No, I don't think she's goodlooking either. But Nana Mouskouri (or should I say Νάνας Μούσχουρη) díd sing a beautiful song by Serge. Mouskouri, best known I guess for the theme-song to the tv-series Mistral's Daughter, made an enormous string of albums, and is currently on her farewell tour. Not a minute too soon, that farewell-saying - I saw her a few weeks back on a Dutch tv-show, where she sang as offkey as a crow with throatcancer.
Les Yeux Pour Pleures is taken from the 4-cd box Mister Melody, that features a whole bunch of Gainsbourg-covers and -written songs. I'm still waiting for Amazon.de to finally send me the box, but in the meantime here's that Nana song, and also from that box a nice yeye-style ditty by Bardot - which concludes by the way Project Cinema.
Brigitte Bardot - L'Appareil à Sous
NEW: Nana Mouskouri & Michel Legrand - Quand on s'Aime
I saw that TV-show as well... terrible!
BeantwoordenVerwijderengranted, Nana is a nono in our cool world, but I feel this is the place and time for me to say: I think nana WAS quite sexy, in a peculiar sense (although as a youth I mistakenly had the conviction she was a nun, or maybe that's a clue..). But seriously folks, please listen for instance to Les yeux pour pleurer, it's on the Paris Fétiche sampler cd. Music for when it's raining outside of the car you're in.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNot only is Les Yeux on that sampler, but also linked in this post (ahem).
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAmazon.de? That's weird. I went to a record shop in Berlin today and was told they'd have to import Mister Melody from Holland. In France it isn't available.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDon't know what the problem is. But I'm already fearing the record companies are cheating us once again. Not too impressed with the selections either, the box contains too much material already found on other Gainsbourg releases - and Jane Birkin releases as well. I mean, a four-cd box? That's for collectors and I'm pretty sure most Gainsbourg collectors have a fair Gainsbourg/Birkin collection as it is.
But will I buy it? Hell yes! (If it becomes available...)
She wasn't that bad looking, it was only the glasses that gave her that too-stern look.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenShe almost made a career for herself singing jazz- she had the voice for it, but the music market didn't want her. Shame.
I mostly remember her singing 'Mo Beau sapin' on telly when I was 6.
What, singing actresses is over? What about Charlotte Gainsbourg?? Pretty please?
I know about your Les Yeux posting Maître, I've merely forsaken to add the word 'also' in between 'it's' and 'also', disculpame!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHer jazz collaboration with Michel Legrand "Quand on s'aime" is cool and remains cool.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNo one is cool 100% of the time :)
Mireille Mathieu is far worse!
Mireille Mathieu...brrrr, please don't Guuz!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenTheme from Love Story by Mireille, no?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNana + Legrand, that's great. I'll upload that song later.
No.For me, it's the twisted vibrato in her voice that reflects her chilly unheimischkeit,like a child possessed.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe "Love Story" theme by Mireille, of course, I stand corercted.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHer version of "Un homme et une femme" or even "New York, New York" is acceptable playlist material for me. But she's no hot mamma.
I like Serge for his brains and charm, not his ears :)
No, no, Nana, no! I just can't. She always reminds me of an aunty who unexpectedly came to tea, stayed there for hours, and instead of getting rid of her, us kids had to recite some poem or play a sonatine on the piano. She's as sexy as a phone booth.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBut speaking of Michel Legrand, I'll send you a little something...
PS: NO, NO and NO!
Mireille Mathieu's bowl haircut is finally making a comeback (cf yeahx3)
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