VA - Tubes pour l'été, Années 70 [2022]

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VA - Tubes pour l'été, Années 70 [2022]

This 53‑track summer anthology leans into the broad, sun‑bleached memory of the 1970s, gathering French and international hits into a long, uninterrupted glide of radio‑ready nostalgia. Released in 2022 as a digital‑only compilation issued for streaming platforms, it runs just over three hours, and its scope reflects the way the decade’s pop culture still circulates, half chanson, half global FM staples, all threaded together by the easy warmth of summer listening. It’s less a deep‑crate excavation than a panoramic reminder of what once floated across beaches, cafés, and car dashboards.

The sequencing moves with a light, unfussy touch. French pop anchors the mood—Michel Delpech’s Pour un flirt appears early in the set, a reminder of how effortlessly 70s chanson could balance charm and craft. International radio classics slip in beside it without friction, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Have You Ever Seen the Rain and The Police’s Roxanne (in its 2003 remaster) show how the compilation treats the decade as a shared cultural space rather than a strictly French one. That blend gives the set its character: a cross‑border snapshot of what people actually played, danced to, and carried with them.

Because it’s built from well‑known repertoire, the value here isn’t rarity but atmosphere. The long runtime encourages immersion, letting familiar songs accumulate into something more like a lived‑in soundtrack than a curated statement. For listeners who grew up with these tracks—or who discovered them through family, film, or radio reruns, the compilation works as a memory bridge, reconnecting the emotional immediacy of the 70s with the ease of modern streaming.

As a summer playlist, it succeeds by refusing to overthink itself. As a cultural document, it captures the way 70s pop continues to circulate: bright, melodic, and endlessly replayable. (B)

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Track lists

01 Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger 5:50

02 Dalida - Gigi l'amoroso (French Version) 7:26

03 Nino Ferrer - Le sud 4:36

04 Bee Gees - Night Fever (From "Saturday Night Fever" Soundtrack) 3:32

05 Serge Gainsbourg - Sea, Sex and Sun 3:39

06 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) (Single Version) 4:35

07 Nicoletta - Fio Maravilla 3:37

08 Patrick Juvet - Où sont les femmes 6:16

09 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) 2:40

10 Serge Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera 3:07

11 Eddy Mitchell - Sur la route de Memphis 2:54

12 Nicoletta - Mamy Blue 3:51

13 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 4:45

14 Blondie - Heart of Glass (Remastered) 5:48

15 Dalida - Monday Tuesday ... Laissez moi danser 3:47

16 Maxime Le Forestier - San Francisco 2:45

17 Commodores - Easy 4:16

18 Eddy Mitchell - La dernière séance 3:28

19 Georges Moustaki - Les eaux de Mars 3:38

20 Michel Delpech - Pour un flirt 3:24

21 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain 2:40

22 Police - Roxanne 3:11

23 Claude François - Le monde est grand, les gens sont beaux 2:45

24 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love 4:10

25 Serge Gainsbourg - Ballade de Melody Nelson 2:00

26 Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way 4:03

27 Eddy Mitchell - Pas de boogie woogie 3:44

28 Johnny Hallyday - Gabrielle 2:52

29 Temptations - Get Ready 2:40

30 Dalida - Paroles paroles 4:05

31 Stealers Wheel - Stuck in The Middle With You 3:25

32 Jane Birkin - Ex-fan des sixties 3:02

33 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on it (Single Version) 3:32

34 Michel Polnareff - Lettre à France 4:50

35 Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (Single Version) 5:14

36 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 4:27

37 Michèle Torr - Emmène-moi danser ce soir 3:03

38 ATaste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 4:05

39 Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 3:23

40 Daniel Guichard - Mon vieux 3:28

41 Michel Polnareff - On ira tous au paradis 4:35

42 ABBA - Waterloo 2:45

43 Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright 4:08

44 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 6:20

45 Jane Birkin - Di doo dah 3:34

46 Styx - Renegade 4:13

47 Les Poppys - Non non rien n'a changé 3:09

48 Mike Brant - Dis-lui 3:58

49 Lou Donaldson - Over The Rainbow 7:11

50 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 5:44

51 Pierre Groscolas - Lady Lay 2:59

52 Dick Annegarn - Bruxelles 2:30

53 Michel Delpech - Le Loir-et-Cher 2:45

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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