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. Today, seated at his piano, Julien Clerc recounts the birth of one of his greatest classics.
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So we were with Julien Clerc, who had sat down at his trusty grand piano. We asked him if he composes all the time. The phenomenon is almost mechanical: for months, Julien Clerc does not write music but he listens to it. And when he begins to compose, he has at his disposal a renewed – and superabundant – inspiration.
In this episode of behind our voicesyou hear excerpts from:
Julien Clerc, Leave, 1977
Julien Clerc sings to us Leave, 2021
Julien Clerc, Leave, 1977
Julien Clerc and Sylvie Vartan, Leave, 1977
Michel Sardou and Sylvie Vartan, Atlantic, 1977
Julien Clerc, Leave, 1977
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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.