French Pop part 2

Cover of Guillaume Apollinaire

Following on from the article about the new French radio station in London, here are a couple of the modern artists they recommend (although they do sing in English and sometimes not at all…), namely Phoenix and Air.

Strange Random France Quote:

“Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.”  – Guillaume Apollinaire (French Poet and Critic who helped to direct poetry into unexplored channels, 1880-1918)

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• VIDEO: Daft Punk joins Phoenix on stage, seems totally pointless/lame (hipsterrunoff.com)
• French Fear ‘Brain Drain’ to the U.S. (nytimes.com)
• Supermarket French, Chanson French, and Lyrical Arabic (theworld.org)