I love Nouvelle Vague and anyone who can cover Eno and Robert Frip to Tuxedo Moon, Altered Images, The Cramps, Gary Numan, Madness, The Ramones and New Order and make them their own is alright by me . . . . . .great quality set from Fight This . . . . . . . .
In 2016 A38 Vibes recorded the live concert footage of this song called Blue Monday performed by Nouvelle Vague. Performers: Melanie Pain: Elodie Frege: Liset Alea: Olivier Libaux: Olivier Smith: Raphael Seguinier: Pablo Lepetit.
Also nearly forgot to mention this set ofNouvelle VaguefromFight This Sickness Find a Cure.I love Nouvelle Vague, bordering on the comedic and yet somehow straight faced versions given the treatment so they can cover in their inimitable style works by XTC, The Sex Pistols, The Damned and the Clash, The Cramps to Billy Idol, Echo and The Bunnymen to Joy Division
No nonsense, straight forward listings and no covers, no pictures, no pack drill! This is an audience recording from the era and yet is it merely because they are so listenable that I find this acceptable? OR am I biased? I don't post audience recordings anymore (gosh how SPOILT am I?! - back in the day I would pay money for vinyl bootlegs in cheap pressings and thin cardboard that essentially are unlistenable today . . . maybe with the exception of Dylan's The Great White Wonder and Bowie's Thin White Duke as the first boots I ever purchased!)
So I nicked this cover from Big O who posted it back in February
Fight the Sickness just says:
Nouvelle Vague
21.05.2007
England, Manchester - Academy 3
Setlist : the killing moon dancing with myself ever fallen in love making plans for Nigel blue monday human fly guns of Brixton too drunk to fuck a forest (the Cure cover) teenage kicks heart of glass sweet and tender hooligan grey day Friday night, Saturday morning dance with me Bela Lugosi's dead love will tear us apart in a manner of speaking
They like the Academy! Here they are a few years later in 2010
Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Enjoy! I did!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
NOUVELLE VAGUE
- 'Dance With Me'
Just because the weather seemed to indicate this was appropriate . . . . . . with the fantastic Jean-Luc Godard film 'Bande à Part' which he called a cross between Alice in Wonderland and Kafka!
