Maxime Le Forestier – San Francisco
The song by Scott McKenzie is not the only beautiful song written about this fascinating city. In 1971, Maxime Le Forestier, who at the time was still a thriving young singer, who wrote folk-inspired songs with his sister, went in America and settled in San Francisco during a month. The characters described in the song…
Pierre Perret – Lily
It’s probably Pierre Perret’s most famous -and of his most politically engaged- songs. I thought it would be a good choice for today, since it’s a message that we would have taken for granted only a few weeks or months ago, but there’s apparently some things that need to be repeated over and over again……
Charles Aznavour – Emmenez-moi
This song is Aznavour’s most famous one, probably. And it’s deserved. A real classic. It’s about a man working in a harbour in the industrial North of France, and who dreams of going far away in one of these boats. [More about Charles Aznavour] Vers les docks où le poids et l’ennui me courbent le…
Laurent Voulzy – Rockollection
This great song, written by Alain Souchon and composed by Laurent Voulzy as usual, is a “mix” of great English or American rock songs and artists, meant as a tribute. Most of these standards have already been covered numerous times by French people (with their lyrics translated into French) but this is the first time…
French Music into English 