Last week, we began one of our columns on Nicolas Sarkozy with a song by Carla Bruni celebrating her Raymond – that is, Nicolas Sarkozy, sixth president of the Fifth Republic.
At the end of the same album, in 2013, the song The Penguin does not concern François Hollande, who succeeded Nicolas Sarkozy. When I say that it does not concern him, I am obviously repeating what the singer-songwriter explained to the media, when indiscretions led people to believe that this portrait of a man who “is neither beautiful, nor high, nor low, nor ugly, nor far, nor cold, nor hot, nor everything, nor nothing” concerned François Hollande. But denials are like quicksand: the more you fuss about saying no, it’s not François Hollande, the more everyone recognizes François Hollande…
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Carla Bruni, The Penguin2013
3d mickey, Francis in the rain2016
tryo, To blow2016
Catherine, AT the Elysee2016
Thierry Darcoulet, tradesman2015
tryo, To blow2016
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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.
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 chronicle with the French song lovers dictionary, co-published by Plon and franceinfo.