We talk every day about a great love song. Thursday, July 6, one of the rare love songs of a committed group, Tryo and it’s still a political song.
This morning is dated precisely: it was in January 2007 that Abbé Pierre, the defender of the poorly housed, disappeared. And it was the following year that the group Tryo released the song You and meon his album what we sow.
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You and me and, all around, the news, the world that is going badly, the tragedies that we discover while listening to the news, in the morning. And all lovers know this somewhat curious feeling, of forming an autarkic bubble of happiness in a world given over to violence, misfortune and anxiety. And, instinctively, we consider history and geography as very divided: on one side the world, on the other, you and me.
In this episode of These songs that make the summeryou hear excerpts from:
tryo, You and me, 2008
Jill Caplan, You and me, 2004
Wejdene, You and me, 2022
Danny Brilliant, You and me, 1999
Georges Guetary, You and me, 1949
Daniel Balavoine, You and me, 1979
Lori, You and me, 2005
The Wampas, You and me, 2014
Lomepal, You and me, 2014
Keen V, You and me, 2021
Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday, You and me, 1974
Marcel Amont and Romélie, You and me, 2006
Mireille Mathieu and Paul Anka, You and me, 1979
tryo, Hold me, 2003
tryo, You and me, 2008
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