WTJU Marathon: French Rock!

[Cross-posted at WTJU Rock]

Commando Spatial / Virginie Robin (1966)
Et si je t'aime / Marie LaForet
Je Danse donc Je Suis / Brigitte Bardot
Celle que les hommes pleurent (Mata Hari) / Caracol
Pour Quoi Pas / Vanessa Contenay
Monsieur / Clarys
Laissa Tomber Les Filles / April March

Ce Monde Absurde / Claude François
Marie douceur, Marie colere (Paint it Black) / Marie LaForet
7 heures du matin / Jacqueline Taïeb
Le Temps de l'Amour / Françoise Hardy

Midi Dans La Salon de la Duchesse / Keren Ann
Janine I / Camille
Miss Modular / Stereolab
Sex Symbole / Call Me Poupée

Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo / MC Solaar
Rose Hybride du Thé / Emilie Simon
La Citronier / Amélie-les-Crayons
L'Ascenseur / Olive et Moi
My English Song / The Brigitte Sisters

Silex Pistols, Piew! Piew! / Hansje
C'est la mort /Stereo Total
Si j'avais su que notre amour / Anaïs
La Réalité / Amadou & Mariam
Bonne and Clyde / Belinda Carlisle
Tous les garçons et les filles / Françoise Hardy

et enfin...

Je t'aime...moi non plus / Serge Gainsbourg

MELODIC MAYHEM, 2/7/09

1. "Un Jour, Un Jour (Theme d'Expo '67)" - Michele Richard


2. "Manic Mirror" - Meercaz - Meercaz [NEW]


3. "Lounge (Closing Time)" - Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West


4. "Transmission (1979 Peel Session)" - Joy Division


5. "Eli" - Caribou - Andorra


6. "Theme from Hollywood" - Megapuss - Surfing [NEW]


7. "Paper Planes (DFA Remix)" - M.I.A. - Paper Planes: Homeland Security Remixes


8. "Mina Minou" - Larkin Grimm - Parplar


9. "Oberkampf" - Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada [NEW]


10. "La femme a barbe" - Emily Loizeau - Pays sauvage


11. "At the Academic Conference" - Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele - The Good Feeling Music of Dent May... [NEW]


12. "Tenuousness" - Andrew Bird - Noble Beast [NEW]


13. "Kiss My Name" - Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light [NEW]


14. "I'm Aware" - Charles Wright - Express Yourself


15. "The Next Time Around" - Little Joy - Little Joy [NEW]


16. "Ann Marie (or a whispered love overheard at the fountain)" - Anna Ash and The Family Tree - Hello Friend


17. "Under A Canopy" - Gemma Hayes - The Hollow of Morning [NEW]


18. "Taste" - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion [NEW]


19. "And The Birds Aren't Singer" - Heavenly - Le Jardin de Heavenly


20. "The Palace at 4am" - AC Newman - Get Guilty [NEW]


21. "Blood Bank" - Bon Iver - Blood Blank [NEW]


22. "Water II" - Hush Arbors - Hush Arbors [NEW]


23. "Mexico" - Cake - Prolonging the Magic


24. "Metropolis" - Faded Paper Figures - Dymamo


25. "The Ghost of You Lingers" - Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga


26. "Did Ya Ever Look So Nice" - The Samples - Very Best of the Samples (1989-1994)


27. "Another Reason to Go" - Vetiver - Tight Knit [NEW]


28. "Sea Song" - Lisa Hannigan - Sea sew


29. "Where Gravity Is Dead" - Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors


30. "Mean Monsoon" - Dan Auerback - Keep it hid [NEW]


31. "The Party's Over" - Phospherescent - To Willie [NEW]

MELODIC MAYHEM, 1/3/2009

Happy New Year!

Listen to Part 1 here. (Recording started just before the show.)

Hit / The Sugarcubes
Fela the Vampire Weekend Slayer / Coltronix
Bruises / Chairlift*
Hatchet (Optimimi Version) / Low
Group Transport Hall / Women
Lights Out / Santogold

On the Radio / Regina Spektor
Strange Overtones / Brian Eno and David Byrne*
If You A Viper / Erin McKeown
The End of Summer on Bookbinder Road / Cocoanut Groove
Record Year / The Decemberists*
Song To Bobby / Cat Power
To Baby / Vetiver

Besoin de la Lune / Manu Chao
L'Ascenseur / Olive et Moi
Cette fille n'est rien pour lui / Marylene
Le coeur du chewing gum / The Brigitte Sisters
Sans-Façon / Marianne Dissard*
Mon amour mon ami / Marie Laforet
El Vistado / Juana Molina*

Tammie / The Do*
Colors / Dark Dark Dark*
The Window / Wildbirds and Peacedrums
Heavy D / Fire on Fire*
Swan Pond / Julie Doiron

Concerning the UFO Sighting.../ Sufjan Stevens
Don't Watch Me Dancing / Little Joy
Unified World / Diane Marie Kloba
Ha-Ha / Emiliana Torrini*
Summer, Two Weeks / The Harpeth Trace
Popeye / Kurt Wagner
Illuminated Red / The Accidental
Moth Wings / Tape

*new bin

OOGUM BOOGUM, December 13, 2008

Thanks to Josh and Jeff for the chance to sub in last night! Cross -posted at http://wtjurock.blogspot.com.

Landlocked / Dakotafish
Rook to the Queen's Pawn Six / Fujiya & Miyagi
Future / Cut Copy
Thou Shalt Always Kill / Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Dans Ta Vraie Vie / Yelle

Oh My My / Jill Barber
7 heures du matin / Jacqueline Taieb (these ladies should come to the next Mod Party)
Beast of Burden / The Rolling Stones
We've Had Enough / Arnie Love and the Lovettes
Mean Woman Blues / Roy Orbison*
J'Suis Conne / Emma Daumas

On the Water / The Walkmen*
Home / Brian Eno and David Byrne*
I Don't Know Your Name / Diane Kloba*
Winter Coat / Dark Dark Dark*
Un Día / Juana Molina*
Parplar / Larkin Grimm*
The Raven / Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan*

Flood, pt. 1 / The Acorn
Ragged Wood / Fleet Foxes
Unissausi Laulelet / The Do*
Wedding Guest / Pale Young Gentlemen*
Rodi / Clare & The Reasons
Four Words / The Parenthetical Girls*

I Turn My Camera On / Spoon
Apartment Story / The National
Alfie / Lily Allen
Don't Stop Believing / Petra Haden
Jungle Drum / Emiliana Torrini*
Inside A Boy / My Brightest Diamond*

*new bin

MELODIC MAYHEM, 12/06/2008

Dating / Ty Segall*
Buck and Judy / Deerhoof*
On My Shoulders / A Mouthful*
July 23 / What Laura Says
Ivan, Boris et moi / Marie Laforet
Senza / Camille
Just One of Those Things / Blossom Dearie (Brazilian Girls remix)
A Song For Ellie Greenwich / The Parenthetical Girls*

Walzer Für Niemand / Sophie Hunger
Nowhere / Clare & The Reasons
Ice and Storm / My Brightest Diamond*
Norma: "Casta Diva" / Maria Callas (Bellini)
Clap Hands / Tom Waits
Ride That Cyclone / Larkin Grimm*

Community / Mirah & Spectratrone Int'l
No One Does It / Department of Eagles*
Armour / Ane Brun*
Schiphol / Julia Kent
In A Station of the Metro / Wes Swing

Fight Fire with Fire / Isobel Campbel and Mark Lanegan*
Celle que les homme pleurent (Mata Hari) / Caracol
Silver Stallion / Cat Power
Eroya / West African Rhythm Brothers

In Our Talons / Bowerbirds
A Woolgathering Exodus / Benoit Pioulard*
If It's The Beaches / The Avett Brothers
Roll and I Tumble / Ray Wylie Hubbard
The Shining / Badly Drawn Boy

MELODIC MAYHEM, 11/22/08

Listen to Part I here.

Commando spatial (Space Patrol) / Virginie Robin
Playground Hustle / The Do*
Tonight / Jean on Jean
Attention Cherie / April March with Steve Haft
Curly Teeth / Micachu
Winter's Glow / Bedtime
The Crook of My Good Arm / Pale Young Gentlemen*

Stork & Owl / TV on the Radio*
Love Cats / The Cure
Myriad Harbour / The New Pornographers
My Purple Past / Deerhoof*
Day Time Girl / Bee Gees
Can't Run But / Paul Simon
Leggy Blonde / Flight of the Conchords
Love is Strange / Deep Throat Soundtrack

Your Eyes Are Mirrors / Sunset
Bells / Telepathe
New Moon / Palms*
Bessie Smith / Emily Jane White
Something to Believe / Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan*
Klara / Olof Arnalds*
Aruarian Dance / Nujabes

Tschusse / The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Mal de Mer / Rupa & The April Fishes
Torticolis / Bastien Lallemant
Ragged Tint / Benoit Pioulard*
Il Pleut / Emilie Simon
E Penso a Te / Carla Bruni

Ampersand / Amanda Palmer*
Man-Revolutionary! / Rogue Wave
Iko Iko / The Dixie Cups
Le Cerf-Volant / Tour de France*
Dying Breed / Marissa Nadler
White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes
Three o'clock Blues / B.B. King

ALL-GIRL MELODIC MAYHEM, NOVEMBER 8, 2008

[Part I of this show is no longer available.]

Naked Eye / Luscious Jackson
Teenage Mojo Workout / The 5.6.7.8's
You Got It / Etta James
She Bop / Cyndi Lauper
Try The Worryin' Way / The Fabulettes
You Can't Hurry Love / Diana Ross & The Supremes
Goldfinger / Shirley Bassey
Big Bad World / Cathy Saint
Please Mr. Postman / The Marvelettes
Hey Boy / BLOW, or Get The Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano
Rock Steady / Aretha Franklin
Proud Mary / Tina Turner
Back to Black / Amy Winehouse

Listen to Part II

He's So Fine / The Angels
I Kinda Think He Does / Carla Thomas
Love Is Strange / Sylvia & Mickey
No Tears / The Tonettes
Feeling Free / Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
Becky / All Girl Summer Fun Band
Dans Ta Vraie Vie / Yelle
Marie douceur, marie colere (paint it black) / Marie Laforet
Mr. Sandman / The Chordettes

Listen to Part III

It's In His Kiss / Betty Everett
Life And Soul of The Party / Mally Page
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? / She & Him
Laisse Tomber Les Filles / April March
Sweepstakes Prize / Mirah
He Hit Me / The Crystals
Girlfriend / Pebbles
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) / En Vogue
Ladies First / Queen Latifah


Coin-Operated Boy / Dresden Dolls
Love Is A Battlefield / Pat Benatar
Deceptacon / Le Tigre
Walk Like An Egyptian / The Bangles