2023-08-14 18:16:00
Jacques Revaux, composer of Michel Sardou’s hit, judged Juliette Armanet’s remark “ridiculous” and “unworthy” of an artist.
By LL for Le Point Jacques Revaux, composer of “Lacs du Connemara”, considered Juliette Armanet’s judgment of the song “ridiculous” and “not worthy of an artist”. © STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP Published on 08/14/2023 at 6:16 p.m.
“But who is Juliette Armanet? “While the singer judged that “Les Lacs du Connemara” by Michel Sardou was a “right-wing” song, the composer Jacques Revaux, questioned by The liberated Dauphinéreacted to the controversy.
For several days, Juliette Armanet has been the target of criticism for having expressed her “disgust” for the famous hit by Michel Sardou. During an interview with Tipik, a media belonging to the RTBF, the singer felt that she did not like her “scout, sectarian side” and her “filthy” music.
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An opinion that did not please Jacques Revaux, composer for Sardou but also for Johnny Hallyday, Dalida or even Charles Aznavour. The musician is also behind the score of the title “Comme d’habitu” by Claude François, which was taken over by Frank Sinatra to become “My Way”.
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At 83, Jacques Revaux had “wanted to ask: but who is Juliette Armanet? “. According to him, “everyone has the right to say what he thinks, but politely”. The remark of the interpreter of “Flame” is, in his eyes, “ridiculous” and “is not worthy of an artist”.
If he admitted that the singer’s music was “not really” his “cup of tea”, he assured that he would “not allow himself to say that his songs stink of sweat”.
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As for the fact that the song would be “right-wing”, Jacques Revaux considered that Michel Sardou is “more monarchist, Napoleonic than right-wing”. He also explained that the song did not contain a political message. He remembers a title “born by chance”. His synthesizers, damaged after several trips, played “bagpipe sounds” instead of “playing strings”. The air then inspired him with what would become “The Lakes of Connemara”.
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