can't stop at one

France Gall - Avant la bagarre Best choreography ever.

lollipops and bananas

There's an interesting debate going on under the video for France Gall's 'Les Sucettes' on YouTube  ( Archived ...

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. ...

roll-roll-roll rollergirl

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

et jacques et jacques et jacques

Just received an email from the French TV Archive Institute , letting me know about their new (?) website, which ...

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 ...