Béatrice Martin, a.k.a Coeur de Pirate and other French music

Lisnaholic · 11-09-2014, 06:16 AM

Welcome to MB, Crossark ! Your musical curiosity has lead you into an interesting situation, and I´ll certainly be checking out Béatrice Martin if you recommend her so highly. In the meantime, here is some Francophone pop from an unlikely source, a Belgian nun:-

^ She was a bit of a one-hit wonder, and in fact gave up recording completely - round about the time that she commited suicide.

Rather more productive have been La Bottine Souriante, who play French Canadian music. Here´s something with lots of vocals for you to practise that pronunciation:-

Spoiler for a song they slowed-down for kareoke purposes:

And lastly, no linguistic input here, but I can´t resist posting again what is probably my fave music clip ever. Third time I´ve posted this on MB, so if you don´t hear from me again it means I´ve been permabanned for spamming:-

Crossark · 11-10-2014, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Welcome to MB, Crossark ! Your musical curiosity has lead you into an interesting situation, and I´ll certainly be checking out Béatrice Martin if you recommend her so highly. In the meantime, here is some Francophone pop from an unlikely source, a Belgian nun:-

^ She was a bit of a one-hit wonder, and in fact gave up recording completely - round about the time that she commited suicide.

Rather more productive have been La Bottine Souriante, who play French Canadian music. Here´s something with lots of vocals for you to practise that pronunciation:-

Spoiler for a song they slowed-down for kareoke purposes:

And lastly, no linguistic input here, but I can´t resist posting again what is probably my fave music clip ever. Third time I´ve posted this on MB, so if you don´t hear from me again it means I´ve been permabanned for spamming:-

Thank you so much for the response! I'll definitely be checking these out!

misspoptart · 11-11-2014, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Welcome to MB, Crossark ! Your musical curiosity has lead you into an interesting situation, and I´ll certainly be checking out Béatrice Martin if you recommend her so highly. In the meantime, here is some Francophone pop from an unlikely source, a Belgian nun:-

^ She was a bit of a one-hit wonder, and in fact gave up recording completely - round about the time that she commited suicide.

Oh...dear...

btw, hello Crossark!

totosama · 11-11-2014, 04:59 PM

Serge Gainsbourg!

(I'm french, if you need help with finding french music or learning french, get in touch!)

Crossark · 11-12-2014, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by totosama

Serge Gainsbourg!

(I'm french, if you need help with finding french music or learning french, get in touch!)

Will do, kind sir or madam!

Thanks for all your suggestions. In addition to them, I have found a few more songs/artists that I quite enjoy. They are as follows:

Vincent Vallières
Louis Jean-Cormier (mais pas Karkwa)
Alfa Rococo
Lance-toi - Maïa Leia
Avec les doigts de ma main - Bernard Adamus
Absolute Beginners, La valse posthume (Version Courte), Little French Song, Quelqu'un M'a Dit, et Le Toi Du Moi - Carla Brundi
Mon cœur te portera - Catherine Durand

If my library didn't contain French music in the majority when I wrote the original post, it does now.

Merci beaucoup pour les recommandations!

11-09-2014, 06:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Welcome to MB, Crossark ! Your musical curiosity has lead you into an interesting situation, and I´ll certainly be checking out Béatrice Martin if you recommend her so highly. In the meantime, here is some Francophone pop from an unlikely source, a Belgian nun:- ^ She was a bit of a one-hit wonder, and in fact gave up recording completely - round about the time that she commited suicide. Rather more productive have been La Bottine Souriante, who play French Canadian music. Here´s something with lots of vocals for you to practise that pronunciation:- Spoiler for a song they slowed-down for kareoke purposes: And lastly, no linguistic input here, but I can´t resist posting again what is probably my fave music clip ever. Third time I´ve posted this on MB, so if you don´t hear from me again it means I´ve been permabanned for spamming:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

11-11-2014, 04:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
totosama Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toulouse / Yokkaichi Posts: 78	Serge Gainsbourg! (I'm french, if you need help with finding french music or learning french, get in touch!) __________________ Last.FM Music Journal