France songs

Instead of telling about my trip to St. Malo in France, I'm going to sum it up with the songs that from now on will probably remind me of being down there and experiencing all those unforgettable things.


First off is a song by a Danish band I've been liking lately, When Saints Go Machine. I don't know if I listened to them a lot in France because I missed Denmark or just because they fitted my mood, but Spitting Image was definitely part of the soundtrack. Especially when I was on the bus to school in the morning and it was still dark and cool outside.


As almost the exact opposite of When Saints are The Very Best's funky and sunny African rhythms and beats. As a bit of a coincidence I had checked their MySpace and listened to a bit of their stuff before going on the trip and then one day down in France a friend of mine played me a song of theirs on his iPod and I was hooked. I decided to check them out further and I'm absolutely in love with this track - it's the sunniest, most summer-y and forget-the-winter-is-underway track I've heard all year. As a contrast to the When Saints Go Machine track it seems very fitting for the days in France as well - in the morning and during the night, the weather was cold and ungracious while in the day time it was hot and sunny as if we were in the middle of the summer. The Very Best would definitely be the very best music to remind me of those happy days spent in the sun.


Another of the songs this particular friend played me was one that seemed very fitting - for obvious reasons (we went to Paris on the last day before returning to Denmark) - and one I already knew and liked. It just has a bit more meaning now, I guess. Lovin' the cowbell.


In Paris I was surprised to actually hear some French music I knew, which is why this song will probably remind me of that one day in Paris from now on. I heard '1901' by Phoenix played out loud in a shop near Les Halles in Paris and couldn't help but smile at the fact that I heard good French music in France (even though that probably isn't weird or unusual at all).