Alex Beaupain captures in a few words the emotion of May 1981. When, in this song from 2011, he evokes “a man with a rose in his hand”it is both the victory of the socialist François Mitterrand in the presidential election, but also the way in which this victory, almost immediately, entered the legend of French song with a song by Barbara, created under the marquee of the Porte from Pantin, in October 1981…
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Alex Beaupain, At the beginning2011
Barbara, Lookednineteen eighty one
Alex Beaupain, At the beginning2011
Change the life1977
Leny Escudero, The Fist and the Rose1980
Thierry le Luron, The annoying thing is the rose1984
Francois Beranger, Change1982
Telephone, Ex-Robin Hood1982
Gogol Premier, What I want to do when I grow up1983
Renaud, uncle1991
Barbara, Lookednineteen eighty one
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a crossing of the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered as the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent A Summer in Souchon, during which Alain Souchon guided us on a tasty walk through a lifetime of love for song.
All summer 2016, in the company of Vincent Delerm, we wandered around in La Playlist Amoureuse de la Chanson, truant exploration of popular heritage. You can also extend the delicacies of this summer chronicle with the French song lovers dictionary, co-published by Plon and franceinfo.