Re: Ye-ye? aï aï aï !!!

["mimi la twisteuse" <twistmimi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>So in france in the 60's we've been lucky enough to have crap singers (most 
>is crap) covering american and english pop hits. But translated, and not 
>very well done. I mean the meaning of the lyrics in french was even  more 
>absurd & stupid than the original versions, so you can imagine the high 
>degree !

Why do you always give so much importance to lyrics? It's all about the 
groove and the music, especially when it comes to covers!! We had the same 
thing here, so did every country that didn't speak English! You can't just 
call it yéyé shit! It wasn't all crap, and I'll never understand what you 
all have against France Gall and Bardot. It just seems to us here in québec 
that every French 60's lover we've encoutered, (granted, I haven't met too 
many) or saw on bomp list has little respect for their French yéyé culture. 
Denis was discussing this with me the other day at Le Pick Up store, and he 
feels that just like here, France has a problem with t


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