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What gives a Chanson it's va va voom? Or at least what are the musical ingredients that make them (and their singers) sound so sohisticated and elegant?
Dans ma opinion, these songs are often lyric driven i.e. the lyrics are King followed by melody and finally harmony. They often sound baroque in style somehow and you can definitely see a link down the line to someone like Rufus Wainwright with his particular styke of chamber baroque pop.
That definitely seems to be the case with The Windmills of your Mind by the fantastic composer Michel Legrand whose music really defines that 40s/50s/60s french era. His score for the film musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg won worldwide acclaim and he was also a prolific writer for TV as well. This song was originally penned for the original Thomas Crown Affair movie.
Who's your faourite Chanson singer? The intensity of Edith Piaf? The heartbreak of Jaques Brel? Or perhaps the tres cool persona of Serge Gainsbourg?
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