Rec | YÉ-YÉ 💋

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like many baristas my age, i had an affinity for french pop music as a highschooler, particularly "yé-yé", which was what they called 60's pop! i was down with a bad case of main character syndrome (a common symptom of being a teenager) so i loved the drama of it all - chic and taboo like smoking secret cigarettes 🙄 i was also taking french in school - i was terrible at it but being able to vaguely understand the lyrics helped me to appreciate it even more. flash fwd a few years & i was finally presented with the opportunity to travel to france!!! i never ever thought i'd get to see paris but the stars aligned and i spent a week there in summer 2023 with my fiancé and my dad (which was particularly special bc i never get to travel with him) 🥺 it was incredibly romantic (despite the lack of air conditioning...wtf europe) and i had also gotten my garçon into the french music i'd loved as a teen so our visit was soundtracked by the likes of françoise hardy, jacqueline taïeb, jacques brel, sylvie vartan, jacques dutronc, jane birkin, serge gainsbourg (melody nelson holds up if i pretend i don't know what he's saying!!) etc 🥰 the video i linked is one of the only videos i took while in paris, and it's possibly my fav video i've taken ever - the little girl i accidentally caught dancing in front of the eiffel tower makes me smile every time i watch it.

@snookicoin

3d ago

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@paperpendragon

this so cool! i discovered yé-yé through the tarantino movie ‘death proof’, the credits song was an english version of the song ’laisse tomber les filles’ called ‘chick habit’ by april march. both versions are great though

3d ago

@snookicoin

@PAPERPENDRAGON i love that song!! ive never heard the english version but death proof is on my watchlist so ill look fwd to that ^_^

3d ago

@bisonspider

@SNOOKICOIN I honestly just recommend April March in general. she sings a LOT of old ye-ye as well as english versions of ye-ye songs. she didn’t really come along until the 90s but lots of her career is an homage to ye-ye, I love her so much. she was the first artist to cover laisse tomber les filles so when she contacted the serge gainsbourg estate to do it, they just GAVE her 30% ownership of the song lol.

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just came back from my first trip to paris here is what i rec as a first timer who fucking crushed it • when parisians start speaking to you in french just stare at them like this 😃 and don't say shit • the louvre-adjacent mcdonalds • a thin black scarf • being really brave at the top of the eiffel tower • facetiming my dad on his birthday (if it is my dad's birthday while you're in paris) (nov 10th) • only going to restaurants you will never recover from financially • walking into any nightclub and buying the 12€ poppers • accidentally almost saying "bonjour" to the first person you see in your neighborhood back in america (i'm cooked)

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