French and German music

[Felch]

Does anybody know of any good French or German bands? It seems like mostly Europe produces club music and stuff, but I was wondering if anybody knew of any good indie rock or anything similar that comes out of Europe. Anything would be good, just so long as it doesn't suck, I'm just requesting French and German because I've studied those a bit and might have slightly more of a clue as to what is being sung.

[Boris Godunov]

Oh...rats.

[Seneca]

Well, my knowledge stops at around the mid-70s, but Francoise Hardy's 60s recordings are quite lovely. In a similar vein, but rather less good, are France Gall, Atoine and Hugues Aufrey.

Someone else will doubtless mention Kraftwerk, Can and Faust, so I won't bother.

Buggered if I know what either country has done recently...

[Felch]

Yeah, you'd think with all the Europeans around they could drop the names of a couple bands.

I'm just trying to find some decent music that's not in English. It can't be that hard.

[Seneca]

And of course Serge Gainsbourg, Jaques Brel (well, Belgian, but French language), and Charles Aznavour for fans of the grizzled.

And Bridget Bardot might not be much of a singer, but she sounds damn sexy nonetheless.

[Felch]

Thanks, Seneca. I'm checking those out now.

[Felch]

EDIT: Meant to copy into Kazaa. Brain Fart.

[Seneca]

Bugger - I misspelled Antoine as Atoine, so you won't find anything in Kazaa. It's not that good anyway.

You may find Edith Piaf a little dated, but she was a true great also.

[Jon Shafer]

Rammstein!

[Seneca]

April March are sort of 60's French music revivalists. Which is good if, like me, you think there wasn't enough of it the first time around. They are, however, from Toronto and sing mostly in English. But, due to the somewhat unspecific nature of Kazaa downloads, I did labour for a long time under the illusion that they were a single 60's chanteuse in the Bridget Bardot mould, so I count them as French.

[NeOmega]

Wumpscut, KMFDM :P

[Agathon]

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (still the world's finest!).

[Felch]

I've got Rammstein, they're well known in the States also. KMFDM (No pity for the majority?) I've heard of also. Wumpscut I'll look into.

I'm checking out some April March and Edith Piaf now. Thanks, so far everybody.

[NeOmega]

something like Kein meittlied fer de mien.... no pity for the masses/majority..... Je ne parle pas Allemagne

[Mazarin]

what about 2raumwohnung...not everybody likes them, but I for me its nice music to relax.