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

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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! :)

Autant d'amour autant de fleurs by Jean Ferrat - groovy!

Voila - Francoise Hardy
La Mer - Charles Trenet

Les Yeux Overts (french version of dream a little dream of me)

Yes to Joe Dassin.

There's a great BBC4 documentary on French music which is repeated every now and then. There was great intense one about an eagle - I think the female singer committed suicide. Does anyone recognise which song I mean?

Haven't read all (soz) so if not mentioned yet, Serge and Brigitte 'Bonnie and Clyde', or later version by Luna - both fab. (A woo hoo!)

Elle m'a dit by Cali. m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VjgDuuxUc

Loads by Yves Simon, maybe Diabolo Menthe - m.youtube.com/watch?v=yH2aqAuyxSg

@user1473069303 I love Jean-Louis Murat! So lovely to see him getting some appreciation

My favourite song of his is Le lien défait

Also Barbara Carlotti - Tunis

Serge Gainsbourg - La chanson de Prévert

Alizee - Moi Lolita
Although possibly quite cheesy

La Baie - Etienne Daho
Anything by Benjamin Biolay

You mean Barbara, L'aigle noir:

Evidemment - France Gall.

Ooh yes Barbara's amazing!! (And Cloclo! ) And Patrick Bruel is a not-so guilty pleasure I love Au café des délices.

And Juliette Gréco! I had tickets to see her last year, but it got cancelled as she'd been ill :(

Went to see Enrico Macias at the Olympia in Paris last January though, which was absolutely brilliant! He had everyone dancing in the aisles Anyone else an Enrico Macias fan?

Le Fiacre - it's the first music I remember

Also like Charles Trenet

Desireless - Voyage Voyage 1987

Yes! It was Barbara - thank you.

Zaz "eblouier par la nuit". It's just beautiful
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KDcgOpUp2nc

Anything by Mylene Farmer. She's a bit bonkers but brilliant!

Sorry to be so predictable but I love La Vie on Rose as it's just one of my favorite songs.

I like Manu Chao - some of his songs are in French.

And this one, just one of my many gavourites by Jean-Jaques Goldman "La bas"
m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLomONT2EEQr39IrdHiqOKOEDxhZ5AbThC&params=OAFIAVgl&v=zFwaRmpzvjo&mode=NORMAL

I've not seen Azafit mentioned, or did I miss him? OK, Armenian, but he sang in French, some of the most fabulous torch-songs I know!
I was lucky enough to see Moustaki live in his old age, what a performer! "Le Meteque" is probably my favourite, but all of his, really!
Brel, "Quand on a que l'amour" and "Sur le port d'Amsterdam" are particularly wonderful.
Anything Piaf. Non, rien ne rien...

Agustarella, is so positive, I love it! I'm wondering what sadness your DH has that it makes him cry when he hears it? Used to do my ironing to it when I was a student! (Now, that's sad!) On the other hand, has a jaunty tune but is a sad, sad, song, I think.
Brel is the one who makes me cry, I have to say, though ! And some Moustaki -
OP, thank you for giving me the chance to remember my student youth!

Sorry, agree with the PP who mentioned Mika's - fabulous! (I know his second cousin twice removed, bien sur )

Bye bye mon cowboy, by Mitsou, another Québécoise.