You Tube I love you.

Although Garou wasn’t listed, I still turned on France2 to watch a song fest of French popular music last night snug in my sweats and with my knitting needles good working fast enough for me to attend an execution in A Tale of Two Cities.

But glory, glory he did appear and in several songs. He must have just arrived from Canada because the squeaky-voiced hostess kept asking him how his jet lag was.

Long ago, when I wanted music I had to wait for it to appear on TV or the radio or by the CD. Now I can see my favorites on You Tube so here are some of favourites www.youtube.com videos

Istill haven’t recovered from my Notre Dame de Paris addiction. Of course “Belle” where Quasimod, Frollo and Phoebus sing of their lust for Esmeralda is at the top of the list. The first is Garou alone because there is a verse in English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXXXJrlsnwI

The second are the three cast originals who performed the song on the stage at Garou’s Bercy concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23EIjQ4Nxnw

Then there’s Bruno Pelletier signing the opening song of the NDdP musical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L24vaxNH91w

Or Lavoie agonizing over his love for Esmeralda. I loved the staging. (Note: I personally think Esmeralda got a raw deal from the men who claimed to love her, but then again she was stupid to believe in them. But if she had gotten the hell out of Paris, the story wouldn't have worked.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5St9zF849o

Enough of NDdP and back to Pelletier – this was filmed on the eve of new Millennium in Canada and is from Star Mania where a businessman regrets not his success but wants to be an artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-x9q_oqiU4
I saw Pelletier in concert and he is mulit talented going from rock, blues, jazz on several instruments.

I can’t resist adding one more Garou song where he sings that if you think he has given up, he hasn’t he has given a vacation to his heart. But when he takes to the sea and lets out the sail he slides on the wind, when he quits the earth to find his star he will follow her in an instance. It will never be finished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8krz8Q1KeE

Then there is Lara Fabian who recreates the Piaf song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGnqaCplF3w with Patrick, who was her lover at the time.

For pure sexual power you can’t top the great of French Rock and Roll Johnny Halliday with Lara Fabian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Srndu31jf0

And to prove that Claude Francois not Anka wrote My Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPyKtsiGzJU
This megamix showcases the man almost 30 years after he died including the song my daughter calls “the butt in your face song.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlytNxJWZbo&mode=related&search=

To the other side of the pond…

“Willow Weep for Me” is my all time favourite song so when I found this guitar version I kept listening and listening. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgRZrdvJKM and this one too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk2sHWlQU10 and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WV99z3Dapc

I was glad finally there was a version of “And the Angels Sing” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhYnpWjZyuU although this is probably by least favourite version, but I take what I can get. Hopefully others will be added.

And anything by Phil Ochs, whom I discovered 25 years ago when I listened to Emerson College’s folk radio show, and only later did I learn he was bipolar and committed suicide.
Sadly his anti war songs are too relevant today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTjRPugJ8CA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd8sirz99zo

This interview with Helen Reddy hit me for its memories. I used to tell people I made my daughter sing "I am Woman" before getting up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF5ZfdTq7Gsto make sure she was an independent woman. Although it isn't totally true, we did the song when we sang other songs like "Tennesse Bird Walk", and "The Candy Man" as we were getting dressed in the morning or sitting around in the evening.

This blog has been keeping from writing what I should be writing, so enough excuses and to work.