Je t’aime plus Paris
So, the new ZAZ album is out, featuring classic songs about the City of Light. Sous le ciel de paris, Le Parisienne and this superhit:
It’s a cool album, lots of manouche- and swing-influences, Quincy Jones (yes!) did a wonderful job producing, and Zaz shines.
All songs are from waaaay back, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but there are of course very good French songs written about Paris from the more recent past. Like these:
Do you know other, better, more recent French songs (not older than, say, 20 years) about Paris? I made a Spotify-list, you can add to that. Or in the comments below!
A great modern song about Paris is Coeur de Pirate’s ‘Place de la République’, on her ‘Blonde’ album (2011) and perfectly performed solo on ‘My Taratata’ in February 2014 here –
http://live.mytaratata.com/emission/taratata-n484/video/4652/coeur-de-pirate-place-de-la-republique-2014
The video of the song, filmed in Autumn 2012 mainly on the Canal St-Martin (and not on the Seine despite the lyrics) is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyuPn4DPCdA
Still waiting for Zaz’s label to indicate a US release date… Grrr
whoa thanks
Paris – Lise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXqeNm9cfms
Paris – Marc Lavoine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmYdN0JJDfE
Paris – olivia Ruiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I22rWkP7IgI
Paris – La oreja de van gogh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpmKmPEkRi8
Paris- renske Taminiau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlwlewhG54w
Paris – Subway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrIUIjYmz94
Paris – Taxi Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_KBnY-2F4Y
Paris – Yael Naim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1MuW5ZeVNc
Paris 2012 – la Femme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwQxgYYIUE
Paris a le blues – mad in Paris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jCh-JXq3PU
Allo Paris – Mano Solo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBcNSFk_2XQ
Paris Boulevards – Mano Solo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZz9vixCj8Y
Paris Avance – Mano Solo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9RpS4uWFs
Paris de loin – Poney Express https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpNVGts7NKM
Paris Paris – TTC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEzS68ZJV0A
Paris ressemble à un film de F. Truffaut – Elisa Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1S3PWyF4us
Perdue à Paris – Clare and the Reasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqE7CYL_I-k
Rondo Parisano – somethingalamode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyg2NSkk15o
La seine – Vanessa Paradis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z-NbQvhzKM
Souvenir de Paris – Dimitri from Parishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNJTfXKZxY
This is Paris – Les Babtous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G_DBI3ei2Q
This is Paris – Mister Modo and ugly Mac beer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEpWjlgzVDE
Paris s’éveille – ann Pierlé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428KziMu4Dw
Ce soir, Paris – Nach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hziXXJ7LQNI
Billet pour Paris – Le Couleur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8eHwBa21GE
and more 😉