Contest winners (2): Mylene, Damon & Françoise

Together with Bill, Anna Maria from Sweden and DJ Trouble from New Jersey send in a guestpost as well. They did not win the Berry album (and did not want the new Camille-album), but instead they're getting a Filles Fragiles-copy.
DJ Trouble (Lynn) wrote:

I wasn't a Blur fan, so i didn't first listen to this collaboration reeling from the modern Brit rock/French chanteuse royalty alliance. But the sweeping, achey melodica and strings sat me down and taught me a thing or two about how a love song pulls you apart bit by bit and then leaves you begging for more. I could listen to Francoise Hardy's voice every day of the week, but the combination of her smokey sound and Damon Albarn's plaintive declaration is the little bit that seperates this song from every French song I love and puts it in the can't-live-without-it category. A little bit Etienne Daho, a little bit Malcolm McLaren in his Satie drenched phase, and a whole lot of moody, synthy Jacno. Of course I didn't feel any of this when I first heard it, I just sat very still and took in shallow breaths, trying not to disturb the sound of perfection at work.

Blur & Françoise Hardy - To the End (La Comedie) (clip, without Hardy)

Anna Maria wrote:

Mylène’s breakthrough hit in Europe had a bizarre video with the singer as a dummy and the chorus: 'Sans contrefacon, je suis un garcon'. No, she’s not but this is a fascinating song, propelled by the singer’s airy voice and an inhumanly catchy melody. It was my introduction to Myléne’s bizarre world and I’ve enjoyed my stay so far. She sings of revolutions, bisexuality and sets Baudelaire poems to music. She appeared naked in her first video thus ensuring she got the attention she required. She continues to make her sophisticated, multifaceted music to this day and a new album is hopefully due soon.

Mylene Farmer - Sans Contrefaçon