Vanina, On the side of Swann’s, Dance now. Dave marked the French song thanks to titles that have become iconic. In addition to his career in music, the artist has also delighted viewers by hosting several events such as I’Eurovision and the Telethon before presenting his own show On the side of Dave’s on the third channel. If Patrick Loiseau’s companion has distanced himself from television for a few years now, he should nevertheless make his big comeback on the air with the VintageShow, broadcast on Melody TV on June 21 on the occasion of the music festival. An evening obviously eagerly awaited by music lovers!
A few weeks before D-Day, Renaud’s longtime friend therefore granted an interview to our colleagues from Tele-Leisure. An opportunity for the 79-year-old singer to confide in his career. “Radio programmers rely on younger artists to attract buyers and that’s normal! In the 70s, when my hit songs were on the air at the same time, there was not a singer more than 60 years programmed! You have to know it, understand it… and I would even say: accept it! At a certain age, you can no longer be part of the fashionable singers. Vintage, yes, but more fashionable”he explained in particular.
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“For my last album, Remember to love, released at the end of 2019 just before confinement, a radio programming director who I will not name congratulated me on the quality of the record”, adds Dave. Unfortunately, the quality of this project did not allow it to be broadcast on the airwaves. “Today, sexagenarians like Marc Lavoine and Patrick Bruel can still pass. But for the septuagenarians, of which I am part for 11 more months, it’s screwed up. Fortunately, this is not the case for the scene”. A bitter observation that the artist accepts with a lot of philosophy.
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