Ca suffit!
Poor @mickschindlerâs intro thread is being swallowed up by well-meaning folk sharing French songs
On the old forum I had a thread for German songs, as I had lost touch with the German music scene since my teenage years and was looking for recommendations (Where are you now @max_mue ? )
Feel free to post any French language tunes here, as long as you think theyâre good.
Iâll kick it off with one of my favourites, by Noir Desir: Le Vent nous portera. I only discovered years later that Manu Chao (who Iâm sure will feature later) plays guitar on this
I guess I should reiterate it wasnât just French language songs, the radio channels are full of middle of the road tat or euro pop that I would not cross the road for. What I was seeking about a decade ago and yes now if you have it, is full on rock songs. Think ACDC etc Free, Sabbath, Rainbow etc etc that was what I was struggling to find. There are a million pop songs and lots of accordions, I get them every time I visit SuperU or Intermarche, it was full on inyour face rock and roll and thatâs what is missing.
Thatâs exactly the complaint I heard earlier this week from a French speaking colleague: all Belgian metal (and rock) bands these days are Flemish. There certainly are some exceptions out there, and some will sing in French, but theyâre often hard to find. Certain genres sound better in French, French sounds better in certain genres?
John Iâm looking for French Rock songs, not English songs with an odd phrase thrown. I could name hundreds like this and have listened to them since the early 60s. I think you missed the point but yeah great song BTW.
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