Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem Pour Un Con (c.1968)
Serge Gainsbourg cut “Requiem pour un Con” in 1968
for Jean Gabin’s film Le Pacha.
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi (c.1978)
…I forgot how much I liked this tune until DJ Lola played it at an event I produced this weekend.
Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Élysées (c.1969)
… @thebrothersal & Sarah Lassez performed a lovely cover of this last night.
France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles
…I like that The Weeknd references this classic 60’s French tune in yesterday’s ASAD, Montreal.
“Laisse tomber les filles” (English: “Leave the girls alone” i.e., “stop messing around with the girls”) is a French song composed by Serge Gainsbourg and originally performed by France Gall in 1964.
