On this royal coronation day in London, we inevitably see in our popular culture the absence of a dream of a monarchy in France. Unless we are talking about the king of c…!
You recognized the voice, it’s Edith Piaf; you recognized the song, it’s a revenge version of the it will be fine For the movie If Versailles was told to me by Sacha Guitry; and you have recognized the country: it is obviously France, France which cut off the head of its king in 1792.
While the whole world contemplates the coronation of Charles III, king of the United Kingdom and the other kingdoms of the Commonwealth, we note that, at home, the monarchical idea has been eroded. If there were still kings in France, and even two emperors, there was undoubtedly a turning point in the French Revolution.
On Saturday’s episode of These songs that make the newsyou hear excerpts from:
Edith Piaf, Ah! It will be fine!, 1954
Jean-Christophe Benoit, Song on the death of Louis XVI, 1989
The Franks Boys, The King beat the drum, 1968
John Sablon, Thank you, 1962
sneaky, She knows, 2015
Luce Dufault, My King of France, 2001
Abd Al Malik, King of France, 2015
Georges Brassens, The king, 1976
Renaud, Hexagon, 1975
Michel Delpech, The King of Nothing, 1997
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