So we all fell in love with Charlotte when we saw Science of Sleep. Does this bolster or hinder that love?
A few things to consider:
1. She didn't write the song. It was written by the Air, Neil Hannon, and Jarvis Cocker.
2. Does her strangely sincere lip-syncing make the song or take away from it?
3. The album it's on is called 5:55.
4. Her dad is a genius.
That's all. Thoughts?
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Bolster.
I was standing in a store just yesterday w/ 5:55 in my hand but decided I would be better off watching the videos on youtube than spending half my grocery money on the album...
I've been searching through clips and putting some notes together for a post on my favorite actresses (supporting and otherwise) but I wanted to see My Wife is an Actress and Happily Ever After before I did the Ms. Gainsbourg section. Check out the Johnny Depp music shop cameo in Happily Ever After on YouTube, good stuff.
I'm not crazy about her music. The old Elastique song is ok, I like "the Operation" but some of the 5:55 songs tend towards the blah. I usually like the tone of her voice.
On the subject of modern french girls singing other folks' tunes, check out Mareva Galanter's Ukuyeye videos. She's a model (Miss France '99) who covers old ye-ye pop songs and makes videos that are supposed to look like old Scopitone (hopeful future post) videos.
Strangely sincere lip-syncing is ALWAYS a plus in my book.
the majority of the 5:55 songs definitely tend towards blah. jarvis cocker is a wanker, and air is getting over the hill. i love this song though. i look forward to the post on scopitone.
I love this song because:
1) I did fall in love with Charlotte in "The Science of Sleep" or rather, I fell in love with the love/world of "The Science of Sleep" and this song is like one you'd hear in the credits as your exiting the theater thinking to yourself, "I really loved that movie and I wish I could cry."
2) I like the girl & piano sound. If it wasn't Charlotte singing, I might have more fault with the voice. But it's Charlotte singing, so we go back to reason #1 of why I like this song.
I'm not sure how I feel about the ominous, lingering shot at 1:58 of the microphone plugs.
Also, side note of minor interest: Charlotte's mother Jane Birkin played one of the aspiring models who sneaks into David Hemmings apartment in Blow-up.
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