wow i would have never guessed they're french! The singer's voice is so unique and pure, and when he sings it sounds like he has a perfect english accent
Nice guys, great records, fantastic live shows (saw them last week at Music Midtown in Atlanta - one of the biggest highlights of the whole festival, for me matched only by Weezer). They have a certain "feel good" vibe about them vaguely reminiscent of the vibe you got from Beatles records. They're the most complete band of recent times, and I'm glad they've been getting the recognition they deserve since Wolfgang came out.
I didn't know they were French. Until I Heard Thomas Mars on Alt Nation. Which is CRAZY because I really can't hear the accent on their music when he sings. But this is amazing! I LOVE their accent! & I love the fact that they're singing in English :)
Well, you'd be surprised. This is true for a lot of musicians. Even the Beatles - they primarily sung in an 'American' accent, which kind of happens naturally. It's hard to explain this, but it's a recurring phenomenon.
They sound alot like the Pretenders. I am suprized that they were not mentioned as an influence in their music. He sounds like Chrisy Hine! Awesome stuff!
hahaha i see so many people here messin with their accents when the fact is that theres nothing more ridiculous than any english spoken person trying to do french (or spanish or italian).BTW,Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is just so fucking good that i cant stop listening to it,what a beautiful thing these guys had created.
I love the old phoenix. The last two albums was just too commercial. I love them when only a handful of people I know knows about the bands music and actually loving it not because they get alot of airplay on a top 40 radio. It's part of the old Phoenix mystic. Still love though although not as much as before.
i am thrilled they are on the radio more or getting more mainstream attention. if this allows more people to be moved by the music its a definite plus. personally, i think this is their best cd to date and i think their second cd was the weakest. but if you truly loved the first two cds wouldnt you want as many people as possible to appreciate it too? if the beatles had remained an underground british band, decades later i may never have gotten to experience hey jude.
Thomas Mars' speaking accent is not particularly strong. Sure, it's not a native British or American accent, but it's fully comprehensible once your ear is tuned in. The reason you can't hear as much of an accent when he's singing is because the melodic and rhythmic elements of a song take precedence before the prosodic elements (rhythm, stress and intonation).
@andrewp6262 From my observation (after speaking to a lot of French people in France and America, and in both languages mind you) French people have the thickest accents when it comes to speaking English, my German friend almost completely lost her accent after being in America for 6 months, but my French teacher has been here for 20 years and she is sometimes hard to understand.
@DetectiveUtah agreed. I picked up wolfgang about four months ago and haven't taken it out of my player yet. No lie. I should be in bed right now, but I'm watching "If I ever feel Better" and "Girlfriend" videos instead!
its so weird how all of the foreign bands that naturally speak with accents sound like a regular american in their songs.. like the rolling stones, and the who.. phoenix sounds just like a regular american
lol christian mazzalai has a funny accent! thomas mars has a better accent lol like there : 0:50 when he said "energy" or "without any help"... but im not here to say nasty things about phoenix :) because i love this band !
@snowdew222 Well yeah, what I wanted to say is that I'm sure Thomas Mars can have a perfect English accent if he wants, but in the interviews he pretends having this awful french accent, at least he exaggerates it, because he knows the "french touch" is an asset!
C'est quoi cet accent, tu demandes? Un accent de Français qui parle anglais...Ils parlent mieux anglais, surtout le chanteur, que la grande majorité des Français que j'ai rencontrés dans ma vie...
i knew they were french but based on their music i really didnt expect them to actually have french accents...damn
"yeah, it is ballsy"
that was beautiful
"but in the end its still Phoenix" so true
wow i would have never guessed they're french! The singer's voice is so unique and pure, and when he sings it sounds like he has a perfect english accent
Nice guys, great records, fantastic live shows (saw them last week at Music Midtown in Atlanta - one of the biggest highlights of the whole festival, for me matched only by Weezer). They have a certain "feel good" vibe about them vaguely reminiscent of the vibe you got from Beatles records. They're the most complete band of recent times, and I'm glad they've been getting the recognition they deserve since Wolfgang came out.
How can you not like Pheonix?!
One of my favorite bands. Amazing
hehe their accents are so cute
I didn't know they were French. Until I Heard Thomas Mars on Alt Nation.
Which is CRAZY because I really can't hear the accent on their music when he sings.
But this is amazing! I LOVE their accent!
& I love the fact that they're singing in English :)
Omg! When he sings he sounds so american! But when he talks normally, the accent is so strong! Love the band!
Its amazing how good their english accents are when they sing! its incredible!
These guys seem really down to earth. I had no idea they were French, now Im even more impressed!
I suspected they were french. The singer has such a strong accent, haha. I thought it was english at first, but now I realize it's french.
i love his their accents!
Wow, how does the guy sings like that with such a thick accent, simply amazing.
Their accents make me smile xDD
awesome band and interview!
Thomas Mars has an amazing voice!
phoenix is so good and so different, its relieving :)
AMAZING how much the accents change when they're singing.
They have such cute accents.
J'ADORE PHOENIX! Vous etes trops cool, je vous adores!!!!!!!!!!!
I think I'm falling in love with Phoenix! Ohmigaaad! They are so good! :D
cute cute accent
Well, you'd be surprised. This is true for a lot of musicians. Even the Beatles - they primarily sung in an 'American' accent, which kind of happens naturally. It's hard to explain this, but it's a recurring phenomenon.
dude I love them what a great band
If these guys were to tour with Mew and Passion Pit i think i might die...just a thought.
Watch mojo did an interview with Phoenix?!?!!
Thomas Mars...
They sound alot like the Pretenders. I am suprized that they were not mentioned as an influence in their music. He sounds like Chrisy Hine! Awesome stuff!
aaahhh i love their accents!
Oh, those accents are awesome! and so are they!
its amazing how he can sing in a perfect american accent when he has the one of the thickest french accents ive ever heard
hahaha i see so many people here messin with their accents when the fact is that theres nothing more ridiculous than any english spoken person trying to do french (or spanish or italian).BTW,Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is just so fucking good that i cant stop listening to it,what a beautiful thing these guys had created.
"but at the end is still Phoenix"
I love the old phoenix. The last two albums was just too commercial. I love them when only a handful of people I know knows about the bands music and actually loving it not because they get alot of airplay on a top 40 radio. It's part of the old Phoenix mystic. Still love though although not as much as before.
Amazing band with one of the best albums of 09. The lead singer kinda looks like Paul Dano.
i am thrilled they are on the radio more or getting more mainstream attention. if this allows more people to be moved by the music its a definite plus. personally, i think this is their best cd to date and i think their second cd was the weakest. but if you truly loved the first two cds wouldnt you want as many people as possible to appreciate it too? if the beatles had remained an underground british band, decades later i may never have gotten to experience hey jude.
"it's just the language of the music we're doing."
sickk!
@lollymuse Agree. I'm french as well and can speak without any accent, but girls seem to like this accent.
True artists !
The Beatles of my time god dammnit
Thomas Mars' speaking accent is not particularly strong. Sure, it's not a native British or American accent, but it's fully comprehensible once your ear is tuned in. The reason you can't hear as much of an accent when he's singing is because the melodic and rhythmic elements of a song take precedence before the prosodic elements (rhythm, stress and intonation).
I love Thomas
@DrSlizzard
well, maybe i'm late!
i've seen that they've sung live an old french song called "la fille aux cheveux clairs" de Johnny Hallyday
Every album has an instrumental? What are they all? Ive never bought an album but I think they are so super
Je les ai entendu plein de fois àla radio ....
Thomas Mars looks like Roman Polanski circa 1960
So, he's still really awesome.
Un groupe vraiment excellent.
@gillespieQMA You mean a regular Scottsman, or Frenchman? It's funny how other people have accents.
Do they have any songs in french?, if so i would love to hear them! :D
it;s called being from france .... they are actully good in english compaired to most french people.
@andrewp6262 From my observation (after speaking to a lot of French people in France and America, and in both languages mind you) French people have the thickest accents when it comes to speaking English, my German friend almost completely lost her accent after being in America for 6 months, but my French teacher has been here for 20 years and she is sometimes hard to understand.
like how opera is in italian, never thought of it like that ha
his french lips are excellent!
wow its when they speak that I hear their french accent
what she means is, 'HALF of the french band...'
@DetectiveUtah agreed. I picked up wolfgang about four months ago and haven't taken it out of my player yet. No lie. I should be in bed right now, but I'm watching "If I ever feel Better" and "Girlfriend" videos instead!
he sounds like my friend eeee xD I love European accents
He was just looking at the microphone :p
i honestly thought it was a British band :O
cool music and sexy accents :)
God French people are so awesome
@IndonesiaNegaraKu It's kind of like Oasis. The singer sings perfectly, but in interviews, you could barely understand him. Lol.
Jim Halpert?
0:53 guy from "Wrong Turn" (movie)
Let's take you back to 1901 and hang out 4 minutes with Phoenix
its so weird how all of the foreign bands that naturally speak with accents sound like a regular american in their songs.. like the rolling stones, and the who.. phoenix sounds just like a regular american
god damn they are so french.
Approach of AGHT :))
it wont LOOOOOAD!!!
@balamuthia who said it was a flaw?
The guitar player had a cleft lip repair?
why does everyone keep on saying they have accents but when THEY sing...theres one singer! thomas! not a 'they'.
plus french accents are gorgeous ♥
the singers accent is not bad at all.
I guess it's a lie when they say ALL the best music comes from the U.K :/
LOVE. WANT. WORSHIP.
@dahliadecapitate ajajaja i totally agree! :/
Umm, the Beatles didn't sing with an American accent, they had a very strong liverpidlian (spelling?) accent, just like when the spoke normally.
lol christian mazzalai has a funny accent! thomas mars has a better accent lol
like there : 0:50 when he said "energy" or "without any help"...
but im not here to say nasty things about phoenix :) because i love this band !
sexy french accents... gadayum... they don't seem to have a french accent when they sing!
@mrtictac94 not all but MOST music
@arlykay I realized that LOOL
@xolemonlime2 i think he had a cleft lip
do i sound irish in my video? ooh wait this is a french accent video lol!
@farasofya
....they don't sound american ...i was thinking more british. rofl.
is it just me or if you look carefully at Thomas's eyes at 0:15 you can see him glance at her boobs lol.
I first though they were British:)
@snowdew222 Well yeah, what I wanted to say is that I'm sure Thomas Mars can have a perfect English accent if he wants, but in the interviews he pretends having this awful french accent, at least he exaggerates it, because he knows the "french touch" is an asset!
@dahliadecapitate lol
@andrewp6262 LMFAO.
@SeaNanners hi
2:42 "Do you think it's " what? bowzy? What does that mean? pretentious?
The singer doesn't sound like that in the songs
They sound american in their songs! These things don't add up!
Obviously they're faking the accent.
For the French, this accent is not sexy at all. "Lame" would be a more accurate adjective :P
C'est quoi cet accent, tu demandes? Un accent de Français qui parle anglais...Ils parlent mieux anglais, surtout le chanteur, que la grande majorité des Français que j'ai rencontrés dans ma vie...
only decent french band
fake accent