Nouvelle Vague: French women get away with everything!

Imagine two girls on stage, rubbing each other’s asses, asking the audience to shout “fuck!”, lifting their skirts while dancing and singing a song about a night they were so drunk that performing any sexual acts was impossible. It would be one embarrassing show right? I mean, look what it did for Britney Spears. But you know what, French girls can get away with it. Only if it was just for the cute accent.

I’m talking about Nouvelle Vague, a French musical collective led by musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Their famous for their covers of legendary 80’s songs like Dancing with Myself, Love Will Tear us Apart, Just Can’t Get Enough and Blue Monday. Yesterday, my girlfriend and me went to see them in de Melkweg. Tristan Thomas already warned me on Twitter: the show was going to be impressive.

And it was, but not just for the sensual performance of the ladies, also because of the musical quality and the gifted musicians. Their version of Love Will Tear us Apart reminded me of Ian Curtis‘ intensity and In a Manner of Speaking is a tear jerker. I’ve made a playlist on Mixwit for you guys, so that you can enjoy la musique incroyable as well.

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