my best friend

my beautiful best friend for over 11 years passed away on monday.
to my marvy sausage dog - i will never forget you.

barnaby

27.04.97 - 22.12.08

have a france gall christmas

FRANCE GALL - IL NEIGE

happy christmas everyone!

have a france gall christmas

FRANCE GALL - DIE PLAYBOYS BEI DEN ESKIMOS
ok, maybe not totally christmassy- but she is singing about eskimos (that's wintery and snowy!)- so give me a break!

have a france gall christmas

FRANCE GALL - L'HIVER EST MORT
i love this one

have a france gall christmas

FRANCE GALL - CHASSE NEIGE
for the christmas week you can enjoy some fg festive tunes

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

STEPHANIE DE MONACO - COMME UN OURAGAN
"this is how i stand all the time.
thanks to 'anonymous' for recommending this fantastic piece of 80's royal europop"
posted nov 30th 2005

hope you enjoyed the past 10 classics from the blowupdoll archives. x

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

CASS ELLIOT (THE BIG 3) - ADVERT FOR THOM MCANN SHOES
"i love this obscure advert featuring the marvy mama.
you'll be singing it all day long!"
from aug 20th 2005

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

SISSY SPACEK - JOHN, YOU WENT TOO FAR THIS TIME
"recorded under the name 'rainbo' in 1968, it's about john lennon. s'brilliant.
do you know how hard it is to find a picture of sissy not covered in pigs blood?!"
originally posted july 27th 2005

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

THE ORCHIDS - LOVE HIT ME
posted june 27th 2005 - "it's my birthday, so i'm choosing a song i absolutely love to turn up really loud, as it always makes me happy. so stamp your feet along to one of the best girl bands ever."

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

RUTH - 87 SUNDAYS
"nothing is known about this sixties chick and her obscure song.
except that it is totally amazing."
posted april 23rd 2005

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

MIREILLE DARC - HELICOPTERE
"fabulous melodrama in a song"
originally posted nov 29th 2004

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

CLOTHILDE - SAPERLIPOPETTE
"she didn't record much-
but what she did was bloody yé yé tastic."
my first clothilde post from april 6th 2005

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

GENEVIEVE WAITE - GIRLS
"i love this song sooooo much. nuts and kitsch!"
posted feb 10th 2005

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

CLAUDINE LONGET - HOLIDAY
"my hero...she sung anything brilliantly"
nov 14th 2004

now that's what i call blowupdoll 04-05

MARGO GURYAN - SOMEONE I KNOW
"ignored 60's psyche pop. brilliant."
the very first post on blowupdoll - 14th nov 2004

to celebrate a million hits- i bring you 10 of the best from the very first year of blowupdoll.

kudos me!

ONE MILLION HITS!

thanks everyone!

one million kisses,

mordi x

21st century jane - tuesday

JANE BIRKIN - AMOURS DES FEINTES
don't look so sad jane- this song is great!

i hope you enjoy this week and that it helped me get nearer to ONE MILLION hits......!

21st century jane - monday

JANE BIRKIN - PLUS D'HIVER
she guests on this wonderful song taken from yann tiersens 2005 album

21st century jane - sunday

JANE BIRKIN - COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU
a new interpretation of an old classic

21st century jane - saturday

JANE BIRKIN AND FRANCOISE HARDY - SURANNEE
a doll duet

21st century jane - friday

JANE BIRKIN - BABY ALONE IN BABYLONE
a beautiful live version taken from 'arabesque'.
sad.

21st century jane - thursday

JANE BIRKIN AND BRYAN FERRY - IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE
not only is this song ace- it's about a blow up doll!!!!!!!!!!
loooooooooooooooove this!

21st century jane - wednesday

JANE BIRKIN - PERIODE BLEUE
this week is dedicated to an ultimate 60's doll in the 21st century. here is a gorge song from her brand new album 'enfants d'hiver'.

delaroche week - sunday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - UNE FLEUR
yes! a full week was achieved- big thanks to readysteadygirls for sharing this track and large scan of the cover (watch out for a christine page on rsg soon).
a great song to finish off this week- it's like a really good sylvie track! enjoy

delaroche week - saturday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - LE 4EME TITRE
big thanks to franceyeye for helping out with day 6!
this song reminds me of a few early bardot songs (except with less charm!). What do you think?

delaroche week - friday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - LA FILLE DU SOLEIL
love this - one of my all time faves.

delaroche week - thursday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - DES TIGRES ET DES MINETS
a more uptempo groover for this track (is it a cover version?)

delaroche week - wednesday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - COMME LE VENT
just totally ace!

delaroche week - tuesday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - LES PRINCES D' AUJOURD'HUI
why does this sound so billiant? could it be that it was touched by the magic hand of germinal tenas (also responsible for clothilde, chorus reverendus and violaine)?

delaroche week - monday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - LA PORTE A COTÉ
i am going to try and bring you a whole week of the excellent but often forgotten about christine. she focused more on acting than singing but some of her music is beyond amazing. this being a marvy example.

i think i have enough good songs for a 5 day christine delaroche week - can anyone help me for day 6 and 7?- i am looking for 'demain on se marie', 'une fleur', 'avec des larmes' or 'les bons et les mauvais' - basically any 60's song where she doesn't do the high pitched warbling!

commercial break

what does every self respecting doll fanatic need? don't know what to buy a loved one for christmas? how about spending some cash on the amazing, soon to be released 'filles fragile 2' album!

blog buddy guuzbourg from the marvy filles sourires has complied this collection of 'pop gems from french demoiselles'. i think it's even better than volume one- it's features gainsbourg influences, songs of love and lolitas, breathy fragile vocals, unknown french singers and established artists like vanessa paradis and carla bruni - but most of all - it's a very satisfying listen.

i'm going to post the opening track from the album - (one of my many favourites on this cd).

enjoy.....then buy it!

le bonheur - berry

commercial break

it's not often i post email requests from the music industry - but i'm more than happy to say watch carla bruni's video for her new single 'l'amoureuse' - which is taken from one of the best albums of the year - the amazing 'comme si de rien n’était'

and of course you can buy it here:
Amazon or iTunes

60's cherilyn week - bonus

CHER - I FEEL SOMETHING IN THE AIR (MAGIC IN THE AIR)
a bonus track for you all - as requested. written by sonny bono

60's cherilyn week - friday

CHER - SUNNY
sunny - not sonny! billiant - not brilliant!
i hope this week has given you a new insight into miss cherilyn sarkisian

60's cherilyn week - thursday

CHER - YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME (1966)
a bloody good version of a bloody good dusty song.

60's cherilyn week - wednesday

CHER - MASTERS OF WAR (1968)
war! huh! what is it good for? - inspiring many great 60's anti war tunes- that's what it's good for. written by bob dylan

when elvis sings 'suspicious minds' - does anyone else notice how he suddenly sounds like cher when he slows down 'oh, let our love survive...'
anyone?!

60's cherilyn week - tuesday

CHER - A SONG CALLED CHILDREN (1968)
i don't know anything about this song - but i love the unusual orchestral production

60's cherilyn week - monday

CHER - GIRL DON'T COME (1965)
her take on sandie shaw. nice!

60's cherilyn week - sunday

CHER - HOMEWARD BOUND (1966)
her version of the simon and garfunkel classic

60's cherilyn week - saturday

CHER - A YOUNG GIRL (1966)
i'm sure for many of you, the thought of a cher week isn't very appealing - but i am asking you to trust me and give her a go. forget plastic cher with her vocoder voice- go back in time to bad teeth, big nose and poker straight long hair. some of her 60's output is amazing and very eclectic- ranging from hippy ideals, anti war anthems, samba sounds, brit cover versions and the wall of sound influence, not forgetting some gems written by sonny.

you may be more familiar with the original version of this song by edith piaf!

twiggy week - friday

TWIGGY - MY BABY DON'T CALL ME BABY
you can hear the donna summer sound on this amazing disco track. i love her oooohs and the way she deepens her voice near the end. this song has practically been on loop since i bought it. dance dance dance!

twiggy week - thursday

TWIGGY - I NEED YOUR HAND IN MINE
the last of her wonderful 60's recordings

twiggy week - wednesday

TWIGGY - HERE I GO AGAIN
i love this - her country tinged 'hit' (reaching no.17) from 1976

twiggy week - tuesday

TWIGGY - BEAUTIFUL DREAMS
twiggy says " i really remember very, very little of my disc 'beautiful dreams' - probably just as well! we did this record just after i had been "discovered" - we were inundated with offers from people saying "do this, do that". to be honest it was probably a bit of a mistake because i didn't know what i was doing."
mordi says "oh twiggy, this was far from being a mistake - everything from about 1980 onwards was though"

twiggy week - monday

TWIGGY - HEAVEN IN MY EYES
i posted a terrible remix of this during disco dolls week - well i finally splashed the cash on the (not very good) '79 twiggy disco album, so i can bring you the (actually very good) original version.

twiggy week - sunday

TWIGGY - OVER AND OVER
this is the groovy b-side to 'when i think of you'

twiggy week - saturday

TWIGGY - WHEN I THINK OF YOU
one of her earliest recordings from 67 - i think this is a total masterpiece but apparently twiggy doesn't even remember recording it! i have this on vinyl and it gets played a lot in my house. enjoy this week everyone.

yé-yé week - sunday

CHARLOTTE LESLIE - LES FILLES C'EST FAIT (POUR FAIRE L'AMOUR)
i'm sure most of you all know this - but you must agree that it is so damn good that i can't ignore it- i think it's important we acknowledge charlotte as being a total doll groover!
(does anyone have anymore of her songs- let me know!)

yé-yé week - saturday

DANI - SANS ASTERISQUE
i like dani - she has an unusual back catalogue of sounds - perhaps a dani week will be coming up soon...

yé-yé week - friday

CECILE GRANDIN - LE SCAPHANDRE BLANC
how to describe this? bass heavy psyche sounding wig out? : marvy!

yé-yé week - thursday

ARLETTE ZOLA - MATHEMATIQUE ELEMENTAIRE
i always think she looks really square but her sound is anything but!

yé-yé week - wednesday

CHRISTINE DELAROCHE - LA FILLE DU SOLEIL
her voice is great, she is wearing head to toe stripes- what's not to like?!