
Thing is that Brendon only knows that Rap exists in music. Well, he knows I listen to other music. He has gone so far in his desperation to ask his mother for help. (not so easy for a teen)
So, Help! (so much easier to ask for help when you get to my age)
Any suggestions would be appreciated. He will follow up with the research. He will have to have video or animation to accompany the music with the who what where when how aspects. And yes, this is what the kids in honors HS are doing these days.
A friend into folk sent me an album by a Swedish group which uses "the synthesizer of the Middle Ages" aka the hurdy gurdy, which sounds vaguely Irish and very cool. I'll be glad to put a couple of tracks that I like the most up on Buffistarawk2. They're called Hurdy Gurdy and the album is Prototyp. As far from Europop as you can get and stay on the same continent.
SA included a lovely Europop song from Italy about Vespas in her last year's Frankenmix.
I'm sure I can up with some obscure Francophone stuff--including places like New Caledonia which is part of France. Let me look through my iTunes. I'll make sure to include French rap!