Yannick’s C’est Soirees-la is damn good.
Moi aussi!
I don’t recall where I learned about this band, but I’ve also been enjoying Zofka. Sorry, I don’t know how to do that fancy linky dinky stuff:
http://www.zofka.tv/index.html
I thought I was the only one. I did not know that they were so popular.
There’s a fair amount of French rap, right? Not that I could name any of it.
Is popular music shared among the Francophone world in a way similar to Anglo countries? E.g., was there ever a “French Invasion” of Quebec like the British Invasion of the 1960s?
Nobody has mentioned Air, maybe because its pretty hard to call them rock-n-roll (they are more atmospheric pop) but they are also a worthwhile listen.
Umm, I did in post 18.
Yeah, I didn’t mention them because they clearly are not rock’n’roll (or any of the genres in the OP).
Their debut (ignoring the earlier collection of singles) album, “Moon Safari”, amusingly had “French Band” written on the cover:
No list would be complete without the legendary Antisocial
Related question: what is the French term for “rock and roll” per l’academie francais?
Nouveau Western– MC Solaar
You kid, yes? They’re in every block of ‘classics’ and ‘best of’ programming on MTV. Them and Telephone. (Who are similarly a bit cheese).
I suppose I should mention another regular: Alain Bashung (Gaby Oh Gaby)
And Jacques Dutronc.
I like -M-, but husband prefers Tal, Coeur de Pirate and Shy’m (who are pop-ish).
On the rap front, there’s always Maître Gims (as iTunes comments say ‘maître de quoi?’)
The French word for “rock and roll” is “rock and roll.” It’s not in the Académie’s dictionary because even though they started work on the 9th edition in 1986, they haven’t finished the letter R yet. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, the only people who seem to give a damn about the Académie are anglophones.
32 posts and no one has mentioned Francis Cabrel? Easily the best lyricist of the classic French rock generation, à mon avis.
