You downloaded the song. Now see the video:
In other news: find a free mp3 of a loud-beautiful French duet between New York hipsters Violens and Charlift here.
Video
Lou Doillon
Jane Birkin’s youngest daughter Lou Doillon in a video for French fashion designer Vanessa Bruno. Shame they did not use French music, though Efterklang is a great band.
New single for A Loulia
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French movies
Great video from Magnus (dEUS-frontman Tom Barman & DJ CJ Bolland), you’ll recognise dEUS-guitarist Mauro Pawlowski as ‘Le Fou’. Been a while since I saw this, still makes me smile.
Comment te dire instrumental
Yes, great instrumental version of Comment te dire adieu (see above). But who plays it? What orchestra? Is it available on vinyl, cd? It sounds a lot like the backing of the Hardy-version, but it’s not. The girl who uploaded this version doesn’t know. I searched Discogs and Originals, but to no avail. Maybe you, dear FS-reader, can help? (Did you know, by the way, that Amanda Lear did a version of Comment te dire too? See a funny lip-synch video here. No, that’s not Amanda, but it is her voice)
UPDATE: Got it! Here.
Gainsbourg en Israel
Several French and Israeli artist paid hommage to Serge on July 28 with a concert in Tel Aviv, with Serge’s son Lulu behind the piano and FS-faves like Rose and Alizee singing (and a gorgeous singer called Shirel, whom I never heard of). Check out a highlights-trailer below. Fan-made video of Alizee’s visit to the promised land here, AFP-reportage about the concert here. (Merci Christophe)
Wild Nothing vs Chantal Goya
Interesting find by music blog Everybody Taste: Chinatown by indie-darling Wild Nothing (see video) is based on an instrumental line from Chantal Goya’s 60s classic La pluie du ciel. Read about it (and download from) HERE.