French Music (1 Viewer)

[Knacker]

http://www.matamore.net/

That's a pretty decent French music and film web-site... loads of reviews and all that... and it's all in frog.

 

[egg_]

Originally posted by lmd64
personally, i wouldn't say Amelie sucks (oooh, matron!), it's just that she wanders through the film with this sweet little innocent expression that you just want to shake her by the shoulders, bitch-slap her into submission, screaming "life is shit, you dizzy bitch" into her ear until she bursts into a flood of tears.

I love Amelie, the film AND the character, so next time I see you I'm gonna bitch-slap you, you nasty fucker!

 

[Rimbaud]

BELLE DE JOUR....classic

BATTLE OF ALGIERS...classic....Both are sub titled too.

Or get Baudelaire or Rimbaud books - they have the french sections and English....all old french i`d reakon - so you can be a posh bastard and impress the aristocracy and stuff.Build contacts, get rich etc.. you know the way.

 

[potlatch]

For French lyrics, you can't beat Boris Vian. Friend of Sartre, famous surrealist novelist, car mechanic, jazz trumpeter, pornographer. Yes, he's got it all.

Chekkit: http://www.toadshow.com.au/rob/vian/vian.htm & http://www.greenspun.com/boohoo/related.tcl?page_id=boris-vian .

Refrain 1

J'suis snob... J'suis snob
C'est vraiment l'seul défaut que j'gobe
Ça demande des mois d'turbin
C'est une vie de galérien
Mais lorsque je suis à son bras
J'suis fier du résultat
J'suis snob... J'suis snob
Tous mes amis le sont, on est snobs et c'est bon

Couplet 1

Chemises d'organdi, chaussures de zébu
Cravate d'Italie et méchant complet vermoulu
Un rubis au doigt... de pieds, pas çui-là
Les ongles tout noirs et un très joli p'tit mouchoir
J'vais au cinéma voir les films suédois
Et j'rentre au bistro pour boire du whisky à gogo
J'ai pas mal au foie, personne fait plus ça
J'ai un ulcère, c'est moins banal et plus cher

Refrain 2

J'suis snob... J'suis snob
J'm'appelle Patrick, mais on dit Bob
Je prends des places à l'Opéra
Pour chaque soir, mais j'y vais pas
Je ne fréquente que des baronnes
Au nom comme des trombones
J'suis snob... J'suis snob
Et quand je fais l'amour, c'est à poil dans la cour

Couplet 2

On se réunit avec les amis
Tous les mercredis, pour faire des snobismes-parties
Il y a du coca, on déteste ça
Et du camembert qu'on mange à la petite cuiller
Mon appartement est vraiment charmant
J'me chauffe au diamant, on n'peut rien rêver d'plus fumant
J'avais la télé, mais ça m'ennuyait
Je l'ai retournée... d'l'aut' côté c'est passionnant

Refrain 3

J'suis snob... J'suis snob
J'ai une foudroyante garde-robe
J'ai des accidents en Jaguar
Je passe le mois d'août au plumard
C'est dans des petits détails comme ça
Que l'on est snob ou pas
J'suis snob... J'suis snob
Et quand je serai mort, j'veux un suaire de chez Dior

 

[potlatch]

Oh yeah, that Battle of Algiers - amazing fucking film.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Originally posted by Jimcorr
Hello!

I am trying to learn French again and have to listen to these dead boring spoken word tapes.

Have you heard the Salut! tapes?
From 1983
de rigeur in secondary schools/language labs in the 1980s

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Amelie came highly recommended to me from my wife who went to see it in the cinema and recently bought the DaViD

very
very
very
overrated I must say

I mean it's ok but nothing special.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Dekalog 1-10
Double Life of Veronique

Le Diner Des Cons
Claire's Knee
Battle of Algiers

The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoise
La Carne

Eyes Without A Face
are some good French films

and
Smoking
No Smoking

 

[steve albino]

IAM - "L'ecole Du Micro Argent", very smart rap
Prohom-"Prohom", poppy, , cool lyrics
Mickey 3D - anything, smart pop
NTM - Supreme NTM, rap (the name means "fuck your mother")
Noir Désir-Des visages des figures
Condense - great group from around five years ago,
Bastard - precursor to Godspeed etc (but with vocals)
Hint - wow, no really
Natsat-
Bananas at the audience - (Mr Bungle meets Nomeansno)
Happy Anger
Milgram
Raggasonic -
Doppler

 

[spiritualtramp]

best french film ever

http://classic-horror.com/reviews/jaccuse.html

 

[tibor]

music -
diabologum - "la maman et la putain" in particular is amazing.

movies -
can't go wrong with delicatessen, city of lost children etc by them amelie people. the three colours films are great too, red being my favourite. baise-moi(rape me) is worth a look too. ummm, killing zoe? there's bits of french in that.

j.

[oooh, first post]

 

[egg_]

http://www.lesinrocks.com/

Online version of Les Inrockruptibles, French music mag

(summary of lmd64's anti-Amelie argument - "But do you not think she's too sweet and nice?" ... if kindness without hope of reciprocation unsettles you then I suggest your conscience needs examination)

 

[LMD64]

(summary of lmd64's anti-Amelie argument - "But do you not think she's too sweet and nice?" ... if kindness without hope of reciprocation unsettles you then I suggest your conscience needs examination)

ooooh, !baggyyyy


no, no, no, what i meant was Lola from Lola Rennt would jump-kick her ass into next tuesday

anyway, if i feel like that, then what i must say is, it is not i whom is at fault, nay, but perchance at the feet of society the blame must lie

or something

 

[fleo]

Frog Films

Some more good French films to watch:
I thought 'La Reine Margot' was good, very dramatic but in a good way. I saw 'Jules et Jim' years ago and it was alright. There's a really nice one called 'Popette' about this wee girl who's just lost her Mum. I also saw 'The Double Life of Veronique' recently and it was really very good and looked beautiful.

 

[Ex-User (1487)]

Um, BASTARD is one of the best things i've ever heard. dunno how much french you'd learn from it buh...

 

[egg_]

Originally posted by lmd64
no, no, no, what i meant was Lola from Lola Rennt would jump-kick her ass into next tuesday

Dude, I must re-iterate my suggestion that you examine your conscience ... judging people by their combat capabilities is a further example of your moral decripitude

 

[Ex-User (1487)]

did anyone mention 37'2 le matain (bettey blue)? or the hairdresser's husband? i like them filims. they're mad french an' all, i still say foreigners ou' an' all but theys alright for a sneaky birra prawn...

 

[snakybus]

thought the message from Amelie was "there's no such thing as altruism, basically everyone's out for themselves and even a kind act falls back on itself, and heck, anyway, all people really want is to get their oats, check out this chick, it's all she wants, that and to ride on the back of a motorbike with some leather-smelling frenchman who works in a porn shop"

...or was that just me reading something into it that wasn't really there?

 

[Ex-User (1487)]

jesus snaky, it was about love, beauty, hope and tenderness. things i'd venture you know sweet F.A. about!!!

 

[LMD64]

Originally posted by snakybus
thought the message from Amelie was "there's no such thing as altruism,

so basically what you're saying is that Amelie's sweetness and lightness is just a front, and that she's really just out to pick up as many brownie points as possible, until she maxes out and picks up her karmic bonus paycheck in the form of the rather scrawny-looking french guy?