The more I listen to Elli Medeiros' new album, the more I loathe it. Bad songs, bad singing, bad ideas. There was a time when Elli and songwritingpartner Jacno would write pophit after pophit. Like Amoureux Solitaire, in 1980 a massive European hit for Lio. Born in Portugal, raised in Belgium, Wanda de Vasconcelos (her real name) made several albums in the eighties and nineties, and came back to the scene this January with the beautiful Dites Au Prince Charmant. Most of her eighties-output them is re-released by the famous Ze Records-label. The compilation Les Ballades sports not only a great cover, but also 20 lush, sultry slow songs. Equally great is the cover of 1986's Pop Model. The re-release has seven bonustracks, mostly remixes.Whilst clicking away on MySpace I bumped into electropopduo Kaptiv, who covered Amoureux Solitaire in a slow, Venus In Furs-style. Might be as a nod to their fetish-interested Friends.
UPDATE: if you use your imagination real hard, you can hear the popbrilliance in Lonely Lovers, the original version (in English) of Amoureux Solitaires, from Stinky Toys (featuring Jacno & Elli) album Plastic Faces. By the way, another intepretation of the song is on Elli's new cd - but let's not go there anymore.
UPDATE-2: Didier from Lalalala.org wrote that Je Casse Tout Ce Que Je Touche in fact is Marie France's Je Ne Me Quitterai Jamais - with different lyrics. Both songs were written by Jacques Duvall. Thanks to Didier - we now can compare the songs.
Lio - Amoureux Solitaires
Kaptiv - Amoureux Solitaires
Lio - Je Casse Tout Ce Que Je Touche (from Pop Model)
Marie France - Je Ne Me Quitterai Jamais
Lio - Seules Les Filles Pleurent (from Les Ballades)
Stinky Toys - Lonely Lovers
Now that 'Les Ballades' for sure is one to be curious about! Thanks for mentioning it.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAbout Kaptiv. There's a lot more music to check at their official site: http://www.kaptiv.com/
"Amoureux solitaires" written by Elli and Jacno is the french cover of "Lonely lovers" (written by Elli + Jacno and played as Stinky Toys)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenthe Lio's song "je casse tout ce que je touche" is a Marie France' song called "Je ne me quitterai jamais".
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe lyrics are not the same but both where writen by Jacques Duvall.
Marie France is the best singer in France
www.lalalala.org/mariefrancenoframe.html
Marie France's "je ne me quitterai jamais" was written by Hagen Dierks who became Jacques Duvall later on. Hagen Dierks recorded a single called "Noir et Blanc".
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBeware that Marie France is a nice....man!
Jacques Duvall wrote "Daisy" for Marie France became "Dallas" For Lio. Both singers recorded "La fille au coeur d'or". Marie France's version is the best
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNow Jacques Duvall prepare a song for Marie France - a duet with Helena, the Lio's sister (a story about dyke i guess..°
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Bonne continuation,
Stephanie
I forgot : Lio recorded "l'objet du litige" de Duvall on her last record. That song is singing by Marie France on stage.
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