Is the song as much of a lie as a former US president?

Some of Donald Trump’s outrageous lies during the debate against Kamala Harris invite us to reflect on how our popular culture approaches mythomania.

The electoral lie is a classic figure. And the only thing that can console lies during electoral campaigns in democratic nations is that we hear even more lies in dictatorships.

But Thierry le Luron, who in 1979 targeted President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing by parodying a song by Julien Clerc, would not have imagined the extent and aplomb of Donald Trump’s lies during the campaign. We told you about it this week on France Info, he claimed during his televised debate with Kamala Harris that in the city of Springfield, Ohio, Haitian immigrants eat the dogs, cats and pets of the population.

In the first episode of These songs that make the news This weekend you will hear excerpts from:

Thierry Le Luron, Lie, 1979

Donald Trump during the election debate, September 10, 2024

Thierry Le Luron, Lie, 1979

Kernoa, Mythomaniac, 1978

Rock, Mythomane.fr, 2015

Julien Doré, In your dreams, 2008

Albin of the Simone, My mythomaniac friend, 2008

Carmen Maria Vega, The Liar, 2009

Boby Lapointe, You didn’t, you didn’t say everything, 1964

Red Cross, Mythomaniac, 2015

Clarika, I lie, 2005

Etienne Daho, Mythomaniac, 1981

Lucienne Delyle, My lover from Saint-Jean, 1942

Jeanne Moreau, The Lies, 1963

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