Comments on: Globe of Frogs: Stuck on Bastille Day http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/07/14/globe-of-frogs-stuck-on-bastille-day/ Music matters as if music mattered Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:11:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: henry http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/07/14/globe-of-frogs-stuck-on-bastille-day/comment-page-1/#comment-449 henry Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:34:03 +0000 http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/07/14/globe-of-frogs-stuck-on-bastille-day/#comment-449 Permettez-moi de comprendre cela, je tiens à vous remercier. Je vais toujours revenir ici Permettez-moi de comprendre cela, je tiens à vous remercier. Je vais toujours revenir ici

]]> By: Dan Sumption http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/07/14/globe-of-frogs-stuck-on-bastille-day/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Dan Sumption Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:37:41 +0000 http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/07/14/globe-of-frogs-stuck-on-bastille-day/#comment-121 In a recent TV documentary on Jarvis Cocker (former Pulp frontman) he mentioned that when he moved to Paris (about 5 years ago) he was a big Gainsbourg fan, and he expected to unearth lots of similar weird and wonderful music, but (and I apologise for not remembering exactly how he phrased this) he found to his disappointment that France is actually something of a musical desert. But, yeah, plenty of French and Francophile stuff in my collection. A few highlights: <b>TTT</b>'s "Teste Ta Comprehension", <b>Bow Wow Wow</b>'s "Sexy Eiffel Towers", <b>Blur</b>'s "French Song", and pretty much anything by the amazing Francophile J-Pop electronica band <b>Plus Tech Squeeze Box</b>. And if you're the tiniest bit into Serge Gainsbourg, you absolutely <i>must</i> check out Sheffield-based but genuinely French duo <a href="http://www.voilathelovers.com/" rel="nofollow">The Lovers</a> - Gainsbourg for the 21st century: sexy, funny, catchy, and featuring some hilarious lyrics from the aforementioned Jarvis (check out <a href="http://www.voilathelovers.com/audio/La%20Degustation.mp3" rel="nofollow">La Degustation</a>!) In a recent TV documentary on Jarvis Cocker (former Pulp frontman) he mentioned that when he moved to Paris (about 5 years ago) he was a big Gainsbourg fan, and he expected to unearth lots of similar weird and wonderful music, but (and I apologise for not remembering exactly how he phrased this) he found to his disappointment that France is actually something of a musical desert.

But, yeah, plenty of French and Francophile stuff in my collection. A few highlights: TTT‘s “Teste Ta Comprehension”, Bow Wow Wow‘s “Sexy Eiffel Towers”, Blur‘s “French Song”, and pretty much anything by the amazing Francophile J-Pop electronica band Plus Tech Squeeze Box.

And if you’re the tiniest bit into Serge Gainsbourg, you absolutely must check out Sheffield-based but genuinely French duo The Lovers – Gainsbourg for the 21st century: sexy, funny, catchy, and featuring some hilarious lyrics from the aforementioned Jarvis (check out La Degustation!)

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