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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    06:13 PM

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    Phoenix is a chick band.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06:15 PM

    Again, see: The JDS Serge-Backtat.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06:18 PM

    @Cheap Shot: You're a chick band.
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    06:28 PM

    @Foster Kamer: Oh Foster, how I heart you.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07:26 PM

    @Foster Kamer: Foster, it's okay to be a chick.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    06:11 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    Also: No Serge Gainsbourg yet?
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    Image of Nasdaf Nasdaf
    06:09 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    Gawker is just getting around to liking Phoenix?
    [www.brooklynvegan.com]
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06:18 PM

    @Nasdaf: Wrong. "Gawker" has known about Phoenix "forever" and saw them before "Too Young" was on "The OC" but decided to highlight this video because it is awesome.

    For the record, though, flashback, September:

    [gawker.com]
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    Image of NorthernLite NorthernLite
    06:06 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    Other good French music: Ravel, Debussey, Satie, Lalo, Offenbach, Poulenc, the Guillaumes (Machaut and Dufay) ...
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    06:01 PM

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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    06:06 PM

    @britneyspearstears:
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    06:20 PM

    @snugbug: presque la même!

    Or, how about English-American-music-via-Brooklyn-spliced-into-cinema-La-Nouvelle-Vague We Actually Like: [vimeo.com]
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    05:55 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    My favorite Phoenix song ever:
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    Image of Looker Looker
    06:02 PM

    @contradicto: Me too. I used to listen to this song over, and over...
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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    06:06 PM

    @Looker: Yes it was my happy-depressed song for a while.
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    Image of Go Like Hell Machine Go Like Hell Machine
    06:10 PM

    @contradicto: I'm still pretty stuck on Second to None.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06:19 PM

    @contradicto: Solid song, shitty video. Best opening 15 seconds of a Phoenix song, IMO.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    05:54 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    Fun fact: Phoenix was a legendary Romanian rock-band of the '60s and early '70s. They went for a Led Zeppelin-vibe but incorporated traditional folkloric themes in their songs. They got mega-popular, enough for the Commies to ban them. Predictably, they were not savvy enough to trademark their name/identity, hence the French "Phoenix" that we're talking about today..

    #EasternEuroPride
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    05:50 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    Another interesting band is the more affluent Belgian ensemble, Scottsdale.
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    Image of J. Henry Waugh J. Henry Waugh
    05:46 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    Still bugs me that he says "EveryTHIN is everything" on their previous album.
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    Image of Mrs. Beeton Mrs. Beeton
    05:44 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    I like Yelle, but I do a lot of drugs.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    05:35 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    It's as if he wants god to pull his finger.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    05:34 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    And another.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    05:34 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    French music has been good for a while, Gawker.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    05:52 PM

    @skt.smth: If you want to really go back, we can talk about JDS's back-tat of Serge.
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    06:08 PM

    @skt.smth: Boogaerts!
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    05:33 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    So tell us about the French music you actually hate, Mr. Snyder.
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    Image of T-Gawk T-Gawk
    05:32 PM

    In reply to French Music We Actually Like
    French pop is fantastic, especially the stuff that's sung in, you know, French. It has a quirky charm that sometimes looks like elegance. Even the slick stuff is just "off" enough that you know it wasn't made in LA or NY or Nashville. Albin de la Simone & Vanessa Paradis duet anyone?

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of PikaDar Brisetout PikaDar Brisetout
    05:56 PM

    @T-Gawk: Yeah, France Gall is totally cool.
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    Image of BaconCat BaconCat
    05:56 PM

    @T-Gawk: I concur. I listen with much regularity to Trans-X, M83 and my personal fave, Mr. Sebastien Tellier.
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    Edited by BaconCat at 12/07/09 5:56 PM BaconCat was starred BaconCat was unstarred
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