La chanson du jour - French songs 101

Benjamin Biolay revisits 12 songs of Charles Trénet

Here with Vanessa Paradis for J'ai ta main... on Daily Motion. On YouTube the songs cannot be accessed in the US (at least for now). Not sure about the result. What do you think?

Here are the 12 songs he selected (from Amazon)

1. Revoir paris	Écouter
2. Verlaine	Écouter
3. Le grand café	Écouter
4. Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?	Écouter
5. L'âme des poètes	Écouter
6. Le piano de la plage	Écouter
7. En avril à paris	Écouter
8. Le temps des cerises	Écouter
9. J'ai ta main	Écouter
10. Coin de rue	Écouter
11. Vous qui passez sans me voir	Écouter
12. La romance de paris	Écouter
13. La chanson du faussaire	Écouter

Vanessa Paradis - Michel Berger: La minute de silence (1993-1983)

As part of a collective tribute to Michel Berger (who died on August 2, 1992) , Vanessa Paradis sings La minute de silence. Michel Berger used to sing this song (written in 1983) with his friend Daniel Balavoine. MB alone here. The song was created in 1983. Here a version with Daniel Balavoine.

The tribute was aired on the French TV channel Fr2 on January 25, 1993. Vanessa sings with Alain Lanty playing the piano.

Lyrics

No Amazon MP3