DoublePlusGood Thu Sep 11 with Lizbot on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Greetings!

Bonjour! Bienvenue dans un autre spectacle entièrement français !

y0y0!!!

Hi Number 6!

@Lizbot- You've got mail!

Bonjour michael gudgeon!

"Fran Prix" already made my afternoon.

Bonjour Jen Redlights! haha, I'm glad you appreciate it!

Hi Lizbot and everyone! Stepping out to get a hot food bar dinner, will be back soon

Bonjour, Rob from Maryland 🦀!

@Number 6 - OOoh, merci!

This is really good

Bonjour Space Cowboy! Moi aussi j'aime ça !

[Heavily relying on Google Translate!]

@Space Cowboy - I first heard that Nicolas Godin "Orca" track in a documentary about volcanoes narrated by Miranda July called "Fire of Love"!

soirée dansante française!

@Space Cowboy - (which is a doc I recommend, by the way!)

When it lites up some kind of liquid and sparkles inside. The plug in back turns to adjust the position.

@Jen Redlights - Oui! Tout le monde danse !

* The liquid starts boiling when it is on.

Hello y’all!

@Number 6 - Nice bord! I think it sort of doubles as a Xmas decoration too!

Probably, I got it for a song.

Bonjour Marcus Haupt!

@Number 6 - The light have liquid that heats up and causes the sparkles to move really reminds me of some old 40s/50s tree lights my grandmom had that were similarly filled with liquid

Sort of like those bubble lights, I still have some.

Welcome back Liz, glad you're doing Part Deux! I missed last weeks show.

Lisbot, did you also iron your tin foil do you could use it next year?

Bonjour John Coffey!

@John Coffey - I'm glad you can tune in this week!

@Marcus Haupt - ha, I had one of those rotating electric 50s floor lights that points up at the tree and uses a bulb with three cellophane wedges forming a circle that rotates in front of the bulb...Just SO many options for starting fires in mid-century xmas tree decor!

A lot of things didn't have fuses back then, and exposed 120 v all over the place.

Hardcore Germans put actual flaming candles on the tree

@Number 6 - Yeah, if I am to believe "A Christmas Story," Christmas trees were just tangles of exposed ungrounded wiring and overloaded outlets with dry flammable needles everywhere!

@Marcus Haupt - I both admire and fear that German tradition.

Dug The Beach Boys sample on the last one

Bonjour G Jax!

@Marcus Haupt - I have family in and around Stuttgart and Hamburg, and they are pretty dedicated to their handmade straw tree ornaments, extra flammable! Also little guys made of prune with faces, for extra mouse visitors

Bonjour Liz

Lizbot I have relatives in Hamburg too! Das it gut!

Had a good friend named Marcus (RIP) whose family was from Stuttgart. All somebodies over there. Half brother was a soccer star and half sister some kind if dance pop star

His dad was a singer too. Knew Elvis

Stuttgart is a great city.

This song was a #1 in the U.S.

@Marcus Haupt - Oh wow! Yeah, most of my German family (my mom's side) is in an around Stuttgart in the south, but my cousin Mathias moved to Hamburg to work for AirBus, which has their German headquarters there. Hamburg was soooo windy, esp. down on the waterfront!

Lizbot did you check out the grosse Freiheit or the Reperbahn? Used to be where the punks hung out

The instrumental version of Love Is Blue was very popular back in the day.

I have to step away from the chat, but the Fran Prix has been amazing - thanks, Lizbot!

@G Jax - I spent a large portion of my visit to Germany in 2024 in a cottage in Grunbach, a few S bahn stops outside of Stuttgart. My aunt lives in Korb, also near there.

@Number 6, it sure was! Paul Mauriat

*in 1968

Claudine Longet, a name that definitely deserves a Google or Wiki search.

@Marcus Haupt / @G Jax - My trip to visit relatives in Germany last summer happened to coincide with the European Cup Finals, being hosted by Germany for the first time in I think 20 years?, and I had no idea until I arrived there and found international soccer fans EVERYWHERE!

Bonjour SV In Like Flynn!

@SV In Like Flynn - Oh yeah, I know about the whole sordid business with her and Spider Sabich! Crazy story!

Opps, Wrong sign in again Mr Flynn.

Never been. But my wife was in Germany at Christmastime late 80's. I don't remember what townbut she says it was magical.

@Jen Redlights - THanks for stopping by and listening, Jen!

Old memories of watching Andy Williams on TV and seeing Claudine.

@Number 6 - Yeah, I've heard a few good versions of Love Is Blue, but I love the Claudine Longet one the most, despite her crazy past!

@Marcus Haupt - Stuttgart is also the birthplace of Friedrich Schiller, who wrote "Ode to Joy"! There's a big statue of him in the center platz

Pas de Sparks ce soir?

@John Coffey - I know they were a celebrity couple, but I don't think I've seen much footage of them performing together. I'm sure I can find a ton of it on YouTube

Love is blue is scarred into my brain like a bad trip... Late 90s... "Millennium" ... "Lucy Butler" ... Anyone else?

@G Jax - I've always wanted to go to Germany's many Weihnachtsmarkts during Christmastime, but it's so hard to fit in a trip over the winter holidays. My mom has been at Christmastime many times, though

Bonjour HTID11!

Salutations!!

@HTID11 - Was that from the TV show "Millennium"? Never saw it, but vaguely recall its existence!

Bonjour Ted!

Yes indeed, Chris Carter's next show during/after x-files..

I swear that song plays throughout an entire episode

@Ted - Non, Pas ce soir!

@Ted - I expected I might see you or Christine at Sparks this past Monday night at The Keswick, but if you were there, I didn't spot you! I DID run into WPRB's Pethie, as well as a handful of other listeners

Thanks for knowing @lizbot, even if only kinda sorta...

@HTID11 - All I know is they named a character after Black Francis from the Pixies in that show!

@HTID11 - That aired during a period in college when I didn't own a TV! So the late 90s is pretty much a black hole for me WRT TV!

Bonsoir Lizbot! C'est magnifique, Franprix Grand Prix: Part Deux! How was your time en France? Did you make it all around the country?

Oh wow! I did not know that... Definitely checks out though, main character was named Frank Black.

@Rob from Maryland 🦀 - ha, I should dig up something from Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, but I probably won't be getting it in this week!

Good no that's what I'm talking about

Yes!

@Marcus Haupt - DIdn't see yr question before re: grosse Freiheit or the Reperbahn, I think I was on mic then, but we basically hung with our my cousin and his two little kids the whole time we were in Hamburg, so not a lot of exploring the Reeperbahn, but we DID see a LOT of drunken bachelor and bachelorette parties. I never realized before that trip that Hamburg is a major destination for those!

Bonjour ResidentFrenchie!

I was in the mostly empty row H. There were quite a few empty seats. I guess Sparks were riding the buzz of the documentary last time. This makes 50 years of Mael shows for me

@ResidentFrenchie - I loved my three weeks in France! Spent 10 days in Paris, 3 in Lyon, and then the rest in the Côte d'Azur, specifically Les Lecques for a few days, then Antibes/Juan Les Pins, and finally, Nice

@Ted - I noticed a lotta empty seats in the middle! Not as well-attended as two years ago for The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte tour!

@Ted - Wow, 50 is impressive! I came to their music nearly 30 years ago

@Ted - This time I sprang for front row left, AAA. Russell was RIGHT in my face all night. It was almost too much! The set-list was directly in front of me, so no surprises there. I was tempted to grab it at the end, but I know a woman who was also in the front row who collects them, so I waited for her to grab it

I don't understand it but it sounds great

That last song is for whoever requested Michel Polnareff last week! I think it was Dale Hazelton, who isn't here today, but oh well, I am glad he suggested it!

@Space Cowboy - How I feel about most French!

Waow, c'est génial! Sounds idyllic. Merci for sharing. We were in Toulouse in July. Hopefully you got to tap into French radio while getting around; it's always fun (in whichever country one is traveling). I always discover some new songs, like Sam Sauvage's Les Gens Qui Dansent (J'adore). Right up your alley tonight - tout le monde danse!!!

@ResidentFrenchie - Oh yes! A MAJOR highlight of traveling in other countries for me is listening for new-to-me music on radio in the rental car, in taxis and shops! I found a great station of Francophone African music too! Listened to that a LOT while driving around the south of France!

@ResidentFrenchie - I will have to check out Sam Sauvage's Les Gens Qui Dansent ! Thanks for the recommendation!

@ResidentFrenchie - I neglected to mention: We also got to Giverny, Rouen, and Monaco!

My baptism was the Indiscreet tour in Chicago. I wish they’d premiered Porcupine for us. I did notice a long line at the merch table post concert.

white wolf !!!!!!!

She said Zeuhl! She said Zeuhl!!

Thank you for pronouncing MOOG the way it SHOULD be pronounced..

Kobaiaphone

screenshotted that gainsbourg cause it sounds like jay electronica samples them but i think i was wrong! album sounds dope gotta check it out

Bonjour George! Ha, ring ring ring ring Kobaiaphone!

Bonjour 𓀠 ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡6!

@𓀠 ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡 - D'accord, je n'ai pas joué autant de prog que je l'avais dit !

"I can feel it more and more. In 10 years, we'll have a war" yup. Mary and Laetitia's voices harmonizing is pure heaven

@michael gudgeon - White wolves deserve to be praised in song!

@Ted - I was very happy they played Whippings and Apologies

Jane Birkin is in film, “Blow Up”, talk about a hipster touchstone. Just rewatched it.

hi lizbot!

Bonjour Andrew G!

Bonjour Dan Cochrane!

Vive la musique pop française! [And long live Google Translation that makes me appear fluent in French ... ;-D ]

Very Wes Anderson soundtrack sounding. Credits perhaps.

@Dan Cochrane - Saw Blow Up in my late teens! SO pop! Photographic intrigue! I always thought the shark eye in the photo in Jaws 2 was sorta a plot point lifted from Blow Up

Mercy L bot

We!

@lizbot - i saw you after the sparks show as my family was rushing me out the door.

Bonjour Richard of Rocky Hill!

Jeff Beck didn’t want to smash, even a cheap guitar. 28 takes, and they didn’t use one of the. Antonioni himself stomped on it in the film.

@michael gudgeon - I wouldn't be surprised if a few people have samped Historie de Melody Nelson!

@𓀠 ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡 - Magma is coming, as long as I don't run outta time!

@Andrew G - Oh, belated Hello! I ran into so many ppl at that show! Always a great crowd at Sparks, even if it wasnt as well-attended as in 2023! Saw a lot of listeners, and Pethie from Powerclashing, a couple of friends from other stations too!

Time to rewatch Umbrellas Of Cherbourg

@dan Cochrane - I was just thinking about the Umbrellas Of Cherbourg and the music from it earlier today! I saw that once, 25 years ago, borrowed on VHS from the Philadelphia Public Library 19th & Vine original branch!

Visually stunning on the big screen! Eye popping color in the umbrella shop. You should see it restored.

@Richard of Rocky Hill - haha, I owe a lot to Google Translate! It got me out of a lot of binds during my travels, especially when my rental car broke down in Antibes!

I complimented the sound guy for Whippings. It was really powerful.

I love this song, but it is almost TOO much, but also TOO French!

@Ted - One of my favorite Sparks songs and not one they've played much the times I've seen them!

@dan Cochrane - I should! And to think I've only seen Umbrellas of Cherbourg on a well-worn library VHS! It was still gorgeous though!

Jane Berkin credited as… “the blonde” in Blow Up.

@dan Cochrane - haha, I didn't know that about Jeff Beck being precious about his guitar! He was the anti-Pete Townshend!

@dan Cochrane - When I read "The Blonde," I hear the words in a Hitchcock voice!

The Kobaiaphone is powered by the Vander Graaf generator

ICYMI : Cardiacs YouTube channel (abcglobus) posted a restored 1984 concert a few weeks back. Oh and a couple of new songs from LSD. Good times in the Pond!

They brought in a orgasmatron for that last track

@George Korein - ha! Is Telex powered by the Tesla coil?

Orgasma Trone, sorry

i arrived before the arrivederci. hey now.

@dan Cochrane - ha! Yes, even Allen's "Sleeper" refrained from getting that graphic! The orgasmatron was a parody of Wilhelm Reich's orgonw accumulator, which Kate Bush sings about in Cloudbusting!

Bonjour Dale Hazelton! I believe it was you last week who requested Polnareff, which, as you can hear, I've acquired!

yes! sorry i missed the first part of the shoe.

Funny! I love the old couple on the street in Annie Hall, “we use a large, vibrating egg”.

Bain de soleil for the Saint Tropez tan

@Ted - Oh nice! Have you found a streaming service that has that Cardiacs documentary yet? I keep checking for region free DVDs of it, but no luck

Cardiacs, Mr. Bungle equally bonkers/brilliant

@dan Cochrane - ha! I still love Annie Hall, despite everything. So many great lines in that mobie

catherine ribeiro is so haunting.

@Marcus Haupt - Searching for San-Tropez! Breakin' a stick with a brick on the sand, Ridin' a wave in the wake of an old sedan

@Dale Hazelton - I love her so much. Lyon's finest! RIP

The Hermes “Birkin Bag” is named after Jane. Who knew?

@dan Cochrane - I love Cardiacs, and Mr. Bungle was more my husband's thing, at least he had a Mr. Bungle phase in his teen years

Both bands are new to me. Inexplicably.

@dan Cochrane - I know! It's crazy! I only just recently learned that earlier this year! It wasn't the fabulous Ms. B's fault, but those bags became a real ridiculous status symbol! I rode in a van past their suburban Paris factory on the way to Rouen! It's bonkers one has to buy all this other crud from Hermes to even be put on a waiting list to maybe get an opportunity to blow a fortune on ones of those bags!

@dan Cochrane - Apparently Jane Birkin simply asked Hermes for a bag that could fit more stuff as she was a mom with young Charlotte in tow at the time

Have you seen the doc on Ennius Moriconne? Very cool

Pardon! Had to run an errand, and I felt like I was driving in some foreign country! Radio discoveries in foreign lands are the best...just like on WPRB tout le temps!

Got any Françafricaine songs? I remember going to a French camp in the northern hills of Minnesota (y'all read that right) and hearing Alane by Wes. That and C'est une belle journée by Mylène Farmer. And we learned line dances to them to boot. Those def fit the vibes tonight!

Omg! I love this!

Warhol inspired no doubt

@ResidentFrenchie - I played some last week! Not much this week!

Merci! Je cherche ton playlist! Bonne nuit tout le monde!

Grand Prix (1966) is a great movie with Yves Montand and Toshiro Mifume among others

Criterion Collection has a Varda boxed set.

@dan Cochrane - Yes! I bought that during one of Criterion's sales! I am so glad I have it because these days you never know which films will be pulled, never to return, from streaming platforms! Although, for now, Criterion has an excellent streamer where they rotate their films

@ResidentFrenchie - Bonne nuit! Thank you for tuning in!

That beat is Leo Sayer - "You make me feel like dancing"

I just requested, “the beaches of Agnès” through our library system. Have you seen Elevator To The Gallows? French New Wave thriller.

@Marcus Haupt - I REALLY need to see Grand Prix! I've heard it's great. The cast is pretty incredible!

Really enjoying the show tonight!

It’s a French keeper

@Marcus Haupt - THanks for reminding me of it! Adding it to the list! I just rewatched Godard's "Breathless" this past week. Saw it in my teens and then again last year on original film stock at Ambler Theater!

Bonjour addie 🐍🐍🐍 plum!

I'm sure you've seen Le Samourai and Plein Soleil? If not, you shold

And bienvenue a bientôt back to Philly soon, addie 🐍🐍🐍 plum!

God I LOVE the tragically killed young Mary Hansen's voice harmonizing with Laetitia Sadier on this song!

@dan Cochrane - Oooh, adding Elevator To The Gallows to the list!

@Marcus Haupt - Yes! Leo Sayer's tune!

@dan Cochrane - I love Agnes Varda so much. Have you ever seen her Mur Murs, a doc about the Los Angeles mural arts scene in the late 70s/early 80s? Philly's own "Mural Arts Project" founder Jane Golden is one of the featured artists! I never realized she began in L.A.!

Les Calamités :-))

@Rob from Maryland 🦀 - My kid requested I play this Les Calamités song off my bluetooth speaker while floating down the Seine on a boat on our perfect final evening in Paris!

@Lizbot, your daughter has excellent taste!

@Rob from Maryland 🦀 - Makes me proud!

MAAHNTmartre!

What year did that Les Calamites song come out?

this magma is a trip!

@G Jax - 87

This is breakbeat level funky shiznit

@Dale Hazelton - Truly! Wonderful zeuhl weirdos!

@Marcus Haupt / @Dale Hazelton - I've seen Magma live a couple times and they were magnificent!

The one bit sounds a little

Like the Primitives 'Cras'

H

@George Korein - ha!! Maaaaaaahntmartre magma-encrusted martyrs

Which came out in 88

@Lizbot, we've enjoyed your show tonight. Especially going from Les Calamités to Magma with a night-bird song in between

Wicked awesome show

@Marcus Haupt - Merci!

Merci Rob from Maryland 🦀!

Zuul was the evil god in Ghostbusters

Yes, we all deserve Zeuhl!

@M Marcus Haupt - ha, true! There is no prog, ONLY ZEUHL

Thanks for the French themed show, BCNU!

@N Number 6 - thanks for listening!

@ Lizbot (host) Many thanks again for yet another fab playlist. :-D

thanks for listening, RRichard of Rocky Hill!

bonne nuit!

Gallows banned in France…’77. 1977

By Cardiacs documentary, do you mean Tales From The Rotten Shed? It’s more rehearsal session than doc but it’s bizarrely fascinating. I’ll do some research for next week.

5:03 PM		Nicolas Godin Orca Nicolas Godin Contrepoint NCLS 2015
5:05 PM		Stereo Total Holiday Innn Juke-Box Alarm Bungalow 1998
5:07 PM		Jane Birkin Jane B. Serge Gainsbourg Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Fontana 1969 Album is also known as "Je t'aime... moi non plus"
5:11 PM		André Popp Musique mécanique André Charles Jean Popp Presenting Popp! Columbia 1958
5:11 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:14 PM		Françoise Hardy Le temps de l'amour (Fox Medium) Tous les garçons et les filles Vogue 1962
5:16 PM		Grand Veymont Les Rapides Bleus Grand Veymont Outre Disque 2019
5:21 PM		Albert Marcœur Sports En Plein Air Sports Et Percussions Disques Concord 1994
5:26 PM		Air Remember Moon Safari Virgin 1998
5:29 PM		Telex Twist à Saint-Tropez Looking For Saint-Tropez Hansa 1979
5:32 PM		Stereo Total Musique automatique Musique Automatique Bobsled 2001
5:36 PM		Perrey and Kingsley Mister James Bond Incredible Synthesizer Vanguard 1975
5:36 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:42 PM		Claudine Longet Love Is Blue Andre Popp Love Is Blue A&M Records 1968
5:44 PM		Grand Veymont Je Cours Après Avant Grand Veymont Outre Disque 2019
5:57 PM		Etron Fou Leloublan Face à l'extravagante montée des ascenseurs, nous resterons fidèles à notre calme détermination Les trois fou's perdégagnent (Au pays des...) Gazul/Musea 1977
6:04 PM		Françoise Hardy L'obscur objet Le Danger Parlophone (France) 1996
6:09 PM		Albert Marcoeur Les Gonfleurs de Bicyclette Albert Marcoeur Sports Et Percussions Disques Concord 1994
6:14 PM		Michel Polnareff Le désert n'est plus en Afrique R Polnareff's AZ Disques 1971
6:15 PM		Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin Ballade de Melody Nelson Histoire de Melody Nelson Philips 1971
6:18 PM		Jean-Luc Ponty Final Truth, Pt. II Jean-Luc Ponty Mystical Adventures Atlantic 1982 French jazz / jazz fusion violinist and composer, considered a pioneer of jazz-rock, particularly for his use of the electric violin starting in the 1970s. He rose to prominence for his collaborations with popular musical artists such as Frank Zappa
6:19 PM		Etron Fou Leloublan Comment choisir son infirmière Face aux éléments déchaînés Gazul Records 1984 French avant-rock band founded in 1973, led by actor and saxophonist Chris Chanet
6:24 PM		Stereo Total Orange mécanique Do the Bambi Disko B 2005 I like my Synthemescal Vellocetanol Or Euphorisaker as mocktails
6:34 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:35 PM		Stereolab Laissez Faire Low Fi Too Pure 1992
6:41 PM		Sylvie Vartan Est-ce que tu le sais? Sylvie RCA Victor 1962 vive le ye-ye!
6:42 PM		Perrey & Kingsley Brazilian Flower The Out Sound from Way In! Vanguard Records 2001
6:44 PM		Serge Gainsbourg L'appareil à sous Serge Gainsbourg N°4 Philips 1962
6:45 PM		Stereo Total Partir ou mourir My Melody Bungalow 1999
6:49 PM		Jean-Jacques Perrey Passport to the Future Moog Indigo Vanguard Records 1969
6:49 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:52 PM		Michel Polnareff L'amour avec toi R Love Me Please Love Me Philips 1966
6:55 PM		Sylvie Vartan En écoutant la pluie (Rhythm of the Rain) Sylvie Vartan RCA Victor 1963
6:57 PM		Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin Je t'aime moi non plus Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Universal Music Division Mercury Records 1969
7:02 PM		Sylvie Vartan Tous mes Copains Sylvie RCA Victor 1962
7:06 PM		Michel Polnareff Sous quelle étoile suis-je né Love Me Please Love Me Philips 1966
7:08 PM		Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes La Nuit Des Errants Catherine Ribeiro La déboussole Philips 1980 Lyon's finest! RIP "The Night of the Wanderers"
7:13 PM		Air All I Need Moon Safari Virgin 1998
7:18 PM		Serge Gainsbourg Ford Mustang Serge Gainsbourg Initials B.B. Philips 1968 B.B. = Brigitte Bardot
7:20 PM		Jean-Jacques Perrey Hello Dolly Jean Jacques Perrey Moog Indigo Vanguard Records 1969
7:21 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:29 PM		Serge Gainsbourg Vilaines filles, mauvais garçons N°4 Philips 1962
7:31 PM		Françoise Hardy La Mer Charles Trenet Françoise Hardy Disques Vogue 1968
7:33 PM		Stereo Total Nouvelle vague Juke-Box Alarm Bungalow 1998
7:35 PM		Stereo Total Ta voix au téléphone Paris <> Berlin Disko B 2007 Tune is from Leo Sayer's 1976 song "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
7:44 PM		Les Calamités Vélomoteur Vélomoteur - Single Acide Music 1987 Power Pop / Garage band from Beaune, France active between 1982 and 1988.
7:47 PM		Michel Polnareff L'oiseau de nuit Michel Polnareff Love Me Please Love Me 1966
7:49 PM		Magma Maahnt (Remastered) Christian Vander Attahk (Remastered) Tomato 1978 ZEUHL!
7:54 PM		Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Paix 1980 le deboussole
7:55 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- Merci d'avoir écouté Fran Prix Grand Prix n°2 !

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