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2012 OohLaLA Festival: Nouvelle Vague

Rebecca Obadia |
October 14, 2012 | 10:37 a.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

The infamous French music collective, Nouvelle Vague, came back to Los Angeles to perform at the OohlaLA Festival's fourth edition Saturday night.

Nouvelle Vague Live (Rebecca Obadia)
Nouvelle Vague Live (Rebecca Obadia)

Including three female singers, a drummer, a guitar player, a keyboard and a bass player, Nouvelle Vague invited Los Angeles to sing along some of their classics and discover some of their new tracks.

Once again, the production of the show impressed and stood out as one of the hottest and wildest live staging in town.

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From the sexy lady dancing around her band mates wearing a tight black bodysuit and playing with a white lightsaber straight out of "Star Wars" on "A Forest" to her surprising bike ride on "I Just Want To Ride My Bike," the French collective never stopped surprising their crowd.

One track after the other, the girls would come up with a new instrument to play with and different costumes.

The music, the lights, the decor and the various atmospheres were all setting the audience in that romantic and natural sensuality of French women perceived by both natives from France and curious locals in the room.

When "Dance With Me" started playing, everybody stood up on their feet and danced the night away. Wearing disco sparkling gowns, one of the singers recalled, "We put on nice dresses for you..." Cue the excited cheers!

After changing outfits about four times within an hour set, the highlight of the night certainly came up when the three sexy Frenchies sang "Too Drunk To Fuck" holding drinks in their hands while running around and stumbling from one side of the stage to the other in their black tutus.

What a refreshing creative and dynamic show! 

If you missed OohlaLA's current edition, watch out for next year and grab your cheapest ticket to a memorable French journey.

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