Like Françoise Hardy, who only loves Juliette Armanet or Clara Luciani today, Serge Lama also has his little favorites, but they are less young. The singer of “I’m sick” And “Adventure”was the guest of Pascal Praud, this February 28, 2024. And he felt that the young generation did not have much to offer in substance.
“Now they say one sentence, and then it’s nonsense”
Indeed, the artist assured: “For the moment, the song no longer exists, almost”on Europe 1. And to regret: “The text no longer exists. The authors of songs, now, they make a sentence, and then it’s nonsense, it doesn’t matter. As long as the music fits, it does the trick , What”.
In his interview, Serge Lama also estimated that Florent Pagny and Calogero (whom he calls Calo and with whom he collaborated), were still the only ones to stand out today… Asked about his link with young singers, the one who made the decision to retire, because he is no longer able to go on stage, has kicked in. He explained to Pascal Praud: “Above all, I realized because I am very lucid, that my songs that I have been writing for 10-15 years were rarely recorded. So I understood.”
“We had the pleasure of singing, there was a joy of living”
And to regret another era, also dear to Françoise Hardy, where “We had the pleasure of singing, there was a joy of living.” As Serge Lama describes it: “it must be said that from the De Gaulle years, the 1968s, there were 20 incredible years, when we could do almost everything under De Gaulle, but everything after. Those were years…” And to conclude: “Now we are reminded of maintaining order, so we are returning to order.” A point of view that must also be shared by Michel Sardou, of whom Pascal Praud is also a big fan, and who recently admitted that he hated this century… Atmosphere.
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