Do You Ever Hear Alizee's Music in Public (in the U.S.) ?

JoeNY · #1 03-12-2011, 06:04 PM

I was out shopping today, and I heard Moi Lolita blasting out this guy's car. Normally, I hate people who blast music out of their cars because it's usually rap, but I had a smile from ear to ear.

I would have said something to him, but he looked like the kind of guy who would beat you up for making eye contact. I tell you, this is a sign. We dumb Americans are late to the Alizee party, but I hope her music makes it over here in the U.S.

BTW, it is possible to request Alizee songs on the radio? Is there some rights issue that radio stations need before they can play a song? I'd love to make a coordinated effort to get Alizee some radio play in the U.S. - old and new songs.

Ange · #2 03-12-2011, 06:34 PM

yes, only once. i was in a chatroom here talking to someone and on my tv came a movie trailer and it played moi lolita.

wasabi622 · #3 01-05-2012, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ange

yes, only once. i was in a chatroom here talking to someone and on my tv came a movie trailer and it played moi lolita.

I'm guessing it was this movie?

They use Moi...lolita as part of the soundtrack.

User22 · #4 03-12-2011, 06:51 PM

Well one of our members has already advertised her on a radio station that reached over a million listeners in Boston. And that person is ScruffyDog777. But most radio stations people have asked to play her music say they need the officially licensed CD or permission from the record label. So its hard to do but ask your stations near you and they can help. Good luck!

lefty12357 · #5 03-12-2011, 06:57 PM

I haven't, but I seem to remember someone in Florida saying that they heard Alizée music, and I think also someone from Milwaukee heard an Alizée song coming from a bar as they walked by.

During the Psych era, I tried really hard to get a local station to play her. It is a public radio station and therefore locally programmed and non-commercial. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/rad...s/the_current/ They play a variety of music and take requests. They have even played a few French songs, one of which was a song by Yelle. To my disappointment, I could never get them to play Alizée.

I even mailed them CDs in hopes of sparking some interest, but to no avail.

Steven0022 · #6 03-14-2011, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lefty12357

I haven't, but I seem to remember someone in Florida saying that they heard Alizée music, and I think also someone from Milwaukee heard an Alizée song coming from a bar as they walked by.

During the Psych era, I tried really hard to get a local station to play her. It is a public radio station and therefore locally programmed and non-commercial. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/rad...s/the_current/ They play a variety of music and take requests. They have even played a few French songs, one of which was a song by Yelle. To my disappointment, I could never get them to play Alizée.

I even mailed them CDs in hopes of sparking some interest, but to no avail.

Good Luck my fellow Minnesotan friend haha. Good to see you still around here yet lefty lol. Minnesota Public Radio needs multiple requests to play a song is the problem. I also tried and they told me there isn't enough interest in it so they wont play it. Maybe the both of us should call over and over again until they do hahaha. Nice to see you all again

lefty12357 · #7 03-14-2011, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven0022

Good Luck my fellow Minnesotan friend haha. Good to see you still around here yet lefty lol. Minnesota Public Radio needs multiple requests to play a song is the problem. I also tried and they told me there isn't enough interest in it so they wont play it. Maybe the both of us should call over and over again until they do hahaha. Nice to see you all again

Hey Steven !!! Nice to see you're still around too!

Yeah I figured one lone voice wouldn't do it. But sometimes if you can spark someone's interest at a station, they might just play it because it's something different. Yes I know, it was a long shot.

MarkL · #8 03-14-2011, 11:21 PM

Never heard it at all on the radio, even cycled through francophone stations

. Music stores dont even carry her CDs other than MCE and Gourmandise at the HMV Superstore, and only 1 copy of each.

User22 · #9 03-14-2011, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkL

Never heard it at all on the radio, even cycled through francophone stations

. Music stores dont even carry her CDs other than MCE and Gourmandise at the HMV Superstore, and only 1 copy of each.

Man I don't really even care if she gets played on the radio(of course I would like her to but that is a very big wish that will most likely not happen), I'm just happy that her CDs can be bought on iTunes and American Store Sites like BestBuy.com, Amazon.com, and Target.com

#10 03-13-2011, 12:30 PM

If "in US" was not mentioned in the question, then my answer would have been "many times in last 4 years". Sometimes, while walking through the university campus, her songs fall into my ears and suddenly something happens to me. Can't recall how many times that has happened. I remember two instances in last 1 year. Once I was going to the class in the morning and suddenly while crossing one of university hostel, I heard someone blasting JPVA in full volume. I just couldn't stop smiling at that time. My friends looked at me and after few seconds they realized what was the matter. Recent similar incident was few days ago, when I was heading towards my room and music from someone's guitar fell into my ear. "Crap, I listen to this song everyday, can't believe that someone is playing this music", that's what I said to my friend and the song was C'est trop tard. I didn't try to find who was playing it. An hour later, I went back searching who was that person. When I asked him which song were you playing on guitar, he replied that he chose a random song from his computer. I was like this