Comme Ils Disent.

[Atheist]

Any fans of chansons francais. Aznavour at his best. "Comme ils disent." I don't know how to link this, but should be findable. If not, maybe tell me how to link. Hope there's a soul or two who can appreciate his genius. Best wishes.

[scorpiojo]

[Atheist]

Thanks, Scorpio. I'm a fan of you from now on.

[scorpiojo]

Ta ;-)

[Atheist]

I believe that Aznavour wasn't gay, but he was an artist and wrote and sang this song about a transvestite entertainer who was gay.

[Buenchico]

>>> Any fans of chansons francais

Yup!

[Atheist]

Oh, Buen! He was Belgian. I'm not familiar with his work other than Ne me quitte pas, and Porte d'Amsterdam (David Bowie used to sing that in his Beckenham arts lab).

[Atheist]

I first heard of Brel when I was in the first form of Wigan Grammar School in about 1959.

[Buenchico]

Yes, I know that Jacques Brel was Belgian but he still sang in French (i.e. 'chanson francais').

He didn't simply 'sing' songs; he really 'performed' them:

[Atheist]

Thanks, Buen. I'll check him out.

[JimF]

For the pedantic record, it's: chanson française / chansons françaises.

[Buenchico]

Check out Gilbert Bécaud too:

[Atheist]

GB lives (lived?) not far from me in France. I don't know his work but I'll check that out too. Thanks, Buen. And thanks to you Jim. I'll try to be more grammatical in future.

[JimF]

Got to look long et large to find anything of the genre better than this:

[gingejbee]

.....and anything by Michel Sardou.....

[Atheist]

Piaf, yes. Brilliant. Sardou I'll need to check out. Thanks, all.

[shoota]

Do you live in France Atheist?

[Buenchico]

JimF:
If this 6-year-old fulfils her early potential, we can look forward to seeing another star of Piaf's quality in the future:

[JimF]

George Brassens, Julien Clerc, Léo Ferré are all well worth checking out too. And, if you like rocking out a bit, you really can't go wrong with Renaud (Séchan) or Charlélie Couture.

[Atheist]

Yes, but only for half the year, shoota.

[shoota]

Me too, half in London, half in Deux Sevres.