It's been almost a decade since I first heard and saw Francoise Hardy on TV at my host family's home in Brussels. It was an old clip of her singing "Tous les garcons et les filles de mon age", and I was immediately smitten. I'm obviously not the only one...David Bowie once said: "I was for a very long time passionately in love with her, as I'm sure she's guessed. Every male in the world, and a number of females also were, and we all still are."Of all the singers to come out of the 60's French pop movement called Yé Yé, I think that she was the most talented. She wrote most of her own songs, played the guitar, and had a beautiful voice. In fact, she still does....but it's her songs from the 60's that I like the best.
Click here to watch her sing my favorite song of hers,
here to see her on a rooftop in Pigalle,
and here for the best view of her pretty face.
6 comments:
very cool.
i know. i wouldn't mind if i looked and sounded just like her:)
Thanks for posting this! I love Françoise Hardy!
no problem! hey mer, how do you type that little tail to make the soft "c"?
i always think of you when i hear her. i believe she is on most of your mixed tapes .x
ha ha. yes, you probably got sick of her claire!
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