RFI: Niagara (French Band)

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I am intrigued by this 80s/early 90s/ French band Niagara. Were they like a French Eurythmics? I notice the singer is now doing sort of down tempo electronica stuff (www.murielmoreno.com). The samples I have heard from the band and her solo work sound pretty intriguing, I like French babes, should I invest in some CDs? Anyone know anything about it?

― g (graysonlane), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 17:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I have all of their vinyl on German import.

Heh.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:00 (twenty-three years ago)

so, is it good?

― g (graysonlane), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:04 (twenty-three years ago)

That's a joke. It's a line in "Losing My Edge."

― Yancey (ystrickler), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:14 (twenty-three years ago)

damn. i thought it sounded reasonable since their stuff probably was released on german vinyl, you never know...

― g (graysonlane), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)

come on, aren't there any French people or french-pop fans on ILM?

― g (graysonlane), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I have one single! It's called Flammes de L'Enfer and it's really fun, sleazy pop-rock, with a great hook and horn section.

― Daniel (dancity), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 10:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember hearing the singles off "Religion" (1990) and "La Vérité" (1992) when I was a kid, with their videos in constant rotation here. I don't know how it would sound today to me (having accumulated a more critical viewpoint of music as a whole), but I remember liking them a lot, especially "J'ai Vu", "Assez", "Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent" and "La Vie Est Peut-Être Belle". I don't recall much of a Eurythmics sound to it, but rather hard pop/rock (well, as hard as the French can get) with interesting keyboards. I remember the lyrics as being pretty socially conscious and her having a pretty strong voice. Anyway, I'd check out "Religion", because that's the period of them I remember liking a lot.

― alex in montreal, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 15:45 (twenty-three years ago)

BTW, I just checked it out and it's available on SoulSeek.

― alex in montreal, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

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