Ha! Michel Berger made me hate him for many years for insisting on writing songs for FG and basically turning her into dross overnight.
― Jeff W, Friday, 11 January 2013 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
ahah. but I think she was already !but their songs together are definitely horrible...they're like a poor man's gainsbourg/birkin.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 January 2013 12:18 (eleven years ago) link
Bonjour! I just wrote a short piece about Gall and my relationship to her music on the new blog Johnny Fever set up last week: http://heystacks.tumblr.com/post/40663195123/france-gall-bonsoir-john-john
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
RIP
Loved here songs.
― nostormo, Sunday, 7 January 2018 10:46 (six years ago) link
Ella, hélas
― Et Dieu crea l' (Michael White), Sunday, 7 January 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
:-( what a crappy start to 2018 - RIP France
This looks like a good memorial playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/freaksvillemusic/playlist/1M6sysmAgQ7V5D0XOb0E26
― Jeff W, Sunday, 7 January 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
^bookended by the two songs requested in the first post itt!
― Jeff W, Sunday, 7 January 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
RIP, Bébé Requin
― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 January 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
Chante, danse Baby pop, comme si demain, au petit matin, tu devais mourir.Repose en paix 😢
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 7 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Pretty great portrait (in french) from 15 years ago
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
thanks for that libération link!
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 January 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
also this !!! lol
«Un jour, on a demandé à Gainsbourg s’il avait quelqu’un de moins de 30 ans à statufier et il a dit quelque chose qui m’a bouleversée : ce serait France Gall. Ce serait une immense statue en sucre d’orge et tous les enfants viendraient lui lécher les doigts», s’émouvait France Gall dans un entretien de 1968.
http://next.liberation.fr/culture/2018/01/07/1947-2018-histoires-de-france-gall_1620825
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 January 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
People itt saying she was a bad singer are probably right, but it worked somehow for me. I always thought she did the best version of 'Monopolis' :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJpcyut0tho
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 7 January 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
her voice is awesome, i don't understand what those ppl are talking about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un1q8oF_Hlg
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 January 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link