The Fuckers of Joy have fun about the kids at the power plant – the nuclear power plant, of course. It’s not a song from the early days of nuclear power, but from 2013.
While since the presidential address of last Tuesday, November 9, we have been talking about building new reactors to supply France with carbon-free electricity, we must fear the return of the old controversies over nuclear power which, it is true, have perpetually been revived by successive power plant accidents. Let us remember that in the beginning, if the atom was scary, it was because of the bomb …
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
The Fuckers of Joy, Children of the power plant, 2013
Stéphane Varègues, The bomb, 1966
The Francs Garçons, The bomb, 1969
Claude Nougaro, There was a city, 1964
Parabellum, Atomic CCCP, 1990
Jeanne Cherhal, This city is not a city, 2006
Dick Annegarn, Chernobyl Blues, 1990
Fisto, Unhook the clouds, 2010
The Tit ‘Nassels, Sixty million, 2008
The Francs Garçons, The bomb, 1969
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a journey through the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered to be the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent Un été en Souchon, during which Alain Souchon guided us on a tasty walk through a lifetime of love for song.
All summer 2016, in the company of Vincent Delerm, we wandered around in La Playlist amoureuse de la chanson, truant exploration of popular heritage. You can also extend the delicacies of this summer column with the French song lover dictionary, co-published by Plon and franceinfo.