{"id":61,"date":"2007-09-13T01:14:43","date_gmt":"2007-09-13T08:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2010-06-26T00:55:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T07:55:59","slug":"favorite-video-of-the-week-les-rita-mitsouko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Video of the Week: Les Rita Mitsouko"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nC’est Comme Ca<\/em>-Les Rita Mitsouko<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first came across this video on the Tam Tam Books<\/a> myspace page. I was intrigued, was this video recent? The music sounded a bit retro but I couldn’t tell. In any case, I’m a sucker for thespian chimps. Equally compelling is the awkward style of dancing by the singer, Catherine Ringer<\/a>, a herky jerky, stiffed backed series of rhythmic lurches. I did a bit more investigating and found out the video was from 1987. Imagine that? A full 20 years later and the Emo kids are still rocking Catherine Ringer’s look.
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Despite the name, this is a very French band and extremely popular in their home country. After a few listens of their ‘Best of’<\/a> album, I can officially say, I’m a fan. I’m amazed how their 80s tunes still sound fresh. Very ahead of their time in fashion and music.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite songs on their best of album is ‘Marcia Baila’. It was a huge hit in France in the mid-80s. When I first heard it, I immediately recognized it from the music storage bin of my brain. I loved the song when I was a kid but the name of the artist was unknown to me until now. What a fantastic discovery! The video for Marcia Baila is quite entertaining and even includes some faux Flamenco dancing.<\/p>\n

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\nMarcia Baila<\/em>-Les Rita Mitsouko<\/strong><\/p>\n

What draws me most into their music is Catherine Ringer’s voice. She has a rawness and authenticity in her singing rarely heard in most over produced recordings these days. Her emotive style is most prominent on the hyper Chanson-ish ‘Les Amants’.<\/p>\n

For a great bio of the band, check out this<\/a> French site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C’est Comme Ca-Les Rita Mitsouko I first came across this video on the Tam Tam Books myspace page. I was intrigued, was this video recent? The music sounded a bit retro but I couldn’t tell. In any case, I’m a sucker for thespian chimps. Equally compelling is the awkward style of dancing by the singer, … Continue reading Favorite Video of the Week: Les Rita Mitsouko<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1920,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/1920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}