Blog: nothing getting past

Colour me surprised by the work of Sylvie Vartan , a yé-yé girl of no little talent. What I expected to be another French girl belting out typical sixties fare has revealed itself to be a smart, tough little comp of some of Sylive's best sixties moments -- though the highlights are her tracks from 1967, of which there are too few here. Missing too are the three tracks from 1968 produced by Jean-Claude Vannier , 'La Maritza', 'Un p'tit peu beaucoup' and 'Jolie poupée'. But despite this lack, Sylvie's bite and bellow pushes through and [...]