A few days ago I received a short email to the site with an attached mp3.. intrigued I played the file... what I got was a charming piece of classic, French music (complete with accordion intro) with gentle vocals in tribute to Veronica Lake. In fact a song that wouldn’t have been amiss in one of her movies.
I asked Mr Philippe about how the song came to be and just how he discovered Veronica Lake in the first place?
An Unknown Spring
Louis Philippe has very graciously allowed me to put an advance copy of the track "Miss Lake" on Peek-a-boo Bang for your listening pleasure.
The track is from his forth coming CD "An Unknown Spring" (which is in stores June 6th). Remember.. if you love the track you can buy a copy of the album direct from his website. Visit his site at: louisphilippe.co.uk/
And you can hear more at his MySpace page: myspace.com/louisphilippemusic
"I guess the lyrics are an expression of wonder at how, while she could exert such extraordinary attraction, you could feel a certain remoteness in her demeanour, which only added to the mystery in her aura. Hence the very last verse ’no need for ’I love yous/what about a ’goodbye’?’ The many tragic turns in her life which the song (very discreetly) alludes to make it a distant cousin to Ray Davies’s ’Celluloid Heroes’ in that respect."
"Funnily enough, a few of my fans are also - by pure coincidence - Veronica Lake devotees. You may even find a few VL threads on my message board."
"Thank you for keeping the flame alive."