Sunday, March 2, 2008

Lio "Sage (comme une image)"

Zé records artist Lio continues Belgium's proud tradition of messing with France's delusions of grandeur and affected high culture. Other examples of such Belgian acts include Plastic Bertrand and Poésie Noire. One French girl I spoke to refused categorically to talk about Plastic Bertrand except to groan that such music is an insult to French honor. At age sixteen, Lio was already a pop star. Here's a song from her second record.

Lio-Sage
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Here's a more recent performance of her most famous song, "Amoureux Solitaires":

1 comment:

zfr. said...

that lio-sage vid was like bizarro Yelle.

freaky.