Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

French yé yé music was dreamy, flirtatious, and endearing, dealing with first love and distant crushes. It was rock'n'roll's coyest momentIn my younger years I was pretty obsessed with France. I suppose like a lot of teenage girls, this was testament to a romantic notion of what it meant to be French; I spent too much time watching Jules et Jim and Le Mari de la Coiffeuse, and though I had barely visited the country I was convinced that nothing would make me happier than possessing a Citroën ...

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