Au revoir Françoise Hardy

She's been sick for some time, but it still feels so sad to lose Françoise Hardy, whose music has come to mean so much to me in the last ten years.  An absolute icon and one of the most important and legendary musicians to have ever come out of France. I highly recommend reading her elegant memoir, The Despair Of Monkeys And Other Trifles, if you haven't already, too.

Françoise Hardy sings Ce Petit Coeur

French legend Françoise Hardy has seen a resurgence in interest since Wes Anderson included one of her songs (Le Temps De L'Amour) as well as the EP on which it first appeared in his latest movie, Moonrise Kingdom, but I've been a fan for a while and she's one of my most played artists on my iTunes. I'd love to see her live but unfortunately Hardy gave up touring back in the 70s. But at the very least there are lots of TV clips from the 60s and 70s on YouTube like this rare live performance of Ce Petit Coeur from 1966. There is something completely timeless about Hardy's music and her beauty, she could have come from any era, I love her.