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W♥M049: Lio [download (11 mins)]

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Okay, so I'm in love with Lio, and it's somewhat frustrating to find out that she's not at all recognized/remembered in America. Today's W♥M Radio #49 episode will be about the Belgium lolita known simply as "Lio", named after a brown-haired teenage girl from the French comic book-turned-movie Barbarella.

Lio - Banana Split 1 comment Lio - Les Brunes Comptent Pas Pour Des Prunes

The first song that I heard from her is "Amoureux Solitaires", which translate to something like "Alone in Love". I loved it so much, I had to find more from Lio, and quickly discovered the faster-paced and ultimately superior song "Le Banana Split". The music video to this song was ridiculous, it features a 17-year-old Lio prancing and dancing super imposed on a gigantic banana split with two mound of ice cream (READ: phallic).

My favorite song "Les brunes comptent pas pour les prunes", which literally translates to "The brown ones are not plums". The correct meaning actually was translated and sung in English by Lio called "Brunettes Are No Puppets", which was released as a single to the English-speaking countries circa 1986.

Well, I wish I can un-hear "Brunettes Are No Puppets", as I think I prefered it when I didn't know what Lio was singing about. But that's just the way it goes.

If you are thinking of getting an album from Lio, since most of her records was sold in France and possibly are out of print, the second-hand market can be very expensive. Some quick check and here's some examples: the rarely seen nude cover Wandatta for $42 and her only English album Suite Sixtine priced at $39... So yes, quite expensive. I did find a "Greatest Hits" Best of Lio, album for $19, that should get you started.

 08/03/2009 10:02:12 ♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥twitter.com/weheartmusic♥news.weheartmusic.com

Vive La Fete - Une Par Une Vive La Fete 1 comment Tour Date 01/18/08 Paard Van Troje DEN HAAG 01/25/08 Patronaat HAARLEM 01/26/08 Maison de la Culture NAMUR 02/09/08 Bibelot Dordrecht 02/29/08 Festival Générique MULHOUSE 03/01/08 Festival Générique DIJON 03/07/08 M 4 Music Fest, Conference Zurich 03/22/08 Popallure Deinze 03/23/08 De Oosterpoort Groningen 04/03/08 Mezz Breda 04/05/08 Salle Michel Audiard EU 05/01/08 Dauwpop HELLENDOORN Sounds Like Lio http://weheartmus... We have here a French song called Banana Split by Lio. Lio was HUGE in the 80s, I think she was ... The Lovers http://weheartmus... Fred and Marion are a real couple in their band, The Lovers. They're currently based out of Sheff... Stereo Total http://weheartmus... I've already mentioned Stereo Total, but that was mostly about their "Do the Bambi" album. Well,...

Real life Belgium couple, Danny Mommens and Els Pynoo are Vive La Fête, which means "long live the party". The band first caught my attention when they chose to cover Lio's "Bannana Split" and made it more electro on their Hot Shot EP (2005).

Apparently these guys are quite popular in the fashion world because Germany designer, Karl Lagerfeld is one of their biggest fan.

Vive La Fete - Banana Split Vive la Fete - La Route (black strobe remix)

Not counting their compilation and remix albums, Jour de Chance is their 5th album since they started releasing CDs in 2000.

"Une Par Une" sounds a lot like Stereo Total^[W♥M] to me. It's my favorite song, next to the remix of "La Route".

The remix of "La Route" actually appears on their latest remix EP called Jour de Chance Remixs which features the an altered image of the original album artwork.

As you can see between the original version of the song (see their video) and the Black Strobe Remix, they are completely different songs. More information on the French band, Black Strobe, on myspace, where it shows that they are currently on tour.

Speaking of tour, it looks like Vive La Fête are also on tour. I have included their tour dates here.

 01/06/2008 10:22:50  vu my♥posts vivelafete.be myspace

Do you remember the first time you discovered youtube and you spent hours and hours just watching music videos ? Well I have just re-discover that feeling on stage6.divx.com. The quality of the videos varies, but most of them are usually DVD resolution of 640x480.

When you go to that website, it will ask you to install its software, just agree to the EULA - it's worth it. Once you start watching the video, you'll noticed the ability to save these videos! They are in the DIVX video format, you can convert them to FLV or AVI if you have the right software!

So, what I've been watching: a ton of Alizee videos. I also discover this crazy Lio video, where she's in (I thought it was a really short dress at first) some kind of night gown. She was either 17 or 18 in this video, as her first single was "Banana Split" (1979) and her second was "Amoureux Solitarie" (1980).

Lio - Banana Split

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Anyway, once you start watching these videos, you'll wonder how you ever did manage to put up with youtube! You can all thank me later.

For a cover of "Amoureux Solitaires", see coverlover.

Related Entry: Lio - Banana Split

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