Who is Melissa Mars

This is a sampling of Melissa Mars' songs and videos. Translations may not be 100% accurate.

"Love Machine" (#93 France) was the first video I discovered and is in the first position below. I loved the song and enjoyed the video as well. Very little not to like about either. I find the French version to be superior to the one in English (#8 below). But the remix (#10 below) is not bad at all. "Love Machine" was released in 2007 on her album titled À la recherche de l'amour perdu (In search of lost love).

"And...I Hate You" (#2 below) was released in 2005 on her album La Reine des abeilles (the queen bee) according to Google translation tool. It combines both English and French lyrics and a "western" narrative for the video that is quite stunning.

The third video below is "Papa m'aime pas" (#70 France) which is translated as (Daddy Doesn't Love Me). Another interesting video and song combination. The single was released in 2003 off of her first album Et alors! which translates to (and then) according to Google, but "so what" or "whatever" might be closer to the true meaning in every day English.

"Army of Love" came out in 2009 and Melissa produced this video herself along with an animator. You can learn more about this in the interview videos posted below. This came off the À la recherche de l'amour perdu album and a video is available in both French (#4 below) and English (#9 below).

"Et Je Veux Danser" is the newest single from Melissa was released in June of 2011. The title means "And I Want To Dance." It is the 5th video below.

#6 is the video of "Et Alors!" the song is from the album with the same title and was released in 2003.

"Apocalips" is #7 below and was released in 2006 off of the La Reine des abeilles album. This is another live performance.

Did you have a favorite? Let everyone know below in the comment section.

A collection of interviews from various sources either in English or with English subtitles. The last video is a behind the scenes look at making the "Papa m'aime pas" music video.

The first 7 videos are from a Yabla interview. This is the most extensive interview on Melissa Mars I have found. It covers virtually her entire career and is quite informative.

#1 - An introduction to Melissa Mars
#2 - A discussion of about "Et Alors!"
#3 - Melissa discusses "Love Machine"
#4 - "Army of Love" - the story behind the song and the video
#5 - Getting cast for Mozart, l'opéra rock
#6 - Mozart, l'opéra rock - Part 2
#7 - Her work with John Travolta in From Paris With Love

#8 - Melissa Mars on Fashion TV
#9 - Canape TV Interview
#10 - The making of Papa m'aime pas

If you are not a fan of musicals, you may not be interested in the following. I sometimes find musicals quite tedious, but this rock opera based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is very entertaining. I hope we get a chance to see it live here in America.

Melissa Mars plays Aloysia Weber, an early love of Mozart. She has a part in each of the videos below.

The official music videos from the musical are quite good, but embedding is not allowed on most. To see those, click where indicated below. There are also some live performances below.

"J'accuse mon père" (Leopold) -- Embedding not allowed. Click here.
"Le bien qui fait mal" (Antonio Salieri) -- Embedding not allowed. Click here.
"L'assasymphonie" (Antonio Salieri) -- Embedding not allowed. Click here.
"C'est bientôt la fin" (Entire cast) -- Embedding not allowed. Click here.

#1 - "Tatoue-moi" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
#2 - Mozart l'opéra rock medley (Aloysia)
#3 - "Bim bam boum" - live (Aloysia)
#4 - "Six pieds sous terre" - live (Constanze and Aloysia)
#5 - NRJ Music Awards 2010 medley
#6 - Mozart l'opéra rock medley
#7 - "C'est bientôt la fin" - live (Entire cast)

*I apologize in advance for any videos or links that do not work. If any stop working, please click here and you can access most of them.

You can visit the Mozart l'opéra rock Wikipedia entry in English at this link - Mozart l'opéra rock

Melissa Mars performs "Men In Black" with Anthony Kavanagh (h/t artistofideas). The cast of the Mozart Rock Opera sings "They Don't Care About Us" and also "The Show Must Go On".

"1980" is a duet with Pascal Obispo. Released in 2006 it ranked as high as #3 in Belgium, #5 in France and #43 in Switzerland.

Brooklyn's Riot !n Paris teams up with Melissa for "Digital" in both English and French. Released in 2011.

The Cure is one of my favorite bands. Melissa covers their hit "Boys Don't Cry" in a live performance in the 7th video below.

"Les homéricains" is a duet with Lara Fabian on Americans. It seems they are just as ignorant of American culture as we are of French culture. Its a shame, but not unexpected when you judge a country by movies, television and pop culture. Stereotypes are difficult to overcome.