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TIME TO CHANGE - MICHEL MONTECROSSA SINGS FRANÇOISE HARDY

michel-mirakali@mirapuri-enterprise | Mirapuri-Coiromonte, Italy | 04/08/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Interactive Mira Sound Germany CD-Plus 'Time To Change - Michel Montecrossa sings Françoise Hardy and Himself' for the first time presents songs originally performed by Françoise Hardy in the interpretation of Michel Montecrossa together with songs written by Michel Montecrossa. * The 'Time To Change' soundtracks feature 9 Françoise Hardy songs and 9 Michel Montecrossa songs creating in their union the fascinating and superb atmosphere of the 'Time To Change' album. * 'Time To Change' is romantic and sensual as well as powerful and profound and unfolds the theme of love, loss and finding, of struggle and happiness, of tenderness and concern in the heart-felt way which is natural to Françoise Hardy and Michel Montecrossa. * The MPEG-Music-Video of the Michel Montecrossa song 'Splendors Of True Love' visualizes this intimate quality of the 'Time To Change' album with its touching and unpretending warmth of feeling. *Michel Montecrossa covers the following songs originally performed by Françoise Hardy: Pouce Au Revoir / Time To Change * Rêve * Premiere Rencontre / First Encounter * Je Suis Moi / It's Me * Rêver Le Nez En l'Air / Dreamin' With My Head Up High * Que Vas-Tu Faire? / What Will You Do? * Love Me Tender * Message Personnel * Mon Amie La Rose / My Friend The Rose * The Michel Montecrossa orginals are: Daylight * Answers * All The Kids Of Your World (For Young Françoise Hardy) * Stunning * Wanted Girl * Yes * A Dream In Her Gaze * Heartbeat Rocker * A Woman's Soul * Splendors Of True Love (Movie)Michel Montecrossa about Françoise Hardy and the 'Time To Change' album: "FRANÇOISE HARDY BRINGS A RARE VISION OF BEAUTY, CHARME AND WONDER TO SONGMUSIC. WITH HER VOICE AND PERSONALITY SHE HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO A FEELING WHICH IS BOTH HEAVENLY AND SENSUAL. HER MUSIC IS IN A SIMPLE AND HONEST WAY FREE FROM LIMITING BONDAGE TO SUPERFICIAL TRENDS AND THE SOUNDSTRUCTURES SURROUNDING HER ARE EXPRESSIVE OF THIS UNIQUE EUROPEAN - MEDITERRANEAN FLAIR WHICH IS LOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD. FRANÇOISE HARDY IS THE SWEET AND TOUCHING ARTIST OF TASTE, FRESHNESS AND EMOTION MAKING A LIGHT SHINE THROUGH HER APPARENT FRAGILITY - THE LIGHT OF HER STRONG SOUL. IT IS IN APPRECIATION OF THESE QUALITIES OF FRANÇOISE HARDY'S MUSIC AND ART THAT I MADE THIS PRODUCTION. 'TIME TO CHANGE' IS MY OWN WAY OF EXPRESSION. IT IS DIFFERENT BUT AT THE SAME TIME CLOSE TO THE SAME INNER SOURCE WHICH IS BEHIND FRANÇOISE'S WAY OF TELLING THINGS. THE SELECTION OF SONGS WHICH FRANÇOISE HARDY PERFORMED INCLUDES 'LOVE ME TENDER', PROBABLY THE ONLY SONG IN WHICH ELVIS PRESLEY PARTICIPATED AS ORIGINAL SONGWRITER. TO MANY OF THE OTHER SONGS FRANÇOISE HARDY WROTE THE LYRICS. THE MUSIC IS COMPOSED BY VARIOUS ARTISTS WHICH I ALL LIKE, IN PARTICULAR MICHEL BERGER AND JAQUES LACOME. ALL ORIGINAL FRENCH LYRICS WERE TRANSLATED BY ME INTO ENGLISH EXCEPT 'MESSAGE PERSONNEL' WHICH WAS TRANSLATED BY FRANÇOISE HARDY AND MICHEL BERGER. IN ADDITION TO THE SONGS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY FRANÇOISE HARDY I CONTRIBUTE MY OWN SONGS; SONGS WHICH I LOVE TO SING FOR FRANÇOISE AS A WARM GREETING AND 'THANK YOU' FOR HER GREAT MUSIC OF TENDER STRENGTH." 'Time To Change - Michel Montecrossa sings Françoise Hardy' Interactive CD-Plus with 18 soundtracks, 1 MPEG-Music-Video, Pictures, Lyrics and Internet-Data. Produced by Michel Montecrossa and released by Mira Sound Germany."

Don't waste your [money]!!

jumpy1 | New York, NY | 11/24/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"A huge Francoise Hardy fan, I bought this out of curiosity, as I have everything she has recorded. Came across this on Amazon.com, and wondered what this person was up to. Well, whoever wrote the first review is probably in the band. I did buy it, and here's the scoop: I couldn't read it on my older PC -- although it's not that old! They did send me another audio CD however, free of charge. But the recording was poor, the band completely amateur. (I hate to knock people who just don't get it, but I cannot stress the amateur quality enough.) The video included was of minimal interest. Also included were useless GIF files (some of things such as a "back" button) and over 100 photos of the band -- each one in GIF, JPEG, & HTML links! What a waste of space. They didn't even bother to put them together cohesively, or eliminate the bad ones... it was like looking at an unending stream of bad vacation/party photos. Not for the unsuspecting stranger, that's for sure!"