Happy Bastille Day! - Let's celebrate the music of France

64Guitars · July 13, 2010, 09:49:41 PM

I don't know a lot of musicians from France so I hope our French members will post some videos to introduce us to the music of France. To get things started, here are a few that came to mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aibQMYOiofs
Jean Michel Jarre - "Magnetic Fields 2"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8dqzTl0vUI
Jean Michel Jarre - "Oxygène (Part II)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEGHgpbBZNU
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - "Je t'aime... moi non plus"

Migs · July 13, 2010, 10:19:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRuLFR91e4

64Guitars · July 13, 2010, 10:56:23 PM

I'm not a big opera fan but I've always loved the music of Bizet's "Carmen"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmuFOuh3QHs
Overture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whFUUFo1eXQ
Habanera

64Guitars · July 13, 2010, 11:23:10 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIrKqD1cps
Johnny Hallyday - "Joue pas de rock 'n roll pour moi"

IanR · July 13, 2010, 11:30:11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnJWtUfHH-o

Michele Legrand - Windmills of your mind

Gritter · July 13, 2010, 11:50:17 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wouKI_myXxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAgX1jO3No0

64Guitars · July 13, 2010, 11:55:53 PM

French Prog!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73XLkf43-s
Magma - "De Futura"

If the lyrics don't sound very French, here's an explanation from Wikipedia:

In the course of their first album, the band tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the planet Kobaïa. Later, conflict arises when the Kobaïans — descendants of the original colonists — encounter other Earth refugees. A remarkable aspect of Magma's albums is that Vander actually invented a constructed language, Kobaïan, in which most lyrics are sung. Later albums told different stories set in more ancient times; however the Kobaïan language remained an integral part of the music.