Late Nite Mix: French Yé-yé

Françoise Madeleine Hardy, French pop chanteuse

Just when your 256th listen to your electronica/shoegaze playlist starts bringing you back to earth (meaning, it temporarily loses its novelty), sixties girly French pop fondly called Yé-yé pops you back to aural heaven. Girls crooning in heartbreak/with hope/with sheer innocence produces nothing short of cinematic soundscapes smelling of vanilla, cinnamon, and Gitanes.

Sleepytime

But before I hit the sack, some fan-girling first!

Gotta love Rafa’s website! (Disclaimer: I am not, in any way, connected to the sports brand this athlete espouses, nor am I being paid to promote the website. Rafa is just the the the… *droolz*)

Lookie:

RAFA!

Gotta love the stop motion technique and the rocknroll sounds!