Etiket: song
Malmö prepares for song contest under close surveillance
The Swedish city, which hosts the European Song Contest at the start of May, is expecting protests and disruptions, particularly due to conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. France…
The song announces his resignation
While the environmentalist MP Sandrine Rousseau affirms that a third of French employees are ready to resign from their current job, let’s return to the way in which artists take…
The perpetual quarrel over the “good” song
This week’s controversy surrounding Aya Nakamura reminds us that the song was better before… always. And the heritage of our popular culture bears the trace of the constant regrets of…
Popular song | Elton John and Bernie Taupin receive the Gershwin Prize
(Montreal) Singer Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin received the prestigious Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress last night. Posted at 1:36 p.m. The awards evening…
The perpetual quarrel over the “good” song
This week’s controversy surrounding Aya Nakamura reminds us that the song was better before… always. And the heritage of our popular culture bears the trace of the constant regrets of…
The sad song of Haiti
The first decolonized state in America, the island is also one of the poorest in the world. And its constant tragedies – until recent news – can be read in…
18 years after its release, a song composed by a Breton group is creating a buzz on social networks
The Brest group Mediavolo released the title “Mass Anaesthesia” in 2006. In a few months, he became the darling of social networks around the world thanks to a Canadian TikToker.…
American singer Eric Carmen, author and first performer of the song “All by Myself”, has died
His song “All by Myself” was covered by Céline Dion and Frank Sinatra. Eric Carmen also sang “Hungry Eyes”, from the soundtrack of the film “Dirty Dancing”. France Télévisions –…
Vianney trashes a France Gall song in “The Voice”: “I find it creepy”
No coach turned around on their very rock version of France Gall’s cult song, “The lollipops”, composed by Serge Gainsbourg. The group Quartier chat, made up of 5 childhood friends…
The stubborn song of doping in cycling
When doping returns to cycling, after an astonishing race last week in Spain… Bertrand Dicale takes the opportunity to delve into French songs on this delicate subject. Published on 03/10/2024…
Israel to change song lyrics to ensure participation
In order to protect itself from any risk of exclusion from the famous song competition, the Hebrew State will erase anything that could be perceived as political, and therefore likely…
Eurovision | Israel agrees to modify its song to guarantee its participation
(Jerusalem) Israel will change the lyrics of the song with which it intends to compete in Eurovision to eliminate anything that could be perceived as political and thus guarantee its…
ten wonders that he borrowed from jazz and Brazil to make classics of French song
Twenty years already. Claude Nougaro, singer, jazzman and poet, died on March 4, 2004 in Paris at the age of 74. In a half-century career, he has built a rich…
The song of the lifetime license
Our popular culture does not explicitly reject the idea of a driving license, dependent on a periodic medical examination, but it invests the little pink card with an almost existential…
Israel threatens to withdraw from competition if its song is rejected for its lyrics
Israel threatened on Sunday to withdraw from this year’s Eurovision contest if organizers rejected the lyrics of its song as too political. France Télévisions – Culture Editorial Published on 02/25/2024…
Eurovision | Israel threatens to withdraw if asked to change its song
(Jerusalem) Israel threatens to withdraw from this year’s Eurovision contest if organizers refuse its song lyrics October Rainwhich evokes the bloody Hamas attack, considering them too political. Published at 10:50…
The song from the Social Security files
Social Security is also a subject for variety artists. And, long before Internet hackers misappropriated the personal data of millions of social security holders, popular culture was already talking about…
The song forgets tuberculosis
Since BCG, popular music has been like the French population as a whole: it no longer remembers the ravages of an illness which had a profound impact on it for…
When song was Robert Badinter’s ally
The fight against the death penalty of the lawyer, then Minister of Justice, was accompanied by many voices from popular music. Published on 02/10/2024 08:31 Update on 02/10/2024 8:06 p.m.…
When song was Robert Badinter’s ally
The fight against the death penalty of the lawyer, then Minister of Justice, was accompanied by many voices from popular music. Published on 02/10/2024 08:31 Update on 02/10/2024 8:06 p.m.…