TRANSLATE THIS PAGE into GERMAN | SPANISH | FRENCH | ITALIAN | PORTUGUESE
 HOME |  REGISTER | FORGOTTEN PASSWORD | SEARCH or BROWSE | RECOMMEND | EDIT | LINKS | MOST RECENT
musical taste home
Track Details
Track Details

Search all tracks:
Les Biches  performed by  Flora Purim  (1968)
Composed by Tony Harris
Arranged by Tony Harris
From: USA/
Brazil
Mood: Baroque pop
Recommended by gregcaz [profile] on Monday 17th March 2003

This record is a complete mystery to me even though I have every other Flora album. Dusty Springfield-style orquestrated pop that sounds like nothing you'd associate with her name. There the slightest hint of bossa, and the flipside (actually the A-side, but I find this B much more interesting) is a basic 60s pop ballad with a bit of a European flavor, produced by folk stalwart Milt Okun, interestingly enough. Both sides are meticulously arranged with washes of strings, horns and reverb. Fascinating! The copy I have is a promo copy, and I wonder if stock copies even exist, since it's in no discography I could find. Does anybody know anything about this?

from 7" (Tetragrammaton)
iTunes search
Google Search for Flora Purim
YouTube Search for Les Biches Flora Purim
YouTube Search for Les Biches
YouTube Search for Flora Purim
Google Search for Les Biches
  19 Mar 03 ·andyjl: Jacques Brel recorded a song of the same title around the same time. Maybe it's a cover version of his original? Les Biches ('The Does',ie female deer) is also the title of a late 60s film by French director Claude Chabrol, though I don't think the Brel song is on the soundtack.
  19 Mar 03 ·gregcaz: Well, the record only lists the producer Tony Harris as the composer of the song, so I kind of doubt. There's also no apparent link between that title and the actual lyrics to the song.


To submit a comment, please first register (username/password/email) or log in:

username

password

musical taste home

© zarmi 2000-2024
CONTACT | ABOUT