Please don’t spare us French-speaking music :) La Femme Christophe Hante. / Minuit Machine Cortex Limousine Mandy Indiana (though technically a British band) Rue Oberkampf (though technically a German band) Éric Lapointe (I know, I know, but the voice on that guy!) Charlotte Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg, up to a certain point in his career DJ Solaar And the best lyricist of all: Jacques Brel
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Interesting. Reading your post I realize that, with the exception of Barbara, these singers tended to put message ahead of music, the latter often consisting of simple acoustic guitar strumming. I doubt Georges Brassens knew more than three chords 😃 Ok, maybe I exaggerate. A little This is a French musical genre whose heart is, I think, closer to spoken word and poetry than to musical performance, and there is a lot of writing talent among them. Barbara was great. @baylinor yes, Nino Ferrer, a thousand times. Such a loss he chose to end his days. |
