Françoise Hardy

Gebundenes Buch

The Despair of Monkeys and Other Trifles

A Memoir by Françoise Hardy

Übersetzer: Graham, Jon E

Beschreibung

French chanteuse Francoise Hardy's autobiography looks back on the 'Ye-Ye' sound and the experiences and intellectual ideas that inspired it, amounting to a strikingly philosophically-charged music memoir.

Autor

Françoise Hardy -- at the beginning of her career, at least -- covered more stylistic ground and owed more debts to pop/rock than she's given credit for. Immensely popular in her native France, the chanteuse first displayed her breathy, measured vocals in the early and mid-'60s. Her (mostly self-penned) recordings from that era draw from French pop traditions, lightweight '50s teen idol rock, girl groups, and sultry jazz and blues -- sometimes in the same song. The material is perhaps too unreservedly sentimental for some (in the French tradition), but the songs are invariably catchy and the production, arrangements, and near-operatic backup harmonies excellent, at times almost Spector-esque. Fans of Marianne Faithfull's mid-'60s work can find something of a French equivalent here, though Hardy's material was stronger and her delivery more confident.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Feral House, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 182mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9781627310604
• ISBN-10: 1627310606
• Artikelnr.: 48858702