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Subject: Yé-yé: The 60's Euro teen pop
Written By: martin88 on 08/05/13 at 1:53 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%A9-y%C3%A9
Yé-yé music was a mostly European phenomenon and usually featured young female singers. France Gall, for example, was only 16 when she released her first album, 17 when she won the Eurovision song contest (for Luxembourg). The yé-yé songs had innocent themes such as Françoise Hardy's "Tous les garçons et les filles" ("All the guys and girls my age know how it feels to be happy, but I am lonely. When will I know how it feels to have someone?"). Hardy's song "Le temps de l'amour" was featured in Wes Anderson's 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom.
It's popularity went to Eastern Europe where local artists covered ye-ye songs, and sometimes improved them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4xqm7dVKl4
This is the Spanish original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAOog062zPc
What do you think about ye-ye? Do you like it? :)
Subject: Re: Yé-yé: The 60's Euro teen pop
Written By: Redhairkid on 11/04/13 at 12:30 pm
I quite like yé-yé. Francoise Hardy and Sylvie Vartan are my favourites.