I believe they are indeed Norwegian, although that is a strange accent they're singing in. At first I thought they were Danish.
I think I heard somewhere (or I just made this up; I can't remember which) that they sang in a weird dialect of Norwegian, that basically only the band could understand.
French music is often highly lyrical and therefore most of the time it is a great text that will determine what his great French music. I will hereby attempt to name a few acts/albums that can be listened to for the music and that would likely still come through even with no understanding of what is being said ...
The contemporary Quebec school:
Karkwa: contemporary rock: the French language equivalent of Arcade Fire. Both bands are from Montreal and are currently at the same stage in their career.
Jean Leloup/Jean Leclerc: contemporary rock. if you like him you will like it all so start either with his most recent album or with the more easily obtainable by you. "L'amour est sans pitié" was his album that sort was different than the rest in being more pop-dance. If you are unsure get the "Je joue de la guitare" compilation and go from there. His English language contribution to the music world was mostly done with the Bran Van 3000 band concept.
As the success of Arcade Fire shows, the Quebec scene is quite happening at the moment so stay tuned.
The classic Quebec school - RIP:
Offenbach: ROCK (with strong hints of Blues on their early stuff) - Albums: Traversion. En Fusion (with the Vic Vogel Big Band), Tabarnak. Or get the compilation albums, their last albums (e.g. Rock-O-Rama) included way too many stupid songs unfortunately.
Corbeau: ROCK, get the 2CD anthology, why bother with anything less than everything.
Harmonium: Prog. 3 studio and 1 live albums. L'heptade is particularly a must for prog fans. The other albums have a more universal/mainstream reach.
Not contemporary but not dead yet ...
Richard Desjardins: Songwriter extraordinaire. piano based songwriting or guitar based rockin', usually soft rock in solo or rocks when playing with the band Abbitibbi). Great story teller and lots of humor. Not sure how the solo work will pas off if you don't understand French but the rock songs will cross language barriers no problem.
From France
Niagara: ROCK: Religion (their album best by far). Or get their compilation Flammes (once more, a band that unfortunately has way too many stupid songs on their albums but the great ones are great).
These are the albums/band I was contemplating of putting on my list.
Actually, I was also contemplating Jaune by Jean-Pierre Ferland. But this guy belongs along the Jacques Brel/Georges Brassens of French music or -if you would want to translate him on the English side of the board- along with Tom Jones/Leonard Cohen (yes, he has an equivalent dose of both in him). The musicians on the Jaune/Soleil albums were the same guys that were playing then with Alice Cooper and that went on to play with Peter Gabriel. A 2005 remix (Jaune 2005) was also done which keeps the music fresh and relevant to contemporary sound while remaining true to the original.
At least in my country that is a really famous song (probably one of the 3 most famous national tracks). I'm quite positive that the same happens in all Latin America but I cant say it for sure. _________________ And If a Double Decker Bus, Crashes into us...
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