Cool. The idea of French and rap leads me also to recommend MC Solaar. And Serge Gainsbourg's "Requiem Pour un Con" is a much-sampled bass-and-drum minimalist funk workout.
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Jan 11, 2007 6:52:58 pm PST #4839 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
megan walker - Jan 11, 2007 7:16:15 pm PST #4840 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
MC Solaar is awesome. And one of my celebrity sightings when I lived in Paris.
I actually figured he was too well known to include, but I could certainly send some of his stuff. My favorites are "Caroline" and "Bouge de là". I just looked on You Tube and his "Nouveau Western" video there has translated lyrics with it.
Hayden - Jan 11, 2007 7:19:17 pm PST #4841 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
He may be too well known, I don't know. I was trying to think of semi-obscurities that Laura's son may connect with.
I just sent (finally) "Brazil" and "Fa Ce-La" (the 7" version) to buffistarawk2, and am working on a few more Feelies songs before sending some Eurotrash for Laura. Are people interested in the Feelies just interested in B-sides or album tracks, too?
megan walker - Jan 11, 2007 7:26:10 pm PST #4842 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
MC Solaar lyrics are a thing of beauty, from the cultural references to plays on words. My favorite? The chorus of Caroline "Je suis l'as de trèfle qui pique ton cœur, Caro-Line…" where he manages to use all four card suits.
Hayden - Jan 11, 2007 7:27:44 pm PST #4843 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I speak no French, but I like his delivery.
megan walker - Jan 11, 2007 7:34:03 pm PST #4844 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I never saw it, but I believe his "La Belle et le bad boy" was used in the series finale of Sex and the City.
sumi - Jan 11, 2007 7:38:48 pm PST #4845 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
BTW, do you know if The Trypes ep The Explorers Hold ever came out on cd?
Hayden - Jan 11, 2007 7:51:29 pm PST #4846 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I don't think it did. Do you want/need a copy?
sumi - Jan 11, 2007 7:58:14 pm PST #4847 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I would love a copy!
I'm sure I had a tape of it at some point -- but by now it's probably disintigrated and I have no cassette player anyway.
Hayden - Jan 11, 2007 8:04:49 pm PST #4848 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
OK! Incidentally, the emails from Parks & Wildlife are from me. I was logged in under the wrong account at first.