March 2020

Stone - Baby Stone (1967) https://t.co/UoPOFuglsB

6:29 PM, Mar 23rd, 2020 via Buffer

Serge Gainsbourg performs 'Initials B.B.' on 'Quatre temps', Oct 26, 1968.

The owner of the initials is, of course, Brigitte Bardot, whom Gainsbourg had an affair with the previous year.

Full video: https://t.co/ECbhrkiZHS https://t.co/NAEOxqUaH8

8:00 PM, Mar 22nd, 2020 via Twitter Web Client

Les Rita Mitsouko - Le Futur n° 4 (1984) https://t.co/uxz39H4JOz

8:52 AM, Mar 20th, 2020 via Buffer

Marie Laforêt and Gérard Klein with 'Le vin de l'été' (1969): https://t.co/ARomDZY48z. The song is a French cover of the Lee Hazlewood-penned 'Summer Wine', the best known version of which is the duet he performed with Nancy Sinatra on their 1968 album 'Nancy & Lee'.

7:49 PM, Mar 18th, 2020 via Twitter Web Client

France Gall at her home, January 1967. 📷 Jacques Haillopic.twitter.com/szKiIvqBY0BY0

10:27 PM, Mar 9th, 2020 via Buffer

Full video: https://t.co/q35zS23yUt

12:39 AM, Mar 9th, 2020 via Twitter Web App

The hauntingly beautiful 'Que feras-tu quand tu seras mort' performed by actress Pascale Audret and her brother, folk singer-songwriter Hugues Aufray, on 'Quatre temps', Oct 26, 1968. I can't find any sign this song was released, so this may be the only recording of it. pic.twitter.com/TzSMDwg4hA

12:24 AM, Mar 9th, 2020 via Hootsuite Inc.

Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin on the set of TV show 'Quatre temps', 1969. 📷: Jean Addpic.twitter.com/a9vvaurZgRZgR

8:00 PM, Mar 7th, 2020 via Buffer

Just found this interesting tidbit on 60s Greek pop mag Modernoi Rythmoi – it was inspired by youth radio program Salut les copains, which was a massive phenomenon in France.

This snippet, from Children of the Dictatorship by Kostis Kornetis, also mentions yé-yé in 60s Greepic.twitter.com/JakelvHO07HO07

9:50 AM, Mar 5th, 2020 via Twitter Web Client in reply to french_pop

Françoise Hardy and Sheila on the cover of Greek magazine Modernoi Rythmoi (Modern Rhythms), May 24, 1967.

Source: https://t.co/2mMjAZQxld https://t.co/ql82YJd2zj

9:41 AM, Mar 5th, 2020 via Buffer

3. Marianne Faithfull - Hier ou demain. Written by Serge Gainsbourg. From the 1967 TV film 'Anna', directed by Pierre Koralnik.

https://t.co/mWmDR6JDz2

11:46 AM, Mar 3rd, 2020 via Twitter Web Client

2. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971). All the clips from the TV film 'Melody', made to accompany the album. Directed by the great Jean-Christophe Averty. Co-starring Jane Birkin.

https://t.co/FcULOl1XnX

11:43 AM, Mar 3rd, 2020 via Twitter Web Client

1. Heldon (@pinhas) - Back to Heldon (Électronique Guerilla, 1974)

https://t.co/XWmd0eK0lq

11:38 AM, Mar 3rd, 2020 via Twitter Web Client

🇫🇷 French edition:

1. Heldon
2. Histoire de Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg)
3. Hier ou demain (Marianne Faithfull) https://t.co/2XYdcjimYK

11:32 AM, Mar 3rd, 2020 via Twitter Web Client