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A Place To Find Some Rarer Tunes (Mod, PowerPop, Punk, Ska) ripped from my vinyl collection. If it sounds good I'll post it. The idea being that now you know about them, you can seek them out! If anyone is unhappy about any of these posts please contact me & I will take them off.

Friday 11 November 2011

Oenix - Ils Veulent Coucher Avec Sheila (1980)

b/w -Melodie Qui Sonne

1st of only 2 releases for this Rouen 4 piece.

Anne-Marie Monville (voc)
Richard Alexandre (guitar)
William Foyé
Alain Mercier

This is a cool punk / powerpop tune that was privately released on the Ponce Pilate label & was aledgedly so disgusting that it had to be censored & re-released on Virgin. (both versions are in the download) Depending on what you want to believe this could be true or just a bit of "Branson Hype"


Saying that, if your French is any good you will note that the lyrics are a bit risky for the early 80's

Sounds & scans below

http://www.mediafire.com/?6aqjromgy9oq1ps


BTW - I'm presuming as the tune has a 60's "ye ye" feel to it that they are refering to the 60's icon Sheila (Bit of A guilty pleasure this song)
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8 comments:

  1. Nick11 November 2011 at 23:34

    During most of the 70's, Sheila had to face a nasty rumor saying she's not a girl but a boy. OENIX made fun with this singing :"They want to have sex with Sheila, too bad it's a guy". Sheila sued (or threatened to - I don't remember), original copies on Ponce Pilate had to be withdrawn but Virgin jumped on the wagon and released a "biped" version.
    NICK.

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  2. bristolboy12 November 2011 at 01:38

    Thanks Nick, that makes a lot more sense than some of the other things I'd read.

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  3. ComadrejaPep15 November 2011 at 15:04

    Many thankx for this single!!! Beautiful!!

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  4. sbstn120 September 2012 at 23:41

    Hello,

    Is it possible to re-up these sounds... the mediafire is dead!?

    Thanx for this and your work

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  5. bristolboy4 October 2012 at 11:33

    Send me your e-mail address & I'll send a link for you to d/losd

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  6. Anonymous21 November 2018 at 12:24

    This is going to sound very cliché and may even seem false, but I can attest that it is true: the mother of a friend worked (now she is retired) as a nurse in a parisian hospital where Sheila used to be treated. According to her, Sheila is not transsexual, but she has an advanced degree of hermaphroditism. Because of this, Sheila has been receiving hormones since childhood.

    It's a pretty interesting case.

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  7. Anonymous21 November 2018 at 12:36

    Here's a photo of her without hormones: http://loverde.pagesperso-orange.fr/URBANLEGEND/images/sheila_rumeur.jpg

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  8. blvdducinema4 June 2024 at 20:31

    Does anyone know how to get a hold of the band?

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