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Donation: Nick Drake and Françoise Hardy

2009-12-18T23:04:00.002+01:00

Here's a little something I wrote, about the connection between Françoise and the British singer-songwriter Nick Drake. If you want to, you can put it on your site.
With kind regards
Patrick Roefflaer
Belgium

Did the French singer Françoise Hardy ever record songs Nick especially wrote for her?
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001) clearly thinks so. In the entry on Nick drake it is stated:
"He lived for a short while in Paris at the behest of Françoise Hardy (who never released the recordings she made of his songs) and then settled in Hampstead..."

Here are the facts, at least how I see them:

As with many thinks in Nick's life, information is rare and often contradicting. Some even think they had a relation and lived together for some months. Others just think he had a crush on the beautiful chanteuse - like many schoolboys in the Sixties. The only thing that is certain is taht they have met a few times.

The first time was at the beginning of the Seventies. Producer Joe Boyd wanted more people to know the acts on his Witchseason label. A good way to do so was to get some famous artist to cover their songs. Possibly for contractual reasons he didn't chose to compile simply some songs from Fairport Convention, The Incredible String Band and Nick Drake on an album. Instead he booked some studiotime, in July 1970, and hired a few session singers. One of them was his own girlfriend, Linda Peters - later to marry Richard Thompson and become known as Linda Thompson - and a young man called Reginald Dwight. He was just starting a career as Elton John and payed the rent by covering hitsongs of the day for cheap compilations.
Some hunderd actetates of those new versions were pressed and sent to potential clients.

One of the few who showed some interest in Nick's songs was the French singer Françoise Hardy. She contacted Boyd to let him know that she thought the songs were great and that she would like him to write some for her. A meeting was arranged in her Paris apartment. That visit wasn't exactly a great succes. Arriving in the apartment on the Isle St. Louis Drake withdrew in himself." He never said a word," remembers Hardy in the documentary A Skin Too Few.
"It was excruciating," said Joe Boyd. "Nick sat there, head down, drinking his tea and didn't say a word the whole time; and I had to fill in the awkward silences." (The Sad Ballad of Nick Drake - Mick Brown in The Telegraph, July 12, 1997.)

They nevertheless agree that Nick will write some songs and Françoise will come to London to record them there. Time is booked in Studio Sound Techniques (the studio where Nick recorded all his albums with engineer John Wood).
But before Hardy could come to London, Boyd received an offer from Warner Brothers to go to California. It was too good to refuse, so he sold Witchseason to Island Records.

Some of the finest British folkmusicians were hired for the Hardy sessions. Richard Thompson played guitar on a few tracks. Another was Fotheringay guitarist Jerry Donahue. He confirms that Nick showed up at least once to watch the sessions.

"When we were doing Françoise's album, Nick Drake came up and sat next to me in the control room. I was just making some friendly conversation. He was very quiet in between questions; there would just be a gap. Then I'd ask another question. And each time I did, his eyebrows would raise way up, his eyes would widen, and it was like an effort to kind of get the answer out to satisfy the situation at hand - 'I've gotta deal with this - somebody's putting me on the line, they've actually addressed me and asked me a question. I will do my best to get an answer out.'
Then having successfully managed to crank an answer out, he would withdraw again into silence, until which time I might feel inclined to ask him another question, and the same sequence of events would take place. It was very bizarre. I've never known anybody like him. And he wasn't unfriendly. But you just really felt like you were putting the guy on the spot when you'd ask the most simple harmless questions. I thought he had a real rough time with himself. It was impossible to get to know him, certainly in that brief encounter."
(Richie Unterberger in Unknown Legends of Rock 'n' Roll (Backbeat Books - 1998))

When the album If You Listen is released in Spring 1972, there's no sing of song written by Nick Drake. But his shadow hangs over the album. (There are covers of songs by Beverley Martin, Buffy Ste Marie, Randy Newman and Neil Young.)

If he had written any songs for her they must have ended up on Pink Moon, which he recorded around the same time, during two sessions in October 1971.
When that album, like the two before, disappeared without making much noice, the Youngman sank even deeper in a depression. He returned to his parent's house, but even there he felt like a stranger.

In 1974 it appeared like he was getting better. He recorded some songs in February and June, but this time he found it hard to sing and play guitar at the same time.
In the first week of October he took up an invitation of some friends to visit them in Paris, where they lived in a barge on the Seine.
While he was there, he decided to pay a visit to Françoise Hardy. But when he rang the bell, he didn't recognize the voice on the parlophone. "It's Nick... Nick..." is all he could mutter before returning on his steps. After a few weeks he returned home where he wanted to improve his French before going back to France. But that was nevcer to be. Four weeks later he was death.

Françoise Hardy talked about meeting Nick Drake for the first time, to Patrick Humphries.

"For me, he didn't belong to a particularly British tradition: his style was quite different from that of The Beatles, the Stones and other groups that I was listening to a lot around this time. It is the soul which comes out of his songs that touched me deeply - romantic, poetic... but also the refined melodies. As well as the very individual timbre of his voice, which adds to the melancholy of the whole thing.
Nick seemed - and was no doubt - so shy, so wrapped up in himself, that in retrospect I'm astonished he managed to come and see me two or three times, even knowing that I appreciated his enormous talent. Communication between us was never great, but I had the impression that to know himself appreciated, loved, gave him confidence; and that to feel that his silence presence was accepted was enough for him."
(Patrick Humphries - Brief Encounter in Mojo 39 - February 1997)

The Complete Françoise Hardy Vogue EPs Discography

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1962
1. Oh oh chéri - Il est parti - J'suis d'accord - Tous les garcons et les filles -
- Vogue 7967 -
2. C'est l'amour auquel je pense - Ca a raté - Le temps de l'amour - J'ai jeté mon coeur -
- Vogue 8047 -
3. Ton meileur ami - On se plait - La fille avec toi - Il est tout pour moi -
- Vogue 8048 -

1963
4. L'amour s'en va - Je pense à lui - Comme tant d'autres - L'amour d'un garcon -
- Vogue 8076 -
5. Qui aime-t'il vraiment - Saurai-je - Bien longtemps - On dit de lui -
- Vogue 8111 -
6. Le premier bonheur du jour - Va pas prendre un tambour - Nous tous - J'aurais voulu -
- Vogue 8139 -
7. Le sais-tu - Avant de t'en aller - Toi, je ne t'oublierai pas - L'amour ne dure pas toujours
- Vogue 8179 -

1964
8. Catch a falling star - Find me a boy - Only friends - I wish it were me -
- Vogue 8207 -
9. Pourtant tu m'aimes - Jaloux - On se quitte toujours - C'est la première fois -
- Vogue 8221 -
10. Et meme - Tout me ramène à toi - C'est le passé - Apprends-le-moi -
- Vogue 8222 -
11. Je n'attends plus personne - Pas gentille - Tu ne dis rien - Pars -
- Vogue 8290 -
12. Je veux qu'il revienne - Mon amie la rose - La nuit est sur la ville - Nous etions amies -
- Vogue 8291 -

1965
13. Dis-lui non - Dans le monde entier - Tu es venu à moi - Son amour s'est endormi -
- Vogue 8346 - 1965 -
All over the world - another place - however much - only you can do it -
- Vogue 8348 - 1965 -
Wer du bist - Ich hab das Glück - Peter und Lou - Die Liebe geht -
- Vogue 8352 - 1965 -
Le temps des souvenirs - Tu ne m'attends pas - J'ai bien du chagrin - Bout de lune -
- Vogue 8369 - 1965 -
L'amitié - En t'attendant - Ce petit coeur -
Non ce n'est pas un reve -
- Vogue 8389 - 1965 -
Tu peux bien - Il s'est fait tard - Quel mal y-a-t-il à ca -
Je t'aime -
- Vogue 8411 - 1965 -
La maison où j'ai grandi - Tu verras - Il est des choses -
Je ne suis là pour personne -
- Vogue 8427 - 1966 -
Comme - Je changerais d'avis - Peut-etre que je t'aime - Rendez-vous d'automne -
- Vogue 8487 - 1966 -
Si c'est ca - Qu'ils sont heureux - Je serai là pour toi - Surtout ne vous retournez pas -
- Vogue 8511 - 1966 -
Voilà - Au fond du reve doré - Les petits garcons - Qui peut dire -
- Vogue 8566 - 1967 -
Des ronds dans l'eau - Viens-là - Mon amour adieu -
En vous aimant bien -
- Vogue 8595 - 1967 -
C'était charmant - Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux - Ma jeunesse fout le camp -
- Vogue 8613 - 1967 -
Je ne sais pas ce que je veux - Avec des si - La terre - J'ai fait de lui un reve -
- Vogue 8635 - 1968 -
Comment te dire adieu - Il vaut mieux une petite maison dans la main qu'un grand chateau dans les nuages - L'anamour - Suzanne
- Vogue 8652 - 1968 -
C'est lui qui dort - Étonnez-moi Benoit - La mer, les étoiles, le vent - Où va la chance -
- Vogue 8660 - 1968 -
Des bottes rouges de Russie -Il voyage - L'heure bleue - Au fil des nuits et des journées -
- Vogue 8676 - 1969 -
Le Crabe - Assiette niete - Tu ressembles à tous ceux qui ont eu du chagrin - Un petit sourire, un petit mot -
- Sonopresse HY 1101 - -
La maison où j'ai grandi - Comme - Mon amie la rose - L'amitié -
- Vogue DOV. 02
Autumn Rendezvous - Another place - Say it now - All over the world -
Vogue VRE 5018/Pye records, 1966 -

Françoise Hardy - Voilà (1967)

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Voilà, je regarde les autres
Pourtant je ne leur trouve rien
C'est comme ça
Voilà, je vais avec les autres
Le temps passe plus mal que bien
C'est comme ça
Et toi?
Que fais-tu?
Es-tu content de tout?

Je suis là, devant toi, toujours la même
Oh! Pourquoi est-ce encore toi que j'aime
Que j'aime, que j'aime, que j'aime
Tu es là, devant moi, toujours le même
Oh! Pourquoi ne puis-je pas te dire:
Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime

Voilà, je m'en retourne aux autres
Qui m'aiment et que je n'aime pas
C'est comme ça
Et toi, vas retrouver cette autre
Tu l'aimes ou c'est ce que tu crois
C'est comme ça
Voilà, on n'a rien, rien de plus à se dire

Je suis là, devant toi, toujours la même
Tu le vois, c'est encore toi que j'aime
Que j'aime, que j'aime, que j'aime
Tu t'en vas et plus rien ne vaut la peine
Oh! Pourquoi ne puis-je pas crier:
Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime

Françoise Hardy - Parlez-moi de lui (1968)

2009-11-05T13:14:00.000+01:00

Françoise Era - Dalida: Parlez-moi de lui (1968)

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Françoise Hardy's 1966 interview

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Françoise Era - Eurovision 1963

2009-10-15T23:56:00.000+02:00

Françoise Hardy - Eurovision 1963 - L'amour s'en va

2009-10-15T23:54:00.001+02:00

Françoise Hardy - La maison ou j'ai grandi (1966)

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Françoise Hardy - Il ragazzo della via Gluck (1966)

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Françoise Hardy - La maison ou j'ai grandi EP 1966

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Françoise Era - Swedish Paper Dolls: Jane Birkin

2009-10-15T16:39:00.002+02:00

Françoise Hardy: A Seventies-to-2000 bio...

2009-10-05T00:11:00.004+02:00

The 70’s marked the beginning of Françoise Hardy’s increasing involvement with astrology, a subject which had fascinated the singer since she was 18 years old. Convinced that "people can change the world on an individual level, before they do so on a collective level", Françoise Hardy went on to become a specialist of astrological birth charts,.

Meanwhile, Françoise Hardy’s relationship with Jacques Dutronc was still very much a feature of her personal life, although the couple continued to live apart and were beginning to lead increasingly separate lives by this point. Dutronc was not only pursuing a successful singing career, he had also launched an acting career and was rapidly becoming a major French film star. The fact that he scarcely ever had time to spend with Françoise soon began to put an increasing strain on the pair’s relationship. Yet, the celebrity couple managed to survive and on June 16 1973, Françoise gave birth to a son named Thomas. Following the birth of his son, Jacques would move in with Françoise and the couple began spending a little more time together.

Having left the Sonopresse label, Françoise Hardy went on to sign a new recording deal with the American firm Warner Bros. The singer was soon back at work in the studio, recording a new album "Message personnel" under the direction of Michel Berger. Despite several artistic differences between the pair during the increasingly fraught recording sessions, the album proved to be a huge commercial and critical success. Indeed, the album’s title track, "Message personnel", went on to become one of Françoise Hardy’s best-known songs. Yet, fans had to be content to listen to their idol on the airwaves - there was still no question of Françoise resuming her live performances.

Françoise was more than happy to continue her recording work, however. In 1974 she returned to the studio with the singer Catherine Lara (a close friend of Hardy’s) and a string section, to begin work on her new album entitled "Entracte". Françoise Hardy also enlisted the services of the English producer Del Newman (renowned for his work with British pop star Elton John). Jean-Marie Perier was also involved in preparations for the new album, designing the cover just as he had for all Françoise Hardy’s previous works. (This would be the last occasion on which Périer designed for his ex-lover however). Although "Entracte" is nowadays considered as one of the finest albums of Françoise Hardy’s career, at the time the album’s sales were reasonable but never spectacular.

By this stage in her career, Françoise was spending an increasing amount of time bringing up her young son. She had put her days of being a fashion model well and truly behind her and began dressing in a more comfortable, laid-back style, sporting jeans and baseball boots. Françoise also began distancing herself from the hectic world of showbiz, only making rare media appearances to coincide with her album releases. Between 1974 and 1976, Françoise also began to reduce her busy work schedule, recording only one song in this period (for the soundtrack of Claude Lelouch’s film "Si c'était à refaire"). The only song she wrote during this period was "Que vas-tu faire" (a song for which Jean-Michel-Jarre composed the musical arrangements).

In 1977 Françoise Hardy was to make a major comeback, however, after meeting the musician Gabriel Yared through an editor friend. Yared, a great fan of the singer’s work, offered to work on a new album with Hardy, looking after all the musical arrangements. Once again the recording sessions for the new album were somewhat strained, Hardy’s legendary "ice queen" behaviour doing nothing to improve relations between her and Yared.

Yet the album "Star", which featured excellent material by prestigious songwriters such as Michel Jonasz, Serge Gainsbourg, William Sheller and Catherine Lara, proved a great success. Released on the Pathé-Marconi label (with whom Françoise had just signed a 3-year recording deal), "Star" revealed a whole new side to the singer. And Françoise Hardy soon found herself extremely popular with a whole generation of teenagers who had never even heard of her work in the 60’s. In fact "Star" would catapult Françoise Hardy back into the media spotlight and the singer’s record sales soon began to take off in a major way. Despite their squabbles in the studio, Françoise and Gabriel Yared continued to work together up until 1982, their collaboration producing a further four albums.

Following the release of "Star" Françoise began spending an increasing amount of time with her son Thomas. Meanwhile, the singer also continued to devote a great deal of time and energy to her new passion, astrology. Music was left to take second, even third, place in her life. Yet, in spite of having renounced her live performances, Françoise continued her recording career, returning to the studio in 1978 to begin work on her new album, entitled "Musique saoule". This album (on which the musical arrangements were almost all composed by Gabriel Yared and the lyrics written by Michel Jonasz and Alain Goldstein) marked another change of musical direction. Françoise appeared to have some difficulty with her new musical style, complaining that she found the rhythm of the song "J'écoute de la musique saoule" practically impossible to follow. Yet the single received rave reviews in the French press and massive airplay on national radio. (This was not the first time that Hardy’s fans dared to disagree with her over what constituted her finest work). Françoise Hardy would continue her recording career at a steady pace, releasing on average one new album a year. 1980’s offering, entitled "Gin Tonic", featured excellent contributions from Hardy’s loyal trio of collaborators as well as the renowned songwriter Jean Claude Vannier. The single release, "Jazzy retro Satanas", was not a unanimous hit with the critics. Indeed, many French critics began to express doubts about the new direction Françoise Hardy’s career was taking and some even started implying that the singer’s work was much better when she herself was in charge of the songwriting. (However, Françoise Hardy would remain convinced that her songwriting talent was far inferior to other people’s). In 1981 Françoise returned to the studio to put the finishing touches to a new album, "A suivre". As her habitual songwriters Jonasz and Goldstein were both busy working on other musical projects, Françoise enlisted the services of Pierre Groscolas, Jean Claude Vannier andLouis Chedid . Gabriel Yared assured the musical arrangements once again. The album "A suivre" would soon spawn two immensely successful hit singles, "Tamalou" and "Villégiature". Yet, in spite of this new success, Françoise Hardy continued to steer clear of the media spotlight, her public appearances remaining extremely rare. After signing a new recording deal with the label Flarenash, Françoise Hardy went back into the studio in 1982 to begin work on a new album, entitled "Quelqu'un qui s'en va". This album featured material by a host of prestigious songwriters (Carole Coudray’s "Tirez pas sur l'ambulance",Michel Fugain ’s "Tabou" and the song "C'est bien moi" written by Alain Souchon). Needless to say, the musical arrangements were courtesy of Gabriel Yared.

In the spring of 1984 Françoise Hardy went on to record a new single "Moi vouloir toi", which she had co-written with Louis Chédid. Fans were excited by this new release, believing that it heralded the arrival of a new album. In fact, the singer was devoting an increasing amount of time and energy to her astrological charts and music seemed once again to be taking second place in her life. Fans would have to wait another two years for Françoise Hardy’s next single release, "V.I.P." This single, written by Françoise Hardy and set to music by the singer’s new collaborator Jean Noël Chaléat, received a massive amount of airplay over the next few months and went on to prove a major hit.

Since the very height of her fame in the 60’s, Françoise Hardy had always vowed that she would stop singing before the age of 50. In fact, the singer began preparing her farewell album "Décalage" at the age of 44. On this album - announced as the singer’s final recording - Hardy's own lyrics were set to music by a host of prestigious names including William Sheller, pop star Etienne Saho (one of Hardy’s most loyal fans) and her husband Jacques Dutronc (who composed the excellent "Partir quand même", a song which he had been originally going to record himself). Despite the evident quality of the album, Hardy fans appeared disappointed by this final work, obviously expecting a grander finale than "Décalage". In fact, Françoise Hardy’s farewell would not prove as final all that. In 1993 the star made a quiet comeback, recording a duet with Alain Lubrano, a young up-and-coming singer/songwriter from Pau in the South of France. The couple’s duet "Si ça fait mal", a song about love, sex and AIDS, was originally recorded on a fund-raising compilation album entitled "Urgence". (All the proceeds from "Urgence", the brainchild of pop star Etienne Daho, were donated to AIDS research). But the song was later re-recorded as a single, Hardy inviting Lubrano - who had composed the music for the song - into the studio with her and helping him launch his singing career.

Two years later Françoise Hardy went on to make a major comeback, signing a new recording deal with the British label Virgin in 1995. The singer’s new album, "Le Danger", was released in April 1996 to general critical acclaim and Françoise Hardy soon found herself a pop idol on the British music scene. Indeed, shortly after the album's release, the French singer would be invited to work with the crème de la crème of the British music scene, performing on Malcolm Mc Laren’s album and recording a duet with the hip group Blur entitled "To the End". Encouraged by a group of close friends to get her singing career up and running again, Françoise Hardy would go on to enlist the aid of her protégé Alain Lubrano, and Rodolphe Burger (lead singer of the up-and-coming French group Kat Onoma) who wrote three new songs for her. Listening to the hippest new groups on the Anglo-Saxon music scene such as Portishead and Garbage, Hardy invented a totally modern pop sound for herself, proving that the old 60’s idol was more than capable of adapting to the 90’s music scene.

Françoise Hardy made a major comeback in the spring of 2000, releasing a new album entitled "Clair-obscur" on May 3rd. Hailed as an "essential" Hardy album, "Clair-obscur" received rave reviews from the critics who praised Hardy's performance and the superb arrangements on the album. Hardy invited a whole host of guest stars into the studio with her and the new album included a brilliant duet with the singer's partner Jacques Dutronc - whom she had not teamed up with on record since "Brouillard dans la rue Corvisart" in 1978. The duet, a cover of an old French classic, "Puisque vous partez en voyage", was chosen as the first single release from the album. "Clair-obscur" also featured a duet with Hardy's old friend Etienne Daho (a cover of the Everly Brothers' hit "So Sad"), a double act with young up-and-coming African singer Ol (on Hardy's favourite track on the album, "Celui que tu veux") and a duet with Iggy Pop on the tender ballad "I'll Be Seeing You". Hardy's new album also featured contributions from Rodolphe Burger, Alain Lubrano and Jose Maria Cano (lead singer from the Spanish supergroup Mecano).

Françoise Hardy did not follow her album with a promotional tour, however, preferring instead to stay out of the media spotlight and protect her private life. Later that year Hardy and Dutronc decided to move from their home in the city's 14th arrondissement (where they had lived since the 60s) and buy a new flat together near the Etoile where they became the perfect modern couple, each living on their own floor.
Throughout her successful 30-year career Françoise Hardy has been renowned for her romantically nostalgic songs and her rather melancholy lyrics. These lyrics and the fact that the French star has tended to shun the glare of the media spotlight may lead music fans to conclude that Françoise Hardy is a rather moody person. In fact nothing could be further from the truth! It’s true that the French singer is an extremely private person, but Françoise Hardy’s rare interview appearances also reveal her to be an extremely passionate person, especially when it comes to her double raison d’être : music and astrology.

Towards the end of 2000, Françoise Hardy made a guest appearance on Henri Salvador's album "Chambre avec vue", performing a duet with the popular crooner entitled "Le Fou de la reine." A few months later, she reappeared on Marc Lavoine's new album, guesting on the duet "Chère amie."
In 2002, fans were treated to "Message personnel", a boxed set of three CDs featuring 74 songs from Ms. Hardy's extensive career.
Mother, son and a host of talented songwriters

Françoise Hardy returned to the studio in September 2004 to record a new album, "Tant de belles choses" (released in November that year). The songs on this new album were contributed by a crack team of songwriters and composers including the singer's loyal collaborator Alain Lubrano, Benjamin Biolay, Thierry Stremler and Jacno. Françoise also put her feelers out across the Channel and enlisted the services of the English singer-songwriter Ben Christophers and Irish songwriter Perry Blake, who penned two songs in English. Françoise managed to keep things in the family, too, inviting her son, Thomas Dutronc, to produce four tracks on the album. Thomas also played guitar on several tracks."

Bob Dylan and Françoise Hardy

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In 1961, the French singer Maurice Chevalier went to New York for a few concerts, and he asked to a young singer to come with him; he was called Hugues Aufray; it was early in his career. In Greenwich Village, he met Peter, Paul & Mary, and he was introduced to Bob Dylan.

A few months later, Bob came to Paris to meet Hugues Aufray and as they were at some terrasse for to take a coffee, Bob saw a picture of Françoise Hardy, who also was in the early years of her career, with a great hit, 'Tous les garçons et les filles", more than 1.000.000 LPs sold in a few monthes. Bob asked few questions about this beautiful young girl.... When Bob wrote poems for the back of Another Side of Bob Dylan, there was one dedicated to Françoise Hardy (at the Seine edge...). At this time, Bob had yet to meet the singer.

In Olympia, on May 24th, 1966, Bob Dylan was on stage for his first concert in France - all of show-biz was there in the first row. François Hardy was there, and after the the first part of the show (acoustic), a friend of Bob went to Françoise Hardy, and said to her that Bob would not return to the stage until he could meet her.

So she went backstage and Bob asked her to meet him after the show at his hotel the famous "George V", the most expensive in Paris ... She was 22 years old, rather shy, and she did not really like this kind of party with so many people. In any case, Bob found her in the crowd, and she went in his bedroom only to listen to his new songs. Bob played at first "I Want You", which made her slightly uncomfortable, and the second was "Just Like A Woman".

After this time, Hardy and Dylan never saw each other again.

for françoise hardy
at the seine's edge
a giant shadow
of notre dame
seeks t' grab my foot
sorbonne students
whirl by on thin bicycles
swirlin' lifelike colors of leather spin
the breeze yawns food
far from the bellies
of erhard meetin' johnson
piles of lovers
fishing
kissing
lay themselves on their books. boats.
old men
clothed in curly mustaches
float on the benches
blankets of tourists
in bright red nylon shirts
with straw hats of ambassadors
-- Bob Dylan, from the liner notes to Another Side of Bob Dylan

Françoise Hardy - Soleil (1970)

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Françoise Hardy - Soleil (1970)

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UNAVAILABLE

Françoise Hardy - Assiette niet (1970)

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Françoise Hardy - Fleur de lune (1970)

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Françoise Hardy: A birth-to-Sixties bio...

2009-09-29T00:04:00.005+02:00

Françoise Hardy was born in Paris on January 17 1944. She had a troubled childhood, her mother, an assistant accountant, bringing up Françoise and her sister Michèle (18 months younger than Françoise) on her own. Indeed, the girls’ father only visited the family flat in Paris’s 9th arrondissement a couple of times a year. In fact, Monsieur Hardy rarely bothered to contact his daughters at all and he would contribute precious little, financially or otherwise, towards his daughters' upbringing.

Françoise’s troubled relationship with her father was not helped by the fact that the only other relatives to whom the young girl was close were her maternal grandparents, who lived in the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois. Françoise did not get on with her grandmother, whose harsh criticisms and negative comments only served to turn the already introverted child further into her shell. In a later biography Françoise would remember her grandmother as "a totally neurotic old woman with an over-bearing personality". The young girl’s natural timidity was not helped by the fact that she was sent to La Bruyère, a rather strict convent school for girls. Young Françoise grew up to be an extremely studious and pious student who found it difficult to overcome her shyness. This tall, thin girl with long, gangly legs and a somewhat gawky silhouette probably never dreamt that one day she would become one of the most popular French music stars of the 60’s.

Young Françoise soon began writing songs in her free time, inspired by the music she heard on the radio. Françoise was a passionate music fan, listening to Georges Guétary’s operettas from an early age, before progressing to French chanson stars Paul Anka, Charles Trenet and Cora Vaucaire. Sitting alone in her bedroom, Françoise would sing along to the radio, miming to her idols’ greatest hits. The solitary adolescent was often sent to Austria during the school holidays to perfect her German and it was here that she would spend hours listening to her favourite music and composing her own work.

After she had passed her baccalauréat with flying colours, Françoise received a visit from her father who arrived bearing a special birthday gift - a guitar. Now the young girl could really start practising her singing in earnest, and it was not long before she enrolled at the Petit Conservatoire de Mireille (a legendary 60’s singing school). Françoise’s mother pushed her daughter to continue her studies as well as attending the Conservatoire, and the young girl went on to gain a place at the Political Science Faculty. However, politics were certainly not Françoise’s cup of tea, and the young girl soon quit the course, defecting to the Sorbonne to study literature. Meanwhile, Françoise continued to sing and write songs in her free time. The burgeoning young singer would soon spot a record company advert in the local newspaper seeking new up-and-coming artists and plucked up the courage to audition. Françoise’s first audition did not prove a great success, however, but it did encourage her to attend others. Finally, after an intensive series of singing lessons and two further auditions, Françoise Hardy's luck changed. On November 14 1961, at the tender age of 17, the young singer was offered a recording contract with the Vogue label.

Françoise went on to record her début single in April 1962. This first single featured "Oh oh Chéri" (a song written by two of Johnny Hallyday’s habitual songwriters) and three of Françoise’s own compositions including "Tous les garçons et les filles". This last track greatly impressed Daniel Filipacchi, presenter of Radio Europe’s cult music show "Salut les Copains", who went on to play the song almost non-stop. "Tous les garçons et les filles" went on to become a phenomenal hit, selling an incredible two million copies, and young Françoise Hardy was catapulted to fame almost overnight (just as other 60’s idols Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Richard Anthony and pop diva Sheila had been before her). Thus at the height of "Yé yé" (the French rock'n'roll craze), Françoise Hardy found herself at the very forefront of the French music scene.

Françoise soon began to appear on the cover of all the top music magazines of the day. It was while working on a photo shoot for the magazine "Salut les copains" that the young singer would make an encounter which would change the rest of her life. Françoise was to fall in love with photographer Jean-Marie Perier, who transformed the young singer from a shy, gauche-looking schoolgirl into a modern young trend-setter. Besides being Françoise’s lover, Perier was to become a veritable Pygmalion for the young singer.

Françoise soon went on to become the new French 60’s covergirl, her image splashed across the top magazines and newspapers of the day. Indeed, her incredible popularity appeared to know no bounds. Impressed by the young singing star’s quiet beauty, the famous French director Roger Vadim would offer Françoise Hardy a leading role in his film "Château en Suède". Françoise’s role in the film earnt her much acclaim, and many critics declared that a great acting career lay ahead of the young teenager. But Françoise was not really interested in anything other than her singing career.This career reached new heights at the end of 1963 when the young singer was booked to appear at the legendary Paris music-hall, L'Olympia. Performing as a support act to 60’s Yé yé star Richard Anthony, Françoise Hardy brought the house down. Françoise soon followed this first concert success with countless others, when she embarked upon an extensive national tour. In 1963 Françoise Hardy’s début album was released to general critical acclaim. The album, basically a compilation of all the singer’s hit singles up to that point, went on to prove phenomenally successful. Indeed, it would go on to win the prestigious "Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros" as well as the "Trophée de la télévision française". Later that year Françoise Hardy would take part in the Eurovision Song Contest (where, bizarrely enough, she represented not France but Monaco with the song "L'amour s'en va").

The following year Françoise Hardy set off on an extensive European tour which included an appearance in Italy at the famous San Remo Song Contest. Here, the young French singer conquered the hearts of the Italian public with her memorable performance in Italian, performing the song "Parla mi di te". In spite of the fact that Hardy's voice was neither extremely powerful nor strikingly unusual, the singer would continue to woo audiences throughout her career with her exceptional lyrics and the sheer force of the emotion which she put into her performances.

In spite of her new star status Françoise remained a very private person, who was never totally at ease with the flamboyant trappings of the showbiz world. Yet, overcoming Françoise’s initial reluctance, Jean-Marie Perier soon persuaded the singer to begin modelling the creations of top French designers (such as Courrèges, Paco Rabanne, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent). "Mademoiselle Hardy" soon became a star of the international fashion world as well as the French music scene. In 1965 Françoise Hardy ventured into the movie world again, landing a role in Jean-Daniel Pollet’s film "Une balle au cœur". Although the shoot proved to be long and arduous, Françoise’s performance in the film was showered with rave reviews from the critics when the film went on general release in February of the following year.

At the end of 1965 Françoise Hardy returned to the legendary Olympia, this time performing as a support act for traditional French chanson stars, Les Compagnons de la Chanson. The music press was incredulous that an ultra-modern star such as Françoise Hardy could perform with a group whom many critics considered to be utterly old-fashioned - and many others had forgotten altogether! (Françoise herself interpreted these comments as an unforgivable snub on the part of the press). Meanwhile Mademoiselle Hardy’s fame continued to spread beyond French borders and, through the intermediary of her photographer boyfriend Jean-Marie Perier, the young French singer soon began rubbing shoulders with the top names of the day. Hardy would soon be hanging out with The Beatles, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones.

Françoise soon turned her attention to her acting career once more, starring alongside Yves Montand and James Garner in the American director John Frankenheimer’s film "Grand Prix". The film was not exactly a box office smash, but it was successful in launching Françoise Hardy in the United States. Indeed, shortly after the film's release, the American company Warner Bros would go on to contact Françoise Hardy’s French record label, Vogue, to sign a distribution deal for the singer’s records in the States. After a long and extremely successful promotional campaign, Françoise Hardy became a star in the U.S. The young French star's image would soon be splashed across all the top magazine covers and her presence sought on America's leading TV chat shows. Françoise soon became France’s most "exportable" female singing star. In fact, before conquering the States, Françoise Hardy had already soared to fame in Britain, where she had been recording from the very beginning of her career. Her album "In English" (recorded entirely in English of course!) proved a great hit in Britain and the young French star would bring the house down in London, appearing on stage at ultra-chic venues such as the prestigious Savoy Hotel, dressed in avant-garde creations by French designers Courrèges and Paco Rabanne. Yet Françoise’s incredibly hectic touring schedule was gradually beginning to wear her out, and her relationship with Jean-Marie Périer soon began to suffer. The couple would eventually split up in 1967. However, the void in Françoise’s love life was quickly filled by Jacques Dutronc, a sexy new singing star who had recently arrived on the scene and become the idol of thousands of teenage French girls. However, Françoise was unable to spend much time with her new lover in the early days of their relationship as both singers had extremely hectic touring and recording schedules to keep to. (Françoise was just about to embark upon an intensive 73-date tour!) And when she finally returned to Paris in the autumn of 67, she had to go straight into the studio to record 12 new tracks for her next album "Ma jeunesse fout l'camp". January 1968 proved to be another hectic month in Françoise's career. After appearing on numerous European TV shows, Françoise was then whisked off on another tour, which included numerous dates at British universities. In the spring of 67, Françoise then flew out to South Africa for another series of concerts. In 1968 Françoise Hardy, thoroughly exhausted by her globe-trotting lifestyle, decided to call a halt to her concert tours. The singer performed one last farewell concert at the Savoy in London, then quit the live arena to concentrate on her recording career. However, with the Yé yé wave finally drawing to an end in the late 60’s, Françoise must have already been wondering what was to become of her singing career. What’s more in 1969 the singer became involved in a lengthy legal battle with her record label, Vogue. Later that year Françoise Hardy's own production company (Productions Aspargus) closed down.

Yet, in spite of these obstacles, Françoise Hardy would continue her singing career, reinventing herself completely in the 1970’s. She began by casting off the image of ‘fashionable young girl about town’ that her former boyfriend Jean-Marie Périer had created for her. A more mature Françoise Hardy would emerge from the ashes, demanding to perform songs that reflected her inner self rather than cute pop tunes that would do well in the charts. In 1971 the new-look Françoise Hardy teamed up with a female Brazilian musician named Tuca to record an album on the Sonopresse label. This untitled work, which featured a number of Hardy’s most famous songs including "Chanson d'O" and "La Question" (one of the singer’s favourite texts) was to become a cult album. Despite the fact that this album failed to make any major commercial impact, the press hailed it as an absolute masterpiece. Hardy appeared to be completely unperturbed by poor album sales, preferring to find an audience who respected her true self rather than millions of adoring fans who were seduced by a superficial image.

Françoise Hardy's German Recordings

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Former German student Françoise Hardy spoke the language of Goethe with ease and enjoyed a string of successes in Germany, mostly with German versions of her domestic hits.

French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy’s melancholy material was at odds with the relentlessly cheery music German record buyers preferred in the 1960s. Nevertheless, she became was a huge success in Germany.

Her first top 30 hit came in 1963 with Peter und Lou, a cover of her international hit Tous les garçons et les filles, which also charted in its original French version and made the top 20.

It was another year before the coolest of French chanteuses graced the German charts again, this time with an original German composition, Wer du bist.

Her biggest success came shortly afterwards, with Frag' den Abendwind, a top ten hit in the summer of 1965, which peaked at number seven and spent six months in the charts.

Two further hits, Ich bin nun mal ein Mädchen, a cover of her Pourtant tu m’aimes, and Dann bist du verliebt, followed in 1966. At this time, she also recorded a German version of Dans le monde entier, one of her biggest hits, as Ein Fenster wird hell.

She enjoyed one further top 40, in 1969, with Souvenirs der ersten großen Liebe.

Sweet Françoise 1966-69

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1. Hardy in 1966, just after the release of her breakthrough album The “Yeh-Yeh” Girl from Paris.

2. In 1966, with Antonio Sabato during the filming of the John Frankenheimer race car classic Grand Prix.

3. In Monte Carlo, during the filming of Grand Prix.

4. Fresh off the plane at London Airport in 1967.

5. Performing at London's Savoy Hotel in 1967.

6. Photographed by William Klein for Vogue in 1968.

7. In 1969, a tough but always elegant Hardy, on the verge of the next phase of her career.

Françoise Hardy - Portrait in Musik (1964)

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Françoise Hardy - Gli altri (Voilà -1967)

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Françoise Hardy - I sentimenti (Et meme - 1967)

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Festival di Sanremo1966 (R.Anthony-Françoise Hardy-Minstrels-Gene Pitney)

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Françoise Hardy - Suzanne

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Françoise Hardy - Message Personnel

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Françoise Hardy - La Question

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Françoise Hardy-La Question

je ne sais pas qui tu peux être
je ne sais pas qui tu espères
je cherche toujours à te connaître
et ton silence trouble mon silence

je ne sais pas d'où vient le mensonge
est-ce de ta voix qui se tait
les mondes où malgré moi je plonge
sont comme un tunnel qui m'effraie

de ta distance à la mienne
on se perd bien trop souvent
et chercher à te comprendre
c'est courir après le vent

je ne sais pas pourquoi je reste
dans une mer où je me noie
je ne sais pas pourquoi je reste
dans un air qui m'étouffera

tu es le sang de ma blessure
tu es le feu de ma brûlure
tu es ma question sans réponse
mon cri muet et mon silence

Françoise Hardy - Greatest recordings

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Françoise Hardy - 1962 EP

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J'Suis d'Accord
Tous les garçons et les filles
Oh Oh Chéri
Il est parti un jour

Françoise Hardy - Soleil (1970)

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Françoise Hardy - Sol

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Françoise Hardy - Träume

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Françoise Hardy in Spain - Todos los chicos y chicas...

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Catalogue: Vogue-Hispavox HV 27-90 (España 1962)

Side 1
1 Tous les garçons et les filles / Todos los chicos y chicas
2 Oh, oh, cheri

Side 2
3 J’suis d’accord / Estoy de acuerdo
4 Il est parti un jour / Él se fue un día

Sweet Françoise

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Francoise Hardy - Je Veux Qu'il Revienne

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Francoise Hardy - Je Veux Qu'il Revienne (1964)

1. Je Veux Qu'il Revienne (Only You Can Do It) 2:40
2. Tu N'As Qu'un Mot À Dire 2:42
3. Tu Ne Dis Rien 2:14
4. Et Même 1:59
5. Pourtant Tu M'Aimes (I Still Love Him) 2:21
6. Pars 2:14
7. Je N'Attends Plus Personne (Non Aspetto Nessuno) 3:08
8. La Nuit Est Sur la Ville 2:16
9. Pas Gentille (Bad Boy) 2:20
10. Dans le Monde Entier 2:31
11. Nous Étions Amies (Eravamo Amici) 2:34
12. Mon Amie la Rose 2:17

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Françoise Hardy - Song of Winter

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The song is from the album One-Nine-Seven-Zero

Françoise Era - Sylvie Vartan: Tous les garçons et les filles

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This is the Sylvie Vartan 1964 version

Françoise Hardy - Comment te dire adieu

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Françoise hardy - Was mach' ich ohne dich

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German version of Comment Te Dire Adieu

Françoise Hardy - Devi Ritornare

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Françoise goes italian once again! Je Veux Qu'il Revienne ~ Devi Ritornare

Françoise on the screen: Grand Prix 1966

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Released: December 1966
Director: John Frankenheimer
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Françoise Madeleine Hardy - Discography with Track Titles

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Françoise Madeleine Hardy

1962 - Tous les garçons et les filles

•01 - C'est à L'amour Auquel Je Pense •02 - Ca a Raté •03 - Il Est Parti Un Jour •04 - Il Est Tout Pour Moi •05 - J'ai Jeté Mon Coeur •06 - J'suis D'Accord •07 - La Fille Avec Toi •08 - Le Temps De l'Amour •09 - Oh Oh Cheri •10 - On Se Plait •11 - Ton Meilleur Ami •12 - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles

1965 - The Yeh-Yeh Girl From Paris

•01 - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles •02 - Ca A Rate •03 - La Fille Avec Toi •04 - Oh Oh Cheri •05 - Le Temps De l'Amour •06 - Il Est Tout Pour Moi [He's All for Me] •07 - On Se Plait [As You Please] •08 - Ton Meilleur Ami •09 - J'Ai Jete Mon Coeur [I Threw Away My Heart] •10 - Il Est Parti un Jour [He Left One Day] •11 - J'suis D'Accord •12 - C'Est a l'Amour Auquel Je Pense [I Think About Love]

1966 - La maison ou j'ai grandi

•01-Je changerais d'avis •02-Si c'est ça •03-Rendez-vous d'automne •04-Je serai là pour toi •05-Peut-être que je t'aime •06-Il est des choses •07-Comme •08-Mes jours s'en vont •09-Qu'ils sont heureux •10-Surtout ne vous retournez pas •11-Tu es un peu à moi •12-La maison où j'ai grandi

1967 - Ma jeunesse fout le camp

•01-Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp •02-Viens là •03-Mon Amour Adieu •04-La Fin De L'été •05-En Vous Aimant Bien •06-Qui Peut Dire •07-Des Ronds Dans L'eau •08-Il N'y A Pas D Amour Hereux •09-Il Est Trop Loin •10-Mais Il Y A Des Soirs •11-Voilà •12-C était Charmant

1967 - This Is Francoise Hardy

•01 - Just Call And I'll Be There •02 - The Rose •03 - Only You Can Do It •04 - It's My Heart •05 - Another Place •06 - Autumn Rendezvous •07 - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles •08 - C'a Rate •09 - La Fille Avec Toi •10 - Oh Oh Cheri •11 - Le Temps De L'Amour •12 - Il Est Tout Pour Moi

1968 - Comment te dire adieu

•01 - Comment te dire adieu •02 - Où va la chance •03 - L'anamour •04 - Suzanne •05 - Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux •06 - La mésange •07 - Parlez-moi de lui •08 - A quoi ça sert •09 - Il vaut mieux qu'une petite ma •10 - La rue des coeurs perdus •11 - Etonnez-moi, Benoît... •12 - La mer, les étoiles et le vent

1970 - Plein succès

•01 Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles •02 J'suis D'accord •03 Le Premier Bonheur •04 Le Temps De L'amour •05 Mon Amie La Rose •06 Et Même •07 Ce petit cœur •08 L'amitié •09 La Maison Où J'ai Grandi •10 Comme •11 Je Ne Suis Là Pour Personne •12 Rendez-Vous D'automne •13 Voilà •14 Viens Là •15 Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp •16 Des Ronds Dans L'eau •17 Comment Te Dire Adieu •18 Il N'y A Pas D'amour Heureux

1970 - Soleil

•01 - Point •02 - San Salvador •03 - Fleur De Lune •04 - Effeuille Moi Le Coeur •05 - Un Petit Sourire, Un Petit Mot •06 - Le Crabe •07 - Mon Monde n'est Pas Vrai •08 - Tu Ressembles a tous ceux qui ont du Chagrin •09 - L'Ombre •10 - Soleil •11 - Je Fais Des Puzzles •12 - Dame Souris Trotte

1971 - If You Listen

•01 - If You Listen •02 - Ocean •03 - Until It's Time For You To Go •04 - The Garden Of Jane Delawnay •05 - Sometimes •06 - Let My Name Be Sorrow •07 - Brulure •08 - Can't Get The One I Want •09 - I Think It's Gonna Rain Today •10 - Take My Hand For A While •11 - Bown Bown Bown •12 - Till The Morning Comes

1988 - Love songs

•01. Message personnel •02. La bataille •03. L'amour en privÈ •04. Et voil‡ •05. Que vas-tu faire? •06. Je n'aime pas ce qu'il •07. On dirait •08. Ce soir •09. PremiËre rencontre •10. Il y a eu des nuits •11. Pouce au revoir •12. Merveilleux •13. Je suis moi •14. L'attente •15. Je te cherche •16. Fin d'aprËs-midi •17. Message personnel (engl)

1990 - 36 grands succès

CD 1
•1-01 Tous les garçons et les filles •1-02 Ça a raté •1-03 La fille avec toi •1-04 Oh, oh, chéri •1-05 Le temps de l'amour •1-06 Il est tout pour moi •1-07 On se plaît •1-08 Ton meilleur ami •1-09 J'ai jeté mon cœur •1-10 Il est parti un jour •1-11 J'suis d'accord •1-12 C'est à l'amour auquel je pense •1-13 Le premier bonheur du jour •1-14 Va pas prendre un tambour •1-15 Saurai-je _ •1-16 Toi, je ne t'oublierai pas •1-17 Avant de t'en aller •1-18 Comme tant d'autres
CD 2
•2-01 J'aurais voulu •2-02 L'amour d'un garçon •2-03 L'amour ne dure pas toujours •2-04 Je veux qu'il revienne •2-05 Et même •2-06 Je n'attends plus personne •2-07 Nous étions amies •2-08 Mon ami la rose •2-09 Ce petite cœur •2-10 L'amitié •2-11 Non ce n'est pas un rêve •2-12 Le temps de souvenirs •2-13 Je changerais d'avis (se telefonando) •2-14 Rendez-vous d'automne •2-15 Il est des choses (ci sono cose ciu piu grandi) •2-16 La maison où j'ai grandi (il ragazzo della via gluck) •2-17 Je ne suis là pour personne •2-18 Ma jeunesse fout le camp

1990 - Préférences

•01 Jazzy retro satanas •02 Branche cassée •03 Ame s'trame drame •04 Si c'est vraiment vraiment vrai •05 Bosse bossez bossa •06 Gin tonic •07 Juke-box •08 Seule comme une pomme •09 Chanson ouverte •10 Minuit minuit •11 Que tu m'enterres •12 Star •13 Flashbacks •14 Ton enfance •15 J'écoute de la musique saôule •16 Swing au pressing

1994 - 20 ans 20 titres

•01 Des Ronds Dans L'eau •02 Comment Te Dire Adieu? •03 Ou Va La Chance? •04 Mon Monde N'est Pas Vrai •05 If You Listen •06 Prisons •07 Message Personnel •08 Musique Saoûle •09 Que Tu M'enterres •10 Tirez Pas Sur L'ambulance •11 Moi Vouloir Toi •13 Partir Quand Même •14 Laisse-Moi Rêver •15 La Sieste •16 Il Voyage •17 Je Ne Suis La Pour Personne •18 Les Petits Garçons •19 Fais-Moi Une Place •20 En résumé...En Conclusion

1995 - The Collection

•01 Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles. •02 Oh, Oh Cheri. •03 Ton Meilleur Ami. •04 J, Suis D'Accord. •05 Va Pas Prendre Un Tambour. •06 Le Temps De L'Amour. •07 Je N'Attends Pas Personne. •08 Ce Petit Coeur. •09 Je Veux Qu'Il Revienne. •10 Le Temps Des Souvenirs. •11 Je Changerais D'Avis. •12 Il Est Des Choses. •13 Comme. •14 Je Ne Suis La Pour Personne. •15 Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp. •16 Il N'Y A Pas D'Amour Heureux.

1996 - Le danger

•01 Mode D'emploi •02 Les Madeleines •03 La Beute Du Diable •04 L'obscur Objet •05 Un Peu D'Eau •06 Zero Partout •07 Le Danger •08 Dix Heures En Ete •09 Tout Va Bien •10 Contre-Jour •11 Ici Ou La_ •12 A Sa Merci •13 Regarde-Toi

1996 - Les chansons d'amour

•01 Ce petit coeur •02 Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux •03 Mon amie la rose •04 Tous les garcons et les filles •05 L'amitié •07 Le temps de l'amour •08 Il est des choses •09 Ma jeunesse fout le camp •10 Ton meilleur ami •11 Voilà •12 Parlami de te •13 J'ai jeté mon coeur •14 Autumn rendez-vous •15 La tua mano •16 C'est à l'amour auquel je pense •17 Je ne suis pas là pour personne •18 Le premier bonheur du jour •19 Comme •20 This little heart •21 Find me a boy •22 All over the world

2000 - En résumé

•Comment te dire adieu •Brouillard dans la rue Cors •J'écoute de la musique saou •Si ça fait mal •En résume, en conclusion •Moi vouloir toi •La sieste •Tirez pas sur l'ambulance •Revenge of the flowers •Partir quand même •Tamalou •VIP •Message personnel •Mon amie la rose •La question

2000 - The Best of Françoise Hardy

•Ca a raté •On se plait •Ton meilleur ami •La fille avec toi •Oh Oh Chéri •Il est tout pour moi •Va pas prendre un tambour •Viens •J'ai jeté mon coeur •Mon amie la rose •Tous les garçons et les filles •J'suis d'accord •Le temps des souvenirs •Le temps de l'amour •La maison où j'ai grandi •Il est parti un jour •C'est à l'amour auquel je pense •Je ne suis là pour personne

2001 - Les plus belles chansons

•01 Message Personnel •02 Première Rencontre •03 Rêvez le Nez en l'Air •04 L'Amour en Privé •05 Tamalou •06 Je suis Moi •07 Ce Soir •08 Demain c'était Hier •09 Je te Cherche (peut-être) •10 Fin d'Après-Midi •11 Que vas-tu Faire •12 Le Compte à Rebours

2001 - The Vogue years

CD 1
•01 - Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles •02 - J' Suis D' Accord •03 - Le Temps De L' Amour •04 - Ton Meilleur Ami •05 - La Fille Avec Toi •06 - L' Amour S' En Va •07 - Je Pense A Lui •08 - Qui Aime T' Il Vraiment •09 - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour •10 - Va Pas Prendre Un Tambour •11 - J' Aurais Voulu •12 - Le Sais Tu •13 - L' Amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours •14 - Pourtant Tu M' Aimes •15 - On Se Quitte Toujours •16 - Tout Me Ramene A Toi •17 - Apprends Le Moi •18 - C' Est Le Passe •19 - Je N' Attends Plus Personne •20 - Pas Gentille •21 - Et Meme •22 - Je Veux Qu'il Revienne •23 - Mon Amie La Rose •24 - La Nuit Est Sur La Ville •25 - Nous Etions Amies
CD 2
•01 - Dans Le Monde Entier •02 - Dis Lui Non •03 - Le Temps Des Souvenirs •04 - J' Ai Bien Du Chagrin •05 - Bout De Lune •06 - L' Amitie •07 - Ce Petit Coeur •08 - Non Ce N' Est Pas Un Reve •09 - Tout Ce Qu' On Dit •10 - Il Se Fait Tard •11 - Tu Peux Bien •12 - Je T' Aime •13 - Quel Mal Y A T' Il A Ca •15 - Rendezvous D' Automne •16 - Comme •17 - Je Changerais D' Avis •18 - Peut Etre Que Je T' Aime •19 - Si C' Est Ca •20 - Je Serai La Pour Toi •21 - Qu' Ils Sont Heureux •22 - Tu Es Un Peu A Moi •23 - Voila •24 - Les Petits Garcons •25 - Qui Peut Dire

2003 - Messages Personnels

CD 1:
•1-01 L'amitié •1-02 Des Ronds Dans L'eau •1-03 Viens-Là •1-04 Ma Jeunesse Fout L' Camp •1-05 Je Ne Sais Pas Ce Que Je Veux •1-06 La Terre •1-07 J'ai Fait De Lui Un Rêve •1-08 A Quoi Ça Sert ? •1-09 Ouverts Ou Fermés •1-10 Comment Te Dire Adieu ? •1-11 Il N'y A Pas D'amour Heureux •1-12 Parlez-Moi De Lui •1-13 L'anamour •1-14 Suzanne •1-15 Etonnez-Moi Benoît... ! •1-16 Où Va La Chance ? •1-17 C'est Lui Qui Dort •1-18 L'heure Bleue •1-19 Au Fil Des Nuits Et Des Journées •1-20 J'ai Coupé Le Téléphone •1-21 Loving You •1-22 Traüme •1-23 Soleil •1-24 Je Fait Des Puzzles •1-25 Point •1-26 Fleur De Lune •1-27 Le Crabe •1-28 Un Petit Sourire, Un Petit Mot •1-29 Tu Ressembles À Tous Ceux Qui Ont Du Chargin
CD 2:
•2-01 La Question •2-02 Chanson D'o •2-03 Doigts •2-04 La Maison •2-05 Le Martien •2-06 T'es Pas Poli •2-07 L'éclairage •2-08 La Berlue •2-09 Où Est-Il ? •2-10 Prisons •2-11 Le Soir •2-12 Et Si Je M'en Vais Avant Toi... •2-13 If You Listen •2-14 Until It's Time For You To Go •2-15 Let My Name Be Sorrow •2-16 Message Personnel •2-17 Flashbacks •2-18 Chanson Sur Toi Et Nous •2-19 L'impasse •2-20 J'écoute De La Musique Saoûle •2-21 Occupé •2-22 Branche Cassée •2-23 Si C'est Vraiment, Vraiment Vrai •2-24 Que Tu M'enterres •2-25 Partir Quand Même
CD 3:
•3-01 Si Ça Fait Mal •3-02 Revenge Of The Flowers •3-03 To The End (La Comédie) •3-04 Mode D'emploi •3-05 Le Danger •3-06 Dix Heure En Été •3-07 Les Madeleines •3-08 Contre-Jour •3-09 Un Peu D'eau •3-10 La Beauté Du Diable •3-11 Regarde-Toi •3-12 Jeanne •3-13 Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage •3-14 Duck's Blues •3-15 Celui Que Tu Veux •3-16 Tous Mes Souvenir Me Tue •3-17 I'll Be Seing You •3-18 Contre Vents Et Marées •3-19 So Sad •3-20 Clair Obscur

2004 - Tant de belles choses

•01 - Tant de belles choses... •02 - À l'ombre de la lune •03 - Jardinier bénévole •04 - Moments •05 - Soir de gala •06 - Sur quel volcan •07 - So Many Things •08 - Grand hôtel •09 - La folie ordinaire •10 - Un air de guitare •11 - Tard dans la nuit... •12 - Côté jardin, côté cour

2005 - Le temps des souvenirs

CD 1
•01 - Grand Hotel •02 - Tant De Belles Choses •03 - Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage •04 - Le danger •05 - Dix heures en été •06 - Un peu d'eau •07 - Si ça fait mal •08 - Partir quand même •09 - La sieste •10 - VIP •11 - Moi Vouloir Toi •12 - Que Tu M'enterres •13 - Si C'est Vraiment Vrai •14 - Branche cassée •15 - Occupé •16 - J'écoute de la musique saoule •17 - Star •18 - Ce Soir
CD 2
•01 - Message Personnel •02 - Until It's Time For You To Go •03 - If You Listen •04 - Et Si Je M'en Vais Avant Toi •05 - Ou Est-il •06 - La Berlue •07 - Doigts •08 - Mer •09 - Le martien •10 - La question •11 - Soleil •12 - Tu Ressembles A Tous Ceux Qui Ont Du Chagrin •13 - Le Crabe •14 - Trume •15 - Loving You •16 - Comment Te Dire Adieu •17 - Il N'y a Pas D'amour Heureux •18 - Des Ronds Dans L'eau •19 - Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp •20 - La Maison Ou J'ai Grandi •21 - L'amitié •22 - Mon Amie La Rose •23 - Tous les garçons et les filles

2006-Parenthèses

•01 Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours avec Alain Bashung •02 Modern Style avec Alain Delon •03 Amour, Toujours, Tendresse, Caresses Avec Jacques Dutronc •04 Partir Quand Même... avec Julio Iglesias •05 My Beautiful Demon avec Ben Christopher •06 Soleil avec Alain Souchon •07 Cet Enfant Que Je T'Avais Fait avec Rodolphe Burger •08 Le Fou De La Reine avec Henri Salvador •09 Les Sédiments avec Arthur H •10 La Rue Du Babouin avec Maurane •11 La Valse Des Regrets avec Hélène Grimaud •12 Des Lendemains Qui Chantent avec Benjamin Biolay

En allemand

•Einmal Wenn Du Gehst •Fremde Schatten [L'ombre] •Er Muss Reisen [Il Voyage] •Ich Sag Ja [J'suis D'accord] •Frag Den Abendwind •Ich [Premiere Rencontre] •Peter Und Lou [Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles] •Wenn Dieses Lied Erklingt •Wie Im Kreis •Ein Fenster Wird Hell [Dans Le Monde Entier] •Die Liebe Geht [L'amour S'en Va] •Was Mach' Ich Ohne Dich [Comment Te Dire Adieu] •Oh Oh Wie Gut [Oh Oh Cherie] •Bald Ist So Lange Her [Ä Cloche Pied Sur La Grande Muraille De Chine] •Das Tut Weh [Les Doigts Dans La Porte] •Ich Hab' Das Gluck [J'aurais Voulu] •Wenn Wilde Schwane Fliehen •Kind Unsrer Zeit •Dann Bist Du Verliebt •Ich Steig Dir Auf's Dach •Er War Wie Du •Die Roten Russenstiefel [Des Bottes Rouges De Russie] •Souvenirs Der Ersten Grossen Liebe •Traume •Wer Du Bist •Zeig Mir Bei Nacht Die Sterne

En italien

•Vorrei Essere Lei [J'aurais Voulu] •Se E Ma [Avec Des Si] •Vorrei Capirti [Saurai-Je] •Una Ragazza Come Le Altre [Une Fille C. Tant D'autres] •Stivali Di Vernice Blu [Des Bottes Rouges De Russie] •Per Tanto Tempo [Bien Longtemps] •Quelli Della Mia Eta [Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles] •Oh Oh Cheri [Italian] •Nel Mondo Intero [Dans Le Monde Entier] •Lungo Il Mare [Italian] •La Tua Mano [Italian] •Non Svegliarmi Mai [Italian] •La Notte Sulla Citta [La Nuit Est Sur La Ville] •L'eta Dell'amore [Le Temps De L'amour] •L'ora Blu [L'heure Bleue] •L'amore Va [L'amour S'en Va] •La Bilancia Dell'amore [Je Ne Sais Pas Ce Que Je Veux] •Il Tuo Migliore Amico [Ton Meilleur Ami] •Il Pretesto [Comment Te Dire Adieu] •Il Male D'amore [A Quoi Ca Sert] •Il Mare, Le Stelle, Il Vento [La Mer, Les Etoiles, Et Le Vent] •Il Granchio [Le Crabe] •Gli Altri [Voila] •Devi Ritornare [Je Veux Qu'il Revienne] •E All'amore Che Penso [C'est A L'amour Auquel Je Pense] •I Sentimenti [Et Meme] •Ci Sono Cose Pi Grandi [Italian] •Ci Sto [J'suis D'accord] •Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck [Italian] •Parlami Di Te [Italian] •Il Saluto Del Mattino [Le Premier Bonheiur Du Jour] •Parlami Di Te [Parlez Moi De Lui]

I Singoli 1963-1966 Vol.1

•01) Quelli della mia età (1963) •02) Ci sto (1963) •03) E all'amore che penso (1963) •04) L'età dell'amore (1963) •05) L'amore va (1964) •06) Il tuo migliore amico (1964) •07) Il saluto del mattino (1964) •08) Vorrei capirti (1964) •09) La tua mano (1964) •10 Vorrei Essere Lei (1964) •11) Devi Ritornare (1965) •12) La Notte Sulla Città (1965) •13) Parlami Di Te (1966) •14) Nel Mondo Intero (1966) •15 (bonus track) La Maison Où J'ai Grandi (Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck) (1966)
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Sweet Françoise

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Françoise en Vogue

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Before Madonna, Françoise was the most photographed international female pop star. These pictures are from her Vogue spreads in Aug 1963 and 1964

Illustrated filmography for Françoise Hardy

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Chateau en Suede (1963)

I ragazzi del´hully gully (1964)

Une balle de coeur (1965)

Altissima pressione (1965)

What's New, Pussycat (1965)

Questo pazzo pazzo mondo della canzone (1965)

Masculin Feminin (1966)

Grand Prix (1966)
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La fille avec toi...

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Françoise Hardy has been called the melancholly, timid chanteuse. Her songs sentimental, sad and at times sophisticated. Ophelia without the delirium.

Born in Paris on January 17, 1944, Françoise began auditioning for record labels in the spring of 1960. She was eventually picked-up by Vogue Records and in 1962 released her first single "Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles" ("All the Boys and Girls"). It was a massive hit in France and even made the British charts some time later. In an 18 month period it had sold two million copies.
In the most complete biography of Françoise (superstar et ermite) authors Étienne Daho and Jérome Soligny attribute the following, aside from her talent as a singer and songwriter, that led to her success: the time was right.

"Salut les copains" released its first issue in 1962 and was known as the voice of the young generation. The magazine was in its prime when Françoise's career started. Jean-Marie Périer,the lead photographer at "Salut les coupains", took the first of many pictures of Françoise that generated her image and contributed (marketed) to her mystique.

In October of 1963, Francoise performed "Tous les garcons et les filles" on television following the annoucement of the voting results for universal suffrage. Millions of viewers were tuned in for the news and then were enlightened to this new chanteuse who manifested the sentiment of the time in her presence and her songs. Her image was strong enough that several films of the time were definitely given a mod, hip look with an appearance by Fran&coise in them. In January 1963, Françoise was the first female singer of her generation to grace the cover of Paris Match the life magazine of France.

Often characterized as aloof, Françoise was quite strikingly beautiful yet was never marketed on her sex appeal. Not that such a strategy would have worked because it is contrary to her nature. It was exactly this kind of nature that film/femme-maker Roger Vadim was attempting to distill when he cast Françoise in his film "Une balle au coeur", her first role. Whether he was successful at it is hard to say. "Une balle au coeur" remains unavailable as a viewable artifact so far.

It is this elegant, calm quality that sets Françoise apart from the other yé-yé Girls (Vartan, France Gall, etc). More importantly though, she wasn't simply the product of some producer's vision of a hit singer. She wrote 80% of the material she perfomed meaning that she had an emotional attachment to her music. It showed through in the production of her songs and attributed to her success.

Because Françoise was so young when her career began she had no formal musical eduction. As a result, SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositerus et éditeurs de musique), the French organization responsible for collectin and distributing music royalties, required that the writing credit, and therefore royalities, had to be shared with the arranger/producer of the song. This unfortunate stipulation could have been the motivation that led Françoise to leave Vogue records and produce her material under her own production company several years later.

In an 18 month period "Tous les garçon et les filles" had sold over two million copies, "You could read in the press: Françoise sold more records in 18 months than Piaf sold in 18 years" (Daho-Soligny). It was a new generation of culture consumption and in the years to come she would release records in English and even songs in German an Italian as her voice traveled across the world. Second only to Bardot, Françoise is the biggest international pop star to come out of France.

Des années Yé-Yé:

The first generation of baby-boomers, those born between 1944-47, with too much free time and money to spend, were the consumers of 'rock and roll' culture world wide. In France, a particular facet of the phenomena recieved the moniker yé-yé. It was distinct from rock, the word Coca-Cola is used descriptively in almost any discussion of it. Bubblegum also comes to mind. Abroad it would be personified by the likes of Cliff Richard, Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka. In France, it was embodied by Richard Anthony and bad boy Johnny Hallyday the undisputed king. 1960 to 1963 saw an explosion of young female performers making the scene.
The yé-yé girls started with Sylvie Vartan and included Françoise Hardy, Sheila, France Gall and other less notable one hit wonders. Native English speakers Petula Clarke(UK) and Nancy Holloway(USA) were also officially known as yé-yé girls. Many yé-yé songs are French versions of English/American songs, a sure way to capture success. In 1966, Jean-Luc Goddard examined the yé-yé phenomenon in his 1966 film "Masculin-Féminin".

Françoise Hardy: One Nine Seven Zero (1970)

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1.Song Of Winter
2.Magic Horse
3.Strange Shadows
4.All Because Of You
5.Suzanne
6.Soon Is Slipping Away
7.Sunshine
8.I Just Want To Be Alone
9.Time's Passing By
10.Midnight Blues
11.In The Sky
12.Why Even Try

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Sweet Françoise

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Françoise Hardy - Stivali di vernice blu (1969)

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Françoise Hardy - La tua mano (1964)

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Françoise Hardy - Ce petit coeur (1965)

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Released as a single in 1965.

Françoise Hardy - Et Meme (1964)

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Charted at #31 on UK Singles chart in January 1965.

Françoise Hardy - I sentimenti (Et meme - 1967)

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Francoise Hardy & Iggy Pop: I'll be seeing you

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Françoise Hardy - All Over The World

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Françoise Hardy - I sentimenti (1967)

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Françoise Hardy - Why Even Try (A quoi ca sert)

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our two hearts are the same
they could turn out untrue
we don't want to feel pain
yet maybe I love you
why even try to go away
why even try to hide away

I've got nothing to share
just this world my eyes see
but if it's pain that fear
pain lets no-one go free
why even try to steal away
why even try to run away

or to stay in your ivory tower
grow in peace like some secret flower
alone - alone

when the pain is a little less
we forget there's no happiness
alone - alone

share the stars in the sky
for they're all I can give
share these tears we must cry
if we love, if we live
why even try to stay alone
why even try to live alone

share the stars in the sky
for they're all I can give
share these tears we must cry
if we love, if we live
why even try to stay alone
why even try to live alone
alone -

Françoise Hardy - Tiny Goddess

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One of Ms Hardy's hard to find early songs. There are Italian and French versions. The original is in English and was first a hit by a group called Nirvana in England

tiny goddess wrapped in lace
that certain smile upon your face
is telling me what's to be when he leaves
in a room just five foot eight
I sit alone and I will wait
to hear from him, to wait for him to call me

don't let him humour me
with letters I won't read
please sympathise with me
if only you could speak

photograph that's in my case
will travel with me every place
reminding me
what to be for his love
orchards smell of sweet perfume
the mountainside is now in bloom
and I am here
waiting for his company

don't let him humour me
with letters I won't read
the clock's at half past three
it's stopped awake like me

tiny goddess wrapped in lace
that certain smile upon your face
is telling me what's to be when he leaves
in a room just five foot eight
I sit alone and I will wait
to hear from him, to wait for him to call me

Françoise Hardy - Dann bist du verliebt

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Francoise Hardy - Frag den abenwind

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Air with Françoise Hardy "Jeanne" (1998)

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Sweet Françoise 3

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Sweet Françoise 2

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Here's a pics collection. She's singing a song written by her husband Jacques Dutronc : "Le temps de l'amour".

C'est le temps de l'amour
Le temps des copains
et de l'aventure
Quand le temps va et vient
On ne pense à rien
Malgré ses blessures
Car le temps de l'amour
C'est long et c'est court
Ca dure toujours
On s'en souvient.

On se dit qu'à vingt ans
On est les rois du monde
Et qu'éternellement
Il y aura dans nos yeux
Tout le ciel bleu

C'est le temps de l'amour
Le temps des copains
et de l'aventure
Quand le temps va et vient
On ne pense à rien
Malgré ses blessures
Car le temps de l'amour
Ca vous met au coeur
Beaucoup de chaleur
Et de bonheur.

Un beau jour c'est l'amour
Et le coeur bat plus vite
Car la vie suit son cours
Et l'on est tout heureux
D'être amoureux.

C'est le temps de l'amour
Le temps des copains
et de l'aventure
Quand le temps va et vient
On ne pense à rien
Malgré ses blessures
Car le temps de l'amour
C'est long et c'est court
Ca dure toujours
On s'en souvient
On s'en souvient
On s'en souvient
On s'en souvient

Francoise Hardy - Francoise Hardy 1962-1966

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1.Oh, oh, cheri (1962) (2:22)
2.Ton meilleur ami (1962) (2:10)
3.C'est a l'amour auquel je pense (1962) (3:13)
4.Va pas prendre un tambour (1963) (2:48)
5.Comme tant d'autres (1963) (2:34)
6.J'aurais voulu (1963) (2:11)
7.L'amour d'un garcon (1963) (2:11)
8.Je n'attends plus personne (1964) (3:12)
9.Tu ne dis rien (1964) (2:16)
10.Je veux qu'il revienne (1964) (2:46)
11.La nuit est sur la ville (1964) (2:16)
12.Nous etions amies (1964) (2:44)
13.Quel mal y-a-t-il a ca (1965) (2:37)
14.Le temps des souvenirs (1965) (2:32)
15.Je changerai d'avis (Se telefonando) (1966) (2:54)
16.Je serai la pour toi (1966) (2:26)
17.Peu-etre que je t'aime (1966) (2:14)
18.Il est des choses (Ci sono cose ciu piu grandi) (1966) (2:29)

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Françoise on Covers: France 1963-1

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France: Paris Match No 717, 5 janvier 1963 - 1.00FF
The magazine includes some black and white photographs of Françoise Hardy and Sylvie Vartan and a 4 page article about their success at 18 years of age.

France: Télé 7 jours No 147, 12 January 1963
A one page article on Françoise consulting a clairvoyant. One black & white picture.

France: Top No 217, 13 janvier 1963
No articles about Françoise in the magazine, although her name is mentioned in a few places.

France: Ciné Monde No 1486, 29 janvier 1963
Françoise Hardy à dix-huit ans est le phénomène de l'année. Compositeur interprète de ses chansons, elle reste d'une gentille modestie. C'est la nouvelle idole de tous les jeunes, indiscutablement. Cover picture only.

France: Capri No 85, février 1963 - 1.20FF
The magazine includes a 4 page article on Françoise Hardy with photographs.

France: Age tendre et tête de bois No 2, février 1963 - 1.50FF
A very short article "Françoise Hardy c'est la nouvelle idole des jeunes". 1 full page black & white picture, and 4 smaller ones.

France: Ciné Music No 2, février 1963
The magazine includes a 3 page article, with some black & white photographs.

France: Bonjour les amis No 3, February 1963
A 4 page article (4 black & white pictures) on Françoise (wearing the same awful coat as in the "Tous les garçons et les filles" clip on the swing) by Paul Kiehl. He talks about her fame, her shyness, Olympia, her earnings,... + a short interview.

France: Festival No 712, 7 February 1963
Back cover picture. One page article with 4 black & white pictures. A few minutes on the TV screen ("Toute la chanson") made her with the song Tous les garçons et les filles the revelation of 1962 and the idol of thousands of fans.

Françoise' Era: Petula Clark

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Petula Clark performs Downtown on Top Of The Pops, 1964

Francoise Hardy Sylvie Vartan & Petula Clark

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60s Medley

Françoise Hardy Goes Italian (1964)

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1- Vorrei Essere Lei [J'aurais Voulu]
2- Se E Ma [Avec Des Si]
3- Vorrei Capirti [Saurai-Je]
4- Una Ragazza Come Le Altre [Une Fille C. Tant D'autres]
5- Stivali Di Vernice Blu [Des Bottes Rouges De Russie]
6- Per Tanto Tempo [Bien Longtemps]
7- Quelli Della Mia Eta [Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles]
8- Oh Oh Cheri [Italian]
9- Nel Mondo Intero [Dans Le Monde Entier]
10- Lungo Il Mare [original]
11- La Tua Mano [original]
12- Non Svegliarmi Mai [original]
13- La Notte Sulla Citta [La Nuit Est Sur La Ville]
14- L'eta Dell'amore [Le Temps De L'amour]
15- L'ora Blu [L'heure Bleue]
16- L'amore Va [L'amour S'en Va]
17- La Bilancia Dell'amore [Je Ne Sais Pas Ce Que Je Veux]
18- Il Tuo Migliore Amico [Ton Meilleur Ami]
19- Il Pretesto [Comment Te Dire Adieu]
20- Il Male D'amore [A Quoi Ca Sert]
21- Il Mare, Le Stelle, Il Vento [La Mer, Les Etoiles, Et Le Vent]
22- Il Granchio [Le Crabe]
23- Gli Altri [Voila]
24- Devi Ritornare [Je Veux Qu'il Revienne]
25- E All'amore Che Penso [C'est A L'amour Auquel Je Pense]
26- I Sentimenti [Et Meme]
27- Ci Sono Cose Più Grandi [original]
28- Ci Sto [J'suis D'accord]
29- Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck [original]
30- Parlami Di Te [Parlez Moi De Lui]
31- Il Saluto Del Mattino [Le Premier Bonheiur Du Jour]
32- Parlami Di Te [Parlez Moi De Lui]

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Françoise Hardy - Interview

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This is an early interview,recorded in her small flat where she lived in Paris at the age of 19.

Bookshelf: Le Desespoir des Singes et Autres Bagatelles

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416 pages
Editeur : ROBERT LAFFONT (2008)

Langue : Français
ISBN-10: 222111163X
ISBN-13: 978-2221111635

Présentation de l'éditeur
Icône de la chanson française, Françoise Hardy livre ses Mémoires.

« Elle a l'expression immobile des gens qui ont beaucoup voyagé, sans croire au changement, et beaucoup aimé, sans renoncer à leur solitude. Elle sourit au ralenti comme dans un rêve et ce sourire ajoute on ne sait quelle mélancolie à ce visage lointain, trop précis pour le brouillard, mais trop fragile pour le soleil », a écrit de Françoise Hardy, dès ses débuts, le grand poète surréaliste Georges Henein. Quarante-cinq ans de carrière rendent justice au don visionnaire du poète.

Voix aérienne, silhouette élancée, d une beauté entière, Françoise Hardy a marqué plusieurs générations, depuis son premier succès, à l âge de dix-huit ans, pour « Tous les garçons et les filles », un disque sorti en 1962. Chanteurs, compositeurs, metteurs en scène, dessinateurs, couturiers, écrivains, tous ont été inspirés par sa présence singulière. Après son dernier disque, Parenthèses, Françoise Hardy a voulu mettre noir sur blanc le récit de sa vie, et exposer, pour la première fois, certaines histoires restées dans les marges de ses souvenirs... Enfant du baby-boom, grandi dans un milieu familial complexe, Françoise Hardy reste le symbole de l accession à la liberté pour toute sa génération, en compagnie de Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan ou des Rolling Stones, dont elle parle, entre autres, avec un regard complice un regard sans complaisance. Rien n est caché de ses amours avec Jean-Marie Périer, puis avec son mari, Jacques Dutronc. Au fil des pages, on croise ceux qui ont compté le plus à ses yeux : Serge Gainsbourg, Emmanuel Berl, Salvador Dalí, Michel Berger, Patrick Modiano, Étienne Daho, John Frankenheimer, France Gall, Benjamin Biolay, Hélène Grimaud ou Michel Houellebecq. Françoise Hardy revient aussi sur ses albums, ses chansons, ses collaborations avec Georges Brassens, Gabriel Yared, Alain Bashung, le groupe Blur, ou encore son fils, Thomas.

Mieux qu un récit de souvenirs, une traversée des apparences qui a le mérite de dire les choses au plus près des émotions ressenties, sans impudeur, pour mieux dégager, au travers de chaque expérience, ce qui a compté, ce qui mérite d être ressaisi. Un livre qui est aussi une quête de perfection, avec une question : comment, à travers drames et bonheurs, faire de sa vie une uvre ?
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Françoise Hardy - Voilà

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Françoise Hardy - Des Ronds Dans l'Eau

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Françoise Hardy chante Des Ronds Dans l'Eau
(Paroles: Pierre Barouh / Musique: Raymond Le Sénéchal 1970)
Tu commença ta vie tout au bord d'un ruisseau tu vécus de ces bruits qui courent dans les roseaux qui montent des chemins que filtrent les taillis les ailes du moulin les cloches de midi soulignant d'un sourire la chanson d'un oiseau tu prenais des plaisirs à faire des ronds dans l'eau aujourd'hui tu ballottes dans des eaux moins tranquilles tu t'acharnes et tu flottes mais l'amour, où est-il ? l'ambition a des lois l'ambition est un culte tu voudrais que ta voix domine le tumulte tu voudrais que l'on t'aime un peu comme un héros mais qui saurait quand même faire des ronds dans l'eau s'il y a tous ces témoins que tu veux dans ton dos dis-toi qu'ils pourraient bien devant tes ronds dans l'eau te prendre pour l'idiot l'idiot de ton village qui lui est resté là pour faire des ronds dans l'eau pour faire des ronds dans l'eau

Françoise Hardy - Message Personnel

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Françoise Hardy - Il Est Des Choses

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Vintage Video

Lyrics Video

Françoise Hardy - L'Amitié (1965)

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1 - Ce Petit Coeur
2 - Il Se Fait Tard
3 - Tout Ce Qu'on Dit
4 - L' Amitié
5 - En T'Attendant
6 - Je T'Aime
7 - Ce N'Est Pas un Rêve
8 - Quel Mal y A-T-Il À Ça
9 - Tu Peux Bien
10 - Le Temps des Souvenirs
11 - Je Pensais
12 - Dis Lui Non

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Françoise on Covers: France 1962

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La Discographie Française No 127, 15 décembre 1962
A 1 page article with 1 black & white picure of Françoise, celebrating the sale of 200,000 copies of Françoise's first 45 EP "Tous les garçons et les filles", released in June 1962.

Mireille No 380, December 1962
A 1 page article entitled "Françoise Hardy sera la vedette 1963", including 2 black & white pictures. 2 subtitles: "Gentillesse et simplicité" and "Son regret: elle n'a plus de vacances (en Allemagne)"

Capri Spécial No 2 - 2.50F
An album of Capri magazines numbers 67, 68 and 69, originally issued in June and July 1962. There is a 2 page article about Françoise inside, but no other pictures.

Françoise Hardy Full Movies' Partecipations List

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To Soundtracks:

"60/90" (1 episode, 2008)
- La taquigrafia i la Viagra (2008) TV episode (performer: "Tous les garçons et les filles")
Tatt av kvinnen (2007) (performer: "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux")
... aka Gone with the Woman (USA: literal English title)
Françoise Hardy - Tant de belles choses (2005) (TV) (writer: "Tous les garçons et les filles") (lyrics: "Moi vouloir toi", "Tous les garçons et les filles")
"Plus belle la vie" (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #1.48 (2004) TV episode (writer: "Tous les garçons et les filles") (performer: "Tous les garçons et les filles")
Crimen ferpecto (2004) (lyrics: "Message personnel") ("Message personnel")
... aka Crimen perfecto (Italy: DVD title)
... aka El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime) (USA)
... aka Ferpect Crime (International: English title)
The Statement (2003) (writer: "Tous les garçons et les filles") (performer: "Tous les garçons et les filles", "Le premier bonheur du jour")
... aka Crimes contre l'humanité (France)
The Dreamers (2003) (writer: "Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962)) (performer: "Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962))
... aka Innocents (France)
... aka The dreamers - I sognatori (Italy)
Invasions barbares, Les (2003) (performer: "L'amitié")
... aka The Barbarian Invasions (International: English title) (USA)
... aka Invasion of the Barbarians (International: English title)
Ricordati di me (2003) (performer: "Des ronds dans l'eau")
... aka Remember Me (International: English title)
... aka Remember Me, My Love (USA)
... aka Souviens-toi de moi (France)
8 femmes (2002) (music: "Message personnel" (Personal message)) (lyrics: "Message personnel" (Personal message))
... aka 8 Women (International: English title)
... aka 8 donne e un mistero (Italy)
Some Voices (2000) (performer: "Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck")
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000) ("Träume")
... aka Water Drops on Burning Rocks (International: English title)

Vénus beauté (institut) (1999) (performer: "Le premier bonheur du jour")
... aka Venus Beauty Institute (USA: literal English title)
... aka Venus Beauty Salon (UK)
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998) (writer: "Find Me a Boy") (performer: "Find Me a Boy") ("Find Me a Boy")
... aka Folies de Margaret, Les (France)
Metroland (1997) (performer: "Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles" (1962)) ("Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles" (1962))
... aka Metroland (Spain)

"Champs-Elysées" (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode dated 23 September 1989 (1989) TV episode (performer: "That'll be the day")

Parapluie des vedettes, Le (1967) (TV) (performer: "La maison où j'ai grandi")
"Age tendre et tête de bois" (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 13 May 1964 (1964) TV episode (performer: "Pourtant tu m'aimes", "Jaloux", "Âge tendre et tête de bois")

As Actress:

Émilie jolie (1980) (TV) .... La sorcière-princesse

Colombes, Les (1972)
... aka The Doves

Lapin de Noël, Le (1967) (TV)
Grand Prix (1966) .... Lisa
Europa canta (1966) .... Singer
... aka Per un pugno di canzoni (Italy)
... aka Por un puñado de canciones (Spain)
Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis (1966) (uncredited) .... La compagne de l'officier américan
... aka Masculin, féminin (France: short title)
... aka Masculine, Feminine: In 15 Acts (International: English title: complete title)
... aka Masculine-Feminine
... aka Maskulinum - femininum (Sweden)
Une balle au coeur (1966) .... Anna
... aka A Bullet Through the Heart (International: English title)
... aka Devil at My Heels (USA)
... aka Mia sfaira stin kardia (Greece)
Altissima pressione (1965)
... aka Highest Pressure (USA)
What's New Pussycat (1965) (uncredited) .... Mayor's Secretary
... aka Quoi de neuf, Pussycat? (France)
Château en Suède (1963) .... Ophélie
... aka Castello in Svezia, Il (Italy)
... aka Nutty, Naughty Chateau (USA)

To Music Department:

Se devo essere sincera (2004) (composer: songs "In sentimenti", "Ce petit coeur" and "Voila")

Projection privée (1973) (song: "L'amour en privé")
... aka Private Projection
... aka Private Screening (UK)

As Herself:

"On n'est pas couché" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
- Episode dated 1 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.12 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
"Vie privée, vie publique" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 20 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
"Grand journal de Canal+, Le" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2004-2008)
- Episode dated 13 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 10 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Herself
"Vivement dimanche" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
- Episode dated 12 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 17 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 28 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
Tous... pour la musique (2007) (TV) .... Herself
Symphonic show spécial Sidaction (2007) (TV) .... Herself
"Salut les Terriens" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 16 December 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
"Graffiti 60" (2005) TV mini-series .... Herself
"Gottschalk & Friends" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Starke Frauen (2005) TV episode .... Herself
Tour d'Eurovision (2005) (TV) .... Herself
Françoise Hardy - Tant de belles choses (2005) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Herself
"On a tout essayé" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Douze coups d'on a tout essayé, Les (France: long title)
... aka On a tout essayé et on a gardé le meilleur (France)
... aka On a tout essayé, même le prime (France)
... aka On a tout essayé, même sans le patron (France: long title)
- Episode dated 8 December 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Herself
"20h10 pétantes" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka 19h10 pétantes (France: new title)
... aka 19h10 pétantes à Cannes (France: festival title)
... aka 19h20 pétantes à Bourges (France: festival title)
... aka Samedi pétantes (France: third season title)
... aka Vendredi pétantes (France: third season title)
- Episode dated 18 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Herself
"Tout le monde en parle" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2000-2004)
- Episode dated 13 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 10 May 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 6 May 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Herself
"On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka O.N.P.P. (France: short title)
... aka ONPP vu de la loge (France: summer title)
... aka ONPP vu de la plage (France: summer title)
... aka ONPP vu du bocal (France: summer title)
... aka ONPP vu du désert (France: summer title)
- Episode dated 20 June 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself
"En aparté" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 17 May 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself
"C'est au programme" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 9 May 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself
"Ombre et lumière" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
- Episode dated 23 November 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Herself
"20 heures le journal" .... Herself - Interviewee (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode dated 1 May 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Herself - Interviewee
Salut sex! (2000) (TV) .... Herself

Immer wieder geht die Sonne auf (1999) (TV) .... Herself
"Lo + plus" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
- Episode dated 25 April 1996 (1996) TV episode .... Herself
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (1994) (V) .... Herself

"Champs-Elysées" .... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode dated 23 September 1989 (1989) TV episode .... Herself
"Télé Caroline" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode dated 31 January 1989 (1989) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
Jacques Dutronc, la nuit d'un rêveur (1982) (TV) .... Herself

Exclusif... Canada (1979) (TV) .... Herself
Spécial Ray Charles (1978) (TV) .... Herself
Si c'était à refaire (1976) .... Herself
... aka If I Had to Do It All Over Again
... aka Second Chance (UK)
"'Drehscheibe, Die'" .... Herself / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
- Episode dated 25 November 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 27 July 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 25 June 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself/Singer
"Meine Melodie" .... Herself / ... (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated 1 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself/Singer

"Set 'em Up Joe" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode #1.4 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
Jolie poupée (1968) (TV) .... Herself
"Paris aktuell" .... Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
- Episode #3.1 (1968) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #2.1 (1967) TV episode .... Singer
Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968) .... Herself
"Ontdek de ster" .... Herself / ... (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 1 November 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself/Performer
Parapluie des vedettes, Le (1967) (TV) .... Herself
"The London Palladium Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 12 March 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966) (uncredited) .... Herself
"Top of the Pops" .... Herself (1 episode, 1965)
... aka All New Top of the Pops (UK)
... aka TOTP
- Episode dated 13 May 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
"Ni figue ni raisin" .... Herself (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #1.6 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1965) (as François Hardy) .... Herself
Hello! Paris (1964) (TV) .... Herself
"Thank Your Lucky Stars" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 21 November 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
"Age tendre et tête de bois" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 13 May 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
"Grande farandole, La" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1964)
- Episode dated 4 May 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 11 April 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
"Amigos del martes" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Amigos del lunes (Spain: new title)
- Episode dated 13 January 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
Ragazzi dell'hully-gully, I (1964) .... Herself
The Eurovision Song Contest (1963) (TV) .... Monegasque entry (5th place)
"Cinq colonnes à la une" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode dated 1 February 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself

Archive Footage:

"60/90"
- La taquigrafia i la Viagra (2008) TV episode .... Herself
"Vivement dimanche"
- Episode dated 25 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
"On n'est pas couché"
- Episode #1.14 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
Mamy Scopitone - L'âge d'or du clip (2005) (TV) .... Herself
Invasions barbares, Les (2003) (uncredited) .... Herself

Françoise Hardy - La Question (1971)

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Bati mon nid
Chanson d'O
Doigts
La maison
La question
Le martien
Meme sous la pluie
Mer
Oui, je dis adieu
Reve
Si mi caballero
Viens

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Interview 2000

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These last years, you focussed on the writing of texts for songs. Which conditions are necessary and essential for you to be able to write? Do you need silence, calm and loneliness? Or do you scribble some ideas on a notepad at any time? Do you write your texts on paper or do you work directly on your computer?
The very first condition is to be given a melody that moves me or that I really like. From that starting point begins a work that demands an intense and exhausting concentration: I really dread not to be able to get the slightest idea, the slightest valuable word, and I just can't think about anything else. I need indeed an almost total loneliness and I'm the kind to fill up a great bunch of pages before that the inspiration finally comes. I write drafts on a notepad, and when I have a first version ready, I type them on the computer.

Do you have some subscriptions for any newspapers, reviews or magazines? Do you have enough free time to read?
I have a subscription for "Les Inrockuptibles", "Studio", "Première" and "Vocable anglais". Unfortunately, except for "Vocable", half of the articles don't really interest me and I have hardly the time to read the other ones. I take some time to read rather irregularly. Recently, during a weekend when I was really exhausted to be active, I read that book - "Braban" written by Patrick Besson - that a friend offered me. And I had a burst of laughter reading every single page. I didn't know that author who has an irresistible sense of humour.

Do you spend some time watching the television? Do you have a subscription to the cable channels? Or to some satellite channels? What kind of programs most interest you?
I watch a lot of movies on the television, it's my favourite distraction. I mainly watch the cinema channels from the cable. To me, after an active day, nothing compares to laying down and watching a good old English or American movie in original version on one of these channels.

I think that you don't like going out to the movie theatres to see the new films as they are released. Do you watch a lot of recorded movies (on VHS tapes)?
I don't have enough time and energy to go out. And there are really enough good movies in original version on the television. So I can do without videotapes.

Are you an Internet addict? Do you spend a lot of time browsing and surfing? What are you attracted to?
I don't spend a lot of time browsing and surfing the net - the e-mails do require me a lot of time! -. I feel really interested in the biographical information I can find about other artists, for my astrological documentation.

Do you watch the music channels (MTV Europe, MCM,...)?
I had stopped watching them because, when I can watch, it's always the same things that are broacasted; things that bore me stiff. I had an other look recently and, unfortunately, nothing has changed. Musicwise, the only program that broadcast new and original artists is the program of Bernard Lenoir, on France Inter [laurent [ficsx22]: a huge French radio station].

We all remember the brilliant duet with Blur. Any news from Damon and his sympathetic band?
No, they are much too busy. I like them very much.

The compilations of "Francoise HARDY" are numerous. Can you tell us something about what would your ideal compilation contain? Without considering the songs that were hits and that "should be" on it just because they were hits ... and so on ... can you pick some songs that seem appropriate to help a new comer discover your world? What should he explore first?
In the songs from the past: "L'amitié", "Viens-là", "Tu ressembles à tous ceux qui ont eu du chagrin", "A quoi ça sert", "La terre"; The "La question" album. The so-called "orange" album. The song "Message personnel". Some songs written by Gabriel Yared such as "Que tu m'enterres", "Quelqu'un qui s'en va". The songs "Partir quand même", "Je suis de trop ici"; "La sieste" in its second version. The "Le danger" album. That's what first comes to my mind.

What are you listening to at the moment? Do you have some artists to suggest us?
Perry Blake, Ben Christophers, Emiliana Torrini, 2 albums of covers by Bryan Ferry and George Michael.

"La saison des pluies" means the season of the tears to you. What will be the mood of this album? Can you describe a color?
There is also "Crying in the rain", "Singing in the rain". I'm joking: it's a word that can be found in numerous songs. Moreover, I did not write most of the texts you quote. Eventually, since Virgin is not fond of "La saison des pluies", I will choose "Clair-Obscur" instead. I didn't dare, at first, because Bernard Lavilliers produced a song with the same name for Laszlo, and then titled the album with the same name. But I believe this is not important because I can prove that my song "Clair-Obscur" was written before he released the record that I mentioned.

You can't make up your mind between the "Palais des sports de Bercy" and the "Stade de France", can you? Seriously, is there any chance to see you in a small intimist place such as several FNACs? With Etienne or Olivier? Why not? [laurent [ficsx22]: The "Palais des sports de Bercy" and the "Stade de France" are two huge concert halls in Paris. The FNAC records shops in France have usually some space dedicated to small concerts or exhibitions.]
No, because I'm too old for that.

The world of the recording studios, the invasion of the computers, the digital techniques, and so on ... all this world has changed a lot. Which new techniques can bring you some satisfaction, a help in the process of recording a song?
The improvement of the quality of the sound is a source of satisfaction, but I'm kind of tired of the productions with too many programmed computer and tired of too artificial sounds.

And, on the contrary, which new constraints are difficult to cope with?
There is such a difference between the sound you hear in the studio and the result on domestic hi-fi devices, that it can lead to misjudgements in the real quality of what have been done in the studio.

The world of the records companies and the music industry have changed a lot and is turning into something always more and more commercial with short-time benefits. How you handle this situation?
Not very well: the new singers are more and more numerous and identical, such a few will survive.

Do you have projects related to astrology? Radio shows, TV shows, or articles for some newspapers... or even a book, why not?
No project for the moment, fortunately for me, because I don't know when I would have some time for it.

Which book would you suggest to somebody who doesn't know anything on the subject and who still associates astrology with a not very credible practice?
"La Condition Solaire" written by Jean-Pierre Nicola, "Pour une astrologie moderne" released through "Seuil" editions, same author. "L'astrologie Universelle", collective work, released through "Albin Michel" editions.

How is your life shared between Paris and Corsica?
I am a sedentary person and to travel make me nervous. If I were alone, I wouldn't take any holidays and would remain all the time in Paris. I go to Corsica for the summer holidays: we have a very beautiful house in a very beautiful place.

You've been living in Paris since you're a child. Which places, which parks, which monuments, which museums are your favourites? Which places would you recommend to a tourist or to a lovely couple for their very first visit in Paris?
Although I hardly walks there, I adore the old parts of Paris: the "Marais" - where Thomas lives - , the "Saint Louis" island. When I was living in the 14th arrondissement, I used to love the "Parc Montsouris" and the nearby streets. The area of "Saint Germain" is a real delight. In the 16th arrondissement, there are wonderful and extraordinary places and hamlets. The "Villa Montmorency" where Sylvie (Vartan) lives, the "Marronniers" street, the "Raynouard" street with Balzac's house.

General info about Françoise Hardy / Interview legend:

Date of Birth:
17 January 1944, Paris, France
Height:
5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Spouse:
Jacques Dutronc (1981 - present)
Trivia:
Born at 9:30pm-BST
Her son Thomas, whose father Jacques she later married, was born in 1973.
Sang the duet "Puisque vous partez en voyage" with her husband Jacques Dutronc, while her son played the guitar (2000).

Paper dolls

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Paper dolls from Swedish teenage magazine (1967)

Françoise Hardy - Star (1977)

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1.Star (7:37)
2.Chanson sur toi et nous (4:17)
3.Enregistrement (2:47)
4.A Vannes (3:11)
5.Flashbacks (3:46)
6.L'impasse (2:34)
7.Ton enfance (2:29)
8.Je ne suis que moi (2:33)
9.Drole de fete (3:16)
10.Fatiguee (2:17)

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Anything in common?

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Françoise Hardy: La maison ou j'ai grandi (1966)

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)

Françoise Hardy - La Maison Où J’ai Grandi (1966)

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1 - Je Changerais D'Avis
2 - Si C'est Ca
3 - Rendez-Vous D'Automne
4 - Je Serai La Pour Toi
5 - Peut-Etre Que Je T'Aime
6 - Il Est Des Choses
7 - Comme
8 - Mes Jours S'en Vont
9 - Qu'ils Sont Heureux
10 - Surtout Ne Vous Reournez Pas
11 - Tu Es Un Peu A Moi
12 - La Maison Ou J'ai Grandi

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Francoise Hardy - En Resume (2000)

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1.Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles (3:09)
2.Le Temps De L'amour (2:25)
3.Mon Amie La Rose (2:18)
4.L'amitie (2:24)
5.All Over The World (2:31)
6.La Maison Ou J'ai Grandi (3:39)
7.Comment Te Dire Adieu ? (2:26)
8.La Question (3:02)
9.Message Personnel (4:14)
10.J'ecoute De La Musique Saoule (4:11)
11.Brouillard Dans La Rue Corvisart feat J. Dutronc (3:09)
12.Tamalou (3:54)
13.Tirez Pas Sur L'ambulance (3:41)
14.Moi Vouloir Toi (3:46)
15.VIP (3:39)
16.Partir Quand Meme (4:00)
17.La Sieste... (3:53)
18.En Resume... En Conclusion (4:40)
19.Je Ne Suis La Pour Personne (3:22)
20.Si Ca Fait Mal (4:13)
21.Revenge Of The Flowers (4:07)

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Some things that people have said about Françoise Hardy

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Jean-Christophe AVERTY
Elle tranchait avec toutes les autres souris qui défilaient dans la production des 45 tours des années 60. (She stood out clearly from the procession of young girls producing singles in the Sixties.)

Alain BASHUNG
Mon transistor s'illuminait quand elle passait à la radio. (My transistor lit up when she was on the radio.)

David BOWIE
I was for a very long time passionately in love with her, as I'm sure she's guessed. Every male in the world, and a number of females also were, and we all still are.

Jacques DUTRONC
Elle est un peu givrée, j'en suis la preuve vivante; le meilleur duo que nous avons fait c'est Thomas; ce qui compte, c'est de durer, point! (She is a little daft, I am the living proof; the best duet we have done is Thomas; what counts, is to last, not!)

Françoise HARDY
Si j'avais mesuré 1m20 et pesé 100 kilos, je n'aurais certainement pas fait la même carrière.
(If I had been 4 feet tall and weighed 15 stone, I would certainly not have followed the same career.)

Malcolm McLAREN
She was the ultimate pin-up of most hip, Chelsea, beat bedroom walls, and I know for a fact, many of the groups who were notorious and slowly becoming successful, such as the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger, the Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and many other groups all were desperately interested in having Françoise Hardy become their girlfriend in some way.

Alain SOUCHON
La fille idéale, belle, romantique, sexy et fière. (The ideal girl, beautiful, romantic, sexy and proud.)

Sweet Françoise

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Francoise Hardy - La maison ou j'ai grandi (1966)

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French version of "Il ragazzo della Via Gluck" by Adriano Celentano

Francoise Hardy - Il ragazzo della via Gluck (1966)

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In Italian

Notes...

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Françoise Hardy: The Yeh-Yeh Girl From Paris

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"The Yeh-Yeh Girl From Paris" & "Ce Petit Coeur" VOGUE LPs

1. Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles - All The Boys And Girls
2. Ca A Raté (It Failed)
3. La Fille Avec Toi (The Girl With You)
4. Oh Oh Chéri
5. Le Temps De L'Amour (The Time Of Love)
6. Il Est Tout Pour Moi (He'S All For Me)
7. On Se Plait (As You Please)
8. Ton Meilleur Ami (Your Best Friend)
9. J'Ai Jeté Mon Ceour (I Threw Away My Heart)
10. Il Est Parti Un Jour (He Left One Day)
11. J'Suis D'Accord (I Agree)
12. C'Est A L'Amour Auquel Je Pense (I Think About Love)

1. Ce Petit Coeur
2. Il Se Fait Tard
3. Tout Ce Qu'On Dit
4. L'Amitié
5. En T'Attendant
6. Je T'Aime
7. Ce N'Est Pas Un Rêve
8. Quel Mal Y A T-Il A Ca
9. Tu Peux Bien
10. Le Temps Des Souvenirs
11. Je Pendais
12. Dis-Lui Non

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Françoise Hardy - Find Me A Boy (1964)

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This is the english version of "Tous les garcons et les filles". Released on the 1964 EP, "Francoise Hardy Sings In English". Also released on a 1965 single in the U.S., as the b-side to "Catch A Falling Star".

Find Me A Boy (1964)

So many friends that I happen to see have told me they're in love
oh how I wish it could happen to me
and I'm asking the stars up above
won't you find me a boy, just a nice looking boy
who will show me the way, who will teach me to say"I love you, yes I do",
and who'll promise me too
that he'll always be true, so that I'll never be blue
I just wish for a gentle boy
someone who's sweet and kind
just a nice sentimental boy
that's all that I'm really longing to find
so many friends that I happen to see
have been telling me all about love
oh how I wish it could happen to me
is the only thing I'm thinking of
so I'll find me a boy, just a nice looking boy
who will show me the way, who will teach me to say"I love you, yes I do",
and who'll promise me too
that he'll always be true,
so that I'll never be blue
so I'll find me a boy, just a nice looking boy
who will show me the way, who will teach me to say"I love you, yes I do", and who'll promise me too
that he'll always be true, so that I'll never be blue.

Francoise Hardy: The garden of Jane Delawnay (1972)

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This is from her 1972 Album If You Listen. It was written, and the music composed by Tobias Boshell of the Trees, a British folkrock group of the time. It was first released in 1970 as part of their album, and called after the song. It's haunting and sung beautifully, though it's hardly necessary to say that. One good thing is that unlike some other of her albums from this time, it can be got readily enough from any online store.

The Garden of Jane Delawnay

The poet's voice lingers on
His words hanging in the air
The ground you walk upon
Might as well not be there
Might as well not be there

I'll take you through my dreams
Out into the darkest morning
Past the blood-filled streams
Into the garden of Jane Delawnay
Into her garden now

Through the rose if there
Don't pluck it as you pass
Or the fire will consume your hair
And your eyes will turn to glass
Your eyes will turn to glass

In the willow's shade
Don't lie to hear it weep
Or its tears of gold and jade
Will drown you as you sleep
Will drown you now

Jane Delawnay had her dreams
That she never did discover
For the flow that feeds the streams
Is the lifeblood of her lover
Is the lifeblood of her lover
And the purifying beams
Of the sun will shine here never
While the spirit of her dreams
In the garden lives forever
Lives forever now

Françoise Hardy - Il pretesto

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Francoise Hardy: Il Pretesto (1969)

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LP 1969 CGS FGS 5052

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Françoise Hardy on Press

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Françoise Hardy From Wikipedia

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Françoise Madeleine Hardy pronounced (born January 17, 1944 in Paris) is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and personality in the Francophile world.

Biography
Françoise Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first album Oh Oh Chéri appeared, the title song written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. Her own flip side of the record, "Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles" became a success, riding the wave of Yé-yé music in France, with two million sales.
Hardy sang in French, English, Italian, Spanish, and German. In 1963 she came fifth for Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest with "L'amour s'en va". In 1968, she was awarded the Grand Prix Du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy.
In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, with whom she had had a son, Thomas Dutronc, in 1973. In 1994, she collaborated with the British pop group Blur for their "La Comedie" version of To The End. In May 2000, she made a comeback with the album Clair Obscur. Her son played guitar and her husband sang the duet "Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage." Iggy Pop and Étienne Daho also took part. Hardy lives near Paris and Dutronc lives in Monticello, Corsica, although they remain a couple.

Influence in pop culture
Hardy is mentioned in a poem by Bob Dylan "Some other kinds of songs" on the cover of his LP "Another Side of Bob Dylan", released in 1964.
Hardy's style also influences Nicolas Ghesquière, head of the couture house, Balenciaga.
Her song "L'Amitié" plays during the end credits of Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.
In a scene from director John G. Avildsen's film Save the Tiger (1973), Jack Lemmon's character Harry Stoner makes a reference to Hardy during a melancholy telephone call to his wife.

Selected songs
"Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962)
"J'suis d'accord" (1962)
"Le temps de l'amour" (1962)
"Le premier bonheur du jour" (1963)
"L'amour s'en va" (1963)
"Only friends / Ton meilleur ami" (1964)
"Mon amie la rose" (1964)
"L'amitié" (1965)
"La maison où j'ai grandi" (1967)
"Voilà" (1967)
"Comment te dire adieu" (1968, lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg)
"Message personnel" (1973, lyrics by Michel Berger)
"J'écoute de la musique saoûle" (1978)

Selected discography
Tous les garçons et les filles (1962)
Le premier bonheur du jour (1963)
Mon amie la rose (1964)
L'amitié (1965)
Françoise Hardy in Deutschland (1965)
La maison où j'ai grandi (1966)
Françoise (1966)
Françoise Hardy in English (1966)
Ma jeunesse fout le camp (1967)
Comment te dire adieu (1968)
Françoise Hardy en Anglais (1969)
Germinal (1970)
Soleil (1970)
One-Nine-Seven-Zero (1970)
Alone (1970)
Träume (1970)
La Question (1971)
Et si je m'en vais avant toi (1972)
If You Listen (1972)
Message Personnel (1973)
Entr'acte (1974)
Star (1977)
J'écoute de la musique saoûle (1978)
Gin Tonic (1980)
À Suivre (1981)
Quelqu'un qui s'en va (1982)
Décalages (1988)
Le Danger (1996)
Clair Obscur (2000)
Ricordati di me- Des ronds dans l'eau(Soundtrack) (2003)
Tant de belles choses (2004)
(Parenthèses...) (2006)

Selected filmography
Château en Suède (1963)
What's New Pussycat? (1965, uncredited appearance in final scene)
Une Balle au Cœur (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)

This Is Francoise Hardy

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Sweet Françoise...

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