Voilà L'Été (5): Barbara

Tomorrow, the International Film Festival starts in Cannes. Most anticipated movie is The Da Vinci Code, the world premiere is at the festival. Cannes also has a reputation for starlets, and Barbara Carlotti wrote a very nice song about that reputation. "Faye Dunaway en bikini/Avec ton meilleur ami/Où sont donc passées les starlettes/Qui sont ces salopes en goguette/Le malheur sur la Côte d’Azur/C’est que jamais rien ne dure". What better way to celebrate the festival than with this song, that also features the sound of rolling waves?
I should've features Barbara Carlotti earlier: in 2004 her auto-produced Chansons album was released (with some help by Bertrand Burgalat), that referred to Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Gainsbourg. This year, Les Lys Brisés was released, even better than the debut (some songs were re-recorded, like Cannes), with a beautiful, introspective atmosphere and that sulty voice of Barbara. Les Lys is a perfect album for quiet summernights.

Barbara Carlotti - Cannes
Barbara Carlotti - Les Lys Brisés
Barbara Carlotti - Paris Plage