The affair of the small menhirs destroyed in Carnac by the construction site of a DIY store reminds us: artists are always on the side of what is destroyed.
No, the moor is not immutable with its ferns, heather and menhirs, as in this song written by Maurice Vallet for Julien Clerc. We told you about it this week on France Info, small menhirs were destroyed on the site of a DIY store, in Carnac. Controversy, emotion, commensurate with what a menhir represents in the Breton imagination.
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Julien Clerc, The menhirs, 1970
Yann Fanch Kemener, Menhir, 2007
Francoise Hardy, The house where I grew up, 1966
Anne Vanderlove, Our house, 1968
Nino Ferrer, The House by the Fountain, 1972
Jean Ferrat, Paris year 2000, 1972
Juliette Greco, It was Paris in 1970, 1970
Yves Simon, The promoters, 1973
Maxime Le Forestier like a tree, 1972
Yves Simon, The promoters, 1973
Yann Fanch Kemener, Menhir, 2007
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And you can also find on this link the podcast Behind our voices, with the writing and composition secrets of eight major artists of the French scene, Laurent Voulzy, Julien Clerc, Bénabar, Dominique A, Carla Bruni, Emily Loizeau, Juliette and Gaëtan Roussel.