One can be in love with Brassens and be a little surprised to hear him invoke on hip hop. However, Medina has never hidden his admiration, even his gratitude towards Georges Brassens – and this is instructive since these days we are celebrating both the centenary of his birth and the fortieth anniversary of his death. If his friends have taken to calling him “the good master”, despite his stubborn refusal to teach and have disciples, it is also because Brassens has a huge influence on so many artists. who, then, do not hesitate to speak of him in their own works. Renaud, for example, who had asked Georges Brassens for an autograph when he was about ten years old, and whom he first quotes when he describes his favorite bistro, but which we still see other times in his songs. .
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Medina, Brassens, 2018
Renaud, My favorite bistro, 2006
Renaud, The five senses, 2006
Renaud, Life is ugly and it’s too short, 2016
Maxime Le Forestier, Visit, 1988
Joël Favreau, Visit, 2001
Marc Lavoine, This is France, 1996
Despo Rutti, Frelos, 2016
Patrick Bruel, Where are the dreams 2006
Lino, Le Flingue à Renaud, 2014
Grand Corps Malade, Tinnitus, 2017
Joe Dassin, My best years, 1973
Pierre Louki, Hello, come on, I’m bored, 1991
Pierre Louki, We weren’t made for you to leave us 2004
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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.