October 2008 Archives

I recently met someone (a good friend of a friend) who over the years has lent his talent with the guitar to such legendary French stars as Alain Bashung, Brigitte Fontaine, Jacques Higelin and Miossec.

As it happens, the man in question is now thinking of creating something of his own, and for a moment it seemed there was every chance that we might work together on a song or two. The last time we met, however, he told me that his plan was now to sing in French rather than English.

Which got me thinking...

Deux Doigts (Et Un Glaçon) is my first real attempt at writing some lyrics in French. Now, I certainly don't intend to offer the song to my guitar-playing friend, but it was an interesting "exercice de style" nonetheless.

• Deux Doigts (Et Un Glaçon)
  

I Lay With You is a song, performed by OrangeColumbo, about one of those stormy relationships where one minute you're at each other's throats, and the next you're ripping each other's clothes off.

• I Lay With You

The last few times I've seen EliotE & the ritournelles in concert, the show has started off on each occasion with their lead singer performing a solo version of a song we recently wrote together, Honeycomb.

For once, we really did write it "together" - she added a few lines to the end of some lyrics I'd already written but didn't know what to do with, and one of those lines even ended up giving the song its name.

• Honeycomb