#québec music

[mouldymp3rotations]

0225-018

Virage à 180 degré !

Last week, I decided I was finally getting to listen québécois music, because im from here, and i was still stuck with my outdated idea that our music sucked (well i mean i still generally think that, but we do have a few good songs here and there, just like anywhere else :) ).

As usual : Song titles link to individual mp3 file download

All 5 songs can also be downloaded together in a zip file from the link at the bottom

I wasnt originally gonna post only about women, but here, they're all women :D (J'avais aussi pas planifié de mettre 3/5 tounes de Plamondon, but here we are sljkdaksjhhd)

Céline Dion - Je danse dans ma tête

Cause I, too, am d-d-d-d-dancing in my head :3

Je danse dans ma tête was on Dion Chante Plamondon, from 1991

tw flashing/moving lights for this video

Luce Dufault - Quand on s'en va pour oublier

I listened to this album, recently, and I figured my mom probably listened to this album a lot, as I had forgotten about this until then. It also confirmed me I always liked dramatic music lol.

Quand on s'en va pour oublier was on Luce Dufault's eponymous album, released in 1996

Marie Carmen - Piaf chanterait du rock

This is a new discovery for me ! I didnt know Marie Carmen did rock before doing what she is known for, nowaday :) And, not gonna lie, she's probably right, it would make sense that Piaf would have turned to rock, had she been in the 80's rather than the 40's lol I also want to say that I always, always, always fucking LOVED Marie Carmen's voice (ironically this one song doesn't really show her iconic voice but oh well)

Piaf chanterait du rock is on the Dans la Peau album, from 1988-89 depending on the source... (song is from 86, fwiw)

(there also is a very bad quality video clip on yt , which is delightful, but yeaaah.....)

Marjo - Y'a des matins

The apple didn't fall too far from the tree and I inherited my mother's appreciation for Marjo/Corbeau :) I had like 5 songs i wanted to put here, but I chose this one cause it's stuck in my head lmao

Also appreciating how Marjo never tried to hide her québécois accent, too ♥

Y'a des matins was on the album Tant qu'il y aura des enfants, released in 1990

Nanette Workman - Ce soir on danse à Naziland

So i listened the original studio recording of Starmania for the first time, a couple days ago, and it struck me how much nothing changed. The first thing I noticed is how queer the story is ! It made me wonder how we regressed so much since 1978...

I also thought the subject matter of this song in particular was still very, very relevant. (also just to prove mariah carey isnt the only one with whistling notes lol (also also they cut it when it plays on the radio, here :( ))

Ce soir on danse à Naziland was on Starmania, in 1978. (discogs is wrong on this one... 79 that's when the show opened, not when this was recorded)

trigger warning : FLASHING LIGHTS for this one too *light flashing disco-ly*

i wanna point out that they censored the title, here, for the same reason i think it's very, very relevant...

Download toute ça en .zip icitte ♥

[piebingo]

Ohhh I know some French!! Most of mine is from Québécois artists, so that can give another perspective when learning the language depending on how you’re learning it.

My favourite group is Les Cowboys Fringants, it’s a group everyone here knows, and love. The early death of the lead singer/songwriter in 2023 was a really shocking thing for everyone. There’s this performance they did with the Symphonic Orchestra of Montréal that meshed their style of music with symphonic music and it was phenomenal. Here’s the link. I recommend all of their songs, but especially:

L’Amérique pleure, Marine marchande, Sur mon épaule, Les étoiles filantes. Here is the last one so you find the group easier:

I also really like Coeur De Pirate (pirate’s heart, cool name). She’s been around for decades i think, so you’ve got a lot of songs to go through if ever. I think she might have some songs that have both an English and a French version? That could help practice maybe. Here’s my favourite song of hers tho:

Charlotte Cardin is a singer that’s been getting more popular out of here I believe. She came second in La Voix (our local The Voice). She’s got a lot of songs in English, but also some French.

Her boyfriend Aliocha Schneider is also a singer (and an actor) and I like this song he wrote about their long distance relationship (I think he’s also French and he’s living there?):

If you like Céline, I’ve always preferred her French songs.

I also like this one by Kaïn:

There’s loads more I could probably give but yeah. This can hopefully be a start!

hello!! i am seeking songs in french, german, spanish, and swedish to add to a playlist that i intend to use to practice those languages (just listening, but also sitting down and attempting to translate). feel free to reblog, reply, dm me, whatever! tack gracias danke merci!

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[bobmorane]

Tape-moé su' ma tête de bois.

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonne soirée 💙 🎸🥞

Suroît 🎶 La Mi-Carême

Aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine au Québec

[wasted-my-time]

So I did this for French comic strips and I had another bad idea:

I didn't put anyone from Europe because I am from a stranger point of view so I wouldn't have known who they really consider as their best and most recognized artists.

Most of those listed above are held very dearly to Québécois: Dédé Fortin, the lead singer of Les Colocs is a bit of our Kurt Cobain (Different musical styles but similar guys), Gilles Vigneault composed what a lot of people consider Québec's national anthem, La bottine Souriante, Québec Redneck, and Richard Desjardins have given their own modern twist to French Canadian folk music, Robert Charlebois was one of our greatest singers in the 70s, La Bolduc and Félix Leclerc were pioneers in making music for the people and by the people (A musical award is named after Leclerc).

No I did not include Céline Dion despite her superb career, but I think almost everyone has heard of her so... 🤷

[bossygifs]

[natequarter]

part of me learning french is just me stumbling upon what to francophones must be incredibly obvious everyone-has-heard-of-this pop culture

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

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[la-sale-nuit]

Nuit 🌙 Ville Cosmique (2022)

[animatedshortoftheday]

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[entheo-music]

Deadboy - Wish U Were Here

[bobmorane]

La bittt à Tibi - Raôul Duguay

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[fidjiefidjie]

Belle soirée 💙 🇨🇦🎸🐟

Marc Déry 🎶 Poisson d'avril

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