The 80s-90s Lost Classics Rate - Goodbye Wes! :'-(

Epic Chocolat

Epic Chocolat

Some songs by Sylvie Vartan I enjoy:

About her Bulgarian roots
La Maritza


Another song written by Luc Plamondon that I forgot to include earlier
Je n'aime encore que toi


A song written by Etienne Daho, La Prisonnière.

My favorite song by Johnny
Je serai là


Their big duet
J'ai problème



And then there is this moment, this reunion, at one of his big concert in 1993, Sylvie sings a capella one of his songs, to him, walking slowly towards him in a red gown. Epic emotional moment.
Sylvie Vartan - Tes tendres années (live at the Parc des Princes 1993)
 
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It's the Berserky again!














































Good news is - no 11 is going today!


























































It is still bad news for Mourir Sur Scène fans though - after @Sprockrooster suffers two massive losses, and before I do we have….


















































































Let’s also call @iheartpoptarts for this one - she might like it!





































































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Nomads - Yakalelo
Picked By: Berserkboi
Credentials: #2 France (28 Weeks On The Chart), 750000 Units SOLD, Certified DIAMOND by InfoDisc, #4 Belgium, #9 Netherlands
Average Score: 7.0977
Highest Score: 10 @Ana Raquel
Lowest Score: 2 @DominoDancing @Epic Chocolat

The biggest basic bop I bring PopJustice suffers a surprisingly early demise! Bringing fun isn’t quite enough to cut the mustard here either. I should be thankful we are not cutting something entirely French this time - but my men are still suffering blows!

What does Yakalelo actually mean? I am sure many of you wondered when you got to it on the list. The short answer is: nothing at all! It is utter nonsense for the purposes of making the tune rhyme, but young Berserky was bopping and loving it all anyway! Actual verbatim: 9.4 - Addictive bop from my adolescent and that guy was all sorts of Main Love Interest in my dreams at the time! Dddd A bit Girls Who Run The World too, hey?

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Mmmmm, quite! Ddddd Beyoncé was taking notes, I was just distracted!

In the spirit of colloquial French where you’d conversationally say things like ‘Y’a qu’a danser!’ ‘Y’a qu’a aimer!’ (loosely translating to ‘Just Dance!’ and ‘Just Love!’) - Yakalelo is phonetic gibberish that sounds like the “Y’a qu’a” bit and “Lelo” means nothing in French and just rhymes! A Laurent Dafurio / Hamidou / Earl Talbot / Philippe Pagot / Philippe Jakko collaboration, Yakalelo came about by accident - Jakko tells it as he noticed the World Music genre was doing really well - he engage a friend (Laurent Dafurio) to produce an act with diverse backgrounds, leading them to write Yakalelo and a few tracks which combined languages such as French, Arabic, English and Spanish to create this fusion.

They recorded a whole album with this concept, but when they went to shop this around, no record label was remotely interested! (Ddddd) The feedback was that the sound they came up with was too bizarre to be successful. By chance, the track found itself in the hands of an Artistic Director at TF1 (a leading TV Station in France that was instrumental in showcasing and bringing success to the likes of Worlds Apart, 2BE3 and Alliage), who was fascinated by what she heard and decided/anticipated this could be popular with their audience the following year. Yakalelo was thus earmarked as the 'Summer Hit of 1998', and was marketed as such. Despite the massive sales credentials you can see above - Yakalelo actually failed at being the uncontestable Summer Hit of 1998 - that honour went to a Rate Alumnus with a song he does not have here!

It was however still a massive hit, with the colossal sales attributed to Yakalelo being released during a World Cup year, and the track featuring in a half-time advert during a deciding match - which lead to it selling around 20,000 copies per day that week - which was phenomenal and ensured substantial success regardless! After Yakalelo, sadly Nomads' career didn't really have anywhere to go but down and though they tried with a follow-up or two - it was pretty much to story of Eiffel 65, Baha Men, Ann Lee and many others who are best remembered for the one hit!

What did PopJustice have to say about this one?

@Sprockrooster (9) is stanning like I was at that gif! Dddd - Bringing the Maghreb themed party to my living room instantly. Amazing track! @Ezz (8) is all for it too! - Another great fusion-y bop! @Epic Chocolat (2) thinks the French have suffered enough and probably wishes I never dug this back up! Ddddd - A nefarious earworm. I had blissfully forgotten this song.

@DominoDancing (2) does not have time for any nonsense! - Guy raps at horse. Song receives only few points. @WowWowWowWow (6.5) mostly agrees - Shouldn't have watched this with the audio on, because visually it's a delight. Sonically... Yakale-NO amirite?? @daninternational (7.5) can get into short term American Jock stanning - It's a bit repetitive/reductive, but a fun few minutes either way.

@Filippa (6) is a Berserky, endorsing the seemingly Foreign Language bits - Nice chorus! @MilesAngel (7.5) previews La Tribu De Dana is lucky to have made it this far apparently! - My favourite song including rap in the rate. Great bass and beat with a catchy chorus. @jtm (7.4) is not wrong entirely here, I could see myself getting PopTarts and Hazey into it! - The way this has 90‘s German Eurodance group written all over it even though it‘s probably something different altogether.



More about the history of Yakalelo, if you can understand French or like captions:



Nomads got back together 2 years ago for the 20th Year Anniversary and gave us this:



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Epic Chocolat

Epic Chocolat

I have to add another branch to this amazing musical family tree.

David did a duet with his half-sister actress Laura Smet:

David Hallyday & Laura Smet - On Se Fait Peur


Laura is also the subject of this lovely song by her dad written by JJ Goldman:

Johnny Hallyday - Laura


Laura's mom is actress Nathalie Baye, she does the spoken part at the beginning of this song:

Johnny Hallyday - Quelque chose de Tennessee


Nathalie and Laura appeared together in an episode of Call my Agent (Dix pour cent), season 1 episode 3 "Nathalie and Laura".
 
berserkboi

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Welcome to the Christmas Corner of The Lost Classics Rate! ​

Today @Filippa and myself bring you a song or two that have earned a Lost Classic badge in our mother tongue! My pick is actually the Best Selling Song Of All Time in France, which sold more than double what Belle (#3 on this list) did!



"Petit Papa Noël" (literally Little Father Christmas) is a 1946 song recorded by French singer Tino Rossi. Written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet, this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier's film Destins.[1] Since its initial recording, over 30 million copies have been sold worldwide. [1] It is currently the best-selling single of all time in France, with over 5,711,000 units sold.[2] The song peaked at No. 6 on 28 December 1991[3] (the French SNEP Singles Chart was created on 4 November 1984), and was ranked every year under several labels, including Disques Pathé, Fifty Five and M6 Interactions (every label is charted separately).[4] The song has been covered by many artists over the years.
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As a bonus - here is a version of the song by some artists from this Rate!







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Joyeux Noël à tout le monde!​
 
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Frohe Weihnachten!​

It's time for "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht", maybe the most famous Austrian song ever.

Oberndorf near Salzburg in Austria, Christmas Eve, 1818: curate Joseph Mohr (lyrics) and school teacher Franz Xaver Gruber (melody) sang the song the first time. The song was accompanied by a guitar instead of the more traditional organ. The myth says that the organ in the St. Nikola church was out of service.
You can imagine it like this:


Tyrolean organ maker Karl Mauracher was called in to repair the church's broken instrument. So it's further rumored that he brought it back home and it was sung the first time in Zillertal, Tyrol, as early as in 1819. In those days traveling musicians from Zillertal went from town to town dressed in traditional regional costumes: lederhose, dirndl and Tyrolean hat. Visiting town markets, they performed songs for the public. In 1832, the Strasser family found themselves at a Christmas market in Leipzig, where the "Leipziger Tagblatt" newspaper wrote, "It was requesed that the musicians perform the beautiful Christmas song 'Silent Night,' and they did." The pleasing serenade didn't go unnoticed. The following year Robert Friese, publisher of the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik" (New Magazine for Music), published the song under the title "Ächthes Tyroler Volkslied" (Genuine Tyrolean Folk Song). Six years later the Ludwig Rainer Choir, on tour in America, sung "Silent Night" for the first time in New York. The performance was given at the Alexander Hamilton Memorial in the Trinity Church cemetery at the end of Wall Street.

Today "Silent Night" is a classic, translated into more than 300 languages. Countless books and films tell its story. In 2011 it was suggested for the UNESCO cultural heritage list as the "epitome of the Christmas song." Since the first recording in 1905, it has appeared in countless versions on vinyl and CD; among the best known is Bing Crosby's 1935 version, which to this day has sold around 10 million copies.







In Austria it is traditionally only sung on Christmas Eve, but I guess then it's sung in each household before the children can open the presents, Christkind has brought them. The kids have to wait the whole day while their parents try to distract them. In the evening suddenly a bell rings, someone usually watches Christkind fly away, the door to the locked up living room is opened and there they are: the lit christmas tree and the long awaited presents ....



Let's hope we can come together like in this video and sing it together next Christmas again!
 
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I suppose it is time we return to our regular programming, hey?



































Berserk is back with you, sadly he has to take an 11 with him this time!


























































No one wanted to have their 11 cut on Christmas, right? Two days later - and it’s still as painful losing this one I must admit!






























































































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Manau - La Tribu De Dana
Picked By: Berserkboi
Credentials: #1 France (12 weeks), 23 Weeks In The Top 3 (!!), 2nd Best Selling Single of 1998 In France, 19th Best Selling Single Of All Time In France, 1415000 Units SOLD, Certified Diamond in SNEP, #1 Belgium (5 Weeks), 25 Weeks In The Top 10, 3rd Best Selling Single Of 1998 in Belgium, 4th Best Selling Single Of All Time In Belgium, #2 Netherlands
Average Score: 7.1840
Highest Score: 11 @Ezz 10 @If You Go @jtm @Remorque @Phonetics Girl @berserkboi
Lowest Score: 3 @DominoDancing

Team Germany is starting to kick us where it hurts now! Sinking five 10s and an eleven - Mr. Dancing’s got some splainin to do Dddd

Jokes aside, it is fairly obvious now I am a big sucker for great storytelling in my French music and La Tribu De Dana provides with a shining example of this. Possibly the most epic track we have on the playlist, and similar to another favourite in Les Lacs Du Connemara in that it borrows a lot from Ireland and the country folklore (who knew The Lost Classics Rate would be all about France stanning Ireland, hey?) - the tale of La Tribu De Dana never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

Sung/recounted as the tale of an epic battle waged by Tuatha Dé Danann’s only survivor (and as a result king) - Manau go as far as creating a brand new genre of French music combining French Rap and Breton melodies. I’d imagine this was instrumental in making the song stand out upon release, with the gambit really paying off commercially with the credentials you can see above!

I remember the success of La Tribu De Dana took me a little by surprise when I first heard the song as a teenager as it’s not really what you’d call instant. Yet the musicality, tune and flow were very unique and my friends and I would discuss it in school. Listening to it as an adult, just a passing liking for La Tribu De Dana turned into substantial love for it - with its epic essence taking greater scope for me with some life experience behind me. You go through a fair few hurdles and sacrifices by your mid-30s - and a lot of the text that talks about one’s tribe, trials, what we leave behind etc has more weight and emotional impact which I can appreciate and process better when listening to the song at this stage in my life.

The standout element of La Tribu De Dana for me would easily be Martial Tricoche’s rap verses. I am not the best judge of rap music since it is not a genre I follow too closely but the urgency with which Tricoche builds his delivery - with the second and third verses when he depicts himself in battle and the fallout of this battle (seeing all his fallen comrades and the massacre left behind) - notably by adding heaviness and elements of breathlessness to his tone transports me into the battlefield with him. There is absolute justice done to the impactful lyrics here by my ears.

@jtm (10) sees a bit of Game Of Thrones in the visuals - Ddd at the video being overly dramatic, but I‘ll always love this even though I should take some of the score off for the shitty fade out ending. @DominoDancing (3) is not into this at all (I will say all members of Manau’s ancestry can be traced back to Brittany/Armorica so I am glad at least cultural appropriation is not something we had to deal with here) - Oh Jesus Christ, what is this supposed to be? Medieval rap? Get out. A couple of points for a catchy chorus, but apart from that everything about this rubs me the wrong way.

@WowWowWowWow (6) gives us - points solely for the music of it. The vocals are whatever "pas pour moi" is when it's quadrupled. (Dddd - watch that change from Pas Pour Moi x 4 change to Pour Moi Seul x 100 when he sees what Martial looks like nowadays!)


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@Filippa (5) enjoys the musicality first and foremost - I do like the chorus and the instrumentals. The rest not so much. @daninternational (6.5) might have been me when I first heard the song 22 years ago! - It has its moments, but it's so.... Weird. @Phonetics Girl (10) brings up an unexpected (or maybe not) act, and is stanning French men so you know this must be great!! - what kind of French medieval rap excellence? poor The Corrs!

@berserkboi (10) AKA moi! Was right to be pre-emptive! - Such an AMAZING song and story, and preemptively giving it a full score as I expect we will be throwing zeroes here undeservingly! @pop3blow2 (7.5) is also a Wowzer with this one - I like parts of the track, but this vocal is not for me.

@Ezz (11) is my boy and I am so proud! - I LOVE the fusion here, it works beautifully, and the name of the band being the old name for the Isle of Man really appeals given that's in my neck of the woods. Will be exploring them further for sure. Awarded my 11 as it was my new discovery of the rate.

@MilesAngel (4.5) might need more time with this one - As rap songs go this isn't bad and some of the instrumentation is nice. I like the idea more than the execution. @Sprockrooster (9) potentially hints at a high score for a track that has yet to fall - It is hard to fill the big shoes that is Narcotic preceding this track on the playlist for this rate, but it holds its own. Such a weird track for me to love, but I can't help but bop.



We have ascended with this choral backing!


This was a follow-up of theirs, which also made #1 in France and Belgium though the Total Sales (nothing to sneeze at) of 490000 is barely a third of what La Tribu De Dana achieved! @soratami will hear a very similar tune here Ddddd


Alan Stivell's Tri Martolod which the song borrows the melody of in portions

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Today we're not losing anybody's 11.




































But you guys kicked out another of my Italian superstars.









































He's a soccer fan, supports the team Juventus (of Turin) and even played as striker in the team Nazionale italiana cantanti.


























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Eros Ramazotti – Più bella cosa

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Picked By: @Filippa
Credentials: Platinum in Italy and Mexico, Gold in France, #1 Italy and Spain, #6 Switzerland, #8 France, #9 Austria (about 400.000 units sold)
Average Score: 7.2136
Highest Score: 10 @Sprockrooster, @Remorque
Lowest Score: 3 @Ezz

Italian pop wouldn't be the same without Eros Ramazzotti, who's sold over 60 million records all over the world (13 #1 albums and 9 #1 singles in Italy).

Eros Ramazzotti has a one-in-a-million story. Born in an impoverished suburb of Rome, Ramazzotti was named after the Greek god of love as a symbol of luck. Encouraged by his father he began to play the guitar at the age of seven. Sadly, however, he was refused entry into the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the preeminent music conservatory in Rome. And so, Eros became a housepainter like his father, and also worked as a bricklayer and bartender. But his father still believed in him and entered him in music contests. In 1981, Ramazzotti took part in a music contest, "Voci Nuove" or New Voices Festival. Ramazzotti's "Rock 80" song, which he had written himself, helped land him a contract with the Milan-based record label DDD. The rest is history.

In 1991 “The New York Times" wrote about him:
“Tradition Meets the Future In Eros Ramazzotti's Pop
Eros Ramazzotti has become a leading pop superstar in Europe by forging a seamless fusion between two worlds, one traditional, the other contemporary. The 27-year-old Italian singer and songwriter, who appeared at Radio City Music Hall on Friday evening, creates music that underlines a time-honored Mediterranean melodicism with rock beats and synthesized textures. In his best songs, the styles of Julio Iglesias and George Michael coincide comfortably. One minute the instrumentation might suggest the sound of a concertina, the next the latest space-age pop sound effects.
Vocally, Mr. Ramazzotti also seemed poised between two eras. Displaying the passion of a Mediterranean balladeer, he demonstrated at the same time a firm command of rock rhythm. His nasal intonation and accentuated phrases strongly recalled the Elton John of the early 70's, but omitting Mr. John's melismatic gospel-style embellishments.
If mainstream European pop has lagged behind American and British music stylistically by as much as two decades, Mr. Ramazzotti's concert suggested that it may be starting to catch up.”

Wait, what? The UK wasn't part of Europe back in the 90s? But I guess, Europe (but Britain) has to thank Mr. Ramazzotti.

Più bella cosa is a love song that Eros wrote for his girlfriend at the time, Michelle Hunziker. Michelle Hunziker and Eros Ramazzotti were Italy’s dream couple for several years. In the nineties the relationship between the presenter and the singer began. The two married and had a daughter – but in the end the marriage broke up and a seemingly messy separation followed. Eros even applied for sole custody for their daughter Aurora. Recently Michelle explained that she was lured to join a sect around that time and she even blamed her divorce with Eros on this cult. Only after she ended the relationship with the cult leader, a woman called Clelia, the custody battle was settled amicably: Aurora stayed with her mother, but Eros could visit whenever he wanted. (Eros' relationship with Aurora should stay close. Watch them sing together while driving in 2016.)
After they fell out of love, Eros never sang "Più bella cosa" in public again. Until January 2010: on the German TV show "Wetten dass ..?" Eros brought the song back on stage. The co-moderator was Michelle Hunziker.

What did PopJustice think?

@Sprockrooster (10) Eros is a superstar and I will not hear otherwise. Consider yourself blocked if I see a sub 6 score!

@Ezz (3) Hope this isn't the equivalent of my Lisa Mitchell moment in the Australian Reality Girls rate

@daninternational (4) I have friends who adore him, but he has that male Italian voice I don't enjoy. And this song is also very MOR

@saviodxl (8.7) I always got the feeling Eros had that something that other male solo european artists that don't sing in English don't have. Maybe that's what made his career so lasting!

@Epic Chocolat (7) It's OK.

@DominoDancing (7.5) More 90s cheese. Never quite explodes into the big chorus I keep expecting. Don't know how this nasal voice manages to sound sexy, but it somehow does.

@Phonetics Girl (6) I'm so tired of Eros Ramazotti's continued popularity! and if it's not him concerting over here then it's Bocelli or Drupi picking up the slack, ugh. predictably, my mum loves this song.

@berserkboi (9.7) Eros’ voice is just so gorgeous!

@WowWowWowWow (9) It's giving me Tarzan-era Phil Collins? Here for it!

@Filippa (7) Not my favourite Eros song. But he’s such a great storyteller, I can’t stop listening.

@MilesAngel (6.5) I'm not a fan of Eros' voice. This is pleasant with nice guitar but doesn't particularly grab me.

@jtm (7.3) I know this one. Ramazotti had quite a few of these perfectly acceptable mid-tempo bops.

Più bella cosa


Adesso tu


Cose della vita (with Tina Turner)


Il ritmo della passione (with Anastacia)

#50 @Sprockrooster ‘s lovely Anastacia rate.

Terra promessa (his first hit single)
 
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Filippa said:
@Sprockrooster (10) Eros is a superstar and I will not hear otherwise. Consider yourself blocked if I see a sub 6 score!
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Filippa said:
@Ezz (3) Hope this isn't the equivalent of my Lisa Mitchell moment in the Australian Reality Girls rate

@daninternational (4) I have friends who adore him, but he has that male Italian voice I don't enjoy. And this song is also very MOR
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No clue who this @Ezz person is but yes. Blocked it is ddd. It was nice knowing you @daninternational

joking in case I get reported cause of bullying
 
berserkboi

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Let's get into our last cut before the Top 40 recap, shall we?





























Another berserk day, another 11 goes!

















































































This time we get to find out which track was the most divisive of the entire rate - garnering an 11 and a 0!






















































































































You might be a bit shocked it is this song, but here we are!

























































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Nathalie Cardone - Hasta Siempre
Picked By: Berserkboi
Credentials: #2 France, 38 Weeks On The Chart, Certified PLATINUM by SNEP, 750000 Units SOLD, #1 Belgium
Average Score: 7.2250
Highest Score: 11 @Maki 10 @If You Go @Phonetics Girl @berserkboi
Lowest Score: 0 @jtm

Well, isn’t this a surprise? Considering how loved Hasta Siempre was when @Doodvid sent it to PJ Retro a few months ago - I am pretty shocked to see the song exit outside the Top 40! I selected the track to appear due to fairly substantial commercial success, and Retro reminding me I did love the song back in the day. Additionally, it was also a good way to feature Laurent Boutonnat (Mylene Farmer’s frequent collaborator) in the Rate so off I went!

Hasta Siempre was an unexpected hit by my ears when I was younger. Though it has a wonderful melody and is produced in a style that is effortless and quite timeless by Boutonnat - it was on the quieter/mellower side of things. Competing against all the more obvious bangers this era of music (1997 was swimming with the Spice Girls, Aqua, 2BE3 etc on the charts) and coming out with the credentials it did is testament to the song’s enduring tune.

Sadly, I can also completely see the other side of voters (and contrarians to the song over the years) in the lyrical content making the song a hard one to love. I never understood what the song was about growing up (I also barely understood English at the time and used to sing that Fatboy Slim song as "I have to praise you like a shoe!" Dddd) and my 10 was all about enjoying that melody, and Nathalie serene and clear delivery. If the lyrics were taken into consideration, I’d have probably reduced my score marginally like I did with Belle.

Nathalie Cardone is of mixed heritage (Sicilian Father/Spanish Mother), and I’d imagine being approached to sing a Spanish track by Boutonnat was a fantastic opportunity to segway from her acting career to a singing career while maintaining a connection to her background. She would continue to release music sporadically - only ever troubling the Top 10 solo in France again with Mon Ange.

PopJustice has the floor - so we can discuss the division!

@jtm (0) gives us one extreme, though I’d love a more detailed explanation should they feel like giving one - Yeah not here for something like this. @Ezz (7) might have enjoyed the parent round of Retro with this one as it definitely stood out then too! - Loving the intensity here. @Epic Chocolat (5) picks one of the other 200 versions as a favourite - I like the song but I never warmed to this version.

@saviodxl (5) gets us closer to understanding why the lyrics were not all that great - Patronising a famous historical figure in order to get a hit seems like a calculated action and I dare to say a low blow, but at least it worked (in some parts fo the world). @WowWowWowWow (6.5) is still checking out Martial and gives us this for Nathalie as a result. - Comment not found

@DominoDancing (9.5) remembers this one from Retro!! Love that the RETRO Family is here!! - Wait, didn't I just rate this elsewhere? It's still pretty great, without diving too deep into political connotations here. @daninternational (7.5) might be disappointed with what I’ve done here, though maybe the subsequent discussion will be of interest - Looking forward to the writeup of this one. We're at the guns subsection of the ratelist. It's like the Cuban Candle in the Wind, right?

@Filippa (8) is similar to me on this one! - I’m not sure about the lyrics, but I do like the song! @MilesAngel (5) is more technical in their judgement, which is fair! - The backing track is fine and the guitar is very good but it's too long with no climax. @berserkboi (10) AKA moi closes the commentary section with the only full score out of the commentary, hopefully @Maki comments soon! - Gorgeous!



Here's Nathalie's other Top 10 hit in France!



Here's Populaire - the direct follow-up to Hasta Siempre (which was a big flop due to the French public expecting Hasta Siempre Part Deux and getting Nat Imbruglia's That Day in French instead!)


The original Hasta Siempre, in all its traditional glory as per Wiki -
Like many of the songs of the author and in line with the tradition of the Cuban and Caribbean music, the song consists of a refrain plus a series of five verses (quatrain), rhyming ABBA, with each line written in octosyllabic verse.

3rd stanza
[1] (1)Vie-(2)nes (3)que-(4)man-(5)do (6)la (7)bri-(8)sa
[2] (1)con (2)so-(3)les (4)de (5)pri-(6)ma-(7)ve-(8)ra
[3] (1)pa-(2)ra (3)plan-(4)tar (5)la (6)ban-(7)de-(8)ra
[4] (1)con (2)la (3)luz (4)de (5)tu (6)son-(7)ri-(8)sa


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