woensdag 9 augustus 2006

Rachel


Sebastien from Paris shares my undying love for French female singers, and promises to do a guestposting regularly. Here's his maiden post:

The golden age for girls singing in French was in the nineteen-sixties; since mid 1990’s, thanks to 'la nouvelle chanson française', it feels like a reawakening. Compare with those two periods, 80’s where in the main, rather uninteresting. Still there were some treasures that deserve to be reminded. Tes états d’âme Eric from Luna Parker is one of them. This bittersweet pop song was sung by Rachel Ortas with a voice lovely and tired in the same time. Thanks to an addictive melody and clever lyrics, this song hit the charts in th winter 1986. The title and the refrain of the song is a play of words between tes états d’âme Eric(the melancholic mood of Eric) and les Etats d’Amérique(The United States of America). The lyrics are about travelling in the mood of your lover like if it was a mythical land, controlling the fear of your soul-sister because you love him, and you love him because he’s got fears.
Next singles of Luna parker were not successful enough (but still very good) and Rachel get out of the limelight. She now lives in London as a graphic designer. Sometimes when I feel sadly misunderstood I like to remind this song.

Luna Parker - Tes états d'ames Eric

4 opmerkingen:

  1. I really love this song, many thanks.

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  2. cela ne nous rajeunit pas :)
    merci encore

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  3. Oh wow, this takes me back, i used to love this song and i haven't heard it since, well 1986! Merci, merci!

    - audrey

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  4. Quand je pense que j'écoute toujours l'album. Quel groupe est capable aujourd'hui de sortir un album qui ne veillit pas comme celui-là?
    J'aimais aussi beaucoup Rachel Rachel, deuxième groupe de Eric et rachel après le sTokow boys...

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