Music: I haven’t forgotten you

Well 2012 is firmly upon us, and a quick reflection of updates reveals that if I were to have a resolution for the new year it really should be along the lines of update frequency, forgetting quality of content for the moment.

So with that in mind I bring you just a single track. As I’m in Canada, and my readership mostly not, today  we have a lovely track by Quebec artist Coeur de Pirate“. That’s Pirate Heart for the hard of French out there.  Juno award winner and generally well-lauded  by critics. Given that most of her songs remain in French, her popularity with anglophonic-Canadians should speak for itself.

 

Danse et Danse is a great track to introduce you to the style and range of her vocals with a solid beat that defies you not to move to tap your feet. The pacing of the song really works well; with crescendos down to lulls that draw you right back in.

Coeur de Pirate – Danse et Danse (MP3) (Can’t recall the source but this was a freely distributed track, will update if I figure it out)

If you are into that, I do recommend checking out her song ‘Comme des Enfants‘, its got a lovely little video over on youtube, unfortunately its not embedable so I can’t share it here. However, the song is beautiful, and lyrically it best resides in the wonder that is the French language. My skills with that are a little bit rusty, but it was worth looking into to appreciate.

And of course, given that it is me posting we can’t get around the inevitable coversong, there is something about the total turnaround of a song while it still being unmistakably ‘the same song’ that really gets me, but that is a topic for another day. For now, enjoy Coeur de Pop:

Apologies for the tacky video, but it was the best version of the track I could find on your tubes.

Runnerup: Grimes – Genesis. An ethereal female poptrack which is enjoyable, but mostly forgettable, and lyrically indecipherable in the way that only breathy backed by electric pianos only seem able to pull off.