Help Wanted: Bastille Day Pary Mix

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So I'm throwing a Bastille Day party (wines, cheeses, absinthe bread pudding, etc.) and i want to make some kickass french party mixes. I've got some Stereo Total, Serge Gainsbourg, Stereolab, Bridgette Bardot, Daft Punk, Rush's "bastille day," and the ILM rough guide to French House lined up. Any other suggestions? (i'm particularly looking for stuff with french vocals)

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Monday, 28 June 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Dutronc!

― vexxyDancer, Monday, 28 June 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Por Moi

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 28 June 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a fun, danceable compilation. Most or all of it is in French.

― ben tausig, Monday, 28 June 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Plenty of French Hip Hop, esp. Supreme NTM, the French NWA.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Monday, 28 June 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I did a rough guide to 80s French cheez-pop. I'll try to dig it up.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Monday, 28 June 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

sitôt dit, sitôt fait:

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

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Monday, 28 June 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

You MUST put - Yannick - "Ce Soiree La"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 28 June 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Trouble's Bastille Day playlsit

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 28 June 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

er, playlist

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 28 June 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The Femmes de Paris series are GREAT!
Check "Pop à Paris" too, a more varied collection of songs, not only focussing on yéh-yéh.

And I second Jacques Dutronc: Cactus / Responsable /...

Plus throw in a couple of French Beatles / Stones / disco covers... you'll see the crowd going "wait, this sounds familiar, but what is it?". Another fun thing is trying to guess what the chorus will be, usually they've translated the lyrics quite literrary.
Claude François has a load of these.

― daarkbee (daarkbee), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)

And try Billy Ze Kick, the first album.

― daarkbee (daarkbee), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

And...
And...

Vive La Fête (electro)
Starflam (hiphop)
Arno (chanson / rock)
TC Matic (rock)
Jacques Brel (chanson)
Patrick Coutin - J'aime regarder les filles
Polyester - J'aime regarder les mecs

― daarkbee (daarkbee), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Mais ca c'est que des trucs belges!

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

As is Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Por Moi).

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Et Axelle Red!

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

i could marry you people, i swear

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

JACQUES DUTRONC!~!

Any best-of collection will do, but make sure you have "Hippie Hippie Hourrah" for its bells and "vive le france!," and "Il Est Cinq Heures, Paris S'Eveille" for its thematic patriotism.

http://www.soulgeneration.co.uk/images/martin/dutronc.jpg

I used to have a well-liked Dutronc cover band in New York; most people thought we were just a Fall-like rock group that sang in french for some reason.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

M E T A L U R B A I N ! ! ! ! ! !

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Revive!!!!

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Thursday, 13 July 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

Good idea!

― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 14 July 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

so ive added some april march, vitalic, bruno nicolai, and france gall to all of your wonderful suggestions, but im always up for more ideas.
and dadaismus, thanks for tipping me off to metal urbain. they are badasssss.

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Friday, 14 July 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

Boris Vian!

― Rev. PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 14 July 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

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