For the great return of the tour stars 80 on the stages of all theaters in France, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and her team of C to you invited Christiane Obydol from the Maldon group, Mario Ramsamy and Jean-Louis Pujade from the Emile & Images group, Phil Barney and even Patrick Hernandez to talk about good memories and make groove the entire set of the show. It was a successful mission. Each in turn, the artists interpreted their most emblematic hits. For Patrick Hernández, Born to be alive was therefore inevitable.
Released in 1979, the song Born to be alive always dances in the evenings and it is not about to end, even if Patrick Hernandez obviously no longer has as much effect on the people he meets during his travels. Being famous has its share of advantages but also disadvantages. He could only see it with the enthusiasm aroused by the title. If he adored his fans, he does not hide that some were much more virulent than others.
Transferred… in a suitcase!
To escape the crowd waiting for him at an airport in Brazil, Patrick Hernandez was forced to be transferred… in a suitcase, a “wicker trunk” to be precise : “The Brazilian and Brazilian fans were really particularly hot and warm. It was becoming borderline dangerous.“His teams therefore found nothing better than to make him pass neither seen nor known on the carpet of the suitcases. Despite everything, the singer was still very well watched: “It’s the only country where I was protected by the police and the army when I arrived at the airports. It was a bit of a special time for me.“
However, it was worth living. As a reminder, more than forty years after the release of Born to be alive, Patrick Hernandez’s wallet has never been so alive. In November 2017, in 7 p.m. on Sundaythe artist revealed how much he earned in terms of royalties: “This actually brings in between 800, in bad years, and 1,500 euros in very, very good years. But all that before the taxes go through…“A beautiful jackpot harvested without any effort.