Post by davidhr on Sept 13, 2022 7:14:12 GMT -5
Lara was again silent on social media, or in the press for that matter, but with her concerts coming up in less than three weeks, that is likely to change. As to what songs will be included when those concerts begin...for many other artists, one could hold a ‘poll’ as to what songs people think would be sung– but with Lara, there’s generally little suspense, especially for concerts labeled the ‘best of’…
However, she did mention that the setlist for these upcoming European concerts (including those in Eastern Europe) would differ from that unveiled during the shows in Quebec, which included a number of the songs written in Quebec in her early days. Actually, we know that the majority of Lara’s normal setlist focuses on songs she wrote and performed from 1998-2005, so spanning two different canonical ‘decades’. With that in mind, an article at (https://fr.legit.ng/culture/1490073-les-chanteurs-francais-des-annees-90-qui-a-marque-lepoque/) discusses the best French singers of the 1990s. It’s a long article, and discusses, in somewhat wandering fashion, the different trends that prevailed leading up to that decade. Here’s the part about the 1990s, and their list of the 10 best French singers during the ‘90s:
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The ten best French singers of the 1990s and their songs.
With albums that sold like hotcakes and successful world tours, French singers marked the 1990s, in particular, thanks to the French touch of the different genres performed. Whether in rock, pop, disco, rap or electronic music, global audiences were often surprised by French artists who have often been considered the inventors of new sub-genres in their respective disciplines. French singers, between 1990 and 2000, composed different music and presented various performances, and we present to you a list of ten of the best of these active artists during this decade. Read more: fr.legit.ng/culture/1490073-les-chanteurs-francais-des-annees-90-qui-a-marque-lepoque/
1)Mylène Farmer: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Désenchantée and L'Instant X.
2)Jean-Jacques Goldman: a French pop rock singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Sache que je and Pas toi .
3)Francis Cabrel: a French singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai, and Savoir aimer.
4)Florent Pagny: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Prends ton temps and Savoir avoir .
5)Alain Souchon: a French singer who made his mark on the 1990s with songs like Sous les jupes des filles and Le Baiser .
6)Patrick Bruel: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Lâche-toi and Alrs regarde .
7)Pascal Obispo: a French pop singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Jeune Révolution and La demi de moi .
8)Zazie: a French pop singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Sucré salé and J'envoie valser .
9)Lara Fabian: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Qui pense à l'amour and Je suis Maladie .
10)Alain Bashung: a French rock singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Osez Joséphine and Ma petite entreprise .
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A somewhat curious choice of songs for Lara, at least for one of them; however, nobody would quarrel with Je suis malade. For those who don’t already know the genesis of that song, which Lara probably sings more often than any other song that she didn’t write, the article below explains (https://www.melody.tv/actualite/serge-lama-comment-est-nee-je-suis-malade/):
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Serge Lama – How was “je suis malade” born?
Certain love songs have a particular echo in French song. Like essential titles that span the ages, they are undeniably part of our lives. It only takes a few verses to recognize one that sits in the pantheon of variety: I don't dream anymore, I don't smoke anymore...
Yes, today let's go back to Je suis malade by Serge Lama!
A song inspired by his life
As you can imagine, it all started with a heartache. In 1969, Serge Lama fell in love with Michèle Potier but their idyll could not be unveiled in broad daylight. Indeed, the two lovers are married. Then, his beloved moved to Morocco to follow her career. Serge collapsed. He just lost the love of his life.
During a dinner with his friend and composer Alice Dona, the singer confides his pain. He's not well, he hurts from the separation, he's sick. This rehearsal during dinner of “I'm sick” will inspire her friend once she gets home. She composes in the night what she thinks is a hit.
The next day she contacts Serge Lama. However, he has gone on tour and will not be back in Paris until September. It means nothing for Alice Dona who will be waiting for his return. Indeed, she is convinced that the song will be a hit.
Once back, Serge goes home to listen to the music. He is under the spell and without a word he writes the lyrics. A strong song about the despair of a man who no longer has the woman he loves by his side.
Two rebirths
Unfortunately, the song is only placed on the B-side of Les P'tites Femmes de Pigalle. However, at the end of the year and seduced by the touching lyrics, Dalida decides to record a version. The success is immediate. Not only is the version of the Diva a masterpiece echoing her life, but it sheds unparalleled light on Serge Lama.
Many years later, Lara Fabian will sing her version of Je suis malade. A cover marking the 90s and again offering the spotlight on the song.
A strong title that we like to listen to or re-listen to in foggy weather...
So, to find Serge Lama in shows that have never been seen before, go to our steaming platform!
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And of course we know that it was Serge Lama who invited Lara to come back to Europe to sing that song, which set her European career in motion.
Interesting photo(s) of the week: Lara Fabian the Netherlands FB site posted a number of photos associated with the Veronic DiCaire show of 3-12-16; they can be found at
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.659221718956561&type=3
In addition, they pointed to a video from the show of Lara and Veronic singing a duet of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’. Lara’s portion of it in particular, is, as one would expect, amazing. It’s available at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HwJ4UY3Xlc
Given the great interest that English language speakers are finding in Lara’s work (on youtube ‘reaction’ videos), Lara should consider releasing a cover album of English language songs like this one that would show off her great vocal range and dexterity. The familiarity of the songs might help her break into the English speaking market (if she still has any interest in doing so…). After all, singers as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson and Johnny Hallyday, among many others, have released cover albums ‘later’ in their careers (and Johnny’s was in English). This video gives just an inkling of what Lara could do.
Other examples of this, from different genres, can be found in the ‘reaction’ video to Lara’s singing “I’m So Excited” from the Night of the Proms (done while she was pregnant with Lou), at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOx_qJAl15I
and the Yentl medley from the ‘Pure’ concert, at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW8lalHMwxk
with its own (wonderful) ‘reaction’ video, at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgYzTp1A5s
The possibilities are endless.
One could argue that Lara has released an English language album of covers, “All the Women in Me” – but, in addition to that never having been promoted, it was all ‘piano-voice’. What would play much better would be for her to do such an album with full orchestral backing (as Bridge Over Troubled Water had in its Simon and Garfunkle release). After experiencing an example of such backing on the Star Academie, Lara mused that one day she would like to make a whole album with an orchestra; this would be a great opportunity to do so. (And perhaps the best ‘Broken Vow’ performance ever had that backing, on the program “Tout Lara Fabian” [another ‘Tout’, like her new book title
] available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjGUMQJpbRk).
Back to reality: Lara’s first concert, at. Charleroi in Belgium, is less than three weeks away. [Irony – the new English King is Charles III]. Whatever rehearsals she needs will have to be done soon, so Lara’s return to ‘public life’ is probably only a short time away. Stay tuned – and stay healthy.
David
However, she did mention that the setlist for these upcoming European concerts (including those in Eastern Europe) would differ from that unveiled during the shows in Quebec, which included a number of the songs written in Quebec in her early days. Actually, we know that the majority of Lara’s normal setlist focuses on songs she wrote and performed from 1998-2005, so spanning two different canonical ‘decades’. With that in mind, an article at (https://fr.legit.ng/culture/1490073-les-chanteurs-francais-des-annees-90-qui-a-marque-lepoque/) discusses the best French singers of the 1990s. It’s a long article, and discusses, in somewhat wandering fashion, the different trends that prevailed leading up to that decade. Here’s the part about the 1990s, and their list of the 10 best French singers during the ‘90s:
-------------------------------
The ten best French singers of the 1990s and their songs.
With albums that sold like hotcakes and successful world tours, French singers marked the 1990s, in particular, thanks to the French touch of the different genres performed. Whether in rock, pop, disco, rap or electronic music, global audiences were often surprised by French artists who have often been considered the inventors of new sub-genres in their respective disciplines. French singers, between 1990 and 2000, composed different music and presented various performances, and we present to you a list of ten of the best of these active artists during this decade. Read more: fr.legit.ng/culture/1490073-les-chanteurs-francais-des-annees-90-qui-a-marque-lepoque/
1)Mylène Farmer: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Désenchantée and L'Instant X.
2)Jean-Jacques Goldman: a French pop rock singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Sache que je and Pas toi .
3)Francis Cabrel: a French singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai, and Savoir aimer.
4)Florent Pagny: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Prends ton temps and Savoir avoir .
5)Alain Souchon: a French singer who made his mark on the 1990s with songs like Sous les jupes des filles and Le Baiser .
6)Patrick Bruel: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Lâche-toi and Alrs regarde .
7)Pascal Obispo: a French pop singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Jeune Révolution and La demi de moi .
8)Zazie: a French pop singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Sucré salé and J'envoie valser .
9)Lara Fabian: a French variety singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Qui pense à l'amour and Je suis Maladie .
10)Alain Bashung: a French rock singer who marked the 1990s with songs like Osez Joséphine and Ma petite entreprise .
-----------------------------------
A somewhat curious choice of songs for Lara, at least for one of them; however, nobody would quarrel with Je suis malade. For those who don’t already know the genesis of that song, which Lara probably sings more often than any other song that she didn’t write, the article below explains (https://www.melody.tv/actualite/serge-lama-comment-est-nee-je-suis-malade/):
-----------------------------------
Serge Lama – How was “je suis malade” born?
Certain love songs have a particular echo in French song. Like essential titles that span the ages, they are undeniably part of our lives. It only takes a few verses to recognize one that sits in the pantheon of variety: I don't dream anymore, I don't smoke anymore...
Yes, today let's go back to Je suis malade by Serge Lama!
A song inspired by his life
As you can imagine, it all started with a heartache. In 1969, Serge Lama fell in love with Michèle Potier but their idyll could not be unveiled in broad daylight. Indeed, the two lovers are married. Then, his beloved moved to Morocco to follow her career. Serge collapsed. He just lost the love of his life.
During a dinner with his friend and composer Alice Dona, the singer confides his pain. He's not well, he hurts from the separation, he's sick. This rehearsal during dinner of “I'm sick” will inspire her friend once she gets home. She composes in the night what she thinks is a hit.
The next day she contacts Serge Lama. However, he has gone on tour and will not be back in Paris until September. It means nothing for Alice Dona who will be waiting for his return. Indeed, she is convinced that the song will be a hit.
Once back, Serge goes home to listen to the music. He is under the spell and without a word he writes the lyrics. A strong song about the despair of a man who no longer has the woman he loves by his side.
Two rebirths
Unfortunately, the song is only placed on the B-side of Les P'tites Femmes de Pigalle. However, at the end of the year and seduced by the touching lyrics, Dalida decides to record a version. The success is immediate. Not only is the version of the Diva a masterpiece echoing her life, but it sheds unparalleled light on Serge Lama.
Many years later, Lara Fabian will sing her version of Je suis malade. A cover marking the 90s and again offering the spotlight on the song.
A strong title that we like to listen to or re-listen to in foggy weather...
So, to find Serge Lama in shows that have never been seen before, go to our steaming platform!
-----------------------------------
And of course we know that it was Serge Lama who invited Lara to come back to Europe to sing that song, which set her European career in motion.
Interesting photo(s) of the week: Lara Fabian the Netherlands FB site posted a number of photos associated with the Veronic DiCaire show of 3-12-16; they can be found at
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.659221718956561&type=3
In addition, they pointed to a video from the show of Lara and Veronic singing a duet of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’. Lara’s portion of it in particular, is, as one would expect, amazing. It’s available at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HwJ4UY3Xlc
Given the great interest that English language speakers are finding in Lara’s work (on youtube ‘reaction’ videos), Lara should consider releasing a cover album of English language songs like this one that would show off her great vocal range and dexterity. The familiarity of the songs might help her break into the English speaking market (if she still has any interest in doing so…). After all, singers as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson and Johnny Hallyday, among many others, have released cover albums ‘later’ in their careers (and Johnny’s was in English). This video gives just an inkling of what Lara could do.
Other examples of this, from different genres, can be found in the ‘reaction’ video to Lara’s singing “I’m So Excited” from the Night of the Proms (done while she was pregnant with Lou), at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOx_qJAl15I
and the Yentl medley from the ‘Pure’ concert, at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW8lalHMwxk
with its own (wonderful) ‘reaction’ video, at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgYzTp1A5s
The possibilities are endless.
One could argue that Lara has released an English language album of covers, “All the Women in Me” – but, in addition to that never having been promoted, it was all ‘piano-voice’. What would play much better would be for her to do such an album with full orchestral backing (as Bridge Over Troubled Water had in its Simon and Garfunkle release). After experiencing an example of such backing on the Star Academie, Lara mused that one day she would like to make a whole album with an orchestra; this would be a great opportunity to do so. (And perhaps the best ‘Broken Vow’ performance ever had that backing, on the program “Tout Lara Fabian” [another ‘Tout’, like her new book title
] available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjGUMQJpbRk). Back to reality: Lara’s first concert, at. Charleroi in Belgium, is less than three weeks away. [Irony – the new English King is Charles III]. Whatever rehearsals she needs will have to be done soon, so Lara’s return to ‘public life’ is probably only a short time away. Stay tuned – and stay healthy.
David
