Boris Vian tells how he prepares to go and acclaim “the king of Zanzibar”, where François Béranger did not like the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. After the stay in France of King Charles III, a return to insolence artists (and French people) about the royal processions.
“If everyone had stayed at home, it would harm the Republic”. Remembering this song by Boris Vian, recorded in 1955, has something soberly ironic after the visit of King Charles III to France. Obviously, we sought to measure the fervor of the popular welcome to the British sovereign, and we remember the joy of onlookers – and therefore of public television reporters – in May 1972, when Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is visiting Paris.
In the second episode of These songs that make the news, broadcast this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Boris Vian, We’re not here to get yelled at, 1955
1D chain (journalist: Jean-Claude Narcy), passers-by along the procession of Queen Elizabeth II, May 15, 1972
Olivia Ruiz, We’re not here to get yelled at, 2009
Mathieu Boogaerts, We’re not here to get yelled at, 2009
Jane Birkin, We’re not here to get yelled at, 2009
Patachou, We’re not here to get yelled at, 1955
The Charlots, We’re not here to get yelled at, 1969
Coluche, We’re not here to get yelled at, 1979
2e chain, Queen Elizabeth II at Paris City Hall, May 16, 1972
François Béranger, The Queen’s Gigue, 1978
France Inter, Inter news at 1 p.m., May 13, 1972
Boris Vian, We’re not here to get yelled at, 1955
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