Well, you could be French.
Very aware of the absurdity of a Parisian Beach Boys, La Femme occasionally dons berets and striped sweaters comme le stéréotype, and promotes with posters of frogs and the Eiffel tower. Whether they're laughing with us or at us isn't clear.
What is clear is that it's the that attitude makes Le Podium #1. Because--and I'm just gonna go ahead and say what we all know-- the French are magnificent at acting like assholes*. And it so works here. Their irreverent brand treads the water between taking itself very seriously and not giving a damn about anything, somehow both sillier and sexier than the usual surf-pop offering.
None of that sunny, airy, hippie-dippy, "tasty waves and a cool buzz" stuff for La Femme--this is more "Nous surfons. Fuck you."
Comment-on-dit "far out" en francais?
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Their current single:
*I love assholes, for the record.
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ReplyDeleteThe provocative and sexual side is also surely important. The first video they made is, hrm, just pornographic...
Really intersting your blog! I made a link on mine. I am a new member and you are in my Blog roll...
(I am not french, just belgian) :-)
Not sure about "far out" but "décalé" peut-être?
good post - love la femme, best coast not so much
ReplyDeleteoh maman, je veux aller surfing! :)
ReplyDelete@mmar--good point. Could've done a whole post on the video alone...
ReplyDeleteBelgium eh? interesting...
Your country lost my luggage a couple times.
@Iman--it's getting hard to tell the difference between everyone these days...
@guerolito--dammit, man. I spent about a half hour trying to think up a translated-lyrics joke and came up empty. Where were you when I needed a post title?