You just described my workplace, come work here! Except that "excellent taste" thing, one of 'em insists on listening to The Lady in Freaking Red all day.
ANYHOW, I think saying that French cool is an "old trend" is a misnomer. For the mainstream media, it's an old trend? What attention was Air given a few years ago? Some, yeah, but hardly the level they're getting all of a sudden. It's like the whole electronica thing a few years back: certainly techno music existed prior to the short explosion of the media going techno-crazy, and certainly those knowledgable about music were well versed in it, but for mainstream media it was the new thing. That's the difference here.
― Ally, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Fromage!
― Steven James, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
One minor point though: Basement Jaxx are compared to Daft Punk because "Romeo" is pop-house, and probably not due to some attempt at Frenchness on their part.
― Tim, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― AP, Saturday, 28 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link