Francoise Hardy on Cliff Richard and the Beatles (1964)

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20 күн бұрын

On 7 January 1964, Françoise Hardy was interviewed by ITN's John Edwards in a London hotel room. Two years after being propelled to fame with her 1962 debut single Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles (All The Girls And Boys), the French singer-songwriter and fashion icon discussed the popularity of different English artists in France. Cliff Richard, whom she liked very much, was very popular, but while the French were aware of the Beatlemania phenomenon gripping the UK, the Beatles' music was not as well-known in France. They were, however, breaking through: She Loves You was a popular track, and their upcoming gig at the Paris Olympia (which Hardy said she would be attending) was sure to raise their profile.
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@sea_ohm11 13 күн бұрын

Rip francoise hardy. The pain is gone now. She seemed like a beautiful person. Certainly in her looks, and especially through her songs. A very soothing and understanding voice. She was a part of the soundtrack to my youth.

@antediluvianer 17 күн бұрын

Hard to imagine this beautiful woman became physically and mentally broken few years ago to the point she advocated for assisted suicide or euthanasia for humans. She’s not in pain anymore. Love her. Find eternal peace Françoise

@michaelpillingnow 17 күн бұрын

She had the amazing ability to make simple songs completely profound. RIP

@ianharwell7500 12 күн бұрын

what a totally adorable woman she was. A clever singer-songwriter also. I discovered her music in the 1980's (back to 1962) and have enjoyed it ever since. Thank you Francoise - we've lost another gem.

@kerryfry1857 18 күн бұрын

Greatest singer and songwriter of all time. Thank you Francoise. Rest in peace 😢❤

@alainspiteri502 17 күн бұрын

you,are young h'm 80 F H had not success Line Renaud-Sylvie Vartan in erea 70' ir's a,fact nothing more

@reidbishop4371 16 күн бұрын

You're joking, right?

@manoul71 13 күн бұрын

@@reidbishop4371 yes he is

@anglodutch8321 18 күн бұрын

Had a big crush on her in 1964........such a beautiful woman

@TheGenreman 17 күн бұрын

I think if I had been around in the 60s I would have had a crush on her as well

@MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik 15 күн бұрын

Unspeakably beautiful...

@louisnewton4292 13 күн бұрын

I'm a zoomer and i had a crush on her back in high school all these years later lol. I think I discovered her in a french class and she blew my mind.

@chilenskbjorn8737 9 күн бұрын

I did too, not long ago and still in my 20s. Her presence, discrete elegance, simple yet mesmerizing beauty knew no boundaries in terms of time and space. she's finally resting in peace, but she's definitely live on though her art, visual documents like this one and all she left behind in her long, successful career. French finest rose imo.

@passager01 13 күн бұрын

Love her shy laugh at the end . Although famous in France she looked so simple , no makeup.

@davidfoster2006 18 күн бұрын

A truly great star, and a beautiful person.

@donnysarian 14 күн бұрын

RIP Francoise Hardy. One of the most beautiful women to ever walk the planet. ❤

@bentwick6675 8 күн бұрын

Totally true………..

@BruceJackson-lx2dw 17 күн бұрын

What a lovely & charming woman: I remember her well and with affection from my "halcyon" days in the late 60s/mid 70s. RIP sweetheart.

@SauraPlesio 18 күн бұрын

Rest in peace , jolie Françoise.

@flyjohnson711 9 күн бұрын

Rest In Peace Pretty Woman

@potdog1000 14 күн бұрын

as a pre pubescent teen i never understood French Chic or cool, Until i saw her then it became abundantly clear lol

@paulcarbonaro6748 16 күн бұрын

Soooooo lovely!

@thomasavenhaus2308 17 күн бұрын

Rest in peace dearest Francoise.

@ROCKINGMAN 17 күн бұрын

I was very famliar with Francoise Hardy, as my mother (who was french) had an album on the Marble Arch label. She had a part in the film Grand Prix 1966, as well as other films. I liked her whispery singing voice which had a certain feeling to it. I think she misunderstood the question about the Beatles 'that certain sound' which she understood as 'song'. A really nice personality who contracted cancer and felt very unhappy towards the end. I've heard it said she wanted to perform when she heard Elvis, like many. So sad, this beautiful lady, suffered but she now suffers no more.

@user-pk1yh1wf2p 12 күн бұрын

R.I.P. she was brilliant

@MrClauberC 17 күн бұрын

Ela veria os Beatles ao vivo uma semana depois! Imagine ver a lendária banda ao vivo e olhar para o lado e ver a linda e talentosa Françoise Hardy assistindo também! 😂 Uma máquina do tempo, por favor! Descanse em paz, querida! Saudações de um eterno admirador brasileiro! 😘🇧🇷♥️🇫🇷

@Alan-lv9rw 12 күн бұрын

I was 2 in 1964 and I never heard of her until yesterday. But she was cute and I like her music.

@bigb6046 18 күн бұрын

I watched the 1966 movie Grand Prix several times just to see her.

@boazlenn 17 күн бұрын

THAT WAS 1963

@nlkasman3347 12 күн бұрын

1966 @@boazlenn

@boazlenn 12 күн бұрын

@@nlkasman3347 1963🤣

@liamb8644 4 күн бұрын

@@boazlenn1966

@olracnaigodaniep3816 14 күн бұрын

I have never seen this before nor I never seen an interview with Françoise speaking english before just singing but singing in English…I’m speechless & Sad she is gone but not forgotten! 💔🥀

@axelazaryan 7 сағат бұрын

Única, poética, profunda, bella.....tus discos están allí para ser nuestro bálsamo,amada Françoise ❤

@grimTales1 13 сағат бұрын

A beautiful woman with a soothing voice and lovely songs - I didn't know she had passed away, so sad. RIP ;_;

@ricardo_miguel13 17 күн бұрын

how cute she was. rip.

@mauricebederon869 18 күн бұрын

I think the French folks were oriented on the British scene, much more than the Germans in those days. A lot of English and US- hits were sung by French musicians in French versions and were great successes. Françoise was sometimes very kind and charming. She also speaks German very well. I am sad, that she died. She really was a nice girl and a young lady.

@rossdsg 15 күн бұрын

No. Germany was more focused on British bands than France and British bands were more focused on Germany than on France. British bands had almost their own TV in Germany on Radio Bremen TV, from where are taken a lot of sixties videos on youtube (Beat Club). The difference is that there were not enough talented singers in Germany to make German versions of songs from British bands and Germans learned easier English than French people, so they needed fewer translations in German. As there were a great number of talented French singers, they adapted a lot of British songs in French for the public that had no good understanding of English. French artists often made better versions in French with American and English songs, with cooler arrangements and voices. But they NEVER managed to do better versions than the Beatles originals. Most French pop-rock bands performed badly, all the attention was focused on solo singers. The same in Italy, where solo singers evolved in their own national super-league division on its own. This changed in the late sixties and early seventies, especially in Italy with hundreds of top heavy progressive bands. German sixties bands were VERY poor too, it only started to change with early seventies Kraut rock (electronic & heavy rock). The best sixties bands in Europe outside UK were in Spain and in second / third place were Sweden and the Netherlands. Switzerland was almost a desert in the sixties regarding good pop-rock singers and bands, Belgium was much more interesting. This fantastic early 1965 song from Françoise Hardy is very little known, the vocals have a mind-blowing Mersey sound touch : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jslmqsqFy6etfqc.htmlsi=UT0PSSuMq_XeQpoi Some songs from Françoise where adapted in French from the Italian scene, like this one in 1966, far better than the Italian original from Mina : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab2eks6hmrLFmaM.htmlsi=uK6MVRECvQ1wVC68 The Italian original released in may 1966 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbaEg6Z81LadnYU.htmlsi=Zd3Mvh3AatFtYPDg

@jeffdawson2786 18 күн бұрын

❤ Merci, Françoise. ❤

@worldmikel 12 күн бұрын

"Cliff!" will always be the battle cry of the "Young Ones" to me!

@thomasharter8161 17 күн бұрын

The interview is short and she has difficulty with the English language but for those who speak French they know that in addition to singing she had a brain.

@passager01 13 күн бұрын

She studied german one year at french renowned Sorbonne university then dropped to follow a singing career .

@ericrose3877 17 күн бұрын

She will live on.

@jeffkodiac 17 күн бұрын

Nous ne savons pas Comment te dire adieu 😢

@markdc1145 16 күн бұрын

Always loved her looks and voice.

@julianaylor4351 18 күн бұрын

Beatles came to Paris and just like the US, they became huge.

@ricardo_miguel13 17 күн бұрын

later she met the Beatles I think..maybe after their show in Paris 1965.

@dktky5658 17 күн бұрын

Ahead of their time. Both Hardy and Birkin. Way ahead.

@Jesus_is_Lord_316 17 күн бұрын

Just learned that Françoise Hardy has passed away 😢 My mom played her record all the time when we were little. RIP

@paulhenry7 17 күн бұрын

She's adorable.

@macalacalan1175 2 күн бұрын

Absolutely. One could fall in love with her speaking voice alone. How sad she is gone.

@shuddupeyaface 2 күн бұрын

Wow. She is stunning ! Not in Patriarchal or Patronising sense. She just is x

@ianharwell7500 12 күн бұрын

A year or so back I came across footage of Francoise "seeing the sites of London" circa 1965 and in and around Picadilly circus. Moreover, she's in a pub and trying some warm, brown English beer "Watney's Red Barrel". You can tell she finds in revolting. Tell m that I've not imagined this scenario.

@MrClauberC 12 күн бұрын

This film is very nice, I saw it. 😅

@ianharwell7500 10 күн бұрын

@@MrClauberC So I didn't imagine it!

@ArchieFatcackie 21 сағат бұрын

What a stunningly beautiful lady.

@jonsmith4669 6 күн бұрын

God bless my dear.

@shejean 17 күн бұрын

Cliff Richard was one of THE most beautiful men; anywhere!!

@melgrant7404 15 күн бұрын

He seemed effeminate in his younger days.

@christianlacheze3323 13 күн бұрын

@@melgrant7404He is gay

@philipbrackpool-bk1bm 9 күн бұрын

I bet the Beatles knew her.

@rossdsg 15 күн бұрын

This fantastic early 1965 song from Françoise Hardy is very little known, the vocals have a mind-blowing Mersey sound touch : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jslmqsqFy6etfqc.htmlsi=UT0PSSuMq_XeQpoi Some songs from Françoise where adapted in French from the Italian scene, like this one in 1966, far better than the Italian original from Mina : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab2eks6hmrLFmaM.htmlsi=uK6MVRECvQ1wVC68 The Italian original released in may 1966 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbaEg6Z81LadnYU.htmlsi=Zd3Mvh3AatFtYPDg