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February 14, 2018

14th February 2018

Artist: Françoise Hardy Title: L’età dell’amore (Le temps de l’amour) Language: Italian It’s Valentines Day 😘. This is an Italian version of a French song by the wonderful Françoise Hardy. It was quite a thing in the 60s for pop artists to record cover versions of their own songs in other languages, to gain further appeal around Europe and the...

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February 13, 2018

13th February 2018

Artist: Trúbrot Title: Ég veit að þú kemur Language: Icelandic Today we have a groovy Icelandic tune, which I believe is from 1970, and this band were fronted by the excellently named Shady Owens! It’s the same age as I am 🙂

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February 12, 2018

12th February 2018

Artist: La Caution Title: Pilotes Automatiques Language: French (and Tamil) I have just watched the brilliant French film ‘Sheitan’ (Satan), which has an excellent cast, including the truly inspirational Vincent Cassel. It’s compact and totally crazy – a Christmas film in the same way that Belgian offering ‘Calvaire’ is a Christmas film. While not being a horror film per se,...

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February 11, 2018

11th February 2018

Artist: 블랙핑크 (Black Pink) Title: 휘파람 (Whistle) Language: Korean Having listened to more K-pop than I would normally encounter on a daily basis, I have chosen this tune by Black Pink for you today. I do like songs with whistling in them! I am intrigued (and slightly disturbed) by the difference between male and female K-pop bands. Obviously (and bearing...

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February 10, 2018

10th February 2018

Artist: 몬스타엑스 (Monsta X) Title: Dramarama Language: Korean I am currently watching the Men’s Luge Singles competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics, which is being held in Pyeong Chang, South Korea. This is, let’s be honest, a totally bonkers sport, but nowhere near as crazy as the phenomenon that is K-pop. So, today and tomorrow I shall be choosing a...

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February 9, 2018

9th February 2018

Artist: 真鍋ちえみ (Chiemi Manabe) Title: うんととおく (Untotooku) Language: Japanese From the Discogs website: “…Her only solo album, 1982’s “Fushigi Shoujo” (不思議・少女) has become much sought-after in light of its revival among cosmic disco enthusiasts, particularly the track “Untotooku” (うんととおく), an album-only cut whose popularity in DJ sets caused it to be released in April 2017 as a 7″ single for...

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February 8, 2018

8th February 2018

Artist: خميس حنكش (Khamis Henkesh) Title: El Disco Language: Arabic When you woke up this morning I bet you didn’t think you would be listening to an Egyptian disco track…this is an example of how every day can be a special day 🙂

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February 7, 2018

7th February 2018

Artist: Morbidi I Mnoći Title: Put (Translates as ‘The Way’, or ‘The Road’) Language: Serbian This is a really catchy Goth song from the former Yugoslavia. I love the yellow dry ice on this video! The singer, Milorad Milinkovic, is now better known as a film director.

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February 6, 2018

6th February 2018

Artist: Antoine Title: Les élucubrations (translates as ‘rantings’) Language: French We last looked at Antoine on my previous blog, all the way back on March 26th 2015. He was having a slight problem with an elephant. The French have an excellent track record of artists who can write succinctly about issues of the day, in song format. The ability to...

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February 5, 2018

5th February 2018

Artist: Лейся Песня Title: Объяснить невозможно (Translates as ‘It is impossible to explain’) Language: Russian Has any record ever been spoiled by the addition of hand claps? That was a trick question! Obviously, the answer is ‘Of course not’! Personally, I am all in favour – the more the better. There is a distinct joy about this record. Not understanding...

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