Pascal Obispo is back with a new album entitled France. The singer-songwriter was the guest of C to You, the continuation October 28, 2021. Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine questioned him at length about a milestone in his career: his meeting with France Gall. Unfortunately, they were never able to collaborate together.
“In 1997, Pascal Obispo was 32 years old, he triumphed with Lucy and it was to France Gall that he played a song written for her for the first time The key“, initiates the presenter. “You are facing the white piano and France Gall is listening to three sublime songs written by yourself: Its purpose, to sing and The key, which will be interpreted by Patricia Kaas. What is France Gall’s reaction? “, asks the host-star of France 5.
“She said a sentence that I have not forgotten and that I will never forget: ‘It’s Michel, but it’s not Michel’“, replied the 56-year-old musician, whom France Gall therefore compared to Michel Berger. Pascal Obispo said all the same to feel “a lot of satisfaction” at this moment.
“The job of a composer is to put yourself in the shoes of an identity, a style and that was a real compliment …”, he added. Despite the desire of the label boss, Luigi Calabrese, to see the two artists collaborate, France Gall will never perform any of these titles.