foreign contaminant
"tray ben," what's that mean?
basically, i am really just telling you to listen to the new phoenix song, but i realized that they are french, as are a lot of musicians i've come to like a lot recently, like serge gainsbourg or m83. i also noticed that, at least in american independent music, french artists have jammed a foot in the door for other groups from other countries to make it big here. in the last decade alone, america's given a lot of respect to acts like daft punk, air, phoenix, m83, serge gainsbourg (well, not *really* just in the last decade, but pitchfork recently gave the reissue of histoire de melody nelson a perfect score; i've found they usually know what they're talking about when it comes to old music).
well, each artist bar serge makes dance music, and they all bar serge sing in english. but i just love that french musicians can take things that are so outdated and make them sound new. daft punk made disco a little less cheesy; m83 takes 80s music and does with it what i felt it could all along.
there are loads of other good french musicians, too; i really like france gall, for example. if you like some french music, talk about it here, even if it's the same stuff i just talked about for a second.
well, each artist bar serge makes dance music, and they all bar serge sing in english. but i just love that french musicians can take things that are so outdated and make them sound new. daft punk made disco a little less cheesy; m83 takes 80s music and does with it what i felt it could all along.
there are loads of other good french musicians, too; i really like france gall, for example. if you like some french music, talk about it here, even if it's the same stuff i just talked about for a second.