The recent revelations about Kristophy, the “hidden” daughter of actor Yves Rénier, remind us that the song often evokes painful affiliations, especially in the first person singular.
Listeners who learned to mourn in the last century recognized at the beginning of the chronicle The Swallow of the Faubourg, song created at Caf’ Conc’ in 1912, rediscovered in the 1950s, without it being known whether it was really written in the first degree. I sum up: a young prostitute was stabbed in the street, she is dying in the hospital and the doctor recognizes the medal of the young woman: it is the daughter he had had by a little worker and whom he had given up…
In the episode of These songs that make the news of this Sunday, you hear excerpts from:
Anny Flore, The Swallow of the Faubourg1912 (1956 recording)
The Jacques Brothers, The voice of blood1955
Extract of Star Wars-Return of the Jedi1983
George Chelon, The Prodigal Father1965
Roman Serda, you weren’t there2006
Stromae, Papaoutai2013
Etienne Daho, Boulevard des Capucines2008
Barbara, Nantes (live), 1963
Sasha Distel, Scandal in the family1965
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