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Zazie
Isabelle Marie Anne de Truchis de Varennes (born 18 April 1964), better known by her stage name Zazie, is a French pop singer and songwriter. Her greatest hits include " Je suis un homme", " À ma place" and "Speed". She co-produces all her albums and is noted for her playful use of language. Biography Early life Isabelle de Truchis de Varennes was born on 18 April 1964 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. She was nicknamed "Zazie" in reference to the title character of the Raymond Queneau novel ''Zazie dans le métro''. Her mother was a music teacher and her father, Hervé de Truchis de Varennes, was an architect. At home, they listened to Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel and Barbara, as well as classical music. Inspired, Zazie began learning to play the violin at the age of ten, later teaching herself to play the piano and guitar. After high school, Zazie began studying to become a psychotherapist; however, her classic beauty and nearly six-foot stature caught the attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zazie Dans Le Métro (novel)
(translated as both ''Zazie in the Metro'' and ''Zazie'') is a French novel written in 1959 by Raymond Queneau, and his first major success. Plot Zazie, a foul-mouthed provincial girl is dropped off at a Paris railway station to spend a weekend with her uncle Gabriel while her mother Jeanne Lalochère spends time with her lover. Zazie tells Gabriel that she wants to visit the Paris Métro, but Gabriel tells her she cannot as it is closed due to a strike. Throughout the novel, Zazie asks Gabriel if he is a "hormosessuel" (homosexual), which he vigorously denies being. The two are driven off to Gabriel's apartment by Gabriel's friend Charles, a taxi driver. Upon arriving, Zazie encounters Turandot, the manager of ''La Cave'', a restaurant under Gabriel's apartment, his pet parrot Laverdure, and Gabriel's wife Marceline. The following day, Zazie leaves the apartment while Gabriel is sleeping to visit the subway by herself. She encounters a strange man implied to be a paedophil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je Suis Un Homme
"Je suis un homme" is a 2007 pop song recorded by French singer Zazie. It was the second single from her sixth studio album ''Totem'' and was released in early October 2007. It was the singer's most successful solo single, being a top-ten hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia). Lyrics and music video Written and composed by Zazie, alongside Philippe Paradis and Jean-Pierre Pilot, the song deals in a critical and pessimistic way with human behavior towards environmental issues and consumer society. On 17 April 2007, Zazie herself announced in the media that "Je suis un homme would be the second single off the ''Totem'' album. The music video was directed by Yvan Attal and the shooting was made at the Mac / Val, the Musée d'art contemporain of Vitry-sur-Seine. It shows the singer as a naked pregnant woman at an exhibition about the humanity. The woman is worried about various problems presented, including population explosion, forest devastated, deaths by malnutrition, emissions... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
À Ma Place
"À ma place" is a 2001 pop song recorded as a duet by French singers Zazie and Axel Bauer. It was the second single off Bauer's album ''Personne n'est parfait'' and was released on 7 May 2001. It became a smash hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia) where it reached the top five. Song information The song was written and composed by both singers. It deals with the difficulties that can be met by a couple to understand each other. According to Elia Habib, the story of the song " scillatesbetween passion and insanity". The music video and the cover single are very refined and the song looks like a "dramatic script meticulously directed".) The music video was directed by Didier Le Pêcheur who had previously directed five music videos for Zazie at the time. "À ma place" was not included on Zazie's studio album, but only on Bauer's ''Personne n'est parfait'' on which it appears in an extended version, then on Bauer's best of ''La Désintégrale''. In 2003, the live version performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Auguste Queneau (; ; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo (), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Biography Queneau, the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot, was born at 47, rue Thiers (now Avenue René-Coty), Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure. He received his middle name Auguste as a patronymic. After studying in Le Havre, Queneau moved to Paris in 1920 and received his first baccalauréat in 1925 for philosophy from the University of Paris. Queneau performed military service as a '' zouave'' in Algeria and Morocco during the years 1925–26. From the 1920s through 1930s, Queneau took odd jobs for income, working as a bank teller, tutor, translator and hackwriting in a column entitled, ('Do you know Paris?') for the daily newspaper '' L'Intransigeant''. He married Janine Kahn (1903–1972) in 1928 after returning to Paris from his first military service. Kahn was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Bauer
Axel Bauer (born 7 April 1961) is a French singer, composer, guitarist, and actor, born in Paris. A figure of the French rock scene, he was discovered in 1983 with the song "Cargo". Several times awarded a gold record, he has sold three million records and performed nearly 700 concerts in France and Europe. Music career "Cargo" He submitted his demos to Philippe Missir, artistic director of Mondio Music, who accompanied him in the elaboration of the "Cargo" demo on which Michel Eli, the director of the label immediately signed Bauer. The song came out at the end of 1983 with Manu Katché on drums and Bauer on guitar. Michel Eli, who wrote the lyrics, was inspired by film '' Pépé le Moko'' with Jean Gabin. The cover of the single refers to the poster of the film '' Querelle'' by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "Cargo" sold more than a million copies, earning a Gold record for Bauer. Bauer chose to work with the director Jean Baptiste Mondino on a video for the song. The video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed (Zazie Song)
"Speed" is a song by French artist Zazie Isabelle Marie Anne de Truchis de Varennes (born 18 April 1964), better known by her stage name Zazie, is a French pop singer and songwriter. Her greatest hits include " Je suis un homme", " À ma place" and "Speed". She co-produces all her alb ... released in 2018. The song has peaked at number two on the French Singles Charts. Charts References 2018 singles 2018 songs Songs in French French pop songs Zazie songs Songs written by Zazie {{2018-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo (; born 8 January 1965) is a French pop and rock singer, music producer and songwriter. Early life Pascal Obispo, son of Max Obispo (a former Bordeaux Girondins football player of Basque origin) and Nicole Guérin (originally from Angers), was born on 8 January 1965 in Bergerac. After the divorce of his parents in 1978, he was raised by his mother, who decided to settle in Rennes. His father Max gained some notoriety by publishing two books, one on football, and ''Le Sable d'Ararat'' in 2010, a novel born from a meeting with the Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Boghossian when he discovers the similarities between the Armenian and Basque languages. Career Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990. The record deal was ''Le long du fleuve''. Some of his most famous songs are "Plus que tout au monde", "Laurelenn", "Tombé pour elle", "L'important c'est d'aimer", "Personne" and " Fan". With his 2007 release of ''Les Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Jean-Baptiste Mondino (born Aubervilliers, France on 21 July 1949) is a French fashion photographer and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna (entertainer), Madonna, David Bowie, Sting (musician), Sting, Björk, Don Henley, Neneh Cherry, Jaye Muller (J./Count Jaye), Axel Bauer and Les Rita Mitsouko. Mondino has also photographed the covers and album packaging for Aṣa's ''Beautiful Imperfection'' (2010), the Marianne Faithfull albums ''Before The Poison'' (2005) and ''Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album), Easy Come, Easy Go'' (2008), Shakespear's Sister's ''Hormonally Yours'' (1992), Alain Bashung's ''Osez Joséphine'' (1991), ''Chatterton (album), Chatterton'' (1994), Mylène Farmer's ''Désobéissance'' (2018), Jaye Muller, J.'s ''We Are the Majority'' (1992) and Prince (musician), Prince's ''Lovesexy'' (1988). He also designed the titles for the Anglo-French TV music show ''Rapido (TV series), Rapido''. The video for Don Henley's "The Boys of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and thus the seat of the larger arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt. It is also part of the Métropole du Grand Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt includes one island in the Seine: Île Seguin. Boulogne-Billancourt is one of the wealthiest regions in the Parisian area and in France. Formerly an important industrial site, it has successfully reconverted into business services and is now home to major communication companies headquartered in the Val de Seine Central business district, business district. Etymology The original name of the commune was Boulogne-sur-Seine (meaning "Boulogne upon Seine"). Before the 14th century, Boulogne was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrasse Records
Wrasse Records is a British record label based in Ashtead, Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes .... It was started in 1998 by Ian and Jo Ashbridge. Both had been involved in the music industry prior to them starting up their own company. Its offices are based in the UK, but it distributes its CDs all around the world. In 2005, it licensed most of Universal Music's world music releases for distribution in the United States and the UK. Wrasse Records specializes in world music, with artists such as Fela Kuti, Rachid Taha, Ismael Lo, Souad Massi, Angélique Kidjo, K'naan and Pink Martini. Wrasse recording artist Seu Jorge appeared in the film ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' (released November 2004), performing songs onscreen and on the The Life Aquatic with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
