Post by davidhr on Nov 29, 2016 8:41:32 GMT -5
Lara’s concerts in Russia took place this past week, starting with St. Petersburg and then following with two in Moscow. There were many wonderful comments from fans about these shows, concerning not only Lara’s performance – she was in great voice – but also her sincerity. Lara’s two shows in Moscow were both sold out, with an audience of 7,000 for each one.
There were no full length videos from St. Petersburg (oddly enough), but a plethora of them from Moscow. Those listed right below are for the 11/27 show:
Moscow 11-27
Abba medley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVoPh3q3B0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeHuBuu6-I
Elle danse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZVmwHZAGk
Envie d’en rire: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tk-BSoEXKA
I Will Love Again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRre_e6Bb_Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbbOnHze_k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3sGzaQ0WeA
Immortelle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=chFlsiDX9FE
Je t’aime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-WB6FJ5XcQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMdfWXPFYRQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwQZw6SHwE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_gtDacUYSw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTT4cVv3OcQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFf6zuY9Q4
J’y crois encore: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aXVC-zDRtE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6fISaFHfL8
L’oubli: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hOHKTQr7zM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB69GhUMEgc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aApaRjKWHAw
La difference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owVEaILQEDU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsPYuyE9G5M
Le Coeur qui tremble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6vrftzBsI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqF6nLURHyg
Le desamour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDR0gU8PvxE
Ma vie dans la tienne: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrRcrcwefYY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHYFCN_7dEI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T9FI2DjG0
Non coupable: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHA1Ny0QkjA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUOVXy-oNY
Releve-toi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xd9UeeV0XQ
S’il ne reste qu’un ami: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcxm1D0uqFw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p-V2-hCJ0w
Ton desir: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYnEc_ecVaQ
(inc.): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6RD_xkKu0
Tu es mon autre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3L25Nh1fI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzH2-kFWFTA
Story before L’oubli: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-DnMebkWY8
Story about Le Coeur qui tremble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5hZmTQY6c
Story about humanity suffering: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWiRc2RKAkQ
Intro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEqzCMqSr0
Full Concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLMqVIwqwoA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zne8la9QvIE
General: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1M1g6lTDis
It’s possible that there will be more videos forthcoming, especially from the 11/28 performance; so far we have these, mostly from the Lara Fabian Connecting People site (I believe they are all from 11/28):
11/28
Abba medley (inc): www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739555369701227/
(rest of) Abba medley: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739554876367943/
Adagio: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739570543033043/
Elle danse (inc): www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739540666369364/
Je t’aime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXjxPy0Llpg
Non coupable, J’y crois encore: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739566099700154/
Opening, Ma vie dans la tienne, Immortelle:
www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739535759703188/
Quand je ne chante pas: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739570543033043/
Tue s mon autre (inc): www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739545453035552/
Of particular note is the wonderful performance of Adagio (as some fans said, she sang it as she did it back in the early 2000s). Lara seemed very happy to be back in Russia, and that perhaps added an extra element to her vocal power and quality.
Lara provided some pictures of herself with the audience in St. Petersburg, holding placards expressing their love and affection, visible at:
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1316544791720348/1316544718387022/?type=3&theater
Odacity posted a photo of the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, full of fans,
www.facebook.com/odacity/photos/a.579336748757359.1073741825.534028323288202/1339214499436243/?type=3&theater
as did Lara herself, at
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/a.215378125170359.50343.201065806601591/1319392864768874/?type=3&theater
with the caption, “Thank you Moscow”.
One thing to note about Lara’s costume…while perfectly respectable in appearance, it is not the ‘flowery gowns’ that Lara has worn when in Krutoi’s presence. Some fans have wondered why Lara doesn’t ‘dress up’ elsewhere, and Lara has explained those showy outfits as “being something that is expected of one there”. It would appear that expectation is only present when Krutoi is, or when on TV. In her own concerts Lara is apparently confident that the audience knows her, and will accept her as she normally appears in Francophone countries.
As you can see from the video listings, Lara did perform ‘La Difference’ there, with the background projections of Olivier Ciappa, and she posted some pictures on her website to emphasize that, at
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1319189278122566/1319188191456008/?type=3&theater
with the caption, “"La différence".. Moscow, Russia.. Now
A message of love and respect for all”
Lara also took some time to celebrate the cities themselves, first with pictures of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, that just so happened to be showing an exhibition of contemporary Belgian artist Jan Fabre, visible at
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1316160255092135/1316159368425557/?type=3&theater
(be sure to click through all the photos).
And for Moscow, she showed some amazing photos of buildings and a Christmas tree, with the caption, “Christmas is coming”, at:
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1320072791367548/1320072021367625/?type=3&theater
When Lara was in St. Petersburg on the 25th, she met with Igor Gulyaev, the Russian fashion designer who has often featured Lara in his clothes (e.g.,
where he wrote, “Lara, thank you very much for the invitation. You are so incredible!! Je t’aime.”
(thanks to the ‘Lara Fabian Is Here’ site for the link).
The Lara Fabian Connecting People site from Russia has a number of videos of their fan group singing Lara songs and general discussion (in Russian) at the pre-concert party they held on the 26th….If the normal thinking is that Lara doesn’t have many young fans, these videos will correct that impression, as one can also see in this photo,
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240015%2Falbum-121236_00%2Frev
They also had a ‘flash mob’ event for Lara and gave her their collective gift [which was discussed in last week’s Update]. A video of this presentation to her can be seen at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5UAY50OyFA&feature=youtu.be
Here is their (translated) discussion:
------------------------------------------------------------
“For we explained to Lara that we have prepared for HER a gift that as well would work with the cover of the MVDLT disk with the virtual reality application. Inside (in advance laid-in a bag of her favorite Wittamer, which of course caused her to have false assumptions) the little secret lay hidden. Inside, lay the total picture of the fan-meeting of 26 November [NB: that shown above]. Written on the reverse side of the Wishes, LFCP icon and major Surprises - charms-etc. Random melodies are played and then, at the time of the first "discovery", it played a lullaby "of Lou", and Lara heard her daughter crying ... Lara's response was incredible: in the eyes, tears stood, she WAS very Touched.”
[As for the charms]: “We have explained that there is an ulterior motive for the giraffes
because in accordance with the "theory of non-violent communication", which she told in an interview, her husband Gabriel – is like a giraffe, she said. She nods in response. And now, we continue, one of trinkets - this is it, and this magician keychain for Gabriel, and one in the cylinder - a magician, and he for Lara .”
Lara said thanks and that "it's all very, very nice."
Then begins the universal trying. While Masha and Ale try to make the application of virtual reality work, Lara plays with a casket trying to guess the songs. She commented: "I have written so many songs that at times I can not remember what kind of tune". In the end, we explain what it can do with the phone itself to try an application with the casket, and she says, "do not even worry, I shall do it."
The time for jokes by KP: we explain that the box can upload any music completely, that it has a USB cable for this. "We certainly want to pump up the ‘Sans chichis’ "GARAGE reaction” .
-----------------------------------------------------------------
A closer video of what was in the box is available at
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240365%2Fwall-121236_220017
And pictures of some other gifts given can be seen at
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240364%2Fwall-121236_220017
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240365%2Fwall-121236_220017
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240366%2Fwall-121236_220017
Lara did appear to enjoy the ‘Garage’ joke…Too bad they didn’t get the application to work (as it did in the video from last week) – it would have been great to see Lara’s reaction to that. However, she did have a reaction to the whole event, as expressed in this video,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bZzrxqYsHQ
There were also some interesting comments from her Team. They put on Lara's FB site the link to the video of ‘Desperate Housewife’ from the Mademoiselle Zhivago ‘movie’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9qW8Pvf1o&feature=youtu.be). It provoked a fan response complaining, “It's a pity that the French clips are not of this magnitude”. Lara’s Team then answered, “Wait for the next ones, for the album coming in 2017”. The implication is that there will be some high quality videos associated with the next English album – which also implies, if true, an extensive promotional effort. That would be very good news!
Then, in response to a question as to whether Lara would be coming to the Vancouver area, Lara’s Team said, “Of course, with the new English album and a new show.” Another fan then asked if Lara would also come to Brazil, and Lara’s Team said, “The next tour 2017/2018 will be coming to Brazil too. “ With this latest reply and the indication that the album will be out next summer (if not later), it is starting to look like a tour to North and South America will most likely be in the latter part of next year, extending into the following year. Obviously, all this is guess work until actual dates are posted in the ‘Events’ section of Lara’s site. We know she has some concerts (Poland, London) in the first quarter of 2017 in Europe; we’ll have to see whether those will really be for the new English album. The posters for them do not give anything away, and the timing may not be propitious.
On the LFIAG Select site, ‘JM San Ton Ja’ noted that he had looked on ‘SOCAN’ for new titles for Lara that might represent songs on the new English album – and he found 11 of them, 10 written by Lara with Mohammed Denebi and Sharon Vaughn (with whom she is writing the album). Those titles are “Breakable”; Camouflage; Chameleons; Communificate; Flyers; Growing Wings; If I Let You Love Me; Painting in the Rain; Perfect; We Are the Storm. In addition, a song ‘Gaia’ was written by Lara herself. Whether these have anything to do with the new album is unclear, because as he pointed out, the numbers associated with them precede the numbers given to the songs for ‘Ma vie dans la tienne’, so they may represent an older project. Even if that were true, they, or some portion of them, may have been resurrected for this one, which would help explain how it could be done so relatively quickly while Lara was still performing on her tour.
Continuing in this speculative mode, on the same site, Nicolas Boucaud noted that Lara’s Twitter account is close in number to that of Avery Lipman. He is the Chief Operating Officer of “Universal Records” (which used to be called Universal Republic Records), suggesting that as a possible House for the English album. This would of course require her to move back to Universal, from whom she parted in less than ideal circumstances. A discussion of this label can be found at (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Republic_Records) and the list of artists (few of whom are of Lara’s ilk, though they do have a several pop performers), is at (http://www.republicrecords.com/artists/).
Interesting photo(s) of the week: in place of the usual photos, Paula (and the LFIAG Select site), pointed out there is a fascinating video of Lara from 1992 that was just put on youtube. It can be found at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlgDWK8ePmo
(Lara shows up starting at about the 2 minute mark). One can see how much she’s changed; and also how much she hasn’t.
From here Lara moves on to Minsk (Belarus), and then two concerts in Kiev (Ukraine) this week. Then she’s off for a week before two concerts in Turkey and one in Romania. After that there are just two more ‘Ma vie dans la tienne’ performances; overall there will have been around 45, give or take a few. With the same degree of uncertainty, I count around 25 concerts for ‘Le Secret’, the tour obviously cut short by illness. With these as ‘bookend’ numbers, perhaps we’ll see something similar for the English album, though one supposes that also depends on how much Lara will promote it in the Francophone countries. Coming back to the present, hopefully we’ll have some more videos from the upcoming shows – and maybe even some more ‘full concerts’ [note the ones from Moscow!].
David
There were no full length videos from St. Petersburg (oddly enough), but a plethora of them from Moscow. Those listed right below are for the 11/27 show:
Moscow 11-27
Abba medley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVoPh3q3B0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeHuBuu6-I
Elle danse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZVmwHZAGk
Envie d’en rire: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tk-BSoEXKA
I Will Love Again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRre_e6Bb_Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbbOnHze_k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3sGzaQ0WeA
Immortelle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=chFlsiDX9FE
Je t’aime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-WB6FJ5XcQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMdfWXPFYRQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwQZw6SHwE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_gtDacUYSw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTT4cVv3OcQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFf6zuY9Q4
J’y crois encore: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aXVC-zDRtE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6fISaFHfL8
L’oubli: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hOHKTQr7zM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB69GhUMEgc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aApaRjKWHAw
La difference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owVEaILQEDU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsPYuyE9G5M
Le Coeur qui tremble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6vrftzBsI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqF6nLURHyg
Le desamour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDR0gU8PvxE
Ma vie dans la tienne: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrRcrcwefYY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHYFCN_7dEI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T9FI2DjG0
Non coupable: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHA1Ny0QkjA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUOVXy-oNY
Releve-toi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xd9UeeV0XQ
S’il ne reste qu’un ami: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcxm1D0uqFw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p-V2-hCJ0w
Ton desir: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYnEc_ecVaQ
(inc.): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6RD_xkKu0
Tu es mon autre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3L25Nh1fI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzH2-kFWFTA
Story before L’oubli: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-DnMebkWY8
Story about Le Coeur qui tremble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5hZmTQY6c
Story about humanity suffering: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWiRc2RKAkQ
Intro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEqzCMqSr0
Full Concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLMqVIwqwoA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zne8la9QvIE
General: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1M1g6lTDis
It’s possible that there will be more videos forthcoming, especially from the 11/28 performance; so far we have these, mostly from the Lara Fabian Connecting People site (I believe they are all from 11/28):
11/28
Abba medley (inc): www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739555369701227/
(rest of) Abba medley: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739554876367943/
Adagio: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739570543033043/
Elle danse (inc): www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739540666369364/
Je t’aime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXjxPy0Llpg
Non coupable, J’y crois encore: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739566099700154/
Opening, Ma vie dans la tienne, Immortelle:
www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739535759703188/
Quand je ne chante pas: www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739570543033043/
Tue s mon autre (inc): www.facebook.com/LaraFabianCP/videos/1739545453035552/
Of particular note is the wonderful performance of Adagio (as some fans said, she sang it as she did it back in the early 2000s). Lara seemed very happy to be back in Russia, and that perhaps added an extra element to her vocal power and quality.
Lara provided some pictures of herself with the audience in St. Petersburg, holding placards expressing their love and affection, visible at:
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1316544791720348/1316544718387022/?type=3&theater
Odacity posted a photo of the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, full of fans,
www.facebook.com/odacity/photos/a.579336748757359.1073741825.534028323288202/1339214499436243/?type=3&theater
as did Lara herself, at
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/a.215378125170359.50343.201065806601591/1319392864768874/?type=3&theater
with the caption, “Thank you Moscow”.
One thing to note about Lara’s costume…while perfectly respectable in appearance, it is not the ‘flowery gowns’ that Lara has worn when in Krutoi’s presence. Some fans have wondered why Lara doesn’t ‘dress up’ elsewhere, and Lara has explained those showy outfits as “being something that is expected of one there”. It would appear that expectation is only present when Krutoi is, or when on TV. In her own concerts Lara is apparently confident that the audience knows her, and will accept her as she normally appears in Francophone countries.
As you can see from the video listings, Lara did perform ‘La Difference’ there, with the background projections of Olivier Ciappa, and she posted some pictures on her website to emphasize that, at
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1319189278122566/1319188191456008/?type=3&theater
with the caption, “"La différence".. Moscow, Russia.. Now
A message of love and respect for all”
Lara also took some time to celebrate the cities themselves, first with pictures of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, that just so happened to be showing an exhibition of contemporary Belgian artist Jan Fabre, visible at
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1316160255092135/1316159368425557/?type=3&theater
(be sure to click through all the photos).
And for Moscow, she showed some amazing photos of buildings and a Christmas tree, with the caption, “Christmas is coming”, at:
www.facebook.com/larafabianofficial/photos/pcb.1320072791367548/1320072021367625/?type=3&theater
When Lara was in St. Petersburg on the 25th, she met with Igor Gulyaev, the Russian fashion designer who has often featured Lara in his clothes (e.g.,
http://instagram.com/p/BNQVsktAGAP). A picture of Lara with him can be found at
http://instagram.com/p/BNXiMfFj5MY
where he wrote, “Lara, thank you very much for the invitation. You are so incredible!! Je t’aime.”
(thanks to the ‘Lara Fabian Is Here’ site for the link).
The Lara Fabian Connecting People site from Russia has a number of videos of their fan group singing Lara songs and general discussion (in Russian) at the pre-concert party they held on the 26th….If the normal thinking is that Lara doesn’t have many young fans, these videos will correct that impression, as one can also see in this photo,
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240015%2Falbum-121236_00%2Frev
They also had a ‘flash mob’ event for Lara and gave her their collective gift [which was discussed in last week’s Update]. A video of this presentation to her can be seen at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5UAY50OyFA&feature=youtu.be
Here is their (translated) discussion:
------------------------------------------------------------
“For we explained to Lara that we have prepared for HER a gift that as well would work with the cover of the MVDLT disk with the virtual reality application. Inside (in advance laid-in a bag of her favorite Wittamer, which of course caused her to have false assumptions) the little secret lay hidden. Inside, lay the total picture of the fan-meeting of 26 November [NB: that shown above]. Written on the reverse side of the Wishes, LFCP icon and major Surprises - charms-etc. Random melodies are played and then, at the time of the first "discovery", it played a lullaby "of Lou", and Lara heard her daughter crying ... Lara's response was incredible: in the eyes, tears stood, she WAS very Touched.”
[As for the charms]: “We have explained that there is an ulterior motive for the giraffes
because in accordance with the "theory of non-violent communication", which she told in an interview, her husband Gabriel – is like a giraffe, she said. She nods in response. And now, we continue, one of trinkets - this is it, and this magician keychain for Gabriel, and one in the cylinder - a magician, and he for Lara .”Lara said thanks and that "it's all very, very nice."
Then begins the universal trying. While Masha and Ale try to make the application of virtual reality work, Lara plays with a casket trying to guess the songs. She commented: "I have written so many songs that at times I can not remember what kind of tune". In the end, we explain what it can do with the phone itself to try an application with the casket, and she says, "do not even worry, I shall do it."
The time for jokes by KP: we explain that the box can upload any music completely, that it has a USB cable for this. "We certainly want to pump up the ‘Sans chichis’ "GARAGE reaction”
. -----------------------------------------------------------------
A closer video of what was in the box is available at
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240365%2Fwall-121236_220017
And pictures of some other gifts given can be seen at
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240364%2Fwall-121236_220017
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240365%2Fwall-121236_220017
vk.com/lf_cp?z=photo-121236_456240366%2Fwall-121236_220017
Lara did appear to enjoy the ‘Garage’ joke…Too bad they didn’t get the application to work (as it did in the video from last week) – it would have been great to see Lara’s reaction to that. However, she did have a reaction to the whole event, as expressed in this video,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bZzrxqYsHQ
There were also some interesting comments from her Team. They put on Lara's FB site the link to the video of ‘Desperate Housewife’ from the Mademoiselle Zhivago ‘movie’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9qW8Pvf1o&feature=youtu.be). It provoked a fan response complaining, “It's a pity that the French clips are not of this magnitude”. Lara’s Team then answered, “Wait for the next ones, for the album coming in 2017”. The implication is that there will be some high quality videos associated with the next English album – which also implies, if true, an extensive promotional effort. That would be very good news!
Then, in response to a question as to whether Lara would be coming to the Vancouver area, Lara’s Team said, “Of course, with the new English album and a new show.” Another fan then asked if Lara would also come to Brazil, and Lara’s Team said, “The next tour 2017/2018 will be coming to Brazil too. “ With this latest reply and the indication that the album will be out next summer (if not later), it is starting to look like a tour to North and South America will most likely be in the latter part of next year, extending into the following year. Obviously, all this is guess work until actual dates are posted in the ‘Events’ section of Lara’s site. We know she has some concerts (Poland, London) in the first quarter of 2017 in Europe; we’ll have to see whether those will really be for the new English album. The posters for them do not give anything away, and the timing may not be propitious.
On the LFIAG Select site, ‘JM San Ton Ja’ noted that he had looked on ‘SOCAN’ for new titles for Lara that might represent songs on the new English album – and he found 11 of them, 10 written by Lara with Mohammed Denebi and Sharon Vaughn (with whom she is writing the album). Those titles are “Breakable”; Camouflage; Chameleons; Communificate; Flyers; Growing Wings; If I Let You Love Me; Painting in the Rain; Perfect; We Are the Storm. In addition, a song ‘Gaia’ was written by Lara herself. Whether these have anything to do with the new album is unclear, because as he pointed out, the numbers associated with them precede the numbers given to the songs for ‘Ma vie dans la tienne’, so they may represent an older project. Even if that were true, they, or some portion of them, may have been resurrected for this one, which would help explain how it could be done so relatively quickly while Lara was still performing on her tour.
Continuing in this speculative mode, on the same site, Nicolas Boucaud noted that Lara’s Twitter account is close in number to that of Avery Lipman. He is the Chief Operating Officer of “Universal Records” (which used to be called Universal Republic Records), suggesting that as a possible House for the English album. This would of course require her to move back to Universal, from whom she parted in less than ideal circumstances. A discussion of this label can be found at (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Republic_Records) and the list of artists (few of whom are of Lara’s ilk, though they do have a several pop performers), is at (http://www.republicrecords.com/artists/).
Interesting photo(s) of the week: in place of the usual photos, Paula (and the LFIAG Select site), pointed out there is a fascinating video of Lara from 1992 that was just put on youtube. It can be found at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlgDWK8ePmo
(Lara shows up starting at about the 2 minute mark). One can see how much she’s changed; and also how much she hasn’t.
From here Lara moves on to Minsk (Belarus), and then two concerts in Kiev (Ukraine) this week. Then she’s off for a week before two concerts in Turkey and one in Romania. After that there are just two more ‘Ma vie dans la tienne’ performances; overall there will have been around 45, give or take a few. With the same degree of uncertainty, I count around 25 concerts for ‘Le Secret’, the tour obviously cut short by illness. With these as ‘bookend’ numbers, perhaps we’ll see something similar for the English album, though one supposes that also depends on how much Lara will promote it in the Francophone countries. Coming back to the present, hopefully we’ll have some more videos from the upcoming shows – and maybe even some more ‘full concerts’
[note the ones from Moscow!]. David
