FLEETWOOD MAC : ..US Pop rock 70s

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The band ‘Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac‘ is formed in 1967 in London as a spin-off from the British blues-rock group ‘John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers’. Its most famous title is ‘Black magic woman‘ (1968), a song made famous by Carlos Santana two years later. After numerous line-up changes and 9 moderately successful LPs, Fleetwood Mac settles in California in 1975 and incorporates Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as new members. During the next five years, the band’s wonderful compositions and original pop rock achieve massive commercial breakthrough.

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∙   1975   ∙   FLEETWOOD MAC   ∙   Warm ways   ∙   Rhiannon (will you ever win)   ∙   Over my Head   ∙   Say you love me   ∙   Landslide   ∙   1977   ∙   RUMOURS   ∙   Second hand news   ∙   Dreams   ∙   Don’t stop   ∙   Go your own way   ∙   The chain   ∙   You make loving fun   ∙   1979   ∙   TUSK   ∙   Think about me   ∙   Sara   ∙   Sisters of the moon   ∙   Angel   ∙   Tusk   ∙  

∙   1982   ∙   MIRAGE   ∙   Love in store!   ∙   Gypsy   ∙   Eyes of the world   ∙   1987   ∙   TANGO IN THE NIGHT   ∙   Big love   ∙   Seven wonders   ∙   Everywhere   ∙   Little lies   ∙   Isn’t It midnight   ∙  

ALAIN SOUCHON : .. FRANCE CHANSON-VARIÉTÉ 1974

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Alain Souchon makes a name for himself with the songs ‘J’ai dix ans’ (I’m 10 years old, 1974) and ‘Bidon‘ (Fake, 1975) which foreshadow the singer’s gentle melodies and melancholy loser lyrics. In 45 years, Souchon releases 170 songs in 15 studio LP albums and more than 40 singles, including the wonderful ‘La ballade de Jim’ (The ballad of Jim, 1985), ‘C’est déjà ça’ (It’s already that, 1993) and ‘Foule sentimentale’ (Sentimental crowd, 1993). Alain Souchon also acts in 12 films including in the leading actor role in ‘L’Eté Meurtrier’ (‘One deadly summer’, 1983, directed by Jean Becker with Isabelle Adjani).

Alain Souchon se fait connaître avec les chansons ‘J’ai dix ans’ (1974) puis ‘Bidon’ (1975) qui préfigurent les mélodies en douceur et textes losers mélancoliques du chanteur. En 45 ans, celui-ci publie 170 chansons dans 15 albums LP studio et plus de 40 singles dont les fameux  ‘La ballade de Jim’ (1985), ‘C’est déjà ça’ et ‘Foule sentimentale’ (1993). Alain Souchon joue également dans 12 films, interprétant notamment le rôle principal dans ‘L’Eté Meurtrier’ (Jean Becker, 1983) avec Isabelle Adjani.

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∙ 1971 ∙ Je suis un voyageur   ∙ 1973   ∙   L’amour 1830   ∙   1974   ∙   J’AI 10 ANS   ∙   J’ai dix ans   ∙   1976   ∙   BIDON   ∙   S’asseoir par terre   ∙   Bidon   ∙   1977   ∙   JAMAIS CONTENT   ∙   J’ai perdu tout ce que j’aimais   ∙   Y’a d’la rumba dans l’air   ∙   Allô maman bobo   ∙   Jamais content   ∙   Le p’tit chanteur   ∙   18 ans que je t’ai à l’œil   ∙   1978   ∙   TOTO 30 ANS, RIEN QUE DU MALHEUR   ∙   Le Bagad de Lann∙Bihoué   ∙  Le dégoût ∙

∙   1980   ∙   RAME   ∙   On s’aime pas   ∙   Rame   ∙   1981   ∙   Somerset Maugham   ∙   1983   ∙   ON AVANCE   ∙   On avance   ∙   1984   ∙   Banale song   ∙   1985   ∙   C’EST COMME VOUS VOULEZ   ∙   La ballade de Jim   ∙   J’veux du cuir   ∙   1988   ∙   ULTRA MODERNE SOLITUDE   ∙   Ultra moderne solitude   ∙ Quand j’serai K.O.   ∙ La beauté d’Ava Gardner   ∙

∙   1993   ∙   FOULE SENTIMENTALE   ∙   C’est déjà ça  ∙   Sous les jupes des filles   ∙   Foule sentimentale   ∙   Les regrets   ∙   1999   ∙   AU RAS DES PÂQUERETTES   ∙   Le baiser   ∙   Tailler la zone   ∙   Rive gauche   ∙   Au ras des pâquerettes   ∙  

∙   2002   ∙   La vie ne vaut rien   ∙   2005   ∙   LA VIE THÉODORE   ∙   Et si en plus y’a personne   ∙   2008   ∙   ECOUTEZ D’OÙ MA PEINE VIENT   ∙   Parachute doré   ∙

∙   2011   ∙   À CAUSE D’ELLE   ∙   Le jour et la nuit   ∙   2014   ∙   ALAIN SOUCHON & LAURENT VOULZY   ∙   Oiseau malin   ∙   2019   ∙   ÂME FIFTIES   ∙   Âme fifties   ∙   Ici et là   ∙  

SUI GENERIS: .. Argentina, Pop-rock …1972

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Sui Generis is a duo created in 1971 by Charly García and Nito Mestre, who met in 1969 while studying at high school in Buenos Aires. Their debut LP album ‘Vida’ (1972) becomes the first mass-success of Argentine folk-pop and progressive rock with eight tracks that become mythical. After releasing 21 more songs in the next couple of years, Sui Generis disbands and Charly García and Nito Mestre – the two legendary ‘Carlos Alberto’ – both embark on solo careers.

Charly García y Nito Mestre se conocen en 1969 en secundaria en Buenos Aires y comienzan a tocar folk-pop y rock progresivo con amigos. Pronto forman el dúo ‘Sui Generis’ (1971-1975) cuyo album ‘Vida’ (1972) se convierte en el primer éxito masivo del rock argentino, con 8 temas que se vuelven míticos. Después de lanzar 21 canciones más, Sui Generis se disuelve y Charly García y Nito Mestre – los dos legendarios Carlos Alberto – se embarcan en exitosas carreras en solitario.

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Sui Generis

1972  VIDA ∙  Canción para mi muerte  ∙  Necesito  ∙  Dime quien me lo robó  ∙  Estación  ∙  Toma dos blues  ∙  Mariel y el Capital  ∙  Natalio Ruiz  ∙  Amigo vuelve a casa pronto  ∙  Quizás porque  ∙  Cuando comenzamos a nacer  ∙  Posludio  ∙ 

1973  CONFESIONES DE INVIERNO ∙  Cuando ya me empiece a quedar solo  ∙  Bienvenidos al tren  ∙  Un hada, un cisne  ∙  Confesiones de invierno  ∙  Rasguña las piedras  ∙  Lunes otra vez  ∙  Aprendizaje  ∙  Mr. Jones (o pequeña semblanza de una familia tipo americana)  ∙  Tribulaciones, lamento y ocaso de un tonto rey imaginario, o no  ∙ 

1974  PEQUEÑAS ANÉCTODAS SOBRE LAS INSTITUCIONES ∙  Instituciones  ∙  Tango en segunda  ∙  El show de los muertos  ∙  Las increíbles aventuras del Sr. Tijeras  ∙  Pequeñas delicias de la vida conyugal  ∙  El tuerto y los ciegos  ∙  Música de fondo para cualquier fiesta animada  ∙  Tema de Natalio (instrumental)  ∙  Para quién canto yo entonces  ∙  Juan Represión  ∙  Botas Locas  ∙  1975  ALTO EN LA TORRE ∙  Alto en la Torre  ∙ 

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Solo careers

CHARLIE GARCIA  ∙  1976  ∙  Bubulina  ∙  1978  ∙  Eiti Leda  ∙  Seminare  ∙  1979  ∙  Paranoia y soledad  ∙  1980  A los jóvenes de ayer  ∙  Canción de Alicia en el pais  ∙  1981  ∙  Cinema verité  ∙  Salir de la melancolia  ∙  1984  ∙  Cerca de la revolución  ∙  1985  ∙  Rezo por Vos  ∙

NITO MESTRE  ∙  1977  ∙  Fabricante de mentiras  ∙  1978  ∙  Algo me aleja, algo me acerca  ∙  1981  ∙  Enero va  ∙  1984  ∙  La colina de la vida (ft Mercedes Sosa & León Gieco)  ∙ 

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US R&B ..1969 ..1979 .. 1982

Michael Jackson is the lead attraction of the family band Jackson Five which wins several talent contests in 1966-67, performs as opening act for various shows and releases two singles in 1968. Showcasing its sensational 11-year old singer, the band becomes popular with the launch of its single ‘I Want You Back‘ (1969) and first LP ‘Diana Ross presents the Jackson 5‘.

While leading the band to the apex of the R&B scene throughout the 70s – peaking with the hit ‘Blame It on the Boogie‘ (1978) – Michael Jackson also runs a solo-career since 1972. His LP albums ‘Off the Wall‘ (1979), ‘Thriller‘ (1982) and ‘Bad‘ (1987) make him the worldwide King of Pop music in the 80s.

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MICHAEL JACKSON (Michael Joseph Jackson, 1958 – 2009), 109 songs in 10 LPs 1972- 2001 including:

1972  ∙  GOT TO BE THERE ∙  Ain’t no sunshine  ∙  I wanna be where you are  ∙  Got to be there  ∙  Rockin’ Robin  ∙  BEN ∙  Greatest show on Earth  ∙  1973  ∙  MUSIC & ME ∙  Happy  ∙  With a child’s heart  ∙  1975  ∙  FOREVER, MICHAEL ∙  One day in your life  ∙  Music and me  ∙  1979  ∙  OFF THE WALL ∙  Don’t stop ’til you get enough  ∙  Rock with you  ∙  Off the wall  ∙  Girlfriend  ∙  She’s out of my life  ∙ 

1982  ∙  THRILLER ∙  Wanna be startin’ somethin’  ∙  The girl is mine  ∙  Thriller  ∙  Beat it  ∙  Billie Jean  ∙  Human nature  ∙  P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)  ∙  1987  ∙  BAD ∙  Bad  ∙  The way you make me feel  ∙  Liberian girl  ∙  Another part of me  ∙  Man in the mirror  ∙  I just can’t stop loving you  ∙  Dirty Diana  ∙  Smooth criminal  ∙  Leave me alone  ∙  Say say say (with Paul McCartney)  ∙ 

1991  ∙  DANGEROUS ∙  Jam  ∙  In the closet  ∙  Remember the time  ∙  Heal the world  ∙  Black or white  ∙  Who is it  ∙  Give in to me  ∙  Gone too soon  ∙  1995  ∙  HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, BOOK 1 ∙  Scream (ft Janet Jackson)  ∙  They don’t care about us  ∙  Stranger in Moscow  ∙  Earth song  ∙  You are not Alone  ∙  History  ∙  Smile  ∙  2001  ∙ INVINCIBLE ∙  You rock my World  ∙  Butterflies  ∙  Cry  ∙ 

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The JACKSON 5 / THE JACKSONS, 152 songs in 15 LPs 1969-89 including :

1969  ∙  DIANA ROSS PRESENTS THE JACKSON 5 ∙  I want you back  ∙  Who’s lovin’ you  ∙  Can you remember  ∙ 1970  ∙  THIRD ALBUM ∙  I’ll be there  ∙  Mama’s Pearl / The love you save (medley)  ∙  ABC ∙  One more chance  ∙  ABC  ∙  JACKSON 5 CHRISTMAS ALBUM ∙  Santa Claus is comin’ to town  ∙  1971  ∙  MAYBE TOMORROW ∙  Maybe Tomorrow  ∙  Never can say goodbye  ∙  Sugar daddy  ∙  1972 LOOKIN’ THROUGH THE WINDOWS ∙  Lookin’ through the windows  ∙ 

∙  1973  ∙  SKYWRITER ∙  Corner of the sky  ∙  1973  ∙  GET IT TOGETHER  ∙  Get it together  ∙  1974  ∙  DANCING MACHINE ∙  I am love  ∙  Dancing machine  ∙  The life of the party  ∙  1975  ∙  MOVING VIOLATION ∙  Body language (do the love dance)  ∙  All I do is think of you  ∙  1976  ∙  THE JACKSONS ∙  Enjoy yourself  ∙  1977  ∙  GOIN’ PLACES ∙  Goin’ places  ∙  1978  ∙  DESTINY  ∙  Blame it on the boogie  ∙  Shake your body (down to the ground)  ∙  Destiny  ∙ 

∙  1980  ∙  TRIUMPH ∙  Can you feel it  ∙  1984  ∙  VICTORY ∙  Body  ∙  1989  ∙  ‘2300 JACKSON STREET ‘ ∙  2300 Jackson Street  ∙ 

GILL SCOTT-HERON : .. U.S. Soul RnB 1971

Gil Scott-Heron released 11 LPs in 1970-1982 and 2 more in 1994 and 2010. His early  recordings pioneered poetic-style militant speeches and his theme ‘The Revolution will not be televised’ (1971) ranks among the earliest modern raps in history. Gil Scott-Heron has delivered proto-rap, blues, jazz and jazz-funk and achieved mass popularity with tracks like ‘The bottle’ (1974), ‘Johannesburg’ (1975) and ‘New York City’ (1976). After 1985, his life was plagued with issues related to drug-addiction, prison and hiv/aids. His 1994 and 2010 recordings were critically acclaimed as cult comebacks.

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1970   ∙   SMALL TALK AT 125th AND LENOX (Poetry)   ∙   Brother (spoken words)   ∙   1971   ∙   PIECES OF A MAN   ∙   A sign of the ages   ∙   The Revolution will not be televised   ∙  Home is where the hatred is  ∙  1972   ∙   FREE WILL   ∙   The get out of the ghetto blues   ∙   1974   ∙   WINTER IN AMERICA   ∙   The bottle   ∙   Winter in America   ∙  

1975   ∙   THE FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY   ∙   Ain’t no such thing as Superman   ∙   FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO SOUTH CAROLINA   ∙   Johannesburg (live)   ∙   1976   ∙   IT’S YOUR WORLD   ∙   It’s your world   ∙   New York City (is killing me)   ∙   1977   ∙   BRIDGES   ∙   We almost lost Detroit   ∙   Song of the wind   ∙   1978   ∙   SECRETS   ∙   Show Bizness   ∙   Angel dust   ∙  

1980   ∙   LP ‘1980’   ∙   Willing   ∙   Push comes to shove   ∙  REAL EYES   ∙   Waiting for the axe to fall   ∙   1981   ∙   REFLECTIONS   ∙   Washington D.C.   ∙   B movie   ∙   1982   ∙   MOVING TARGETS   ∙   Black history / The world   ∙   Fast lane   ∙   1985   ∙   ARTIST UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID   ∙   Let me see your ID   ∙  

1994   ∙   SPIRITS   ∙   Message to the messengers   ∙   1998   ∙   RADIO PERF.   ∙   We almost lost Detroit (orig. 1977)   ∙   2010   ∙   I’M NEW HERE   ∙   I’m new here   ∙   Me and the Devil (orig. 1937 Robert Johnson)   ∙   On coming from a broken home (spoken)   ∙  

JOHN LENNON: UK Pop .. 1971

John Lennon founds The Quarrymen in 1956, a high school band playing skiffle-folk and rock’n’roll and renamed ‘The Beatles‘ in early 1960. He and Yoko Ono meet at a London art gallery in November 1966, begin a relationship in the summer of 1968 and marry in Gibraltar in March 1969. For their honeymoon, they spend two weeklong “Bed-ins for Peace” in hotels (in Amsterdam in March and Montreal in May) to protest for peace, and in particular against the war in Vietnam. In the related video-clip Give Peace A Chance, John Lennon proclaims “..there’s an alternative to violence, it’s to stay in bed and grow your hair!“. In the 10 years following the Beatles’ disbandment in 1970, John Lennon releases 23 singles and 8 LP albums, including the post-mortem 1981 single ‘Watching the wheels‘ (1981) and 1984 LP ‘Milk and honey‘. Yoko Ono co-signs three of the related LPs and sings on many of the singles’ B-sides. On December 8, 1980 John Lennon was shot dead by four bullets in front of his appartment building in New York. His killer was sentenced to prison for 20-years-to-life.

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∙   1970   ∙   JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND   ∙   Mother   ∙   Working class hero   ∙   God   ∙   Instant Karma! (we all shine on)   ∙   1971   ∙   IMAGINE   ∙   Gimme some truth   ∙   Imagine   ∙   Jealous guy (orig. 1968 ‘Child of Nature’)   ∙   How do you sleep   ∙   Power to the People   ∙   Oh my love   ∙   1972   ∙   SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY   ∙   Woman Is the Nigger of the World   ∙  

∙   1973   ∙   MIND GAMES   ∙   Mind Games   ∙   Aisumasen (I’m sorry)   ∙   I know   ∙   1974   ∙   WALLS AND BRIDGES   ∙   Steel and glass   ∙   1975   ∙   ROCK ‘N’ ROLL   ∙   Stand by Me (orig. 1961 Ben E. King)   ∙   1980   ∙   DOUBLE FANTASY   ∙   (Just Like) Starting Over   ∙   Woman   ∙  

POST MORTEM  

∙   1981   ∙   SINGLE   ∙   Watching the Wheels   ∙   1984   ∙   MILK AND HONEY   ∙   Nobody Told Me   ∙   Borrowed Time   ∙  

ELTON JOHN: UK pop rock 70s

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Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947in Harrow, Greater London) released 30 studio LP albums and 130 singles between 1969 and 2016, reaching his peak popularity in 1972-1976.

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∙   1970   ∙   Your song   ∙   Come down in time   (jazz version)   ∙ 1971   ∙   Levon   ∙   Tiny dancer   ∙   Madman across the water   ∙   1972   ∙   Rocket man   ∙   Crocodile rock   ∙   1973   ∙   Daniel   ∙   Goodbye yellow brick road   ∙   Saturday night’s alright for fighting   ∙   1974   ∙   Candle in the wind   ∙   Don’t let the sun go down on me   ∙   The bitch is back   ∙  

1975   ∙   Pinball wizard   ∙   Island girl   ∙   1976   ∙   Don’t go breaking my heart (with Kiki Dee)   ∙   Sorry seems to be the hardest word   ∙   1978   ∙   Song for guy   ∙   1982   ∙   Blue eyes   ∙   1983   ∙   I guess that’s why they call it the blues   ∙   I’m still standing   ∙   1984   ∙   Passengers   ∙   Sad songs   ∙   1985   ∙   Nikita   ∙   1988  ∙   A word in Spanish   ∙   1989   ∙   Sacrifice   ∙  

1993   ∙   True love (with Kiki Dee)   ∙   1996   ∙   Live like horses (with Luciano Pavarotti)   ∙   1997   ∙   Something about the way you look tonight   ∙   2003   ∙   Are you ready for love   ∙   2005   ∙   Electricity   ∙  

GENESIS / PHIL COLLINS / PETER GABRIEL: .. UK.. 1970s prog rock / 1980s new wave

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Genesis is formed in 1967 in a Surrey boarding school by 5 pupils including Gabriel, Banks and Rutherford. Phil Collins joins the band in mid-1970 as drummer and backing vocalist while Steve Hackett joins in early 1971 as lead guitarist. The three LPs Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972, with the epic 23′ ‘Supper’s Ready‘) and Selling England by the pound (1973) propel Genesis to the pinnacle of the European art-rock scene.

Peter Gabriel leaves the band in 1975 and Phil Collins takes over as lead vocalist. In the early 80s, Genesis refocuses from prog rock to more conventional pop-rock and new-wave where it achieves massive commercial success. In parallel, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins both deliver breathtaking music in their solo careers.

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GENESIS – Active 1968-1997, 175 songs in 15 studio LPs

∙   1968   ∙   SINGLES   ∙   Build me a mountain   ∙   Silent sun   ∙   1969   ∙   FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION   ∙   Where the sour turns to sweet   ∙  

∙   1970   ∙   TRESPASS   ∙   Looking for someone   ∙   The knife   ∙   1971   ∙   NURSERY CRYME   ∙   The musical box   ∙   1972   ∙   FOXTROT   ∙   Watcher of the skies   ∙   Supper’s ready   ∙   1973   ∙   SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND   ∙   Dancing with the moonlit knight   ∙   I know what I like (in your wardrobe)   ∙   Firth of Fifth / (Firth of Fifth live)   ∙   The cinema show   ∙   1974   ∙   THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY   ∙   The lamb lies down on Broadway   ∙   Carpet crawlers   ∙  

1976   ∙   A TRICK OF THE TAIL   ∙  Squonk   ∙   Ripples   ∙   1976   ∙   WIND AND WURTHERING   ∙   Your own special way   ∙   1978   ∙   AND THEN THEY WERE THREE   ∙   Many too many   ∙   Follow you follow me   ∙

∙   1980   ∙   DUKE   ∙   Behind the lines   ∙   Duchess   ∙   Misunderstanding   ∙   Turn it on again   ∙   1981   ∙   ABACAB   ∙   Abacab   ∙   Man on the corner   ∙   1983   ∙   GENESIS   ∙   Mama   ∙   That’s all   ∙   1986   ∙   INVISIBLE TOUCH   ∙   Invisible touch   ∙   Tonight, tonight, tonight   ∙   Land of confusion   ∙   In too deep   ∙   Throwing it all away   ∙  

∙   1991   ∙   I CAN’T DANCE   ∙   No son of mine   ∙   Jesus he knows me   ∙   I can’t dance   ∙   Hold on my heart   ∙   1997   ∙   CALLING ALL STATIONS   ∙   Calling all stations   ∙

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HORACE ANDY .. JAMAICA 1970s

Horace Andy (Horace Hinds, born 1951 in Kingston) reaches the top of the charts with his songs ‘Skylarking‘ (1972) and ‘You Are My Angel‘ (1973). He reigns over reggae-dub with his distinctive voice and singing style during the next decade and settles in London UK in 1985 where his 1990-2010 collaboration with Massive Attack is a revelation.

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∙   1967   ∙   Black man’s country   ∙ 1970   ∙   Love of a woman   ∙   Got to be sure   ∙   1971   ∙   Night owl (orig. 1955 Tony Allen)   ∙   Fever   ∙   Mr Bassie   ∙   I may never see my baby   ∙   See a man’s face   ∙   1972   ∙   Skylarking   ∙   Something on my mind   ∙   Just say who   ∙   Every tongue shall tell   ∙   Mammie blue   ∙   Lonely woman   ∙   1973   ∙   Children of Israël   ∙   You are my angel   ∙   Ain’t no sunshine   ∙   Love you to want me   ∙   Riding for a fall   ∙   Delilah   ∙  

∙   1975   ∙   Bless you   ∙   Nice and easy   ∙   Get wise   ∙   Feel Good   ∙   1977   ∙   Government land   ∙   Don’t let problems get you down   ∙   1978   ∙   Girl A love you   ∙   Zion’s gate   ∙   My guiding star   ∙   Don’t try to use me   ∙   True love shines bright   ∙   Better collie   ∙   1979   ∙   Natural mystic   ∙   1982   ∙   Money money   ∙   [../..]  

∙   1991   ∙   One love (with Massive Attack)   ∙   1995   ∙   Collie weed   ∙   Rain from the sky   ∙   1998   ∙   Angel (with Massive Attack)   ∙   2001   ∙   Sea of love   ∙ 2002   ∙   Racing away (with ‘One Giant Leap’)   ∙   2005   ∙   This world   ∙   2006   ∙   Airbag   (with Easy All Stars tribute to Radiohead)   ∙   2010   ∙   Girl I love you (with Massive Attack)   ∙   Splitting the atom (with Massive Attack)   ∙   2018   ∙   Skylarking dubplate   ∙  

MICHEL SARDOU: .. France chanson-variété 70s

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Michel Sardou, born 1947 in Paris (photos 1972 / 1981 / 1987)

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Michel Sardou incarne la chanson-variété française dans les années 70 et 80. Durant ces 20 ans de francophonie, même ceux qui n’aimaient pas le chanteur Michel Sardou le connaissaient par cœur, tant ses chansons sont médiatisées et ses paroles simples, uniques et inoubliable. C’est notamment le cas des quatre phrases… « Si les ricains étaient pas là, Vous seriez tous en Germanie » (1967) ; ou « On est là pour boire un coup, (..) Et pour se reboire un coup, Et pas payer nos verres » (1970) ; ou « Mais voilà, j’habite en France, (..) Où y a quand-même pas 50 millions d’abrutis » (1970) ; et « Le rire du sergent, La folle du régiment, La préférée du capitaine des Dragons » (1971) . Là où on pouvait croire à l’effet de mode, il s’avéra que le jeune Sardou avait la science du cabaret, une voix d’enfer, sa propre poésie originale et s’appuyait sur de belles musiques. La tragédie que clame son extraordinaire titre ‘Le surveillant général‘ (1972) marque à nouveau les esprits et sa chanson ‘La Maladie d’amour’ (1973) acquiert instantanément le statut de grand classique. Entre 1970 et 2000, les singles de Michel Sardou atteignent 50 fois les hauts du hit-parade français.

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Michel Sardou embodies the popular French-song in the 70s and 80s. During these 20 years of ‘Musique-variété’, even those who do not like the singer Michel Sardou know his opus by heart, as his songs are massively broadcast and as his lyrics are immediately unforgettable, e.g. as in the four sentences … “If the Ricans hadn’t been there, you would all be in Germania“; or “We’re here for a drink, (..) And for another drink, And for not paying those drinks“; or “But here it is, I live in France, (..) Where there’s still not 50 million morons”; or “The Sergeant’s Laughter, The Madwoman of the Regiment, The favourite of the Captain of the Dragoons”. What might’ve been a fashion fad turned into a demonstration by the young Sardou, with cabaret mastery, original poetry, beautiful tunes and a hellish voice. The tragedy proclaimed by his extraordinary track “Le surveillant général” (1972, The general supervisor) once again struck people’s minds, while his song ‘La Maladie d’amour’ (1973) acquired the status of great classic upon its release. Between 1970 and 2000, Michel Sardou’s singles reached 50 times the heights of the French charts.

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∙  1965  ∙  Le Madras  ∙  1967  ∙  Les ricains  ∙  1968  ∙  Petit  ∙

∙  1970  ∙  J’habite en France  ∙  Les bals populaires  ∙  Et mourir de plaisir  ∙  1971  ∙  Le rire du sergent  ∙  1972  ∙  Le surveillant général  ∙  1973  ∙  La maladie d’amour  ∙  Les vieux mariés  ∙  Le curé  ∙  1974  ∙  Une fille aux yeux clairs  ∙  Les villes de solitude ∙

∙  1975  ∙  Un accident  ∙  Le France  ∙  1976  ∙  Je vais t’aimer  ∙  Je suis pour  ∙  J’accuse  ∙  Le temps des colonies  ∙  1977  ∙  Dix ans plus tôt  ∙  La java de Broadway  ∙  1978  ∙  Je vole  ∙  En chantant  ∙  1979  ∙  Je ne suis pas mort, je dors..   ∙

∙  1981  ∙  Je viens du Sud  ∙  Etre une femme  ∙  Les lacs du Connemara  ∙  Les mamans qui s’en vont  ∙  1982  ∙  Afrique Adieu  ∙  1983  ∙  Vladimir Illitch  ∙  Tu étais là  ∙  1984  ∙  Les deux écoles  ∙  1985  ∙  Chanteur de jazz  ∙  Mélodie pour Élodie  ∙  1986  ∙  Musulmanes  ∙  1988  ∙ La même eau qui coule  ∙

∙  1990  ∙  Marie Jeanne  ∙  1991  ∙  Le privilège  ∙  1992  ∙  Le bac G  ∙  1994  ∙  Selon que vous serez, etc etc  ∙  2004  ∙  La rivière de notre enfance (avec Garou)  ∙  2006  ∙  Allons danser  ∙

∙  2010  ∙  Voler (avec Céline Dion)  ∙  Être une femme ver. 2010  ∙  2017  ∙  Le figurant  ∙  San Lorenzo  ∙

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