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I want to ask following questions to get familiar with French, thank you!

1. In French, do you have an icon such as Marilyn Monroe which means someone who made a name for herself in world of show business and who died young a dog's death yet still has influence in a way that person lived is being passed on to younger generation? I'm going to learn some French from her/ his quotes, so if you know someone who has one, it would be appreciated.

2. I would like to know who to listen to in French! What do you recommend for listeners of Vampire Weekend-like alternative, also Chemical Brother-like or Kings of Leon-like indie rock? Also is it only you-tube to enjoy online or do you know somewhere I can browse these kind of musicians?

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Afromaestro profile picture AfromaestroApril 2015
Hello, the French world is whole with its wonderful culture, music stars, cinema industry, opera, great scholars, etc.
I'll recommend you to ckeck on "Edith Piaf", she is almost the French Marilyn Monroe, then you can learn her quotes in French any time.
About music, "Kyo","Indochine", "Noir Désir", "Téléphone", "Les Rita Mitsouko" are on the top of the long list of the best French Rock groups, but "Johnny Halliday" is the icon of French Rock music. To the French RNB side there are : "Amel Bent","Corneille", "Leslie", "Vitaa", "Singula","Lynnsha", "Zaho", among others.
Find all these guys and their songs on : www.deezer.com, www.amazon.fr, www.musicme.com or www.jiwa.fr
Hope I've helped you to get into the French world from the main door.
SebDeParis profile picture SebDeParisApril 2015
Hello,
We do not have young icons worldwide known as Marilyn. We have local faces here who have set their footprints like Serge Gainsbourg who was a great artists because of his creativity. He was a boyfriend of Brigite Bardot, husband of Jane Birkin.
We also lost a young singer with a cristal voice called Gregory Lemarchal. He was a pop singer, suffering from cystic fibrosis but his illness was forgotten once he started to sing. He died very young a few years ago. This is French pop.
There is no good rock band such as Black keys or something here. There was a good rock band in the 80's called Telephone. Some famous songs are : Cendrillon, Flipper, La bombe humaine. You can also listen to the BB Brunes who are a young rock band. The band Kio is also nice. Old singers are very poetic like Barbara or Jacques Brel. They are singers of the 60's and 70's. I hope that helps
  • 8 profile picture 8April 2015
    Wow, you are a lot to me! I was looking for this. I'll seek some of their work on your recommendation list. Thanks. Merci beaucoup