Jean-Jacques Goldman may have disappeared from the radar more than 20 years ago, but the 71-year-old singer continues to be very popular. The proof, the interpreter of I give you who has not gone on tour since 2002 regularly continues to top the annual ranking of the French’s favorite personalities.
A first position that he obtained no less than 12 times, as The Parisian weekend reminds us in its edition of this Friday, September 22, 2023. An “honorary title” that Jean-Jacques Goldman would hardly appreciate according to daily newsnot. Worse still, our colleagues specify in their columns that the 71-year-old singer would even “loathize” this ranking. And to illustrate the newspaper indicates that Jean-Jacques Goldman would go as far as “write regularly to the Sunday Journal so that his name is removed.”
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“The end of the world”
A gesture which testifies to the artist’s aversion to the star system… And in its pages, The Parisian weekendI gave another example. Shortly after the road accident which claimed Lady Di’s life, the singer reportedly said:“Leaving Portofino to go to dinner at the Ritz one evening, on a private plane, I think it’s the end of the world.”
Amazing statements when we know that it was following this trip that the mother of Prince Harry and Prince William lost her life under the Point de l’Alma tunnel. A death to which Jean-Jacques Goldman does not, however, refer.
If The Parisian evokes “assumed contempt” from Lady Di, via this sentence, the singer especially wanted to denounce the opulent lifestyle of the late princess… Like Charles III who has been the target of numerous criticisms since his arrival in France. And for good reason, The King and Queen traveled from London to Paris and then from Paris to Bordeaux by plane during their state visit from September 20 to 22, 2023.
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