Tahiti 80 Quotes

The name of the band comes from a T-shirt that friends of my dad brought him back from Tahiti in 1980. Pretty simple, isn't it? We chose that name because it could be understood by anybody, in any language. I don't know any band called Brasil 66, but I do know a British band in the late 80' s
whose name was Mexico 70. I think it sounds good but what I like about our name is that it' s not connected to soccer or anything.
Xavier Boyer

We tried to sing in French at some point because of the pressure from record companies ( you have to play 40% of French music on the radio in France, it 's a law! ), but it didn't sound natural. Our musical culture is Anglo Saxon, I' ve listened more to the Beatles than to Serge Gainsbourg, even if "Melody Nelson " is one of my favourite albums. Looking back, I don' t think we decided anything, the first time I picked up a guitar I started to sing in English. I think it is the most appropriate language when you want to play pop music, like Spanish is for salsa, etc...
Xavier Boyer