You can say you know nothing about music if you haven't heard of Edith Piaf. She is considered France's greatest popular singer and her chansonettes are regarded as emblematic for the French lifestyle. Her nickname - La Mome Piaf - refers to her height (she was only 1.42m tall) and her unmistakable voice. It was said that her songs were Paris itself. In her melodies, Edith's voice is sometimes as high as the Eiffel Tower and sometimes as low as the outskirts and brothels in which she grew up. She sings about love, happiness, melancholy, sadness, prostitutes' life... there's something for everyone in her songs. She once said: "I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words." And she made it. She sang in the USA and she was successful even if no one understood one word. Later she translated some of the songs in English, but they don't sound the same. Another thing she was famous for were her beautiful hands with very long fingernails. Even if she wasn't a very pretty woman, she had impressive blue-violet eyes.
"Non, Je ne Regrette Rien"
"La Vie En Rose"
I must confess that I grew fond of Edith Piaf and her songs since I saw, about a year ago, the movie about her called ironically " La Vie En Rose". I said "ironically" because her life was anything but pink. Then again, she had such moments of extreme happiness that some of us only dream of. The movie is "brutally candid" as stated on IMDb and Marion Cotillard does a wonderful job playing Edith, for which she truly deserved an Oscar. I had heard of her and I had listened to her songs before seeing the movie, but I became more interested in her life after that.
And one more thing: if you love Marion as i have loved her in this movie, you will be delighted to hear that now she is the icon for Dior's new campaign and she is starring in their new commercial called "The Lady Noire Affair" inspired by Hitchcock's black-and-white movies.
P.s.: Look out for her astonishing sandals :D
