resolution: listen to more francoise hardy

Periodically I forget that Francoise Hardy is such a stunning moment in musical history.  And then I happen upon a video of her performing on French TV and I am immediately reminded all too well of the most important truth of 1960's France: a little eyeliner goes a long way.  I found this clip on a favorite blog that had recently run into some legal trouble on the download side, but is once again providing vocal snippets of fab Female French singers in all their glory. If that all sounds trop glorieux to be true, check out filles sourires, although they are temporarily admitting that French men DO exist and are devoting the month of January to that
side of the cafe that gave us such luminaries as serge, jacques, george, and hugo.

One more note on birds, the real kind.  Cornell Lab of Ornithology  has a great web sight for fans of bird calls, bird habitats, and the crazy parties they throw when no predators are looking.  Go to "all about birds" and then "bird guide" for a nice romp in the trees.

Comments

[lee]

i heard rumor that John Cale , Sterling Morrison, and or Mo Tucker did some work on her recordings. [''ella pas gentile'' sounds like a maybe] ........true?

[Fatherflot]

She's amazing. If you don't already own it, get the 2 CD anthology "The Vogue Years"

http://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Years-Fran%C3%A7oise-Hardy/dp/B000056Q81/sr=11-1/qid=1168135583/ref=sr_11_1/104-2168303-8640709

The early "Ye Ye" stuff is fun, but just about everything from the 2nd half of disc one and all of disc two is just amazing. The wall-of-sound production, the sophisticated 60's "cafe/garage" sound (rather like the sound Holly Golightly now favors), and most of all, that gorgeous voice. I put it in the CD player with the The Shangrilas greatest hits, Dusty in Memphis, a couple of Holly Golightly albums and I'm in cool chick heaven.

[Webster Hubble Telescope]

Interesting radio piece on the "most beautiful songbird in the world"
http://www.prx.org/pieces/2722

[Zach in Philly]

Thanks for the goosebumps -- it had been too long.

And now I have the "sophisticated 60's 'cafe/garage' sound" phrase to poetically thrown around.

The kokako doc looks like a must.