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. Saturday August 20, Gaëtan Roussel explains how he talks about himself and how he addresses his listener in his songs.
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So we were with Gaëtan Roussel, who had his guitar in hand. We were talking about Alain Souchon, who has the particularity, in his songs, of not saying “I” to talk about him, but of saying “we”. So we asked Gaëtan Roussel what his personal pronoun is in his songs.
In this episode of behind our voicesthis is what you hear:
Gaëtan Roussel sings to us You did not know, 2022
Gaëtan Roussel sings to us I find you a mad charm, 2022
Hoshi, I find you a mad charm, 2018
Gaëtan Roussel sings to us You did not know, 2022
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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 tasty walk through a lifetime of love for song.