Behind our voices. Julien Clerc and “Make a place for me”

All summer in “Behind our voices we meet eight major artists of French song who, at home and their instrument in hand, reveal to us the secrets of their creations. Thursday July 7Julien Clerc, performer and composer, explains the process of collaboration with its authors.

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So we were with Julien Clerc, who had sat down at his piano on which he has been composing for fifty years, but never writes his texts. But, by the way, it’s in what order: does he put texts to music or do we write on his music? It all depends on the authors, really.

In this episode of our chronicle Behind our voices this is what you hear:

Julien Clerc, Leave me a place, 1990

Julien Clerc, Melissa, 1984

Julien Clerc, Macumba, 1978

Julien Clerc, Leave, 1977

Julien Clerc sings to us Leave me a place, 2021

Julien Clerc, Leave me a place, 1990

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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.


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