Friends of the French song, sorry, but we didn’t do as huge as Mercedes Benz, the last song Janis Joplin recorded, three days before her death in 1970. In this second-degree prayer, she asks God for a Mercedes because all her friends have Porsches. Maybe it was a bygone age.
We told you about it this week on France Info: for thirty years, we have never sold so few cars in Europe as in October, and it is not quite sure that this is only cyclical – 30% fewer cars sold than in October 2020. So, we wonder if the dream of luxury cars is not from another age …
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Janis Joplin, Mercedez benz, 1970
Jul, Chiron, 2018
Master Gims, Zoum zoum, 2016
Renaud, hexagon, 1975
Georgius, This is the car, 1938
Biscot, In my little car, 1934
Georges Tabet, To get to my office, 1945
Henri Salvador, I prefer walking, 1958
Bénabar, MPV, 2003
Berry, My automobile, 2008
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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.