Yesteryear: Paris impressions from the 1980s, 70s, and 60s

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Y is for Yesteryear.

In this episode, I chat with two long-time Paris residents about their first impressions of the city.

First, you'll hear from American music journalist Valli about life in Paris in the early 1980s. (Valli was first on the Earful Tower in 2019: "Famous in France: Meet American singer Valli")

Then it's Englishman Jim Bane who first came to Paris in 1963. (Jim was first on the Earful Tower in 2017: "Paris expat for 50 years".)

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The music in this episode is from Pres Maxson, find his Substack here.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Did you know that the New York Times once said about this very podcast that it's not hard to
0:07.5	imagine being transported to Paris while listening? Well, I'm going to try and take it a step further
0:14.7	today because I'm going to try and transport everybody into the past in Paris.
0:22.5	The idea with this episode is through two very special guests.
0:27.8	We're going to take a very close look at Paris in the 1960s and the 1980s.
0:35.3	Specifically, through the first impressions that this city had on our two guests today, Valley and Jim Bain.
0:44.2	This is the Earful Tower podcast. My name is Oliver G and why is for yesteryear.
1:20.6	Music is for yesteryear. So I want to set the scene before we get into it. This is an idea I love, this idea of hearing people's first impressions on Paris.
1:25.1	I also love the idea of yesteryear or yesterday and I could see
1:29.1	me doing this a lot more to a different degree with more people. But as a tester, I'm going to try it
1:36.6	today with just two guests. The first you're going to hear is Valley. She's been on the show before
1:41.9	probably in 2018 or 2019 talking about how she was on
1:47.1	the first French rap song. I will link to that in the show notes before, so you can meet her
1:51.7	really properly there. For this episode, I was back in her living room again and talking about
1:58.1	her first time when she moved to Paris in 1981.
2:03.2	After that episode, you'll hear from Jim, who was on the podcast in 2017.
2:09.4	I'll talk about him before we get to him, but let's start off with a look at Paris in 1981,
2:14.6	from Valley.
2:41.4	Music look at Paris in 1981 from Valley. Valley, how are you doing?
2:43.5	I'm really doing well, Oliver. How are you?
2:44.4	I'm very well, especially knowing that we're neighbors now.
2:47.1	I don't remember exactly when we talked, when I was last sitting in your living room.
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