In 1965, comic illustrator Jean-Claude Forest created futuristic heroine Marie Mathématique for French TV, kind of a little sister of Bébé Cyanure (Baby Cyanide) and 60s icon Barbarella who brought Forest world fame and was played by Jane Fonda in Roger Vadim's masturbation blockbuster. Venusian Marie, "la jeune fille comme il faut", appeared in six all-too short episodes within ORTF's Dim Dam Dom tv magazine - a pop art kitten sexed up additionally by the cool of singer/ storyteller Serge Gainsbourg. Extraordinary stuff, not to be missed. Giggles and chuckles by another [...]
Well, he ís Canadian. So Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd using French lyrics isn't that strange. On his new (third), free downloadable mixtape , Abel sings a few lines from France Gall's Laisse Tomber Les Filles (written by Gainsbourg) in his song Montréal. On first listen, I didn't recognise it, so hat tip to @Rvlanen for bringing this to my attention. The Weeknd is considered by many as a very talented leftfield R&B-singer. Abel is like an emo-punk singer making silky soul. Coeur de Pirate loves The Weeknd too, she covered his [...]
Diffusée pour la première fois à la radio en octobre 1963, la chanson " Ne Sois Pas Si Bête " se classe directement à la 44ème place du hit parade Salut Les Copains et propulse France Gall au rang d'idole alors qu'elle n'a que 16 ans. Elle devient une icône féminine de l'époque Yéyés au même titre que Sheila , Brigitte Bardot , Françoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan et Jacqueline Taïeb . Fille de la balle, son père Robert Gall est auteur compositeur pour Charles Aznavour [...]

France Gall - Les Petits Ballons A thousand thanks to Davy across the pond for helping me to acquire this precious mp3. Written by J.C. Vannier and Serge Gainsbourg. Direction d'orchestre: Jean-Claude Vannier. This one's for fans of chord changes (you know who you are).
I'm very pleased to have been asked to present a program in the WFMU Record Fair A/V Room for the 7th year in a row. The theme for this years Bedazzled Video Hour (and a half) is "French Pop Rarities 1966-1967". We combed through our archives and put together an amazing selection of Ultra-Rare French Pop Clips broadcast in those classic years of 1966 and 1967. FaceBook Event Page Saturday, October 29 · 5:30pm - 7:00pm WFMU Record Fair A/V Room 125 W. 18th Street (Between 6th & 7th) The complete [...]

Our next soirée is this Saturday: a late night audio cocktail of 60s French Pop, Gallic freakbeat, popsike, swinging mademoiselles, synth goodness, Franco-funk and electronic delights. L'Amour Electronique Saturday 22 October The West Hill, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3PQ 9pm - 3am FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT Listen to our latest mixes for all things French, 60s, electronic, synthesized and POP! oh and come and find us on facebook, go on, do it: facebook event love and electronics xxx

Bon Anniversaire France Gall ! Here's a bouncy little number you made back in 1968. France Gall - Dady Da Da [buy France Gall from itunes | amazon.uk ] And Happy Birthday monsieur John Lennon , wherever you may be. A ripping raw Québécois cover of a fitting song from yr [...]
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Yet another brand new Gainsbourg-cover, France Gall's Laisse tomber les filles is re-vamped by Canadian singer Marième Ndiaye . Who has Senegalese roots and is called the 'black pearl' of Quebec hiphopband CEA (who used a big part of Initials BB for a song ). Her solo-debut sports hiphop-, soul- and some African-influences. Laisse tomber les filles isn't the only cover, there's a version of Françoise Hardy's Tous les garçons et les filles, and Mitsou's Dis mois dis mois. Jean-Pierre Ferland, writer of Le chat du café des artistes (covered by Charlotte Gainsbourg on [...]

Alright, I normally don't dig mashups but we got this submission Marie this morn and it's just too fun not to post. I think Skerrit Boi would have no problem daggerin to this ish. France Gall vs Pon De Floor, GO! France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles {Marie Remix} by — Marie — -Wicks micks, get out yo kicks France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles (Marie re-edit)
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Spent alot of time listening to France Gall tracks trying to find the title to this one... Anyone out there know? Mordi?

A Dutch version of France Gall's Baby Pop, a song written by Gainsbourg. A pleasant surprise, I wasn't aware it existed. It was the b-side to the only single Eindhoven-born Leontien Snel made in the 60s. See ReadySteadyGirls for some background. Many thanks to @LatoUno and of course @Frans_s for unearthing this gem. Anyone who saw the Gainsbourg-Vie Héroique movie (and if you're a regular visitor, I'm sure you saw it), remembers the kind of cruel scene with Sara Forestier playing France Gall, singing Baby Pop totally out of tune to a [...]

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Les sucettes, written in 1966 by Serge Gainsbourg for France Gall, is without a doubt the best song ever about a girl sucking on a anis-filled lollipop. You don't need a dirty mind to get the sexual innuendo - though the underage France Gall had no clue. Nor did her minders. Or maybe they were in on the joke Gainsbourg pulled. France did not take it lightly, as this interview-clip shows (in short; she distrusted men ever since). Yesterday somebody asked me about Les sucettes covers. Were there any good ones? To be blunt; no. [...]

Christmas 2010 did already pass, I know, Christmas A Go Go already shut its door for this year, but luckily there's always room for some Serge Gainsbourg paraphernalia here at FS. In 1965 a television show started at ORTF in France called Dim Dam Dom , which stood for Dimanche, Dames and D(h)ommes. The show ran for six years until 1970 and intended to be informative and humoristic with musical intermezzi. It was presented by girls like Françoise Hardy, Mireille Darc, Nathalie Delon, France Gall, Marie Laforêt and Sheila. In 1966 Dim Dam Dom [...]

We've a whole host of goodies here, mostly courtesy of our partners in crime Jackmode: I can't stop playing this lovely, deep remix of Angie Stone classic 'Wish I Didn't Know' by the Danish duo signed to What!What! Records. A flutter of tribal knocks and a reassuring bass drum underlay the familiar, soulful vocals. This freebie has kindly been thrown out to promote MS's latest EP ' Saturday Night Fish '. Monkey Safari - Stoned [pelski highly recommends] Speaking of [...]

Berliners Hickup just gave away this absolutely brilliant rework of french icon France Gall. The vocal arrangements are beautifully fiddled and I can already picture the easy going sub bass warming up any early night dancefloor. Make sure to download the full quality version directly off their soundcloud . MP3: France Gall- Haifischbaby (Hickup Bootleg) Rating: 5.0/ 5 [...]