Vive la France!!!

[Christian P.]

I always enjoy my travels to France. It is a living museum.

Speaking of museum and motorcycle, check out this quick article on a Velo and Moto museum I came across last weekend

[Christian P.]

Music has also evolved quite a lot in France. There are obviously all the classic songs that everyone knows...but the new generation has been doing a great job at creating big hits.

I am usually not a big fan of hip-hop or dance in a different language than English but I must say that it works very well in French.
I believe the mix coming from immigrants from Northern Africa/Middle-East has brought a very unique touch to these styles.

of course, everyone has different tastes...

[jrueppel]

Thanks for the music! Please keep it coming. It's extra hard to find the good stuff happening in the Francophone music scene with out someone there doing the looking for you. Added a photo of a Willys that caught my eye last summer while hiking in the Alps near Annecy. I've always been surprised by the sweet little 4x4s you find up high there.

[Christian P.]

Well, since you are asking...a few more of my favorites....

Old, but still one of the best ever rappers: MC Solaar





NTM, another very popular hip-hop band.



and a last one...more like a light one-hit wonder, but sort of funny:



(sorry for the pub at the beginning, blame YouTube...)

[Christian P.]

I had the great pleasure today to visit an exhibit of the most beautiful cars ever built (sorry pictures were not allowed, so I have to show you these generic videos):

[jrueppel]

Thanks!

[Christian P.]

here's another one, different style - L'Horloge tourne ("The clock is ticking")



There are a lot of songs about the 20-30 y.o. phase of our life - especially taken place in Paris, such as this older "classic".

[The Swiss]

Make sure you check out the group 1, 2, 3 Soleils; they were big when I still lived in Europe, in the 1990ies. Not even sure if they still exist.

[Christian P.]

I have been here for about 2 months now and I must say I am absolutely amazed by this city (and this country). It's very interesting how sometimes adventure is not always where you think it is.

I typically commute back from work (from Levallois (17ieme) to Le Marais (3ieme)) which takes about 40 minutes.
Riding the bike (Velolib) through the traffic at 7pm wearing a full suit is quite a thrill.
You are usually racing and avoiding pedestrians, scooters, taxi, bus, cars and everything else in between.

This video gives a little taste of this activity - the song literally means "in Paris on a velo, we overtake motos, taxi, cars, etc"



Here is a fun video of what some guys managed to do with these bikes

[RadioBaobab]

Music has also evolved quite a lot in France. There are obviously all the classic songs that everyone knows...but the new generation has been doing a great job at creating big hits.

I am usually not a big fan of hip-hop or dance in a different language than English but I must say that it works very well in French.
I believe the mix coming from immigrants from Northern Africa/Middle-East has brought a very unique touch to these styles.

of course, everyone has different tastes...

The language is French... but the artist certainly isn't. He is from Belgium ;-)