Johnny Hallyday

[Pottel]

Simply brilliant. Holy grail.....

Indeed.
Humour is one thing we are more on par - Bristish humorists are excellent, but we've a few outstanding ones. Well, at least in the past.... Inconnus anyone ?

les inconnus, memories from when I was much younger......aaaahh

[JF]

well Johnny is...Johnny

Jimi was his support act at the Olympia in late 66, and Jimmy Page played on one of his records (don't know which one, 'cause I don"t have any Jhonny in my collection

about the "french culture", to me it's  Brassens, Trenet, Montand, Piaf, Ferrat, Ferr

[vgonis]

Oh, I just love these conversations that start from music and end with food and wine!  Even mentions about wars!  I have always thought that the language barrier was the reason I never searched French music, and therefore never found any. But I know that GB must be the biggest music exporter of the world, even bigger than the USA, (and I much prefer the UK music) both in relative and real numbers. I have heard of JH, but never invested time to listen to his music. 

[twm]

(1) Some of those French singers you mention, jf, are known in Britain - Piaf (of course, of course); Charles Tr

[twm]

From The Band website:

http://theband.hiof.no/albums/joe_flood_sings_georges_brassens.html

[vgonis]

Replying to your last but one post twm, I should mention that the names  of French speaking-singing artists are the common and easy to find ones, because I have records of most of them and then some like Adamo, Julien Clerc, Gilbert Becaud, Christophe, Art Sullivan, Michel Fugain. But as I said these are only names with a few songs attached. No other connection. And of course the many lighter hit songs like Mesie Cannibal (excuse my French  ) , that I have heard numerous times on the radio. And what about the artists that have sung in almost every language like Demis Roussos, or the newer acts like Air that I really like, but usually have English lyrics-if any.

[twm]

.... or Nana Mouskouri.

[JF]

it's LEO Ferr

[twm]

Of course, it is, jf. And, do you know, when I quickly jotted down the names of French singers that came to my mind, it was "Leo" that I wrote. Why "Jose" popped into my "fingers" rather than the "Leo" that was in my brain, I'll never know. It was the end of a very long day, involving a family gathering I had organised for my mum, and a few hours travelling too, and so on, but that's no excuse. 

My mental picture of Leo Ferrer was of a balding head and a shock of grey-white hair framing the sides and back of his head. He also looked a bit like one of the principals of La Mama Troupe, a theatre group in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, but his name eludes me.

[JF]

Sorry to insist, but it's Ferr

[Pottel]

I am very fond of Carla bruni's first cd, really liked it

[twm]

Sorry. I'm obviously having a very bad day, all in all.

The guy I was thinking of, by the way, was Julian Beck of the Living Theatre in New York City. I hope you can see an image of Julian Beck here. Does he not look a little like Leo Ferr

[JF]

Sorry. I'm obviously having a very bad day, all in all.

The guy I was thinking of, by the way, was Julian Beck of the Living Theatre in New York City. I hope you can see an image of Julian Beck here. Does he not look a little like Leo Ferr

[twm]

Yes, indeed. It seems it was a style that's been adopted by a number of these creative people.

My mind seems to be doing cartwheels at the moment. One of the plays first done by the Living Theatre was "The Connection", later made into a film with a jazz soundtrack by Jackie McLean. It wasn't a big budget film and I think it had some problems even being shown but I did get to see it in London once, way back when, possibly when at college.

In terms of having difficulty with being shown publicy, I may be getting mixed up with another film, "Dutchman".This had also originally been a play, first put on in this case by another theatrical set-up in Greenwich Village at the time, the Cherry Lane Theatre. The place was a hotbed of artistic endeavour in those days.

Good grief, how did I get here from Johnnee 'alliday?

[vgonis]

.... or Nana Mouskouri.

I know that you probably are aware of it, but Mouskouri did a cover of Why worry and included in the album of the same name!