All summer in “Behind our voices we meet eight major artists of French song who, at home and their instrument in hand, reveal to us the secrets of their creations. Thursday August 18, Carla Bruni, her guitar in hand, tells us how she covers the songs of others.
So we were at Carla Bruni, who had her guitar in hand. And we started talking about covers. Like all contemporary artists, she sings a lot and she even devoted an album, in 2017, to covers of Anglo-Saxon classics, including Miss You, the Rolling Stones. And the status of covers among French singers today reminds us of an obvious fact – an obviousness that we gladly forget when we talk about songwriters…
In this episode of Behind Our Voices, you hear excerpts from:
Carla Bruni, Miss You2017
Jeanette, Porque you go, 1974
Carla Bruni, Fernanda, 2006
Carla Bruni sings to us I have an appointment with you, 2022
Carla Bruni sings to us Lo so che ti amero, 2022
Ornella Vanoni, Vinicius de Moraes, Toquinho, Lo so che ti amero, 1976
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a crossing of the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered as the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent A Summer in Souchon, during which Alain Souchon guided us on a savory ride through a lifetime of song love.