Samy Messaoud's (not so) "shocking" naked video - "Je suis gay"

French singer Samy Messaoud has reinvented the wheel, musically speaking.

Samy Messaoud (screenshot from "Je suis gay" video)

The 25-year-old from the western city of Nantes, who refers to himself as "Samylechanteur" on his blog, has come up with the brainstormingly original idea that "sex might help sell" when it comes to promoting his latest single "Je suis gay" (there's probably no need for a translation).

He appears completely naked in certain scenes of the song's video, flashing his private parts, and accompanied by an equally unclad man and woman.

"I decided to break down the taboo of nudity and without a doubt the clip has gone a bit far," admits Messaoud.

"It's a beautiful video, very elegant, but one in which I dance naked on several occasions with a girl and a boy who are also naked," he continues.

"I have no complex about showing myself naked and it's just too bad for those who are embarrassed - they simply don't have to watch."

No truer word has e'er been said.

If you want to see his wobbly bits wiggling to some trashy music, then just take a look at the video below.

Caution is advised though.

It's probably appropriate to follow the example set by journalist Jean-Marc Morandini whose site carries the warning that certain images contained within the video "might shock" especially those of tender years.

While there's no denying their clearly sexual nature: French kissing, simulated oral sex and tongues just about everywhere, there have certainly been equally "shocking" videos circulating on the Net and broadcast on MTV.

Perhaps the most disturbing or distressing element is that Messaoud actually believes the clip makes the mindless music any more palatable.

You have been warned.

Here goes.

It's awful.



The lyrics - if you're interested - were written by Ton Andries and are...er...how to put this politely...dumb.

They recount (ooh there's a rather overambitious word to describe them) a young boy dressing up in his mother's clothes and dreaming of taking to the catwalk one day.

About the song and its title Messaoud says, "I'm gay and I assume it 100 percent. I just wanted to prove that one can sing and be gay because today so many artists still hide it (their sexuality)."

Really? Obviously he knows something the rest of us don't.

But then, his creativity and words of wisdom clearly know no bounds.

Red Bull cartoon commercial is too sexy for French TV

Well who would have thought it?

The French being "prudish" about nudity and sex on TV - at least when it comes to commercials.

The latest offering from the makers of the energy drink Red Bull is not being allowed to air on French telly even though there has been self-censorship to cover the appendages that might cause offence to those of a sensitive disposition.

The commercial, with the theme "Plage Nudiste" (or nudist beach) features two cartoon characters in the altogether.

Plage nudiste, (screenshot from Red Bull commercial)

A young man politely asks a woman lounging in a deck chair if he may spread his towel next to her, and she gives him the go-ahead, lowering her sunglasses to get a better look.

As she offers him a Red Bull, which she says, "stimulates the spirit and the body," the man becomes...well sexually excited...before rushing off embarrassed.

And she's left laughing, remarking that "unfortunately Red Bull also gives you wings", the slogan used in all publicity for the energy drink.

Harmless stuff you might have thought especially in a country where real-life floppy bits and dangly pieces haven't exactly been hidden from viewers - young and old - during the past 10 years of tasteful reality TV.

While the television watchdog Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel, CSA might find the commercial unsuitable for the small screen, comments to the site of radio host Jean-Marc Morandini seem, by and large, to find it "amusing'" and "far from shocking".

What do you think?



Red Bull only became available in France three years ago.

The country slapped a ban on the sale of the drink back in 1996 because of concerns about the one of its key ingredients, taurine, which it feared could cause a health risk.

It wasn't until 2008 after pressure from the European Commission that France lifted the ban and allowed Red Bull to appear in shops for the first time - in its original recipe.

Plage Nudiste won't be aired on television but it will reportedly be shown in cinemas from February 9.

Go figure!

Football players bare all to keep club going

Love us and save us, New Year is just around the corner, and that of course means for many the need to buy a new diary or calendar.

That's probably what the players of one amateur French football side were banking on when they decided to raise money for their indebted club.

They've come out with their own version of the popular "Dieux du Stade" (Gods of the Stadium) calendar, by baring their all for the camera in (and the joke only really works in French) what they've called "Vieux du Stade" (Oldies of the stadium).

Players from Marbache get their kit off (screenshot from TF1 news report)

While the professional version features six-pack torsos and rippling biceps of players from the Paris-based rugby team Stade Français, members of the Olympique Marbache-Belleville-Dieulouard club in the eastern French département of Meurthe and Moselle have posed for an edition which is...well more modest.

There's none of that semi-nude, erotic black and white photography nonsense that has been a trademark of Dieux du Stade annually since 2001.

Instead it seems to be more a case of "kit off off, tummies in and cheese".

If you want take a look at some of the photos, you can find them on the site of the regional newspaper L'Est républicain.

The whole idea of course is to raise money and in particular ensure there'll be enough cash in the pot to keep its youth teams going.

The very future of the club has been thrown into jeopardy over the past year after the local authority grant was slashed by 65 per cent.

"We need money for equipment and to pay referees," director and player Laurent Pavesi told TF1 news

"In fact we simply need money to keep the club going."

That obviously means doing just about anything - within reason - which hasn't, it has to be said, displeased the local population and in particular the women.

Even the players' wives seem to be quite happy about getting "behind" the idea as you can hear on the accompanying video, and the first run of 800 calendars at €5 a pop have all been snapped up.

And that has meant ordering another 400 from the printers.

Good for them!

Would you have the balls to do the same?

"Les vieux du stade" se déshabillent pour sauver leur club