April March sings this 1964 France Gall hit (written by Serge Gainsbourg) in both English and French on her 1995 album, Paris in April, also on her Chick Habit EP and single.
It also appears on the soundtrack of 2 movies, most notably as the credits roll Quentin Tarentino's Death Proof, where both versions (French & English) play back-to-back.
I like the Tarentino flick, but it's a long build-up to an intense car-chase and the song(s) adds a much needed release to the crazed ending.
If I keep going with details on all the various versions of this song, it'll get even more confusing!
France Gall
Posted on 01/15/2008
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Here's the original version of "Chick Habit" ("Laisse Tomber Les Filles") by France Gall:
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I have a DVD of "Death Proof" from Netflix in my possession at the moment, but haven't seen it yet. Now I will listen for this. She's very striking (no, I don't mean I want her to beat me...I think...)
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"Laisse Tomber Les Filles" another recent cover of "Laisse Tomber Les Filles", from the 2006 album Ukuyeye
by Mareva Galanter
Mareva even made a Scopitone-style video promo for it.
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Is that YouTube video also from this decade? I ask because the guy has a friggin' DESK PHONE, not a mobile (and there isn't even a cord from the base unit to the handset). Whatever decade it's from, it cost about a week's groceries to make. And they saved additional money by hiring the cheapest hair stylist for her.
Ok, slams over. She's beautiful and I like the song.
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check out this plexi-phone... it melts in your mind, not in your hand!
again, 500 zillion dollars spent on the car phone and a buck fifty on make-over.
it manages to mash decades into muck on a whole other level, pronto!
Natacha Snitkine - le jeu du téléphone