French Dinner Party
Various Artists
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- The Basics
The style, the sophistication, the accent — ah, nobody does it quite like the French, whose influence on popular music extends from homegrown icons like Edith Piaf and Yves Montand to "outsiders" who have traded on France's fabulously sexy language (roll those wanton rs to Eartha Kitt's "Je cherche un homme") or reputation for glamour: Sinatra's "I Love Paris." Sophisticated electronica brushes up against Gallic manliness, in Next Steps.
$33.42 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 La vie en rose Edith Piaf 3:07 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Beyond the Sea (La Mer) Django Reinhardt 4:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 C'est si bon Yves Montand 3:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Florence sur les Champs Elysées Miles Davis 2:49 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Ménilmontant Gus Viseur 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Ça sent si bon la France Maurice Chevalier 2:56 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Bonnie and Clyde Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot 4:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 I Love Paris Frank Sinatra 1:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Joe le taxi Vanessa Paradis 3:55 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 Ne me quitte pas Jacques Brel 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Gymnopédie No. 1, Variation 1 Jacques Loussier Trio 4:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Je Cherche un Homme (I Want a Man) Eartha Kitt 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 La valse à mille temps Jacques Brel 3:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Ce matin là Air 3:39 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 Un charmant squelette Jil Caplan 2:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Sous le ciel de Paris Edith Piaf 3:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Le Bal Du P't*t Jardin (Instrumental) Gus Viseur 2:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Le temps perdu Carla Bruni 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 18 Songs - Next Steps
You've had your starters; now it's time for a perfectly seasoned main course of French classics, both old and new. Air makes electronica retro-groovy on "Les Professionnels," Serge Gainsbourg wraps a thick slice of accent round a list of Manhattan landmarks on "New York USA," and style icon Françoise Hardy confirms the erotic charge of her native tongue with "Jardinier bénévole." You'll find a sax man, a sex bomb, and more, in Deep Cuts.
$37.80 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 L'accordéoniste Edith Piaf 3:56 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Souvenirs, souvenirs Johnny Hallyday 2:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Les feuilles mortes Yves Montand 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Flambee Montalbanese Madeleine Peyroux & William Galison 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Le chant des coquelicots Amélie-les-Crayons 3:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Rêver le nez en l'air Françoise Hardy 2:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Embuscade Phoenix 3:56 $2.19 View In iTunes 8 Makeda Les Nubians 4:54 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Ne me quitte pas Natacha Atlas 4:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Pensons à l'avenir Cali 4:23 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Paris Camille 3:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 12 Memories of the Past Tahiti 80 4:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Jardinier bénévole Françoise Hardy 4:05 $2.19 View In iTunes 14 Le coeur a sa mémoire Têtes Raides 2:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Chouchou bébé Jean-Pierre Mas 5:14 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Embrasse-moi Les Nubians 4:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Les Professionnels Air 4:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 18 Moulin Rouge Toots Thielemans 2:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Miss Modular Stereolab 4:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Paris je t'aime d'amour Maurice Chevalier 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 20 Songs - Deep Cuts
We've left the most exotic cuts for last; fact is, if they gave out Michelin stars for music, this batch would score highly. Wyclef cranks up the Haitian patois on "Douce," Django Reinhardt lays down his laid-back guitar stylings for Jean Sablon on "Cette chanson est pour vous," Charlie Parker uses his sax to capture "April in Paris," and Brigitte Bardot charges "Contact" with a grid-draining excess of sex-voltage.
$39.68 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Soiree Bill Evans 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 La Javanaise Madeleine Peyroux 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Cette chanson est pour vous Django Reinhardt & The Singers with Jean Sablon 3:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Entre Saint Ouen et Clignancourt Edith Piaf 3:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 April In Paris Charlie Parker 3:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 La belle et le bad boy MC Solaar 3:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 7 Desert Émilie Simon 3:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 If (duo avec Charlotte Gainsbourg) Étienne Daho & Charlotte Gainsbourg 3:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Sous le ciel de Paris Juliette Gréco 3:19 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Les rivières de janvier Keren Ann 3:21 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Aicha (Version Mixte) Khaled 4:19 $2.19 View In iTunes 12 Douce Wyclef Jean 4:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Contact Brigitte Bardot 2:20 Album Only View In iTunes 14 C'est si bon Yves Montand 2:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 R-Vingt Six Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with the Quintet of the Hot Club Of France 2:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 La vague à lames Vanessa Paradis 4:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Baby love MC Solaar 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Paris Je T'Aime (Instrumental) Gus Viseur 1:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 L'Enfer des Formes Stereolab 3:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Qui peut dire Françoise Hardy 2:07 $2.19 View In iTunes 21 Les bonbons Jacques Brel 3:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 7 heure du mat Jacqueline Taïeb 2:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 La vie en rose Toots Thielemans 5:49 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
Those of you who thought French music was all accordions, heaving bosoms, and Gauloise-stained rasps are in for a surprise with our playlist of the best in French — and France-inspired — popular music. Alongside national treasures Johnny Hallyday ("The French Elvis") and Serge Gainsbourg, our collection delivers part-time Francophiles Frank Sinatra and Bill Evans, as well as a dash of Middle Eastern exotica ("Ne me quitte pas" by Natacha Atlas) just for spice. Vive La France!
$110.90 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 La vie en rose Edith Piaf 3:07 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Beyond the Sea (La Mer) Django Reinhardt 4:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 C'est si bon Yves Montand 3:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Florence sur les Champs Elysées Miles Davis 2:49 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Ménilmontant Gus Viseur 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Ça sent si bon la France Maurice Chevalier 2:56 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Bonnie and Clyde Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot 4:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 I Love Paris Frank Sinatra 1:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Joe le taxi Vanessa Paradis 3:55 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 Ne me quitte pas Jacques Brel 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Gymnopédie No. 1, Variation 1 Jacques Loussier Trio 4:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Je Cherche un Homme (I Want a Man) Eartha Kitt 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 La valse à mille temps Jacques Brel 3:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Ce matin là Air 3:39 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 Un charmant squelette Jil Caplan 2:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Sous le ciel de Paris Edith Piaf 3:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Le Bal Du P't*t Jardin (Instrumental) Gus Viseur 2:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Le temps perdu Carla Bruni 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 L'accordéoniste Edith Piaf 3:56 $2.19 View In iTunes 20 Souvenirs, souvenirs Johnny Hallyday 2:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Les feuilles mortes Yves Montand 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Flambee Montalbanese Madeleine Peyroux & William Galison 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Le chant des coquelicots Amélie-les-Crayons 3:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 Rêver le nez en l'air Françoise Hardy 2:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 25 Embuscade Phoenix 3:56 $2.19 View In iTunes 26 Makeda Les Nubians 4:54 $2.19 View In iTunes 27 Ne me quitte pas Natacha Atlas 4:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 28 Pensons à l'avenir Cali 4:23 $2.19 View In iTunes 29 Paris Camille 3:46 $2.19 View In iTunes 30 Memories of the Past Tahiti 80 4:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 31 Jardinier bénévole Françoise Hardy 4:05 $2.19 View In iTunes 32 Le coeur a sa mémoire Têtes Raides 2:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 33 Chouchou bébé Jean-Pierre Mas 5:14 $1.69 View In iTunes 34 Embrasse-moi Les Nubians 4:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 35 Les Professionnels Air 4:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 36 Moulin Rouge Toots Thielemans 2:52 $1.69 View In iTunes 37 Miss Modular Stereolab 4:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 38 Paris je t'aime d'amour Maurice Chevalier 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 39 Soiree Bill Evans 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 40 La Javanaise Madeleine Peyroux 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 41 Cette chanson est pour vous Django Reinhardt & The Singers with Jean Sablon 3:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 42 Entre Saint Ouen et Clignancourt Edith Piaf 3:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 43 April In Paris Charlie Parker 3:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 44 La belle et le bad boy MC Solaar 3:12 $2.19 View In iTunes 45 Desert Émilie Simon 3:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 46 If (duo avec Charlotte Gainsbourg) Étienne Daho & Charlotte Gainsbourg 3:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 47 Sous le ciel de Paris Juliette Gréco 3:19 $1.69 View In iTunes 48 Les rivières de janvier Keren Ann 3:21 $2.19 View In iTunes 49 Aicha (Version Mixte) Khaled 4:19 $2.19 View In iTunes 50 Douce Wyclef Jean 4:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 51 Contact Brigitte Bardot 2:20 Album Only View In iTunes 52 C'est si bon Yves Montand 2:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 53 R-Vingt Six Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with the Quintet of the Hot Club Of France 2:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 54 La vague à lames Vanessa Paradis 4:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 55 Baby love MC Solaar 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 56 Paris Je T'Aime (Instrumental) Gus Viseur 1:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 57 L'Enfer des Formes Stereolab 3:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 58 Qui peut dire Françoise Hardy 2:07 $2.19 View In iTunes 59 Les bonbons Jacques Brel 3:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 60 7 heure du mat Jacqueline Taïeb 2:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 61 La vie en rose Toots Thielemans 5:49 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 61 Songs
