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Yeah, that's why I wrote earlier that "chanson française" is hard to define other than "lyrics driven", musically it can be all over the place depending on the artists and the eras. It would be easier to know of the artist and songs you already love to expand on that. Pop yé-yé is a subgenre...

Needles & Grooves AoTM /// Vol. 8 - February 2020 /// TBA Of course it's too early to have guessed the AotM already (or maybe not ?) but there are clues waiting for you and suggestions to help you discover french artists and learn more about "chanson française" !

A little detour aka The AotM that could never have been The record I'm gonna post about would never have been able to be eligible for AotM because it sadly never received a vinyl release, and neither did the vast majority of the discography of Mano Solo. It's a shame really, but since @Teeeee...

And very good ones I dare say.

Don't you dare dragging politics into this thread !

I laughed so hard. Thanks.

Maybe you won't be able to find this specific variation anywhere else ?

It was clearly a cash grab first and foremost, they covered/adapted/ripped of a bolivian song "Llorando se fue" and flooded TV & Radio with it in France, with an iconic music video at the time.

It is one of the best summer song of the 80s, agreed.

Hint #4 : 9° 07′ 49″, 7° 14′ 03″

Maybe.

I don't want to presume, but I think @Skalap answered with a joke to the hint. It's a famous summer song in France, often made fun of. But maybe he loves it secretly. In that case, no judgement.

How did you jump to this conclusion, if I may ask ?

I'm gonna log out of the forum and Internet in general in less than 1 hour to go drink champagne and eat shrimps. In order to celebrate 2020 early, another hint :

Yes, yé-yé is an era of the genre in itself, it's the french swinging 60s of sorts. I haven't been completely detailed in my last message regarding the modern era, but since the 90s there is something we call "nouvelle chanson française" as well as the "variété" that keeps going from the...

Translated literally it means "french song", but it's more of a genre of french music that leans heavily into the importance of the lyrics. it is closely tied to poetry in that sense. Musically it can vary quite a bit depending on the eras, the record you shared it pure pre-WWII "chanson...