Looking for popular, good french songs?

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charlotte

old ones but very popular
georges brassens
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/brassens/video/xmwza_georges-brassens-les-copains-dabord_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/georges+brassens/video/xyhd0_georges-brassens-quand-on-est-con_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/georges+brassens/video/x1uvkx_georges-brassens-mauvaise-reputatio_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/georges+brassens/video/xkbwn_georges-brassens-fernande
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/georges+brassens/video/xkavb_georges-brassens-une-jolie-fleur
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x3urm_roger_la_fee_chanson-francophone/video/x19cpv_georges-brassens-auvergnat-chanson_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/georges+brassens/video/x1cfyn_georges-brassens-les-trompettes-de_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/les+amoureux+brassens/video/xq7r_les-amoureux-des-banc-publics_music

gainsbourg
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/gainsbourg/video/xcqhq_charlotte-gainsbourg-lemon-incest
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/gainsbourg/video/xwouu_brigitte-bardot-serge-gainsbourg_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/gainsbourg/video/x1emd_serge-gainsbourg-je-suis-venu-te-di_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/gainsbourg/video/x1hl1j_jane-birkin-gainsbourg-je-taime_events

Boris Vian
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/boris+vian/video/x3s604_boris-vian-le-deserteur-english-sub_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x5hil_farfadetdesbosquets_boris-vian/video/xtqwi_magali-noel-faismoi-mal-de-vian_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/boris+vian/video/xrmbz_la-complainte-du-progres_fun

Jacques Brel (belgian but sing in french)
http://www.dailymotion.com/lightning49/video/x3awyz_jacques-brel-la-valse-a-mille-temps
http://www.dailymotion.com/lightning49/video/x1ml88_jacques-brel-amsterdam-english-subt_musichttp://www.dailymotion.com/lightning49/video/x18038_jacques-brel-ne-me-quitte-pas-1959_music

a bit more recent
noir desir
http://www.dailymotion.com/lightning49/video/x1fdja_noir-desir-le-vent-nous-portera-eng_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/noir+desir/video/x6x7k_noir-desir-un-jour-en-france_music

mano negra
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/mano+negra/video/x4xj9_mano-negra-pas-assez-de-toi_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/madame+oscar/video/x3znar_mano-negra-madame-oscar_music

au petit bonheur
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/j%27veux+du+soleil/video/x75co_au-ptit-bonheur-jveux-du-soleil_music

sinsemilia
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/sinsemilia/video/xg4m7_sinsemiliatout-le-bonheur-du-monde

beruriers noirs
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/beruriers+noirs/video/xj7gv_berurier-noir-petit-agite-vivre-lib_music

from today
tryo
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/tryo+/video/xu3rg_tryo-desole-pour-hier-soir_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/tryo+/video/x1qzlm_tryo-les-ogres-de-barback_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/tryo+/video/xi2lx_tryo-serre-moi_music

olivia ruiz
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/olivia+ruiz/video/xi5u9_olivia-ruiz-jtraine-des-pieds_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/olivia+ruiz/video/x1hvkx_olivia-ruiz-christian-o-non-dits_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/olivia+ruiz/video/xog94_cabaret-blanc-olivia-ruiz-et-mali_music

raphaÃ«l
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/raphael/video/x2ybq_raphael-caravane_music

benabar
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x8w72_beneboyer_divers-rock-francais/video/x2aq2r_benabar-le-diner-clip_music

phillipe katerine
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x12z3_gazou58_music/video/xklmc_katerine-louxor-jadore_music

yelle
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/yelle/video/x2mr6s_yelle-je-veux-te-voir_music

vanessa paradis
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/vanessa+paradis/video/x2pjow_vanessa-paradis-divine-idylle

some reggae artists
admiral T
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/admiral+T/video/x3h29_admiral-t-en-gwadada
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/admiral+T/video/x25zj_admiraltfeatsquareonemovetogether_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/admiral+T/video/x167w1_admiral-t-debrouya-freestyle_music

sael
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/admiral+T/video/x25zj_admiraltfeatsquareonemovetogether_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/sael/video/x17mvw_sael-tchimbe-raide-pa-moli_music

krys
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/krys/video/xyr06_krys-vip_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/krys/video/x5aa2_krys-en-vle-en-gal_music

Flip

I think that Cali is a popular singer nowadays.

I give you a link : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7vGFLSu6M

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=J8RB62YqXFk&feature=related

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=aEEj2qJvqjg&feature=related

I like him because his songs are terribely sad, but meanwhile they are happy.

Other style with more sweetness and sugar:
Kaolin:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=3qb-hWUE7-A&feature=related

Other : Mickey3D :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=5BA6c6vAqlA

La grande sophie :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=3mKJQ9g5Nlo

-M- (aka Mathieu Chedid)
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=lWR61nBi5f0&feature=related

Lofofora (THE french metal band)
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=jfEGS9z01SI

Daft punk (electro)
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyRz58f1yA

Watcha (french nu metal)
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=-30NbpB-HCs&feature=related

Babylon circus (Ska) :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxc7SE8hp5M

Benabar :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=OW3M6FRvZgo

Zazie (a girl to change ;-) )
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HH4bS_grCWc
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=DcBIX6ptLmY

Christophe WIllem (discovered by a music tv contest. song of the year 2007):
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Na87TbKP9Do&feature=related

Olivia Ruiz (other one discovered after a tv show) :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JdNocbGAo
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuQF6V3gxg&feature=related

Indochine : an old new age band that has had a revival the last year :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0df3kRz6E&feature=related
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=5JGCmteVOeU&feature=related

Les Wampas (punk rock) :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=oVr9mK5uZiI

Manu Chao (world music) :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQ5o50CPxU&feature=related
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgjiPBCsss&feature=related

Rillifane

Popular with whom?

Contemporary French music seems to be mostly bad imitations of contemporary American music.

That's really quite a change from just a few decades ago when many French songwriters works were given English words and sold very well in the USA.

American artists from Elvis to Roy Clark had hit singles with Anglicized French songs. (Elvis's song "Can't help falling in love" is really "Plaisir d'Amour", by Jean-Paul-Egide Mastini and Clark's "Yesterday when I was young" is really "Hier Encore" by Charles Aznavour).

French song writers turned out excellant tunes until about the 1960's when things started going downhill.

Om amy case, I leave it to your perosnal taste to decide what is "good" and offer these youtube videos of some older French pop singers for you to judge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0KWyWwVp0E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd_nopTFuZA
(you may recognize the melody as Bobby Darin's hit "Beyond the sea"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzBncolQjP0
(the original of "yesterday when I was Young")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEAGoLHMMoA
(a hit in America as "If you go away")

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