
That song - a lush ballad - translates as “One Night, a Dog.” Why is it called that? Maybe being a French band, we had a bit of a different outlook compared to, say, British and American bands at the time. We are French, of course, so it was always a mixture of modern French songs and pop rock. Do you think there was something uniquely French about Les Rita Mitsouko’s sound? I remember walking into the Duplex bar in Paris in 1991 and hearing “Un Soir, Un Chien” from “The No Comprendo” album. At the same time, it’s not, never was, an objective to be popular. What was it like for you then, at the peak of the group’s popularity? Les Rita Mitsouko’s music was like the pop soundtrack to Paris in the 1980s. The big towers feel more exotic to us French. Right now I’m walking in Greenwich Village, which looks more European. T got her on the phone during a downtown stroll. in Central Park as part of the Fête de la Musique. Released her first solo album, “Ring n’ Roll,” and will perform today at 6:30 p.m. Helped “Singing in the Shower” can be heard in Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain,” and “Tongue Dance” makes a splash in “The Handmaid’s Tale.”) Ringer recently With an image cultivated by the photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino, who shot their videos, and withĬollaborations with the likes of Sparks and Iggy Pop, Les Rita Mitsouko earned not only a place in France’s pop pantheon but also a cult following among Anglo audiences. The group’s jaunty, sometimes moody, and always lyrically crafty songs sounded like no other French band of its time. Forceful but suave, more Garbo than Gaga, Ringer, 53, was the lead singer of Les Rita Mitsouko, the high-energy, genre-bending pop duo that ruled the airwaves in France for much of the 1980s and ’90s. Now imagine what she sounds like, and you have Catherine Ringer (pronounced When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Imagine a lissome Parisienne in short skirt and high heels, lit Gauloise dangling from pursed red lips as she steps out of some smoky Left Bank boîte. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here.

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