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 ...

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 ...