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Ten tracks to lead you into an old Paris, around the 1930's, a Paris full of melancholy, sadness and rain, but also full of sunshine, smiles, "valse musette", "java", and accordion.
(photograph : Arletty and Louis Jouvet in "Hôtel du Nord", directed by Marcel Carné, released in 1938)
7 comments on Midnight in Paris
Luuu November 27, 2011
C´est MAGNIFIQUE!
⃠I love to learn french with this music. Its lovely.
dcalobrisi August 22, 2011
Terrific. We just got back from France (Normandy, Brittany, and Paris) and this brought me right back again. Thanks.
⃠love streams August 01, 2011
What a beautiful beautiful mix! I like Woody Allen very much as well, and Midnight In Paris is absolutely charming ♥
⃠oblicua June 27, 2011
muy bueno!
⃠hfluffo June 07, 2011
Yes, I adore Woody Allen films. Though i'm not really familiar with French music, I noticed that the music from the film seemed more American.
⃠I love discovering new music, and I think I've found a new liking for old French music! Thanks for sharing this wonderful mix.
oldfashiondream June 06, 2011
Yes, it has been inspired by that film. I'm glad that you noticed it!
Woody Allen still is one of my favourite filmmakers. And I loved his last film and its concept. I also love its music, but Woody Allen mainly chose (great) American jazz tunes/songs from the 20's/30's, and not a lot of French and Parisian songs from that time. But it perfectly fits with his film. I just wanted to go on with his idea with real French songs about Paris, mostly from the 30's because the recordings are better than in the 20's.
Except the 4th song, "La complainte de Mackie", by Florelle, which is the French adaptation of a German song written by Berthold Brecht and composed by Kurt Weil for their theatrical play, "Die Dreigroschenoper" (aka "L'opéra de quat' sous" in French, and "The Threepenny Opera" in English), turned into a movie by Georg Wilhelm Pabst in 1931. This song is more famous under its English title, "Mack the Knife", which became a great jazz standard. But I really like that old French version.
⃠hfluffo June 06, 2011
Did the film "Midnight in Paris" inspire this mix? I just saw it; lovely movie with lovely music.
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