Let me geek out on you: I've made you well aware of my adoration of France Gall. And while I like her late 60s/early 70s recordings very much, I particularly like the songs she recorded in German during that era. Many have Beatles-like experimentation in them, with out-there back up vocals (such as "Love, L'amour und Liebe") or odd instrument choices (such as the xylophone in "Ich Singe Meinen Song").
The songs run the gamut from covers of 60's bossa nova Brazilian lounge ("So Einen Jungen Mann") to catchy rock-pop ("Wassermann Und Fisch") to ballades ("Miguel") to Bavarian oompa-oompa ("Ich Habe Einen Freund in München").
Other favorites include "Computer Nr. 3," "I Like Mozart," "Ich War Ein Kind," and "Unga Katunga."
About half her German DECCA catalog is easy to get from the "best of" CD collection; the other half not so much. But after much hunting, my collection is now complete!
Thankfully, my 'want of obscure things without ability to find them' is matched by Matt's 'ability and want to find obscure things without any obscure interests.' He is duly credited with finding the extremely hard to find track (complete with crazy fiddle "Ein Bißchen Mogeln in der Liebe").
The sketch is France in her jeans, purple boots, yellow sweatshirt with "STOP" screen-printed on and Bavarian pigtails get-up she wore when she performed live on the ZDF Hitparade ("Ali Baba und die 40 Räuber" which I also have a HQ track of).
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Love that performance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAkNjV_ee9Q
great moment where the camera is just shooting her boots and nothing else for a few seconds AND there is a woman in the audience who couldn't look less into it! HA HA. But France gives a great LIVE performance!
I'm not sure I wanted to find out that much about France's German career. You know, before I knew you, I didn't even know she'd had a German career, and I suspect most Frenchmen don't either.
Matt: Dunno about "great" performances...but I do love it toward the end, it's like someone in the audience was making her laugh but she holds it together. OR she was just having a really good time singing!
JPJ: I'm sure her French weirdo obsessive fan-freaks know! ;-)
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France and its performance is quite wonderful to behold.
I love yellow shirts with a big Stop sign on them, they are wonderful.
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