What are your two favourite French songs? (Shamelessly posting for traffic!)

[ComingUpTrumps]

Hi everyone.

Sorry this is so boring but just posting for traffic if that's okay!

I had a thread on here a few weeks ago about a weekly hospital radio show I was doing, where I'd planned to do a feature on it about French music each week.

I've been asked to start off this week by bringing in a couple of songs from two different French musicians or groups. Only thing is i don't want to start off with my absolute favourites and am not really sure how to start it all off.

This is where you lovely lot all come in :)

Would you mind letting me know your two favourite French-language groups or musicians please? Or your two favourite French songs?

Thanks! :)

Anything by Christine and the Queens, my faves being Saint Claude and Half Ladies

or

Most people will think of Je Ne Regrettes Rien and J T'Aime (appologies for spelling!).

Jo Le Taxi? L'Air (esp Sexy Boy)

And the French Punk.

Ton Combat by Arcadian

It's an ear worm

I really like Zazie, Gerald De Palmas and, more recently, Louane and Stromae.

Et moi et moi et moi by jacques du tronc, moi je joue by brigitte bardot

Ca plane pour moi is a fun song

La Boulette by Diam's, remember learning that one in French conversation class in sixth form

And also the original version of Tilted by Christine and the Queens which is in French

Tous les mêmes by Stromae

And of course

Boum - Charles Trenet

Boum! By Charles Trenet. Super fun.

Maitre Gim's Bella (fab cover by Kendji Girac too)
France Gall - Laisse Toumber Les Filles

Papa ou t'es

It's Belgian, but never mind.

I like Sebastien Tellier, especially La Ritournelle.

Rodéo and Je suis un homme by Zazie are brilliant

A much underrated French artist is Jean-Louis Murat:
La fille du capitaine
Et le désert avance
Nixon
are all favourites

Also: Raphaël with Caravane, Sur la route, Laisse faire, La meute...

Etienne Daho with Saudade, Double zéro et l'infini

Arman Méliès with Papier carbone

and

Alain Bashung with La nuit je mens, Madame rêve, Les mots bleus

That's more than a couple but difficult to stop once I get started :-)

Also Eiffel: Te revoir, Le même train, Inverse moi

Air - sexy boy
Charles Trenet - vous oubliez votre cheval
Edith piaf - autumn leaves, l'accordioniste

Yes to Boum, also La Mer by Charles Trenet.

This thread has me remembering that as a child I was completely captivated by a French musical. Have googled it and it was Les Demoiselles de Rochfort. The particular song I can still remember is
Chanson des Jumelles.

And les ritas mitsouko - c'est comme ca

Voyage voyage by Desireless and Joe le taxi by Vanessa paradis

Louise attaque. je t'emmene au vent. I actually love every song on that album

Tryo - toi et moi

Any of Francis Cabrel's hits, Marcia Baila by Les Rita Mitsouko, XXL by Mylène Farmer.

Pour que it m'aimes encore - Céline Dion (I know she's Canadian, but it's in French)

Quelqu'un ma dit - Carla Bruni

Not fashionable choices, but I love them!

Thank you so much everyone! :)

For today, as it's just a trial run, I've settled on Coco câline by Julien Doré (quite nice and summery), and Les feuilles mortes by Yves Montand (links in with autumn, and also nice maybe to have a more modern song and an older song). Hope you all approve?

Thanks so much as well for all of your other music recommendations - keep them coming! I've heard of (and love) some of them, and others are new to me - will definitely check them out!

notsmart I also love Les demoiselles de Rochefort. Have you seen Les parapluies de Cherbourg as well? It's absolutely fab :)

Or La plume by Louise Attaque, Ne me jugez pas by Sawt El Atlas.