Fascinating. Here I am in France, and I try the video you posted, and I get:
This video contains content from INA - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.Sigh. I'm not really a Serge Gainsbourg buff, except for his taste in women, so I must search further to find this... --- In [email protected], wrote: > > Re "Plus, the music industry mechanism really wasn't in place to allow for mass distribution of non-US acts at that time.": Good point. > > Re "rock sounds *terrible* in French.": > Yes, Johnny Hallyday certainly *looked* the part - but I can't recall a single song of his! > > The French did have some modest (home) success with those yé-yé girls like France Gall. > You must know the story of how Serge Gainsbourg cruelly set up France Gall with his composition "Les Sucettes" ("Lollipops") with its (to us) blatant sexual innuendo. On the surface, the lyrics tell the innocent tale of a girl named Annie who enjoys lollipops. This is the stage show Gainsbourg also arranged. It shows what an innocent age it was that the 18-year-old Gall could perform on this set and still not realise she'd been well and truly pranked. A friend had to explain it to her later and Gall was mortified. Enjoy! > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iysdFu_TQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iysdFu_TQ >
