Philippe Chatel did not pay the gas bill, in this melancholy folk song in which he recounts the sadness and idleness after a romantic separation. At the end of the 1970s, he did not think of the tension on gas prices caused by the war wanted by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. And, if it’s not an obsession of variety artists, we often talk about the gas bill in our popular culture, for example among the rappers of LTF.
In the first episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Philippe Chatel, I stayed alone in my Monday1977
LTF, #Oejmenbeur, 2015
Jane Birkin, The canary is on the balcony1969
Philippe Merlu, gas suicide1999
Casey, At the command of the master2010
Bridget Fontaine, Bride of Frankenstein2009
Anonymous singer, Butagaz song1930s
Lisette Jambelle, Butagaz-Propogaz market1953
Guy Sella, Butagaz song, 1939
Jean Negroni, One night by Guillaume Apollinaire, 1913 (recording from 1959)
Claude Nougaro, Toulouse1967
Bourville, Gas subscriber1955
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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.