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France has a reputation as a serious film country, but when it comes to bad films with good soundtracks its reputation is nowhere near that of Italy or Germany. I'm not an expert on French cult-films, but the fact that the 18 tracks on 'Shake Sauvage' are from all different types of genres does indeed suggest there was less to choose from. Or the compilers were just selective, having Gerard Depardieu's Hollywood comedies as an example of what being not picky enough can lead too. The one thing these tracks have in common is that they, in accordance with the album title, shake sauvage. So, with the notable exception of the awful 'Grand Thème Malko', all tracks are garanteed to make you shake your bon-bon at least a bit. This is freaky exotica style-mixing at its most swinging, remarkably often powered by what must be Flea's French uncles on the bass. Two tracks stand out, not necessarily because they are so much better than the others, but because they are real songs with vocals and are therefore much more structured than the typical film instrumentals. The first one is the up-tempo, Shirley Bassey-esque 'I Wonder Why' and the second the bizarre typical French 'Pétrol Pop'. In this song from an anti-capitalist satire a woman more moans than sings about her love for petrol. From 'Shake Sauvage' it becomes clear that Air must gotten the inspiration for their music and videos from spending their youth watching these films on late-night tv.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/shake-sauvage/french-soundtracks-1968-1973/148/
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