Why no French rock n roll?

wow. that's beautiful. and it belongs in a deadpan french farce of a movie.

um, that would be me, scott, not maria.

:D

Clair Obscur = France's answer to Joy Division - explosive post-punk coldwave

experience it:

CLAIR OBSCUR - Statues - 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khPydYdNx6k
-- djmartian, Wednesday, 25 June 2008

EXPERIENCE IT

CLAIR OBSCUR
There's a thread in this name, which I might have tried to start a few years ago- Bands Whose Names Can Be Split Into Two Parts That Are Antonyms Of Each Other. As it is, the only other example I can think of right now is Was (Not Was).

Yo, Francophiles, what's a good shortlist of quality French 80s pop kinda shit? Synth pop, minimal pop, electro pop, regular pop, whatever. Doesn't seem like much has ever been discussed of it.

French language particularly

Bands Whose Names Can Be Split Into Two Parts That Are Antonyms Of Each Other. As it is, the only other example I can think of right now is Was (Not Was).

Hello Goodbye are pretty big these days, I think (though sadly not French).

Also (the also not French) Biggie Smalls.

And Fatboy Slim -- okay, I'll save these for an actual thread from now on.

French 80s pop kinda shit? Synth pop, minimal pop, electro pop

This comp looks kinda promising:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/bippp

My aunt lived in France during the 80s and she forced French crap circa that period on my developing brain when she came back, so I have a weird affection for it.

Yeah, that compilation sounds pretty cool

get the Les Rita Mitsouko "Bestov" and take it from there

here's an awesome compilation of french rock

France is the center of rock n roll these days. The thing is it can be summed up in two words, "Ed" and "Banger", and a lot of people here apparently don't like it.

Burt, I made a list in the "rough guide thread" of 80's french synth poo. I'll try to dig it out

But you might already wanna start with 80's Etienne Daho, Indochine and Mylene Farmer

Stanton, why do you use the words 'shit' and 'crap' to denote things you like or want to hear?

Why does the word "bad" mean "good"? I mean really.

Ah, found it:

The Rough Guide to 80's French Pop:

1. Mylene Farmer - Libertine
2. Partenaire Particulier - Partenaire Particulier
3. Etienne Daho - Week-End a Rome
4. Vanessa Paradis - Maxou
5. Alain Souchon - Quand Je Serai K.O.
6. Caroline Loeb - C'est la Ouatte
7. Alain Bashung - Gaby
8. Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baila
9. Negresses Vertes - Sous le Soleil
10. Indochine - L'Aventurier
11. Jeanne Mas - Coeur en Stereo
12. Desireless - Voyage, Voyage
13. Guesh Patti - Etienne
14. France Gall - Debranche
15. Marc Lavoine - Les Yeux Revolver

Yeah, all this stuff is perfect. Thanks

i can't really stand Daho except for one song i've never been able to find again that sounded almost like Felt!!

Does French people ever want to rock?

This comp looks kinda promising:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/bippp

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Christ on a pointed stick. Yeah, synth rock -- rock out, Claudette, rock out.

I'm listening to Illimite -- a deluxe Telephone thing that came out on EMI France in 2006. Two CDs, one a "best of," the other a live shot. Centerpiece of live stuff is a show at CBGBs in 1980, apparently in front of about a dozen, where the band tore up the floorboards. Segment of show from Montreal, one year earlier, has them sounding -- tone and attackwise -- like Metallic KO for 15 minutes of material, only more polite than Iggy. Well, they could have been impolite, but I don't know French.

Just way too early for anyone in the US to get their brains around Frenchmen, singing in French, who had a rhythm section and two guitar players who knew roots rock and hard rock better than a lot of people prowling big stages in '80. 'Course, it seems not to have been too early for their countrymen who bought their albums by the bagload, so much so the badn retired around the mid-80's.

I kick myself for having missed them at some dive in Philly.

Seconding and thirding SOGGY. Holy crap this album is great!

Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o49KyJQl-Og

^^^SERIOUSLY JUST LOOKIT THAT GUY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_rock

Other notes: There's a French series of psych comps called Freakout Totale that are pretty good, though they're francophone (so include Quebec etc.).

Once I get home, I'll be able to drag through the huge archive I found on SLSK from some user named Docteur Stein, which was all a bunch of 7"s in French, with a good half of them rock and roll (bands like Alex et les Lizards).

Bérurier Noir are pretty fun, though they're on the goofy quasi-political new wave tip, at least as I've been able to figure out. I had a pal send me a mixtape of their stuff once and I've downloaded a bit over the years.

2100-ish words on Les Rita Mitsouko, Niagara, Elmer Food Beat, Indochine, Les Négresses Vertes, Mylene Farmer, Noir Désir, Les Hatepinks.

http://www.spin.com/articles/french-modern-rock-essentials-phoenix-daft-punk/