Remembering French cultural icon and singer Françoise Hardy • FRANCE 24 English

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17 күн бұрын

One of France's best-loved singer-songwriters, Françoise Hardy was a leading cultural icon of the Swinging Sixties and one of the biggest stars of the "yé-yé" boom that swept across Europe at the time. Hardy has died at the age of 80 after a battle with cancer. Renowned for her hits "Comment te dire adieu" and "Le Temps de l'amour", she enjoyed a career that spanned more than six decades. Last year she was named one of the 200 best singers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine - the only French performer on the list. Music critic Jenny Ben Brahim and film critic Lisa Nesselson speak to Eve Jackson about her life and career.
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@thelevelbeyondhuman 15 күн бұрын

She wasn’t your average pop star. 4 languages, 30+ albums, movie actress, novelist. Mother. She did it all.

@ashleyupshall7641 15 күн бұрын

Indeed, she was a classy lady.

@123benny4 15 күн бұрын

A life well-lived.

@samil5601 15 күн бұрын

She wasn't average in any way.

@spribic11 15 күн бұрын

She was writing her own lyrics and music.

@lanaiba 14 күн бұрын

Except feel truly loved and emotionally fulfilled... Celebrity idealisation is damaging.

@MarcOrtizdeCandia-qi8yb 14 күн бұрын

We don’t need Rolling Stone to validate the legacy of Françoise Hardy.

@abdgn11 15 күн бұрын

Rest In Peace Françoise...

@ericrose3877 15 күн бұрын

She will have done so without your allowing it.

@abdgn11 14 күн бұрын

@@ericrose3877 Why you did such a disrespectful comment like that. I just prayed for her and wish best.

@maurice8607 14 күн бұрын

Ridiculous thing to say @@ericrose3877

@weekendwet1 14 күн бұрын

I was truly saddened to hear of the passing of this wonderful lady. As a 14 year old, her picture was on my bedroom wall. I am now nearly 75 and I never stopped loving her.

@rivalamusica 4 сағат бұрын

i am crying

@jrd3523 14 күн бұрын

So many people will be missing this great artist. She had the look, the voice, and the talent.

@Methilde 13 күн бұрын

She declare that she had a weak and pale voice, which it's true but with a lot of charm. But no way to compare Beatles and Stones with boring and repetitive "yéyé".

@jrd3523 12 күн бұрын

@@Methilde Yours and only personal opinion.

@Methilde 12 күн бұрын

Of course, like yours :)

@jrd3523 12 күн бұрын

@@Methilde It's the opinion of millions like me around the globe. :)

@Methilde 12 күн бұрын

@@jrd3523 And so, millions of personal opinions, what a proof :)

@jean-yvesmartin6934 15 күн бұрын

David Bowie " i'm in love with Her and i think she knows it"

@californiahiker9616 13 күн бұрын

I grew up in Germany in the 1960’s. Francoise was one of my favorite chanteuses. She sang many of her popular French songs in German and English… though much prefer the French ones. Her voice had a quality like no other. She was a very classy lady! I just started reading her autobiography. I had no idea she had such a difficult childhood! All the more astounding what a successful career she had. At this point I can only say… Merci pour la musique, Francoise! You made the world a better place with your music, grace, and style!

@carstenhohmann2955 5 күн бұрын

Habe s i e damals mit FRAG DEN ABENDWIND kennengelernt ❤

@donnysarian 11 күн бұрын

RIP Francoise Hardy. One of the most amazing and beautiful talents of all time!

@Wade_Tyler 11 күн бұрын

I recently discovered Claude François and now I’m discovering Françoise Hardy. RIP

@Tabbaasco 15 күн бұрын

She was so popular and so loved when I lived as a teen in Beirut. I still listen to her. RIP Franscoise

@billyriedel6449 14 күн бұрын

I remember first hearing her song Le Temp de L’amour when I was in middle school. I didn’t know French, so I had to look for an English translation to understand what was being said. I actually learned how to sing it without knowing how to speak French. Her music was so beautiful

@hollywoodnoire 15 күн бұрын

A year after Jane Birkin 💔

@Andre.felipe84 13 күн бұрын

And one year after Rita Lee.

@ediehoman9240 13 күн бұрын

Same thought

@jsychu 15 күн бұрын

La grande Dame de mon enfance est partie laissant tant de belles choses dans le cœur de son fils et de nous même....la délivrance…🙏🙏

@koko1974ify 14 күн бұрын

Rest in Peace Francoise, thank you for all the beautiful music.

@philiproux8011 14 күн бұрын

The lyrics of her song "The Rose"...... Listen ! Any Poet Laureate will be proud of it! And the musical arrangement. Wow! "If we are only friends" this song brings a smile to my face. I wonder how many times in my 75 years I've listened to Francoise's songs. Any song of Francoise was like medicine for a broken heart,soothing away all cobwebs and leaving me with extreme serenity.My goodness, I'm going to miss her so much.

@mrt3946 15 күн бұрын

Loved her. My Mum and Dad used to play her when I was a kid.

@___beyondhorizon4664 15 күн бұрын

Jane Birkin, francior Hardy, Edith Piaf, all made French music so unique. Now we hope Jane Birkin and Zaz will continue the French music legacy. RIP madam Hardy 🙏🕊️🙏

@Ellorina 14 күн бұрын

I don't know if you know about it but Jane Birkin died a year ago.

@___beyondhorizon4664 10 күн бұрын

@@Ellorina I meant Charlotte Gainsburg, Jane Birkin's daughter is also a singer too. Her music has that type of flavor. I bought her CD in Paris.

@shahlabadel8628 14 күн бұрын

loved her when I was a teen in Tehran and love her now at 72! may she rest in peace.

15 күн бұрын

' La Large ' is arguably one of the greatest songs, and the video was directed by Francois Ozon. . I miss her presence among us, and I lived with her songs in Paris for many years, accompanying my joys and my griefs. I think millions will be thinking of her, loving her.

@adamsamie9574 15 күн бұрын

She will be missed 😪

@antediluvianer 14 күн бұрын

Around 3 years ago Françoise was in the worst shape of her life and she advocated for assisted suicide aka human euthanasia. It has been around the same time I discovered her music. It was heartbreaking given how she looked like in her early days. She managed to remain otherwise off radar over the past 2 decades. She’s not at pain anymore. Au Revoir Françoise

@gavinbolton-ou6tv 15 күн бұрын

Nice tribute to a legend in our time. 🇿🇦

@George_outdoors 15 күн бұрын

Quel dommage, une des meilleures chanteuses de notre génération!

@kingtut3467 15 күн бұрын

I remember her in the movie Grand Prix (1966).

@markzima2335 15 күн бұрын

Me too!

@coolfinetime 15 күн бұрын

I don't remember

@exmachinema 13 күн бұрын

I was surprised this wasn't mentioned, but I guess you can't cover it all.

@spikespa5208 11 күн бұрын

That film probably contributed most to her _world_ fame

@jackwalker1822 7 күн бұрын

I loved her lines: I don’t dance. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. Only she could deliver such lines with so much charm and beauty

@leematthews6812 14 күн бұрын

Sad news. For my wife and I, 'Comment te dire adieu' is "our song". RIP.

@chrishewitson7135 15 күн бұрын

Her hit 'Et Même' entered the bottom end of the British top thirty in about 1965, too.

@soniacastro8702 14 күн бұрын

Great voice, elegance and french, RIP

@GdF420 12 күн бұрын

To me her greatest song is L'amitié, but there are so many, can't cover them all in a 12 min vid A true icon Françoise Hardy Reposez en paix Mme Hardy

@KatiePiszczak Күн бұрын

What a brilliant gorgeous woman. She fought harder than I knew

@richardshiggins704 14 күн бұрын

RIP ! Thank you for such quintessentially French songs which will endure .

@philiproux8011 14 күн бұрын

I loved her all my life...... So special, unique and feminine. In a song catagory of her own. You are in my heart forever dear Francoise

@Chanson60svinyl 15 күн бұрын

Rest In Peace Angel

@tammytsang3487 15 күн бұрын

Rest in peace.

@LoneWulf278 15 күн бұрын

It doesn’t feel right that there were no other French artists on The Rolling Stones best singers list. 😮

@californiahiker9616 13 күн бұрын

Mireille should be on there!

@LoneWulf278 13 күн бұрын

@@californiahiker9616 I agree. I love her!

@djzouke 13 күн бұрын

Henri Salvador?

@jamesc7019 15 күн бұрын

Le large was her farewell song. Such a beautiful song and video. For me it’s her last song. I love her x

@robertcoleman580 7 күн бұрын

I was introduced to the music of Francoise in my French class at school in the late 60's. That sparked a life-long love affair. I thought her husband Jacques Dutronc was wonderful too. I always regarded them as the First Couple of France; it didn't matter who was occupying the Elysee.

@maurices5954 15 күн бұрын

Sad day 😥

@Chanson60svinyl 15 күн бұрын

That is not the only song she recorded in English 😆 Beautiful lady RIP

@teddtarr 11 күн бұрын

Yes, among others,, she recorded a cover of the Everly Bros.' "Let It Be Me", & the. Shirelle's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"

@Daffodil31LE 7 күн бұрын

Merci, mon Dieu, d'avoir soulagé Françoise de toutes ses douleurs. Merci Françoise d'être toi. Vous avez été un réconfort pendant ma jeunesse et continuez de l’être, aujourd’hui plus que jamais.

@iVenge 12 күн бұрын

My youth. So sad to hear she is gone.

@Mandrake591 14 күн бұрын

She made way more than one recording in English, what the heck?

@jackwalker1822 7 күн бұрын

My only language is English but I much prefer to listen to her singing in French.

@tysonjoughin8879 9 күн бұрын

every young man's fantasy in the 60's - including me

@johnmarshall504 5 күн бұрын

Talent, grace and good taste.

@christopherTYJ 12 күн бұрын

😢😢😢 François, je t'aime...

@Eurovision324 13 күн бұрын

She was fantastic RIP ♥️💐

@edwardb7811 10 күн бұрын

My crush on her lasted sixty years. RIP

@dumpwoodhere 9 күн бұрын

They always get these experts on to read from Wikipedia with conviction pretending they know who she is. This is an end of an era for me.

@Richardsonprincess00 15 күн бұрын

She represent Monaco of ESC in 1964

@dereks1264 15 күн бұрын

You definitely couldn't smoke a cigarette or cigar in a video. The 60s/70s were a great time to be alive! (As long as you can handle the risk of getting cancer.)

@billk9856 14 күн бұрын

You made reference to her "only song in English" .... that's not correct, I first became aware of her from a top 40 hit she had in Australia in 1965, in English called Only You Can Do It.

@redjee888 14 күн бұрын

Comment Te dire Adieu Mlle. Hardy! Thanx for the music and your timeless style inspiration. You're more than just a singer/songwriter but an early influencer when it comes to dressing well and effortles French grooming.

@harvey1954 14 күн бұрын

You forgot her appearance with James Garner in "Grand Prix" which along with "What's New Pussycat?" are the only two films Americans would have seen Francoise in. She was even in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in a ship float. Some tie in with "Grand Prix".

@Mandrake591 14 күн бұрын

Some Americans watch French movies too!

@harvey1954 14 күн бұрын

@@Mandrake591 When they pop up over here. Rarely shown in American theaters and even the DVDs had to be regional friendly to American machines.

@francocasagrande6105 9 күн бұрын

Au revoir, mon petit cherie 💔🌹🙏🌈

@markdc1145 14 күн бұрын

Always a big fan of hers although I wasn't that familiar with her later work. RIP Françoise Hardy.

@jackwalker1822 7 күн бұрын

I prefer all her work from the 60’s and 70’s. But have no doubt that all subsequent work was great too.

@yukinok25 15 күн бұрын

R.I.P.

@mjw12345 14 күн бұрын

Lovely tribute!

@maurice8607 14 күн бұрын

Very very sad. My favourites include Autumn Rendezvous, All over the world and Ocean. If you Listen is a gem. RIP Francoise.

@Jesus_is_Lord_316 14 күн бұрын

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

@eliaskhanmeh7399 12 күн бұрын

Condeliance , she’s war sensitive, beautiful , effect in edge of genre , merciful for her spirit come Celeste she’s going with her……..

@thamilton007 15 күн бұрын

🙏😔♥️

@MrMjp58 14 күн бұрын

The only abiding memory I have of her was when she appeared as a guest on The Spinners BBC show c’71. One of the group (the tall one) introduced her by saying ‘Mademoiselle Francoise Hardy has graciously agreed to sing a song for us’ in a perfect attempt at a French accent. Later in the episode, the northern one re-introduced her by saying ‘Franzois Ardey is cummin’ back on’ now’, in the broadest Lancashire accent imaginable. Regardless of all that, she was incredibly stylish, as I recall.

@lavieestunsonge4541 14 күн бұрын

Mon dieu! 😢 Repose en paix, Françoise Hardy! I Heureusement, nous pouvons ecouter la musique! I just started listening to her music about a year ago!

@MrAurelius77 13 күн бұрын

Bob Dylan and Nick Drake were fans of her.

@user-ze4se8zo2p 11 күн бұрын

Si c’est ca was my favourite. Never mentioned…

@Ivonne1006 15 күн бұрын

😥🙏🏻😥🙏🏻

@Salman-sc8gr 14 күн бұрын

Should have mentioned the race car track themes - Maid in Monza.

@eliaskhanmeh7399 12 күн бұрын

We loose what we need Much much so She’s still Good heart Good bey

@marciovieira6153 12 күн бұрын

Grand perte la mort de ce chanteur légendaire, Françose Hardy. Était le plus grand aprés Edith Piaf. Je suis un Brésilien.

@uwi2 14 күн бұрын

Adieu Madame 💔

@CanNguyen-hg3qt 14 күн бұрын

RIP

@whyisgooglemakingmedothis603 13 күн бұрын

: All these nerds out there who think they know cool don't know if they didn't know her. I still think my absolute favourite duet is between Francoise Hardy and Iggy Pop with their version of "I'll Be Seeing You". That's just it - you can't get better than that.

@eliaskhanmeh7399 12 күн бұрын

Cat from the clouds Take the heart Far far exceptionally On a her now Big salut fire of moments

@faisalvazquez3289 14 күн бұрын

Whenever he dies, idolatries appear, like what happened with Amy Winehouse, etc. true art lovers those who enjoy them in life

@PaulLMF 10 күн бұрын

+ Grand Prix 1966

@l.w.paradis2108 14 күн бұрын

She was 80???

@christopherbloom2207 15 күн бұрын

How does this music expert mispronounce "David Bowie"?

@CCOREY5 15 күн бұрын

David Bouwi? 😂

@scorpina69 14 күн бұрын

🙄😂

@milkmoonlight93 15 күн бұрын

Announcing the death of another fellow human being with a big smile. Adding the mispronunciation of “l’amour” with “la mort” is definitely cringey: unprofessional and very insensitive. So wrong😅

@jrd3523 14 күн бұрын

Do we have to cry about death? Especially hers; she was in tremendous pain. Death is not a synonym for sadness.