Sometimes, like that, a song can cause a stack of nostalgia: Christophe, in a song dedicated to Enzo Ferrari, the car manufacturer, quotes Monica Vitti, who disappeared this week – we told you about it on France Info.
And this death suddenly brought back the memory of a golden age of Italian cinema, a golden age which is magnificently symbolized by the filmography of Monica Vitti, in particular in the films of Michelangelo Antonioni. And immediately, the images jostle, and also the images of these images, a whole legend of elegance, grace, audacity, candor which make a superb legend.
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Christopher, Enzo, 1996
Dalida, My Italy, 1984
Leo, Sadness, 1996
Etienne Daho, Weekend in Rome, 1984
Serge Reggiani, Italian, 1971
Frederic Francois, I love you Italian, 1985
Julien Clerc, ManchesterEngland, 1969
Frederic Francois, I love you Italian, 1985
Vincent Delarm, Fourth cover, 2004
Nicole Martin, Movie theater, 1980
Roommates, Julie, 1992
Diane Dufresne, Fellini, nineteen eighty one
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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.