Come on, let’s go for a ride. If you frequent social networks, you have inevitably noticed the return of certain old controversies that remind some of the oldest of us of their youth. You heard it on France Info, the President of the Republic announced Tuesday, November 9 his intention to build new nuclear reactors in France. And so we have the opportunity to listen to a song by Castelhemis which, in 1982, is ironic about the idea that there cannot be an accident in a nuclear power plant.
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Castelhemis, Power plants, 1982
Kraftwerk, Radioactivity, 2005
Kraftwerk, Radioactivity, 1975
Henri Decker, Ah the atomic dance, 1947
Rose Mania, Bikini, 1946
Blond Blond, Atomic bomb, 1947
Kent, Let’s go to the countryside, 1993
Zoufris Maracas, The Electricity Fairy, 2012
Gilles Servat, The Ballad of the power station, 1985
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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.