music to watch girls by: part 1

Natacha Snitkine - Le Jeu du téléphone (1967) Jean-Paul Keller - Ça s'est arrangé (I've lost my Pop A Paris ...

strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring

Lee Hazlewood and Suzi Jane Hokom - Summer Wine (1966) Marie Laforêt and Gérard Klein - Le Vin de l'été (1969) ...

bébé pop

France Gall - Ne sois pas si bête (1964, Averty show) I've just realised it's one year since SpikedCandy was born, ...

a new coat of paint

I think I've hit on a plan to let me keep blogging without exhausting myself and then subsequently losing interest. ...

tombe comme l'amour

There are plenty of Go-Betweens mp3s on the sites posted below for the uninitiated, or anyone whose CD collection ...

roll-roll-roll rollergirl

The INA archives have quickly become my new favourite time-zapper. Among its wonderful offerings: This fantastic ...

is it really a spiked candy post?!

Yes it is! Although I'm not really sure what it says about me that this is the song that has inspired me to post ...

ça suffit pour changer la vie

Most fans of France's early work write her off after the 60s, but, as I've mentioned before, there are a few ...

why did you change?

Twinkle - Golden Lights (1965)   Chantal Goya - Dans la nuit (1966) Forget The Smiths' version of 'Golden ...