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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FVlfOgTo8 Marcia Baila], by Rita Mitsouko (Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer), a highly aesthetic tribute to Marcia Moretto, a dancer and choreographer, former master of the Rita Mitsouko who honor her with a masterful display of the exercise. A beautiful line is suddenly shout at the face of everything and that, by itself, is enough to immortalize this song: "''c'est la mort qui t'as assassiné Marcia''"~<wz tip="It's death that murdered you Marcia.">(en)</wz>. | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FVlfOgTo8 Marcia Baila], by Rita Mitsouko (Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer), a highly aesthetic tribute to Marcia Moretto, a dancer and choreographer, former master of the Rita Mitsouko who honor her with a masterful display of the exercise. A beautiful line is suddenly shout at the face of everything and that, by itself, is enough to immortalize this song: "''c'est la mort qui t'as assassiné Marcia''"~<wz tip="It's death that murdered you Marcia.">(en)</wz>. | ||
− | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0mLKNhFX0 Quelques mots d'amour], by Michel Berger, a simplistic pop-song, along with the others to come below, but that always ring a bell with me, evoking the white nights of my teen-age where I'd be saddened by this song playing on the radio. | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0mLKNhFX0 Quelques mots d'amour], by Michel Berger, a simplistic pop-song, along with the others to come below, but that always ring a bell with me, evoking the white nights of my teen-age where I'd be saddened by this song playing on the radio. His [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZW3he1fp0o Message personel] would also work in the same way, but when performed by Françoise Hardy. |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpB2TKt6D5U Sache que je], by Jean-Jacques Goldman, an essentially commercial artist with rather forgettable compositions but with occasional departures into Art and that here strikes with a masterpiece. The whole song, nicely written, argues that important and strong things don't have to be spelled out. The overly used "Je t'aime" (I love you) is born again by its silencing: "''Sache que je''"~<wz tip="Know that, I...">(en)</wz>. | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpB2TKt6D5U Sache que je], by Jean-Jacques Goldman, an essentially commercial artist with rather forgettable compositions but with occasional departures into Art and that here strikes with a masterpiece. The whole song, nicely written, argues that important and strong things don't have to be spelled out. The overly used "Je t'aime" (I love you) is born again by its silencing: "''Sache que je''"~<wz tip="Know that, I...">(en)</wz>. |
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As a representative of minimalism, I was initially thinking of Tiersen with a piece such as La Maison or La Démarche. I finally settled for The Deutsch Mark Is Coming (from Good Bye, Lenin!) until I finally decided to pick one from the real master of the genre, Philip Glass. More about this choice can be read in my blog.
I wanted a Bossa Nova in my list, reflecting my love for the Brazilian language (not Portuguese but how it is pronounced on a continent where it found enough space to sing and resonate). There are many enchanting songs and Garota de Ipanema is surely their best representative. The song is even good when sung in English. But it's only with the Brazilian expression that it becomes alive.
The composition from Buarque does not fall in this category, but appeared to me superior in all aspects as the symbol for how Brazilian music speaks to me.
Especially if you don't know them: