4 posts tagged “ye-ye”

 10/05/2008 20:19:16  ♥ written by vu ()

Brass Bed-Polar Bird Brass Bed Brass Bed Tour Dates 10/08/08 Cate St. Pub Hammond, LA 10/09/08 Alabama Music Box Mobile, AL 10/10/08 N World Brewery Ybor City, FL 10/11/08 Rollins College Orlando, FL 10/13/08 Tin Roof Charleston, SC 10/14/08 New Brookland  Columbia, SC 10/15/08 Spazzitorium Greenville, NC 10/16/08 Cave w/ Nathan Oliver Chapel Hill, North Carolina 10/17/08 Black Cat Washington DC, Washington DC 10/18/08 Rudy’s New Haven, Connecticut 10/21/08 Bog Scranton, PA 10/22/08  Space Hamden, CT 10/23/08 Knitting Factory (CMJ Fanatic Showcase) New York, New York 10/24/08 PA’s Lounge Boston, Massachusetts 10/25/08 Metro Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 10/28/08 Basement Nashville,TN 10/29/08 The Nick Birmingham,AL 10/30/08 Tasty World Athens,GA 11/14/08 Blue Moon Saloon Lafayette, Louisiana 11/21/08 Spanish Moon w/Man Plus Building Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Soft Targets-So Long, Baby Burns

PART ONE: SOFT TARGETS
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Jesse Corry, on the road, talking to us about:

• The Chicago Soft Targets
• "Frequent Flyer" is like an ex-gf and new album, "Heavy Rainbows"
• Cover artist, Jared Olsen
  
• Tour highlights

PART TWO: BRASS BED
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Christiaan Mader on his weekend off:

• Preparing for new tour and CMJ onslaught
• The secret origin of Brass Bed
• live vs studio
• Bassist Jacques keeps a food/tour blog, imhungryihavetopee
• Writing process

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Everything I Cannot See 3 comments	France Gall - Faut-il que je t'aime 2 comments
April March - Chick Habit 5 comments	France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles 7 comments

PART THREE: FRANCE GALL
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I love April March and France Gall.

Episode #26 used/mentioned these bands: Stormy Monday, Holdin Caufield, Soft Targets, Brass Bed, Serge Gainsbourg (W♥M, Charlotte Gainsbourg (W♥M), April March (W♥M), and France Gall (W♥M).

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France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles

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April March - Chick Habit

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I was really excited to hear the English version to "Laisse Tomber Les Filles" at the end of Grindhouse. I didn't know that this song was remade to "Chick Habit" in 1995 (the original song was written by Serge Gainsbourg for France Gall in 1964), by a woman called April March.

So I listened to both song - both are identical, except, obviously, the language. I may be leaning towards the US version only because I understand it :)

PS, It looks like the Grindhouse soundtrack is available in two CDs, the Planet Terror soundtrack and the Death Proof soundtrack. Complete track listing can be found on www.soundtrackcollector.com

UPDATE: OMG! I just remembered that I used to play April March on my radio show!! The song I played was called "Kooky", it was released under the Kokopop label (which was also responsible for the Chia Pet single)! Mel, you probably remember this !! :)

Dale wrote: Apr 8, 2007 at 6:24 PM

[this is good] The song also appears prominently in indie flick But I'm A Cheerleader, starring Natasha Lyonne. On the strength of it, I bought the Chick Habit EP and her 2002 album Triggers, which is a lot more electronic sounding.

destinationmetz wrote: Apr 8, 2007 at 11:40 PM

I like both versions a lot. Fabienne Del Sol also did an excellent version (in French) on her No Time for Sorrows album, I recommend listening to it!

vu

Francoise Hardy - Catch a Falling Star

Francoise Hardy

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Lisa sent me this Francoise Hardy mix cd a while back, which I was listening in my car for a while. Anyroad, I was driving with a passenger and she put on the Hardy CD and kind of listened and skip and skip (which is kind of understandable since the majority of Hardy's works are in French and neither of us understood it).

Then she got to this song, "Catch a Falling a Star", which was an instant hit. She was actually singing to the song. I didn't know the words, but I knew it was an older/familiar tune.

As it turns out, this was a big hit for Perry Como back in 1958. It was a big deal, he got a Grammy for the song, and it went gold.

The album art, displayed here, is not from any album, but something Lisa made. I don't honestly know what album it's on, but I'm sure it's probably on a greatest hits CD.

Trivia: The song was written by Paul Vance, who is probably most famous for "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini".

vu who met lisa accidentally through spam. true story.