Pompidou celebrated by an Englishman? Archibald released this 45 rpm in 1973, We Love You Monsieur Pompidou. We can see a bit of a new “Entente cordiale” there, we can see the manifestation of a flattering international reputation for the second president of the Fifth Republic.
But alas, we have to come back to reality. Archie Legget, that’s his name, lived in France where he had been the bass player for Françoise Hardy, Charles Aznavour and especially Johnny Hallyday, and this nice English rock is above all a commercial coup from Barclay, which is not even released in Britain. And as for celebrating Pompidou abroad, we have above all this: Long live Gabon and Monsieur Pompidou in 1971 by the group Les Gabonais – and I don’t know if it’s a good memory…
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Archibald, We Love You Monsieur Pompidou1973
The Gabonese, Long live Gabon and Monsieur Pompidou1971
André Pacher, He was a little minister1990
Jehan Jonas, Pompi damn it1972
The Wampas, Pompidou1998
Didier Barbelivien, Paris at night, rain1992
Oldelaf, Girls named Valerie2011
Miguel Cordoba, pom pom pom pidou1969
MC Solar, Da Vinci Claude2007
Philippe Sainteny, Elegy for Georges Pompidou by Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1974 (1978 recording)
Francois Morel, Pompidou2006
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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.