Julie Delpy, rock star
Filed under: Music & Musicals, Newsstand
At
least according to a Flickr photo, she is - "Julie
Delpy & Band," it says. (I wonder if said band is more offended to be called "band" or "The
Delpys," which was their name way back in 2004.) Based on some quick Googling, it seems that, for some odd reason,
Delpy and Band tour only in Germany - is there a wild love for her there that the rest of the world doesn't share? Or do
they perhaps appreciate pale movie star music more than the the rest of us?To Delpy's credit, based on a nearly unintelligible Google translation of this German review (there's also a photo gallery from the concert here), she seems to both write her own songs and play guitar, two things that put her miles ahead of a lot of pop stars who don't even have a second career. That said, I dare say the woman has a long way to go before she can even breathe the same air as Vanessa Paradis, the once and future queen of French actress/pop stars.
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12-29-2005 @ 6:54PM
Stuart Ian Burns said...
Thanks for the link.
Just a bit of follow up background. Julie Delpy's album, originally released in 2003 is an excellent piece of work, kind of breazy fusion of blues and chanson -- and produced three of the songs subsequently used in 'Before Sunset', 'An Ocean Apart', 'Je T'Aime Tant' and 'Waltz for a Night' which mentions Jesse, the character her co-star Ethan Hawke played in both films. This was the song she sang to him at the end of the second movie. Basically if you loved the songs which appeared on the film's soundtrack, you'll love the rest. I'm sorry, am I gushing?
Here is a link to the album at Amazon...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009LI6V/qid=1135899692/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/202-1742480-2279028
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12-30-2005 @ 5:55PM
David Lawrence said...
Thanks for the link Stuart.. I absolutely loved Delpy's songs from Before Sunset, so I'll definitely check that out.
"Pale movie star music"? For shame!
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1-26-2006 @ 11:36PM
Arsenio Rodr?ez said...
"I dare say the woman has a long way to go before she can even breathe the same air as Vanessa Paradis". True, Paradis inhabits the craposphere. Delpy lives en la regi??transparente del aire, the air's most transparent region, a place where talented original artists draw sustenance. Paradis's lungs would collapse en la regi??transparente.
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