Comments on: Johnny Hallyday :: Hey Joe (1967 en Francais)

By: alexandre rp1t

alexandre rp1t — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:32:27 +0000

Hi
sure hallyday was a kind of “cheesy” adaptation of american/british rock/soul singers
but he did several things that sound ok and even sometimes pretty good, this cover to my opinion is rather good, not good as the jimi hendrix one or the music machine, but still effecient

the best tune i’ve heard from him, and i’m sure even people wich don’t like him could enjoy this one (if they’re into 60s sound) is the original (written by mick & tony + johnny himself) “psychedelic”, with a great fuzz sound, and a lead guitar played by jimmy page himself!
it’s really a nice one, and i was quite surprised the first time i have listenned it

eddy mitchell, another very popular singer in france did also very good stuff in the 60s, some of them recorded at muscle shoals, and other @ london with people like jimmy page (again yeah) involved in the sessions
(listen to the original tune “si tu n’étais pas mon frère” for exemple, or the nice cover of “memphis tenessee”)

By: Inigo Jones

Inigo Jones — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:04:58 +0000

Any chance of reposting the first four Freakbeat tunes?

Thanks
Inigo

By: Satisfied '75

Satisfied '75 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:37:41 +0000

Yes! The beauty of barely speaking passable French is I can just appreciate the accent, and ignore the lyrics.

I imagine a lot of bad, english, music would be better that way.

By: gitan leger

gitan leger — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:53:56 +0000

the “fun” thing to know about this cover is the completely stupid and antiseptic translation of the lyrics. Except from nickname Joe, it has nothing to do with the original story. Some dumb lines about a guy talking to another about his freetime, his lak of money, his “car of the year” and finally his girl . His best effort was to put the name “Vietnam” in this crap soup, and he succeeded!! Our “national Elvis” was always in the mainstream and I guess the original lyrics were too much for our prude ears! Apart from that , nice cover , and I can understand how some foreign ears could appreciate it…

By: alexMHz

alexMHz — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:59:06 +0000

well… I dug your french stuff, thanks,
but about this one, hey joe by johnny hallyday… I know this song for a (too) long time and its the lamest version I’ve heard in my opinion, compared to the english stuff…
hallyday was a good showman in the 60’s and the 70’s, but that’s about it
he never wrote a song, and nowadays hes one of the dumbest people on earth
choose Dutronc or Gainsbourg instead and fuck that clown

you got a cool site here, keep on keepin on

alxmhz

By: Rinjo Njori

Rinjo Njori — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:08:33 +0000

This site has been pumping out the better French music over the last 50 years– I didn’t think it was possible that anything French, in the context of popular music, was good.

Also, thanks for picture of Brigget Bardot. I often forget how extremely hot she was…

By: Harry Smith

Harry Smith — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:27:44 +0000

Have you ever heard the Pop A Paris disc? It’s a bit more “mainstream” 60’s french pop music, but it’s absolutely amazing. “Eloise” by Claude Francois has got to be one of my all-time favorite credits songs.

http://www.amazon.com/Sunnyside-Cafe-Paris-Rock-Skirts/dp/B0001Z48MU/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b/103-2870621-7736612

By: garrincha

garrincha — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:42:44 +0000

“No clue what his post sixties output was like”

Lucky you. You have no idea.