ATTENTION! XMAS AVALANCHE!

Already had enough of Christmas? Then why not enjoy seeing Jacques Dutronc being buried under a symbolic avalanche of captiatlist Christmas-ness?


If only he'd been dressed up as Père Noël too.

Oh dear, sounds like poor Christophe is aching again this yuletide season, but at least he still believes in Father Christmas...



I posted this a few years ago, but in case you've never seen it, this is the Dim Dam Dom 1966 Christmas nativity, with Serge as Joseph, Chantal Goya as Mary, Sylvie Vartan narrating and Jacques Dutronc being... odd.

Let's be honest the whole thing is quite odd, very French, and very of-its-time.
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Noël à Vaugirard (1966) avec Serge Gainsbourg... by rikiai  


I had hoped to post a couple of festive mp3s, but there's a problem with the site that hosts my files and I can't upload or access any files at all.  Snowballs!

Joyeux Noël readers, I'll be off for a while ("so what's new?" you all cry),  enjoying a 1st familial christmas and scoffing my body-weight in stollen.

Ripping Vinyl - April March

I can't believe it's been nearly 4 months since I posted that ace early 60s Tienou 45! But I have finally made myself a little time to get some more vinyl ripped, and now I just need to find the time to post it. So if you enjoy this one, please do leave a comment and it will certainly encourage me to post some more...

Today we have a rare and tasty treat from April March: a 10" clear vinyl ep Dans les yeux d'April March, with Bertrand Burgalat on production duties, released in 1999 on French label Tricatel (the first release from their 'Tricatel Club' series).

Track 1 is a sparkling synth/lounge pop re-working of Chantal Goya’s delectable Mon Ange Gardien. This is a slightly different mix to the version you may have heard on All's Fair In Love and Chick Factor, with cleaner production and a little lighter on the reverb and effects.

April March - Mon Ange Gardien

Glucide is a purely instrumental mix of the song Sugar (the opener on her Chrominance Decoder album). Removing April’s (occasionally too cloyingly) sweet vocal has allowed Monsieur Burgalat’s retro-futurist production sensibilities to shine. The result: a sinister 70s synth-funk workout.

April March - Glucide

And first on Face B is Magic Ass: A raw'n'gutsy freakbeat-y number, with a cool sitar breakdown and a chorus which seems to go “Cos Johnny’s is a magic… I can tell by the way she walks”. I like to think it’s a reference to Jane Birkin’s character in the taboo Gainsbourg-directed film Je T’aime, Moi Non Plus. Magic Ass indeed!

Whoever Johnny is, the song is ace and I defy you not to get up and get down to it!

April March - Magic Ass

The final track is another instrumental (this time a version of Mignonette, also from Chrominance Decoder), and it would seem Burgalat’s intention here was to give April her very own Brigitte Bardot Show-style dance workout. Dance, April, dance!

April March - Ningette

[Dans Les Yeux d'April March has long been deleted, but there are 2nd hand copies out there if you are willing to pay good money, see Discogs.com or CDandLP.com.]

A very Gainsbourg nativity

I remember seeing this a few years ago: Noël à Vaugirard the yé-yé version of the nativity with Serge as Joseph and a pregnant Chantal Goya as Mary, plus appearances from Jacques Dutronc and Sylvie Vartan. It was originally broadcast on Dim Dam Dom in 1966 - just your average nativity, really: Jesus is born in an abattoir, with gospel nurses and a talking cow and donkey in attendance!


Noël à Vaugirard (1966) avec Serge Gainsbourg (17 minutes)


Joyeux Noël

SETLIST from 24 October 2009

Better late than never, here is last month's setlist, plus an mp3 of one song from each of us...

Sarah
Brigitte Bardot – La Madrague
France Gall – Pense à Moi
Chantal Goya – Il Court Les Filles
Françoise Hardy – Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles
Ria Bartok – Tu Te Moques de Moi
Serge Gainsbourg – Ches Les Yé- Yé
Pulp – Separations
Pink Grease – The Pink G.R.Ease
Datarock – Computer Camp Love
Kamerakino – Polizei Macht Schule
Stereo Total – Plus Minus Nul
Verity
Stereolab – Motoroller Scalatron
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity
Jacques Dutronc – Il Est Cinq Heures, Paris S’Eveille
Serge Gainsbourg – Comic Strip
Michel Polnareff – Y’a Qu’un Ch’veu
Act - Ping Pong
Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling
Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer
Ladytron – Mutron
Dominic
Coralie Clémént – Vis à Vis
Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour Un Con
Schaatz – Jean Les Pins Michel
Jean-Jacques Perrey – E.V.A.
Les Soundtrack – Ce Soir C’est Ma Fête
Françoise Hardy – Je Pense à Lui
Brigitte Bardot – Harley Davidson
Karo – Sur Ta Moto
All Seeing I – Luxury I
Katsen – Let’s Build A City
Sarah
Dauerfisch – Ride My Bike
Piney Gir – Hello Chanel
Relaxed Muscle – Rod Of Iron
National Bandit – Pardon My French
Add N to (X) – You Must Create
Sukia – Vaseline & Sound
Christie Laume – Rouge Rouge
Sylvie Vartan – Ballade Pour Une Fugue
Orlane Paquin – Le Train de 10h03
Jacqueline Boyer – Oh Chéri, Je T’aime
Verity
Stereo Total – Vive Le Weekend
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind
The Knife – Heartbeats
Françoise Hardy – Je Veux Qu’il Revienne
Mareva Galanter – Pourquoi Pas Moi
Depeche Mode – Boys Say Go
Yelle – 85A
Jane Birkin – Di Doo Dah
Air – Kelly Watch The Stars
Dominic
Serge Gainsbourg – Ballade de Melody Nelson
Michel Polnareff – Le Roi De Fourmis
Jacques Brel – Jacky
Gillian Hills – Oublie
Stereo Total – Supergirl
Trost – Sans Ta Scie
Human League – Love Action
Telex – Moskow Diskow
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Takako Minekawa – Fantastic Cat
Michel Polnareff – Beatnik
Sarah
Les Roche Martin – Tu as Peur de Bruit
Chantal Goya – Dans La Nuit
Sparks – Tryouts for the Human Race (long version)
Soft Cell – Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?
Brigitte Bardot – Tu Veux ou Tu Veux Pas
France Gall – Baby Pop
Add N to (X) – The Vic Hallam System
Verity
OMD – Souvenir
Yazoo – Only You
Deux – Dance With Me
Serge Gainsbourg et Charlotte Gainsbourg – Lemon Incest
Michel Polnareff – La Michetonneuse
France Gall – Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges
Brigitte Bardot – C’est Rigolo
Jacques Dutronc – Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ça
Françoise Hardy – Et Même
Belle & Sebastian – Electronic Renaissance
Dominic
Stereo Total – Orange Mecanique
Jina Miko – Dum Dum
Jacques Dutronc – Le Responsable
Les Problèmes – Pop Jerk
Polysics – My Sharona
Cats In Paris – Loose Tooth Tactile
Michel Legrand – Digue Ding Ding
Ultravox – Vienna
Zombie Nation – Nightclubbing
Sarah
Fat Truckers – Teenage Daughter
Quintron & Miss Pussycat – Swamp Buggy Badass
Les Georges Leningrad – Monster Klaw
Chicks On Speed – Lovelife
Tom Tom Club – On, On, On, On…
Stereo Total – Miss Rebellion Des Hormones
The Associates – Club Country
Verity
OMD – Red Frame/White Light
Antoine – Les Élucubrations D’Antoine
Mareva Galanter – Les Cornichons
Yazoo – Don’t Go
The Knife – We Share Our Mother’s Health
Human League – Empire State Human
Dominic
Fad Gadget – Fireside Favourite (I Monster toasted crumpet remix)
Les 5 Gentlemen – Si Tu Reviens Chez Moi
Annie Philippe – C’est La Mode
Jacques Dutronc – Sur Une Nappe De Restaurant
Stereolab – John Cage Bubblegum
Dusty Springfield – Reste Encore Une Instant
Johnny Halliday – Noir C’est Noir
Sarah
A-ha – Manhattan Skyline
Pulp – Seconds
Verity
Hot Butter – Popcorn
Serge Gainsbourg – Docteur Jekyll et Monsieyr Hyde
Dominic
France Gall – Computer Nr 5
Fernand Reynaud – Oh! He! Hein! Quoi
Sarah
Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger


mp3 links

Dominic
Schaatz - Jean Les Pins Michel

[visit Schaatz at their myspace]
Verity

Jane Birkin - Di Doo Dah

[buy Jane Birkin: Amazon.uk]

Sarah
Chantal Goya - Dans La Nuit
[buy Chantal Goya: Amazon.uk]

SETLIST from 22 August 2009

It seems we've gone over our bandwidth allowance again this month - apologies for that -everything should resume as normal on 1st October (If it happens again, I'll looking into an alternative space for hosting the mp3 files).

Last month's setlist is below, including one mp3 selected by each DJ for your listening pleasure.

See you Saturday...

Dominic
Amadou & Mariam – Sabali
Jiji – La Fusée
Michel Polnareff – Voyages
Marie Laforêt (avec Gérard Klein) – Le Vin de L’été
Human League – Gordon’s Gin
Serge Gainsbourg – L’Hotel Particulier
Walter Carlos - Title music from A Clockwork Orange
Katsen – Let’s Build A City
Ladytron – Olivetti Jerk
Françoise Hardy – Et Même
Verity
Jacques Dutronc – Fais Pas Çi, Fais Pas Ça
Silver Apples – Oscillations
Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease
Human League – The Touchables
Eurythmics – Tous Le Garçons et Les Filles
Chris & Cosey - October Love Song
Kraftwerk – The Model
France Gall – Laisse Tomber les Filles
Françoise Hardy - Que Mal y a t’il à ça?
Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie & Clyde
Sarah
Monster Bobby – Heaven Hides Nothing
Smartypants – Knee Sox Girl
Blue Minkies – Pick Your Records Up
Peepholes – Trouble in Heartbreak High
George Pringle – LCD I Love You But You’re Breaking My Heart
Katsen – Play For Today
Stereo Total – Tas De Tôle
Chantal Goya – Oh Raconte Moi
Brigitte Bardot – Ciel de Lit
Christie Laume – Agathe Ou Christie
Françoise – Hum! Hum!
Serge Gainsbourg – Sous le Soleil Exactement
Dominic
Karo – Un Garçon en Mini-Jupe
Virginie – Commando Spatial (Space Patrol)
Kraftwerk – Numbers
Stereo Total – Furore
Michèle et Ses Wouaps – Dam Dam
Stereolab - Freestyle Dumping
Telex – Ça Plane Pour Moi
Françoise Hardy – Pourtant Tu M’aimes
Clothilde – Le Chanson Bête et Méchant
Verity
C++ - Les Hasards
Michel Polnareff – Oiseau de Nuit
Divine Comedy – Europop
OMD – Messages
Magnetic Fields – I Can’t Touch You Anymore
Desireless – Voyage Voyage
Etienne Daho – Tombe Pour la France
Heavenly – Nous ne Sommes Pas des Anges
Stereolab – John Cage Bubblegum
The Clicks - Seconds
Sarah
Add N to (X) – Brothel Charge
T.Raumschmiere ft. Miss Kittin – The Game Is Not Over
Dandi Wind – Balloon Factory
The Associates – Helicopter Helicopter
Devo – Working in a Coal Mine
Soft Cell – Chips on My Shoulder
Ria Bartok – Ecoute Mon Couer
Chantal Goya – Si Tu Gagnes Au Flipper
France Gall – Pense a Moi
Sylvie Vartan – Ballade Pour Une Fugue
Dominic
Chantal Goya – Laisse Moi
Les Bel-Air – Ils Parlaient Dans Mon Dos
Normand Frechette et Les Hou-Lops – J’Etudie Mon Grec
Michel Polnareff – Dans La Maison Vide
Madeleine Pascal – Dieu N’est Pas Vieux
Jacques Brel – Les Filles et Les Chiens
Stereo Total – Johnny (for Les Paul RIP)
Jacques Dutronc – Les Gens Sont Fous, Les Temps Sont Flous
Bazooka – Dada Dodo (instrumental version)
Space – Magic Fly
Verity
The Knife – Heartbeats
Françoise Hardy – Comment Te Dire Adieu
Mareva Galanter – L’Hotesse de l’Air
Sandie Shaw – Pourvu que ça dure (Long live love)
C++ - Comme Dans Les Films
The Normal – Warm Leatherette
Mick Harvey – The Barrel of My 45
Jane Birkin – Raccrochez, C’est Une Horreur
Simon Bookish – Handsome Girls
Depeche Mode – The Meaning of Love
Serge Gainsbourg – Torrey Canyon
Sarah
France Gall – Ne Sois Pas Si Bête
Sophie Makhno et Colin Verdier – Obsessions 68
Françoise Hardy – Le Temps de L’Amour
Serge Gainsbourg – La Javanaise
Chantal Goya – Il Court Les Filles
Bunty – Achana
Stereo Total – Miss Rebellion des Hormones
M – Pop Muzik
Human League – Only After Dark
Roxy Music – In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Dominic
The Chap – Now Woel
Isabelle – Amstramgram
Chantal Goya – Tu M’as Trop Menti
Brezel Göring – Ich Bin So Süchtig
Emanuelle – Le Reel Facile
Divine – Native Love (Step By Step)
Verity
OMD – Electricity
Vanessa Paradis – Joe Le Taxi
Serge Gainsbourg – 69 Année Erotique
Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
Patrick Wolf – Vulture
Nick Kershaw – Dancing Girls
Sarah
Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rapping Hood (12” mix)
Toni Basil – Be Stiff
Bat For Lashes – Pearl’sDream
Clor – Love + Pain
Dauerfisch – So Gut
Dominic
John et Jehn – 20L07
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Claude François – Eloise
Verity
Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Sarah
Sparks – Get In The Swing
Pulp – This Is Hardcore

mp3 selections

Verity

C++ - Comme Dans Le Films

[buy C++: iTunes | Amazon.fr]

Sarah

Bunty - Achana

[buy Bunty direct from her myspace]

Dominic

Chantal Goya – Tu M’as Trop Menti

[buy Chantal Goya: Amazon.uk]