While the famous American manufacturer is experiencing serious difficulties, let’s come back to this daily object of generations of French people. And there are some amazing things there.
In this song, it is indeed Tupperware boxes, one of the assets of which is to be stackable, compatible, collectable – multiple, what. We told you about it on France Info, the famous American firm founded in 1946, is in danger, and this song reminds us of a golden age, during which we said “tupperware” to designate a plastic box for food use.
And this duo Love, clear water and Tupperware, was recorded at the dawn of the 1970s, by Jean-Pierre and Nathalie, a brother and sister who enjoyed a period of notoriety in the mid-1960s. This off-the-shelf song is simply a promotional 45 rpm.
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Jean-Pierre and Natalie, Love, clear water and Tupperware, around 1970
The Zourilles, Tupperware Reunion, 2003
Leo Ferre, The time of plastic, 1955
MC Solar, Carpe Diem, 2007
Booba, O.G., 2012
Kore, Celebration 2, 2021
Dosseh, infrequent, 2016
Dosseh, Boss’s Kick, 2014
Lucio Bukowski feat. Crazy Seahorse, Will, 2012
The Zourilles, Tupperware Reunion, 2003
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