― Omar, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
French "cool" - a nonsense!
― kate the saint, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Tom, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Geordie Racer, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Nick, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
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