french

Léo Ferré: Il n’y a Plus Rien (1973)

2014/09/24

Leo Ferre – 1973 I’m back on the saddle again and ready to share with you another unique artist. For today, I’m heading back to Europe. I’m there for music that outside of its own country of origin, remains waiting for the world at large to discover. Well, today’s track of the day Leo Ferre’s…
The Rockets: Electric Delight (1979)

2014/07/18

It’s funk Friday and I’m arranging another puzzle piece again. What’s there to say about a track like the Rockets’ “Electric Delight” off 1979’s Plasteroid? Its an undeniably funky track, but everything about its existence should be so wrong. Whether its the guys from outer space gimmick, the android-like “jamming”, the extremely laughable lyrics, and…
Guy Skornik: Ils Viennent du Futur! (1980)

2014/07/15

Forgive me if I post one more French track. I’d be negligent to not share one of my locked away favorites. Y’all earned it. Its Guy Skornik’s truly mindblowing and catchily-named track “Star Peace, Odyssee Temporelle, Fausse Alerte, Maîtres du Temps, Paranoïa” off Ils Viennent du Futur! released in 1980. Guy, another Parisian, from what I gather, was…
Lizzy Mercier Descloux: Fire (1979)

2014/07/14

In honor of France’s Independence Day, Le quatorze Juillet or Bastille Day, I’d like to start my month long retrospective on French music…jk (someday, soon, maybe)…Anyway, on this day, celebrate the razing of one of the worst prisons ever, and the sacking of one of the last French monarchs ever by listening to Lizzy Mercier Decloux’s…
Pierre Barouh: La Bicyclette (1977)

2014/04/17

This track of the day is very evocative for me. It reminds me a lot of my dad. He is the most interesting man I know and always has great stories to tell. A story I never forget is how he, as a rambling young man, for a time, would work all day selling donuts…