Behind our voices. Laurent Voulzy and his open chords

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. Friday August 5Laurent Voulzy, on the guitar, explains his passion for certain strange chords that feed his compositions.

So we were with Laurent Voulzy, who had taken his guitar – an old Gibson that dates from his first record contracts. We asked him what a song starts with, what is the first brick when he starts a composition. .

In this episode of behind our voicesyou hear excerpts from:

Laurent Voulzy sings to us Remember Sam, 2021

Laurent Voulzy sings to us Friday on My Mind, 2021

The Easybeats, Friday on My Mind, 1966

Laurent Voulzy sings to us Remember Sam, 2021

The Easybeats, Remember Sam, 1966

The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, 1964

The police, Walking on the Moon, 1979

Laurent Voulzy sings to us Joan, 2021

Laurent Voulzy, Joan, 2011

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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.


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