Glen Armstrong Adds Some French Flavor

Tonight, with his tribute to Francoise Hardy, Glen Armstrong reminds us that the category of musicians born in the 1940s includes more than members of the British Invasion or Americans regardless of genre.

Prewritten Requiem for Françoise Hardy

Streets crisscross predictably,

but I still end up lost.

Françoise Hardy sings as if male bodies

are nothing more than a way

to interrupt motion

sensors.

There’s a word for the rain that turns

to fog,

but it’s difficult to pronounce,

just as there’s a word

for the thin layer of television

that gives way to dreams

that split the difference

between the dreamer’s

deepest desires

and that which distracts

the dreamer from the same.

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"Tous les garcons et les filles" takes us back to 1962:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLoezucIzk

"La Mer" is from 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1AKP6PPFMA

"Voila" is from 1967 after she acted in films and drew the interest of Bob Dylan and others:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYYB9fYUW8Q

"Soleil" comes from the next stage in her career:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJp6ivzibfM

Enjoy!