Voilà L'Été (2): Niagara

Ysengrin contributed a nice piece on her fave summersong:

It was 1986 and the summer term was dragging on. We were all wearing washed out denim and bubblegum-smelling gel (why that did not melt in the heat is beyond me) in our permed hair. Our ‘technology’ teacher was cooler than most and left the radio on while we were assembling metal parts together. I can’t remember what we were supposedly making for our end of year project, but I can sing along to Niagara'sL’amour à la plage so I didn’t go to school for nothing, look:

Ce soir j'irai danser le mambo
Au Royal Casino
Sous les lambris rococo
La pluie viendra me faire oublier
Tu me feras rêver
Comme les chansons d'été
C'est l'amour à la plage
Et mes yeux dans tes yeux
Baisers et coquillages
Avec toi et l'eau bleue !

Niagara turned into something of a phenomenon in France that summer. And the one after that. I avidly read interviews of singer Muriel Moreno in OK! magazine and was prompted to emulate her skincare routine. (Really, all you’ll ever need is a thick layer of moisturizer before going to bed!) Muriel Moreno and her lioness’ mane, Muriel Moreno and her fiery red hair and her equally fiery personality.
And then there was Religion (1990) and La vérité(1992); harder and darker that L’amour à la plage, it definitely wasn’t summer anymore. I didn’t care, I’d dyed my hair purple and listened to the Virgin Prunes by then.
Muriel Moreno is now enjoying a ‘discreet’ career in electro-hip-hop-pop. I wonder if her skincare routine has paid off. I bet she’s still fiery, though.

Niagara - L'Amour à la Plage
Extra cover-version: Toma & Api - L'Amour à la Plage