It Took Seconds

Three minutes and thirty-six seconds: When I was 14 or 15 I had a French teacher called Bernard Le Moigne, who I thought cut a very bohemian figure. He had a goatee beard, he smoked gauloises, he had been on the barricades in soixante-huit, he showed us modern French films - Diva, and such like - and he played us French rock music. This last was kind of the weak link in the chain of cool. But little did I know that awesome Gallic pop-disco music like Mylene Farmer’s “Libertine” was being made right around then! Perhaps he disapproved. Certainly he couldn’t have shown us the video, which featured the first full-frontal nudity in a French pop vid. Not that it would have been a shock: like every other British boy I assumed that French media was 24-7 sauce and had been for decades. Anyway, Monsieur Le Moigne, this one’s for you!

What would your 3’36” pick be?