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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard just pulled their entire catalog from Spotify — and it got me thinking about their legacy so far. I put together a quick video ranking their Top 5 albums — would love to hear your favorites and how you feel about the Spotify news.
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"Light My Fire" is a song by the American rock band #theDoors. Although it was principally written by the band's guitarist, #RobbyKrieger, songwriting was credited to the entire band. Recognized as one of the earliest examples of #psychedelicRock, it was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on their eponymous debut album. Due to its erotic lyrics and innovative structure, the track has come to be regarded as synonymous with the 1960s psychedelic.
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Self-Titled Summer | Clothilde (1967/2013, France)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 911 on The List, submitted by arratoon. This album is a compilation of all the French and Italian releases recorded in 1967 by Élisabeth Beauvais under a persona constructed for her by French music producer/composer Germinal Tenas, both only teenagers at the time. Beauvais was not exactly happy about the direction of the project as Tenas wanted her to be an "anti-Françoise Hardy" who sang subversive lyrics in a detached manner, backed by somewhat comedic instrumentation, going against France's then current trend of yé-yé style pop music. But her strong feelings against the Clothilde persona served to make her performances and this record overall rather intriguing.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: 1001otheralbums.com/2025/07/22

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: album.link/ca/i/1778080557

Happy listening!

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Self-Titled Summer | Clothilde (1967/2013, France)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 911 on The List, submitted by arratoon. Here’s a quick rundown:

  • Point of origin(s): “Clothilde” was a stage name/persona briefly worn by Élisabeth Beauvais (b. 1948). The daughter of 50s actress/singer Gisèle Parry and writer/journalist and radio/TV producer Robert Beauvais, at an early age Beauvais was frequently around famous French actors and up-and-coming French pop stars. One day, Germinal Tenas (b. 1947), then an up-and-coming music producer, was at the family house to work on a TV soundtrack with Parry. He had been searching for a French girl to sing his songs, particularly “une fille qui aurait une voix douce et jolie qui dirait en même temps des choses horribles dans un genre détaché” (“a girl with a very soft beautiful voice and who at the same time could say horrible things in a semi-detached way”).[1] The moment he saw Beauvais, without even hearing her voice, he decided she fit the bill, and began to pester Beauvais into agreeing to his project. Beauvais was very reluctant and only at the behest of her mother unwillingly went through with an audition and then contract signing with the Vogue record label. At the time, Beauvais was rather upset about the entire thing, and took every opportunity to let the rather demanding Tenas know that – she was a shy and depressed teenager, she didn’t like the Clothilde persona, the lyrics, or that she had essentially no say in the project, and she had dreams of singing her own music more along the lines of Françoise Hardy, i.e., the direct opposite of Tenas’ vision. Tenas, however, saw Beauvais’ anger and rebellion against him as serving the Clothilde persona, and so he did not bother looking for another singer. In the end, Beauvais recorded two EPs plus an Italian single under the Clothilde name, all in 1967. The s/t album we look at here, put out by Born Bad Records in 2013, compiled those releases, over 45 years later.
  • Tasting notes: French 60s girl pop, anti-YéYé, subversive lyrics full of dark humour and double-entendres, odd instrumentation including musical saws, anti-Françoise Hardy (or, “Françoise Hardy on acid”[2])
  • Standout track: “Saperlipopette”, also “La Vérité, Toute La Vérité” which probably has the best instrumentation (I’m also a sucker for Beauvais’ “hey!”s). Note that the last two songs are Italian versions of tracks 1 and 3; I’m not sure of the quality of Beauvais’ Italian, but I personally prefer “Qualcosa Che Non Va?” to “La Chanson Bête Et Méchante” because the repeating response “hin hin” in the background sounds less creepy than the original French, lol.
  • Where are they now?: Beauvais refused to tour as Clothilde and generally avoided answering calls from Vogue, so the project only lasted one year (the last of a handful of TV appearances was January 1968). Beauvais essentially disappeared from the public eye following the Clothilde project, and wouldn’t record anything else for 15+ years (though these recordings were never released). Tenas continued (and, I believe, continues) to work as a producer and composer. According to the (rather extensive) interview linked below, there are no hard feelings between the two and, at least at the time of the interview (presumably done around the time this compilation was released), they are actually friends.
  • Websites: Interview with Beauvais on Born Bad Records website, Wikipedia

Happy listening!

  1. Tenas quote and translation from: www.bornbadrecords.net/releases/clothilde-queen-of-the-french-swinging-mademoiselle-1967/. ↩︎
  2. Quote from: radioherbetendre.blogspot.com/2013/07/clothilde.html. ↩︎

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花電車 [Hanadensha] – The Golden Age Of Heavy Blood

Picked out this 80s hard rocker from the shelves. One of those CDs I tend to forget I have, which is too bad, because it's really cool. Sometimes rather funky.

From Discogs: ""Hanadensha" means "Flower Train," which refers either to a passenger rail car reserved for women or to a sex show involving manipulation of female genitalia."

Well, okay, then.