We begin with an excellent summary of the Landru affair by singer Juliette: a bearded man seduces a woman who trusts him; he drags her to a house deep in the woods and no one will ever see her again.
Exactly one hundred years ago, on November 7, 1921, the trial of Henri Désiré Landru began, guilty of the murder of ten women and a young man – the son of one of them. And it seems that the police and justice of the time did not find the trace of at least one or two other women victims of what was for a long time the most famous French criminal.
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Juliet, There is no superfluous pleasure, 2002
The Rolling Bidochons, Sympathy for the moron, 1991
Boucot, The Women of Landru, 1921
Francis Blanche, Idyll in the forest, 1955
Charles Trenet, Landru, 1963
Parisians, Yes, all the girls have a date with love, 1964
Georgius, Le Pochard, 1934
Renaud, The Tango of Massy-Palaiseau, 1979
Democrat D, The crime, 1995
Kaaris, H, 2015
Yves Duteil, It’s not what we do that matters nineteen eighty one
Serge Gainsbourg, Do you ever know where a woman goes when she leaves you, 1963
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a journey through the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered to be the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent Un été en 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 column with the French song lover dictionary, co-published by Plon and franceinfo.