Mylene Farmer

Somewhere in the early 90 I listened to the radio and I heard a catchy song that I didn't understand at all. I knew it was French and that was it. I soon found out that it was a Frnech singer called Mylene Farmer. I went to the library and rented the CD that was out at the time (L'Aurtre). It was a nice cd with a few nice songs. I copied the CD to cassette and listened to it a lot. After a while I forgot about Mylene. In the summer of 1996 I worked for a few months in Disneyland Paris and early 1997 some friends showed me a Live CD from a singer from France. They asked me if I ever heard of her. It was a CD from Mylene (Live a Bercy) and I was attracted by the design of the CD and I remembered the song Desenchantee from my old cassette. I was in Paris and I bought the CD and Video (as I didn't have a DVD player at the time). of the concert. I was totally blown away by the show. I started to collect all Mylene's CD's and video's. I also found some magazines dedicated to Mylene.

In 1999 she did the Mylenium tour and I thought it was time to see Mylene live. I gave myself a belated birthday present and went to Bercy for a concert. It was amazing. I still remember the head on the stage that opened. Mylene flew out of it. I couldn't believe that I was at a concert, and I was flabagasted. I really enjoyed the show. Mylene doesn't have a powerful voice. I like it very much but I can't really sing along with her as I always end up with a soar throat. But her dancing was just wonderful. I also went to Brussels twice for a concert. It was something you hardly see. It was a great shows with costume changes, dancers, a great band and a wonderful light show.

In 2005 Avant Que L'ombre came out and a series of concerts in Bercy was announced. The prices were way to high for me. And the concerts were sold out faster that I could speel Mylene's name. But I went to Antwerp to buy the CD. I noticed that the FNAC still had tickets left for the series of concerts. I gave it a try and I got the cheapest ticket that still costed me 60 Euro's (The most expencive tickets were 132 Euro). In January 2006 I went to the concert and it was fabulous. I had a great seat, front row on the right of the stage. I could see everything prefect. The only bad thing for me was the film that was shown before the concert. It was a sort of Chinese film or Japanese and I didn't understand it. It was also way to long for me. I was more than happy to see it end. I called my mother to tell her that I had a good seat, and one of the people that were below me, in the backstage area, looked up. When I ended my phonecall he asked me what someone from Holland was doing here. I told him that I loved Mylene's music and asked him what he was doing there. Mylene had 2 stages with moving things on it and these moving things didn't work properly. She hired a company from Holland to put these things on stage and this man was trying to fix the error. He never heard of Mylene and I told him that she is an artist you love or hate. There is no way in between. The show was wonderful and Mylene looke stunning. Time really flew and it was great to see her life.

In 2008 she brought out a new CD called Point De Suture and when I heard the first single, Degeneration, I was very disappointed to hear it. The melody was catchy and that was it. I bought the CD anyway and was pleasantly surprised. It was a good CD except for the first and the last song of the CD. Mylene also announced some new concerts, but this time in stadiums. the prices this time are really to high for me and I don't like stadium concerts. For me they are to big, I want to see the singer or band on stage and in a stadium you hardly see anything, is my experience. So I miss the concerts this year. I am sure Mylene will make a DVD of it so I can see it anyway. I really think it is too bad that the prices has to be so high. Mylene is one of the best sold artists in France and she is well known in France, Canada and even in Russia and other countries around the world.

Mylene hardly gives interviews or does TV shows. Her video clips are minifilms and can be seen on You Tube and various other sites. Mylene is my favorite French singer. I like others like Marc Lavoine, Alain Souchon, Julien Clerc and Zazie, but I prefer to listen to Mylene.

More on Mylene can be found here: http://www.mylene.net/, http://www.innamoramento.net/ and http://www.mylenefarmer.nl/.