# RIP Françoise Hardy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782 "2024-06-12T13:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782/1 "2024-06-12T13:44:30Z")
For anyone learning French in the 1960s (and particularly impressionable teenage boys), the ultimate Parisian style icon: > **[Françoise Hardy obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jun/12/francoise-hardy-obituary)** > > Icon of 60s music who sang of love as a source of ‘wretched, profound, endless questioning’ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VlMwDBzwOKI/maxresdefault.jpg "Françoise Hardy - Tous les garçons et les filles • TopPop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlMwDBzwOKI) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782/2 "2024-06-12T14:38:21Z")
RIP. She was in a lot of pain the last couple of years. I don’t even know that much about her musical career, but I developed a huge crush when I saw her in Grand Prix in 1966. She was just _so_ cool as the seemingly bored-with-it-all girlfriend. I got a big kick seeing her musical “cameo” in Moonrise Kingdom as the soundtrack to Sam and Suzy’s first dance and kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782/3 "2024-06-13T07:25:42Z")
Along with **Jane Birkin** , who died a year ago, Hardy was the symbol of the generation of female artists that defined the 1960s in France. I can’t say that I was a real fan, but she had a few nice songs, overall better than most of those from that era. This one, however, is a real gem : > **[Françoise HARDY "Message Personnel" 1973](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oybALMX0kzM%2F)** > > Françoise HARDY "Message Personnel" 1973 For those who speak French, there’s this absolutely striking shift from formal “vous” to “tu” at the end of the introductory spoken bit. It’s a goosebump moment in a song that’s meant as a shy, almost fearful declaration of love, and one that’s impossible to convey in English. _Au bout du téléphone, il y a **votre** voix_ _Et il y a les mots que je ne dirai pas_ _Tous ces mots qui font peur quand ils ne font pas rire_ _Qui sont dans trop de films, de chansons et de livres_ … _Je suis seule à crever et je sais où **vous** êtes_ _J’arrive, attend **ez** -moi, nous allons nous connaître_ … _Je ne peux pas **vous** dire que **je t’aime** peut-être…_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782/4 "2024-06-14T01:40:46Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I don’t even know that much about her musical career, but I developed a huge crush when I saw her in Grand Prix in 1966. Yeah. I had no idea she was anything outside of that role. But her face was all over the internet and I said, _“Hey, Isn’t that the girl who left a Ferrari F1 driver for a silly American Boyfriend?”_ At first I thought it was Jane Fonda. But then I looked closer… ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782/5 "2024-06-14T02:37:55Z")
The epitome of French Chic. Here’s a nostalgic song set to a nice collage. [https://youtu.be/17blGl9yAeI?si=GHM6Dh6szvcVa0rQ](https://youtu.be/17blGl9yAeI?si=GHM6Dh6szvcVa0rQ) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-francoise-hardy/1002782/6 "2024-06-14T02:47:10Z")
Another one. [https://youtu.be/WHvN9owy8q4?si=YivkKyD0WNYENLY8](https://youtu.be/WHvN9owy8q4?si=YivkKyD0WNYENLY8)