IFLTS: 'Ce Jeu,' Yelle
'Ce Jeu,' YelleFrom 2007
I grew up spending every summer in France with my Mom's family, initially clinging to my cassettes of Madonna and Cyndi Lauper in order to escape endless language barriers. However, my thirst for music soon overpowered my linguistic shyness. I quickly discovered my first huge love in Francophile music -- a sassy pop star named Lio who sang the 1986 hit 'Les Brunes Comptent Pas Pour Des Prunes.' It was a brunette anthem, enticing boys to stay with their saucy brunettes, not textbook blondes -- an ode to Sophia Loren and the Mona Lisa. I was a blonde at the time, but I instinctively identified with future that laid in store for my roots.
Flashforward 20 years. I have forgotten the lessons of my youth -- shamelessly abandoned for "natural" highlights and Brigitte Bardot over Loren. Miraculously, as if the French pop-Gods realized how far I had strayed, I was brought a belated yet tantalizing remnant of my youth; this time in the form of another funky dark haired vixen, Lio's hipper musical "sister" Yelle.
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Posted by Zaby Currie on Sep 16th 2008 3:00PM
Filed under: I Freakin' Love This Song
