Daniel Balavoine Reaction S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse STARMANIA | Dereck Reacts

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ย. 2024

ความคิดเห็น • 776

  • @DereckReacts
    @DereckReacts  3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    VOIR LA VIDÉO COMPLÈTE AVEC VISUELS ICI:
    SEE FULL VIDEO WITH VISUALS HERE:
    www.patreon.com/posts/50966315

    • @j.skwartz-gaming
      @j.skwartz-gaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You should comment on Gregory Lemarchal's version : th-cam.com/video/GGb0Sb5lvu4/w-d-xo.html

    • @samueldevulder
      @samueldevulder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks for the note in French :)

    • @jemyself
      @jemyself 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank for your réaction and i hope you react soon to the Gregory lemarchal version in live at staracademy
      Dimash see Gregory version and cover it.
      th-cam.com/video/GGb0Sb5lvu4/w-d-xo.html

    • @dgcorinne
      @dgcorinne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Dereck, if you want even more emotion, I strongly advise you to listen to « un enfant assis attend la pluie » « a child sitting down waiting for the rain". It's about the third world and these poor children who are waiting for the rain to be able to drink some water . Sad song but wonderful 🌺

    • @davidlacoste
      @davidlacoste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Now you need to learn French to fully appreciate all this songs.

  • @Nina78Alona
    @Nina78Alona 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Balavoine restera la meilleure version pour toujours ❤

    • @Dlorah-
      @Dlorah- 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      S

    • @42cirederf42
      @42cirederf42 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Tellement vrai, même si je trouve que la version de Gregory Lemarchal est vraiment pas mal (surtout vue sa condition physique)

    • @Gosseyn76
      @Gosseyn76 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@42cirederf42Desole j'ai 6 mois de retard mais oui, voir Grégory chanter cette chanson en direct à la tv (je suis vieux lol), en connaissant a l'époque déjà sa maladie, c'était très très fort, et au moment même où il l'a chanté, tout le monde savait qu'il allait gagner la Star ac.

  • @Trazer77
    @Trazer77 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    J'aimerais tellement ne pas connaître balavoine pour avoir le bonheur de le découvrir pour la première fois à chaque fois !

  • @litogor
    @litogor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    I am French-speaking and I can affirm that the original version of Balavoine is more intense than the copy of Dimash because the words are better expressed and they are also pronounced with a lot more sensitivity that go with it.
    Ok Dimash is a very good singer but her cover is just a vocal performance which only impresses non-French speakers.
    Dimash has greatly improved his personal vocal technique for several years, while Daniel Balavoine sings with his natural and special voice that he has always had ...

    • @Bruno-zb2tz
      @Bruno-zb2tz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      je suis francais de lille c etait un artiste d exception bonne journee a toi

    • @DonTarken
      @DonTarken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Exactement. 👍

    • @sollyrose
      @sollyrose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Je suis d'accord. J'ai détesté la façon dont Dimash a chanté cette chanson.
      Pour moi cette chanson, à chaque fois que j'entends Balavoine la chanter, elle me donne envie de pleurer. Quand j'ai écouté celle de Dimash, j'ai vraiment eu l'impression qu'il la chantait juste pour montrer ses talents vocaux, et ça a un peu détruit la chanson, le sens qu'elle a. Je sais que ça peut peut-être paraître un peu exagéré dit comme ça, mais pour moi il a ruiné cette chanson.
      Balavoine la chantait avec le cœur, et ça s'entend.

    • @yayoline
      @yayoline 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same for me.
      I'm from Quebec, Canada and Daniel Balavoine did the best version for me with the one by Bruno Pelletier (Mogador 1993-1994). I hear once that Pelletier was the the first one after the splendid Balavoine who can do the song like him, hitting all the high notes night after night. I think his rendition is as well beautiful and very emotional.
      If you want to hear it, this the only live (almost) full version and not too badly record I found : th-cam.com/video/i76JmUPSCZo/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=zouszousmoun
      and this is the studio version : th-cam.com/video/DA0oyKJFsyE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=pouilloupouillou76
      Bonne et belle journée à tous !

    • @TheDanhara
      @TheDanhara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why are you even comparing the two singers. Totally different to each other. Each to their own preference.

  • @Jean_Michel_Peinture
    @Jean_Michel_Peinture 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    One of the most beautiful songs ever by one of the best singers ever. Glad you discovered Balavoine, he is a hero.

  • @valfar2015
    @valfar2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    The différences between dimash and Daniel B or Gregory Lemarchal is that they live the song they dont sing it just to do a performance. Interpretation is the key of this song, if you dont under stand it you cant sing it correctly

    • @angelus77300
      @angelus77300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I agree DImash has the emotion of an Oyster, he sings only to perform. I dont like him at all

    • @imperatordu2801
      @imperatordu2801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@angelus77300 Emotion of an oyster ! 🤣🤣🤣 I'm dead ! And I agree.

    • @jean-noelthomas
      @jean-noelthomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dimash is trying to win the "world's champion singer" award. Just what we call in France "concours de bite"... Not singing songs , to tell something to auditors, touching their souls......

    • @TheDanhara
      @TheDanhara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dimash wasn't even competing only as a guest performer. So no. He is not only technically perfect..i do feel his performance. And so do 10000s of others. Dimash is very young too., so cant compare an original to a cover. Be nice people.

    • @valfar2015
      @valfar2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@TheDanhara Gregory Lemarchal was young too (20 or less)

  • @Lascar69F
    @Lascar69F 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    His other greatest hits :
    Daniel Balavoine - Mon Fils Ma Bataille (1980)
    Daniel Balavoine - La vie ne m'apprend rien (1980)
    Daniel Balavoine - Sauver l'amour (1985)
    Daniel Balavoine - Je ne suis pas un Héros (1980)
    Daniel Balavoine - Le chanteur (1978)
    Daniel Balavoine - Quand on arrive en ville (1978)
    Daniel Balavoine - Vivre ou Survivre (1982)
    Daniel Balavoine - Dieu que c'est beau (1984)
    x Daniel Balavoine - S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse (1978)
    x Daniel Balavoine - Tous les cris les S.O.S. (1985)
    x Daniel Balavoine - L' Aziza (1985)

    • @cyrilcab
      @cyrilcab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ha ha Lascar je vais suivre toutes vos publications, jusqu'à la fin :)

    • @joffreypub149
      @joffreypub149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      J'avais oublié qu'il y en avait autant c'est vrai.

    • @remysurle8607
      @remysurle8607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@joffreypub149 au bout du compte c’est peu 😭; il aurait pu en faire tant 🤪..

    • @arkasonus7678
      @arkasonus7678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille 👌🏻

    • @encornettentaculaire2735
      @encornettentaculaire2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      j'aurais rajouté la chanson "partir avant les miens"

  • @TheVmaxiste
    @TheVmaxiste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    First time derek didn't stop the song at all until the end, it seems that was something !

    • @nicolegodillon7033
      @nicolegodillon7033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yesss ! I also noticed that and I thank him very much because it would have been a shame to cut it

    • @JonnJonnTube
      @JonnJonnTube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Learn French to understand the lyrics, and you will know why this song is more than a song 😜

  • @Haazheelt
    @Haazheelt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Daniel Balavoine comprend ce qu'il chante. C'est toute la différence avec les interprétations récentes de vieux titres français par des artistes étrangers. Difficile de faire passer des émotions quand tu apprends à chanter phonétiquement et qu'on te tend (éventuellement) un document de synthèse qui explique la chanson. J'ai eu cette même sensation concernant Dimash (reprise de Balavoine) et Diana Ankudinova (reprise d'Indila).

    • @alisevalnar8848
      @alisevalnar8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Je te rejoint sur ton analyse, Dimash la chante pour la performance et c'est bon j'avoue. Mais la vrai transmission du message de la chanson n'est pas là. D'ailleurs Dimash ne le connait sûrement pas.

    • @cathsezille2287
      @cathsezille2287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Totalement d accord ...

    • @gwenaellesagot2635
      @gwenaellesagot2635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Il comprend ce qu'il chante heureusement puisqu'il l'a écrite lol

    • @alisevalnar8848
      @alisevalnar8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@gwenaellesagot2635 non désolé, c'est Plamodon qui l'a ecrit pour lui mon ami😊. Il voulait écrire la chanson la plus dure à chanter du monde... Renseignes toi 😉.
      Mais j'adore que des gens parlent de Starmania 💕

    • @Haazheelt
      @Haazheelt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gwenaellesagot2635 Je ne pense pas que Dimash l'ait écrite, Cf. Le commentaire au-dessus.

  • @fenxndvor9181
    @fenxndvor9181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    40 years old and still have a tear when listening this song, when you see how the world become, we are all in distress, balavoine understood this 40 years ago

    • @aysun9354
      @aysun9354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Balavoine avait compris les politiques, le monde. Mais si vous vous basez sur la teneur, les paroles de la chanson pour avancer cela, c'est Luc Plamondon le parolier et non Balavoine. Quant à la musique, elle est de Michel Berger

  • @nonofer7033
    @nonofer7033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am French and I don't speak English very well. sorry about that. but I wanted to say that to see a guy of your age, talk about Daniel Balavoine, I find that's amazing! in addition to listening, which is already very cool, you explain the song, you translate the lyrics, it's great what you do, keep going. Daniel Balavoine was an extraordinary artist, songwriter and performer. He tragically died in a helicopter crash in the African desert, during the famous 1986 Paris-Dakar car race, i was 6.. He was a brilliant artist, and he was very committed. He denounced injustice, racism and intolerance. it was reflected in his words. Words that are still relevant today, 40 years later ...

  • @laukushi
    @laukushi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    He sang this in tv for the first ... and the last time. Some weeks later, he died in helicopter accident. When you understand the lyrics, you can think "c'est le destin". Same for gregory, rip angel.

  • @awkad
    @awkad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    In my opinion Dimash's version is technichally perfect (and beautiful) but as he doesn't understand what he's singing I find it has a lesser emotional impact.

    • @awkad
      @awkad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Also I love the english version from Tycoon (English version of Starmania) by Peter Kingsbery as well, "Only the very best".

    • @angelus77300
      @angelus77300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Please Dimash has emotion of an oyster... He sings only to show he has a voice and do not feel what he s singing because he doesn t know/undestand what he is singing

    • @awkad
      @awkad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's exactly my point, so what's yours ?

    • @chongtak
      @chongtak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@awkad he just strengthened your point imo.

    • @aysun9354
      @aysun9354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Personnellement, une chanson qui ne dégage aucune émotion (parce qu'il ne comprend pas ce qu'il chante), cela n'a aucun intérêt. Oui, il a une technique vocale extraordinaire, mais zéro émotion malheureusement

  • @TMBTM
    @TMBTM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    What is great with Balavoine is that even with all the lows and highs and strenghts that this song is asking, he still keeps a fragile "human quality" in his voice.

    • @whitedoveblackclouds7243
      @whitedoveblackclouds7243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly

    • @J0J0Z
      @J0J0Z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michel Berger wrote this song especially for him, with his fabulous voice able to singing on 2.5 octaves.

  • @garryiglesias4074
    @garryiglesias4074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Daniel was a good man. Thank you Dereck.

  • @dina-ys6xf
    @dina-ys6xf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Goosebumps for three minutes ✨🤩 Daniel Balavoine was a great man and a prodigious singer💕

    • @pascalmarfaing1690
      @pascalmarfaing1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too young to die !

    • @dina-ys6xf
      @dina-ys6xf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pascalmarfaing1690 by doing a good deed ...😓💔

  • @elaeys4439
    @elaeys4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    For me, the two most beautiful interpretations of this song are those of Balavoine, obviously, but also and especially that of Grégory Lemarchal during his time at the Star Académy.
    Tears always overwhelm me when interpreting Grégory. Still, I didn't watch this show and wasn't particularly a fan of him. But it's really powerful what he does with it.
    To know also, for the anecdote, that Grégory, carrier of the cystic fibrosis, had literally stunned his comrades for this song, because a few seconds before entering on stage, he was taken by a coughing fit and was in the process of to shout. The fact that he has no more breath and manages to take it back just when entering the stage is bluffing!

    • @elaeys4439
      @elaeys4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/ZVMNbRZ18kM/w-d-xo.html
      (Best image quality found)
      th-cam.com/video/awqLlMpZ1q0/w-d-xo.html
      (And the debriefing)

  • @samueldevulder
    @samueldevulder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This song is not a dance song. It is a meditation song. The lyrics are very very VERY important. You listen to them, and think... and possibly cry. So emotional!

  • @perawow
    @perawow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    You re ready for Jacques Brel - ne me quitte pas

    • @pascalmarfaing1690
      @pascalmarfaing1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not ? Sting has recorded this classic song. And Johnny too !

    • @c381p18
      @c381p18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pascalmarfaing1690 Johnny who ?

    • @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391
      @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not for Dereck. He gonna sleep.

    • @chuckmomo
      @chuckmomo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I prefer "Ces gens la" song is but it is better if you understand the lyrics

    • @eltralu1344
      @eltralu1344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just have to check who covered Brel to under stand box great he was :
      Sting
      Bowie (Amsterdam)

  • @TibaultReveyrand
    @TibaultReveyrand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Derreck, you know more about French pop culture than a lot of french native of your age.
    Now you have a big community in France who loves you. 👍

    • @franciscouderq1100
      @franciscouderq1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least thank you for spreading bits of French culture in the “New World”.

  • @magaliehadjisotiri9255
    @magaliehadjisotiri9255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    How great Dimash voice is, I still love Daniel Balavoine version better. This song is about a man who is about to commit suicide, you can really feel pain in Daniel's, not in Dimash's. Thank you Deteck.

    • @venusdrag
      @venusdrag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      indeed, dimash is technic thats all :) but great technic

    • @legerbruno7966
      @legerbruno7966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      oui ce qu'il manque à l'interprétation de Dimash c'est l'émotion, peut etre parce qu'il chante en phonétique sans comprendre les paroles
      Mais pour la technique, ça il assure

    • @venusdrag
      @venusdrag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@legerbruno7966 oui il assure vraiment , et c est magnifique aussi

    • @TheDanhara
      @TheDanhara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I totally disagree, i can feel the emotion just the same..if not more. In the first verse this guy is all over the place pitch wise. So its all perception

    • @maribelledib5630
      @maribelledib5630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For me the best version is from gregory lemarchal

  • @ooO0VicariouS0Ooo
    @ooO0VicariouS0Ooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    As I said in your last Daniel Balavoine reaction. This song was written especially for his voice.
    They already chose Daniel Balavoine for the role in Starmania, Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon asked him to do the lowest note he could and the highest and wrote the song especially to gives him the opportunity to use his full tessiture (2,5 octaves)

  • @vianneyb.8776
    @vianneyb.8776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I personally like Grégory Lemarchal's cover of this song a little bit more, but Balavoine's performance is still exceptional. Lemarchal knew his days were numbered because of his cystic fibrosis, so his cover felt to me like Freddy Mercury's The Show Must Go On when it comes to intensity.

    • @gabrielforget9970
      @gabrielforget9970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Grégory Lemarchal était un des rares à pouvoir chanter cette magnifique et particulièrement dure chanson à interpréter. Deux grands artistes disparus trop tôt. Peter Kingsbery "Only the very best" est également une très belle interprétation de ce titre en anglais.

  • @enoranormant6878
    @enoranormant6878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When you said "this song was made for him" and it's so true. But when you're french and you grew up with Gregory Lemarchal, who sing this song perfectly, knowing that he was going to die young because he was sick... He died only few years after this performance, and for me he sang it like he actually write the song, maybe you can react to his version because he was a master, a living angel, pure soul and he died so young... Peace to both of their souls, and Daniel and Gregory 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✨✨✨

  • @EchelonxforxPeace
    @EchelonxforxPeace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's so nice to see you react to so many French singers/songs. We hear these songs since we're kids but listening to them with you makes them brand new. It gets very emotional and its give a new perspective on our kinda national soundtrack. Thank you so much for what's you're doing on your channel :)

  • @BugBug81
    @BugBug81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Starmania is full of great songs ! It's a must !

  • @zezezelazny7184
    @zezezelazny7184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cet chanson et une des plus belle ecrite en France dans les années 80 merci pour cet analyse de tout coeur

  • @petro3556
    @petro3556 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A superb vocal performance from Balavoine this song

  • @oliviercandolfi7483
    @oliviercandolfi7483 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤
    The more beautiful song!
    Thanks thanks!
    I crying...😢😢😢
    Sp sad

  • @TheTotofdu95
    @TheTotofdu95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Peter Kingsbery a repris magnifiquement cette chanson dans l"adaptation anglo-saxonne de starmania.

    • @helenepriego5343
      @helenepriego5343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely the best cover in English !

  • @leonorafleurdelys432
    @leonorafleurdelys432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is incredible , merci Dereck ❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭😭 Have you heard Gregory Lemarchal do this version years later ?

  • @chrisgaby5122
    @chrisgaby5122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    If I remember well, in that part of the opera-rock, his girlfriend was just assassinated, he explains he was never meant for this world, he doesn't feel at ease here, he didn't get lucky in the "world's lottery". He just wants to escape (like a bird/ talk of metamorphosis), doesn't want to accept the routine (work sleep, repeat).
    The part you don't get:
    I never had my feet on the ground/
    I would rather be a bird/
    I don't feel comfortable in my own skin/
    I would like to see the world upside down/
    What if it was more beautiful/
    more beautiful seen from above/
    from aboooooooooooove :)
    I don't want to be a robot/
    Subway, work, sleep

  • @arcanniat5086
    @arcanniat5086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Le chanteur is my favorite one of Daniel Balavoine, thank's Dereck for this back to the past...

  • @jazzad
    @jazzad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Jannick Top on bass, a true master.

  • @damdamoouuhh
    @damdamoouuhh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The most beautiful and powerful song From Starmania : "Le blues du businessman"
    Advice from a French guy ;)

    • @kelyrin
      @kelyrin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg they’re all so beautiful and powerful, I love Starmania and have always have ❤️❤️❤️ the one I’ve related most with, throughout my life, is « complainte d’une serveuse automate »

    • @mathidoucanada1964
      @mathidoucanada1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My favourite is “Le monde est stone” 👌

    • @hihilali
      @hihilali 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES OMG YES. So underrated yet it's clearly one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard

  • @celineleroux3748
    @celineleroux3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All the songs from starmania are masterpieces, all!

  • @najiaansari6483
    @najiaansari6483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Emotion. Perfection. This is a voice. This is real music. And that's why I only listen listen to music from the 70's, 80's and 90's.

    • @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391
      @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! Me too especially 80's and 90's. Before it's dead. It's old fashioned!

    • @whitedoveblackclouds7243
      @whitedoveblackclouds7243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 I hope he won't be sidetracked into doing all SOS covers and Star Academy/The Voice renditions, and instead continues react to other great songs from that time period.

    • @whitedoveblackclouds7243
      @whitedoveblackclouds7243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Dereck reads this... and cares to see my selection for him.. here goes man...
      Daniel Balavoine - Un Enfant Assis Attend La Pluie
      RoBERT - Prince Bleu

    • @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391
      @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whitedoveblackclouds7243 Yes, I hope so! I like this last album "Sauver L'Amour" and all these songs released in singles. Too bad there is not "Dieu Que C'Est Beau" an unreleased 1984 in this album, released only as a single and that some do not have video clips but only TV performances which are either of poor quality or "truncated" or rare.
      I bought this album on CD a few years later but also the double CD compilation released in 1999 which includes the photo of the album or one of the 45 rpm of it, and most recently the 100 songs compilationin box released this year .

  • @lilou8269
    @lilou8269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It's so cool to see Americans discover Daniel who is greatly missed. Hope you'll do 'mon fils m'a bataille' (my son, my fight), a song about a man who is fighting to get custody of his son when the boy's mom left. Written in the 80s when father's rights in France meant shit.

  • @yannthomas8986
    @yannthomas8986 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a pleasure to hear this wonderful song and this great artist Daniel Balavoine I cry every time I hear it.
    I am happy that after 30 years we rediscover his repertoire.
    Thank you Dereck

  • @GarlMemory
    @GarlMemory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Daniel Balavoine is a legend here in France. And this song here is one of the many reasons why.
    He wasn't just singing his songs, he lived them. He really sung with his soul and heart.
    That is why the cover by Dimash will never come close to this. He's ridiculously good with his voice, but at the end of the day, it's just a performance. An extraordinary one, but this song in particular is something else.

    • @teresaz-l2963
      @teresaz-l2963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Garle Du hast es richtig gesagt, Daniel ist eine Legende in Frankreich. Dimash und seine Interpretation von SOS ist schon Legende geworden in der ganzen Welt.

    • @Hdhdjdkfnsn
      @Hdhdjdkfnsn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teresaz-l2963 Balavoine's version is better than Dimash version. Balavoine knows how he's singing. Dimash no. Dimash is a robot with an amazing voice, Balavoine was a singer

    • @teresaz-l2963
      @teresaz-l2963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hdhdjdkfnsn Wo bist du ganzes Jahr gewesen? Winterschlaf gemacht? Heute ist das nicht mehr aktuell, was du da schreibst Schlaf weiter.

  • @goonercestlavie
    @goonercestlavie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a nice song, deep lyrics, such a great singer.

  • @BBdu37
    @BBdu37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Extract from Starmania, one of the first French musical, created by Michel Berger (France Gall's husband). Awesome voice. Just love that guy. To be discovered from that musical "Quand on arrive en ville" and "Plus rien à perdre". To be noted the English version Tycoon and the masterpiece covered by Cindy Lauper "Learn to live alone"

    • @pascalmarfaing1690
      @pascalmarfaing1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cindy Lauper has a beautiful voice . She is 100% les années 80.

    • @oldmanfrank2517
      @oldmanfrank2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luc Plamondon is not to be left aside in the creation of these musicals.

    • @BBdu37
      @BBdu37 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oldmanfrank2517 absolutely 😜

  • @samwisegamgee6532
    @samwisegamgee6532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If you listen Daniel Balavoine’s song more often, you will love him more and more, but I promise you, you will be able to do it with your mouth closed. 😉😉
    You definitely should react to the Gregory Lemarchal version.
    Considering the fate of Gregory, I would quote Ashildr and the Doctor:
    - I’ve been watching the stars die and it was beautiful.
    - No, it was sad.
    - No, it was both.

  • @zagork78
    @zagork78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Here, "terrien" means human, earthling. Yes it was composed specifically for Daniel by MICHEL BERGER, France GALL's husband (he also composed most of her songs). I hope you'll react to MICHEL BERGER soon because like Jean-Jacques GOLDMAN & Daniel Balavoine, he's the GENIUS composer of countless hit songs.
    Johnny HALLYDAY also has countless hit songs but he relied on talented composers rather than composing himself

    • @angelus77300
      @angelus77300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the song was composed and writen for Starmania

    • @zagork78
      @zagork78 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angelus77300 yeah I know, but if I'm not mistaken, Michel Berger already had Balavoine in mind when he composed this song

    • @angelus77300
      @angelus77300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zagork78 Maybe you re right. Just not forget that Berger "only" composed the songs, Luc Plamondon wrote the lyrics

    • @zagork78
      @zagork78 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angelus77300 that's why I said "composed" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @Ylorken
    @Ylorken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Performance is incredible but you have to understand the lyrics to FEEL and LIVE the song. I'm french and not a fan of Balavoine, but this specific song with the lyrics and interpretation are OUTSTANDING.

  • @pierresays2others458
    @pierresays2others458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I met this guy in december 85 ..... one month after he was an angel ! rip Africa lover

  • @mathaem
    @mathaem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Magnifique ! L'un des plus beaux titres interprété par Ballavoine 😍

    • @Eveil7x
      @Eveil7x 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      surtout l'un des + partagé sur les médias officiels ....
      donc l''un des plus entendus et connus du grand publique

    • @Eveil7x
      @Eveil7x 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      car peu connaissent par exemple "lady marlène" 'lucie" "c'est un voyou" "la danse" "élus par les boeufs" "au revoir" ou "détournement"....

    • @mathaem
      @mathaem 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Eveil7x ce qui n'en fait pas moins un de ses plus beaux titres. J'aime beaucoup Petite Angèle également moins connue mais que je trouve moins puissante en terme d'émotion. Après ca reste très subjectif cette affaire 🙂

    • @whitedoveblackclouds7243
      @whitedoveblackclouds7243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mathaem c'est jolie mais "un enfant assis attend la pluie" qu'il a écrit et composé lui-même est infiniment plus beau et touchant à mon avis. Ainsi que l'autre "SOS".

  • @aimonsnouslesunslesautres
    @aimonsnouslesunslesautres ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hi merci de faire connaitre nos vieux chanteurs français a nos amis les anglophones . Si vous voulez entendre une meilleure version 1996 avec Bruno Pelletier est vraiment touchant de la façon dont il la chante

  • @ludovicdussart02700
    @ludovicdussart02700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Immortel grâce à ses interprétations magistrales. Tout dans l émotion.❤️

  • @Twistandfly
    @Twistandfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how beautiful music can make this big Guy cry inside

  • @michelehaliche4988
    @michelehaliche4988 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merci de France et de faire connaître nos chanteurs chanteuses aux Américains.

  • @trinita1586
    @trinita1586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merci Dereck d'apprécier la vrais musique, mais le plus exceptionnel chez le regretter Blavoine est le personnage au grand coeurs qui a contribué a aidés les pauvres.

  • @mleysa1051
    @mleysa1051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Je tombe par hasard sur cette chaîne, et je retourne à mon adolescence. Cette chanson est juste sublime, et la seule reprise digne de ce nom est celle de Grégory Lemarchal. Daniel Balavoine chantait avec ses tripes et avec son coeur, c'était un homme simple qui luttait contre les injustices. C'était un chanteur aux capacités vocales incroyables. Il manque a la chanson française. Je le souviens de l'annonce de son décès, je n'y croyais pas. La reprise de Dimash , je suis désolée, certes, il a une voix, mais on voit bien qu'il ne comprends rien a ce qu'il raconte. Il se contente de réaliser une performance, il n'interprète pas.

    • @SAUCIFFLARD-mrsx
      @SAUCIFFLARD-mrsx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Et moi je retombe en enfance 😢

  • @benoitcosson7774
    @benoitcosson7774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now you listen to Daniel Balavoine and this guy in a recent guy, you HAVE TO listen to Gregory Lemar Hal singing this song.
    When you discover his profile, you will know what is emotion too with him

  • @misterabeille9603
    @misterabeille9603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i cry on this music

  • @gboboyart1088
    @gboboyart1088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many emotions

  • @caroledsd1243
    @caroledsd1243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Il nous manque. Dereck Starmania was written by Luc Plamandon and Michel Berger, France Gall's husband. You shoult also listen to "Evidemment" by France Gall, very emotional song written after Daniel's death.

    • @pascalmarfaing1690
      @pascalmarfaing1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Luc Plamadon writes really good lyrics in Starmania AND Notre-Dame de Paris.

    • @whytortureiswrong
      @whytortureiswrong 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Monsieur Le Porc Où as-tu passé la nuit ?

    • @pascalmarfaing1690
      @pascalmarfaing1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Monsieur Le Porc Attention à vos oreilles ! Le son des raves est trop fort. Tu risques de sévères acouphènes.

    • @whytortureiswrong
      @whytortureiswrong 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Monsieur Le Porc Et tu rentres à midi !

  • @martine2u
    @martine2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Best title translation I've seen: S.O.S. from an Earthling in Distress. Starmania is where Balavoine was discovered. Starmania was an enormous success when it came out in 1978. It's full of exceptional songs. Several songs are still known (SOS is one, but a couple of other songs are Le Monde est Stone (Cindy Lauper sang it in English); Le Blues du Businessman (Celine Dion sings it) ). "Besoin d'Amour" was France Gall's big success out of this Rock Opera. Personally, I love Balavoine singing Banlieue Nord and Quand on Arrive en Ville. But seriously, there are so many excellent songs in this show, it's really hard to choose one. You can familiarize yourself with it by listening to the original cast. It's unlikely you'll find many videos from that time so you're safe just listening to get familiar with it. A new version of Starmania was supposed to hit the stage in Paris in November 2021. It's been postponed, but hopefully it will happen in 2022 :-) Enjoy!

    • @martine2u
      @martine2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      BTW, if you watch Starmania, I recommend watching the 1989 version (here is one with subtitles so you get the meaning: th-cam.com/video/VKF_SqeKTYo/w-d-xo.html ). I guarantee you will be SHOCKED by what's in the plot, particularly how a successful business man becomes the president of the western world. Remember this was written in 1976. Starmania was completely visionary. A lot of the intrigue has actually come to pass. I can't wait to see how they update it in 2022...

    • @Meanne77
      @Meanne77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, I didn't know a new version of Starmania was in the work! I was lucky enough to see the 3rd rendition of it (1994 I think?) at the Mogador theatre, probably why I love this version equally with the original one :)
      To add a bit background information for @DereckReacts and the people not familiar with the musical, Starmania was adapted in English under the title "Tycoon" and this specific song, under the title "Only the very best".
      As for the story behind the song, the character Daniel was playing just lost the love of his life who died in his arms - which is why he says he's rather "be a bird". After finally meeting the person who understood him and completed him only to loose her soon after, he doesn't want to live on this planet anymore. I'm glad you were able to feel his sadness and despair in his voice even without understanding the lyrics (and the translation you had sure is wonky).

    • @valerieh84
      @valerieh84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re welcome (about the translation)

  • @arsennelupin584
    @arsennelupin584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Opera rock starmania => Quand on arrive en ville => Daniel Balavoine .. Thank's dereck for your react about "S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse" 😃👍😃

  • @cookimic980
    @cookimic980 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Perso j’adore également le version de Grégory lemarchal. Une pensée pour lui et sa famille!

  • @korrigan6698
    @korrigan6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    for me, it's the most beautiful version because you feel all the emotion and the depth of this eternal song.
    daniel balavoine sang it long before this performance (1985) and he sang it even better in my opinion and went up a lot more in the treble, but I believe that unfortunately this version cannot be found. the 1979 version is just amazing!

  • @minianwen5430
    @minianwen5430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OMG You HAVE to react to te cover with Gregory Lemarchal :) He had a so beautiful voice and he was so perfect for this song like Balavoine

  • @maryselena7768
    @maryselena7768 ปีที่แล้ว

    SOS d'un terrien en détresse Daniel Balavoine est celui qui ressent le plus fort.Merveilleuse interprétation avec cette voix haut perchée

  • @stefangrall7183
    @stefangrall7183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    J'adore cette musique !!

  • @maureennicolae2044
    @maureennicolae2044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song still makes me emotional after all those years ! A perfect song for Balavoine’s voice ! All the songs of « starmania » are masterpieces !

  • @patlydeval2453
    @patlydeval2453 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Daniel Balavoine always makes me cry. I was 12 when he passed away and i had been raised listening to his music. His voice was incredible but he also was a great character ! His death, so young, was a real tragedy. He was so concerned by the misery of our world. He was still a young singer when he came to the TV news and tell what he thought, to the president of the republic Francois Mitterand, face to face, about French youth. After that he got engaged in many projects against hunger and lack of water in Africa. He also was very implicated in the fight against racism.
    He, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Goldman were very good friends.
    Just after Daniel Balavoine passed away, Jean-Jacques Goldman was invited in a TV show to sing his current song but as he knew his friend was dead, he decided not to sing this song. He sang a song, titled "Confidentiel" that wasn't meant to be a single but it was a wonderful tribute to his friend. He changed, a little bit of the lyrics to make it more personal and it was breath-taking : th-cam.com/video/E5kquAOcBPc/w-d-xo.html

  • @sayumi66
    @sayumi66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You must listen Grégory Lemarchal version too ! Amazing !! 😍😍😍

  • @emmalaparisienne4752
    @emmalaparisienne4752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If you like D. Balavoine's voice, watch Michel Polnareff on the title Holidays. The music and the voice are exceptional. A very great French singer.

  • @qbertqbert2
    @qbertqbert2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dereck, you absolutely have to read a translation of the lyrics while listening : it'll break your heart for sure ! This is all talking about love of humanity. As a french born in the 70s, I growed up listening to Balavoine at the radio and TV, before his tragic death in 1986. :'(

  • @sadakomevoit
    @sadakomevoit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's what I was waiting for ! Tanks !

  • @StrangEngel
    @StrangEngel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So beautiful song

  • @claudiadumont2836
    @claudiadumont2836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you are totally right about the fact that this song was written for him. The composer Michel Berger was friends with Daniel Balavoine and wrote the song specificaly for his range of voice. Nobody nailed that song like him for that reason ;)

  • @Subotaï01
    @Subotaï01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The version in english by Peter Kingsberry is amazing too ! This song is incredible when performed by great artists.😉

  • @gonfreecss7215
    @gonfreecss7215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best version of this song, and because this song was written for Balavoine

  • @sonyjack6544
    @sonyjack6544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Indeed, the musical helpt his carrer a lot! This songe was in 1979 and his first great solo succes was about the same time with "le Chanteur " 1980. This musical is full of great succes here in France !

  • @papage6322
    @papage6322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hello Dereck and thank you for your particular interest in French music.
    The original version of the rock opera Starmania sung by Balavoine deeply moves the viewer.
    His voice and the intensity he puts into his interpretation is unique.
    The English version "only the very best" by Peter Kingsbery does not equal it.
    However, if you have not already listened to it, I invite you to listen to the version of the singer Grégory Lemarchal whose interpretation is overwhelming.
    Beyond the music itself and the too short career of this singer who died of cystic fibrosis, this version is even more charged with emotion ...
    A song cut out for him and for his voice where you can feel all his thirst for life despite illness.
    Try this version if you don't already know it and if you are curious, find out about the tragic trajectories of these two singers, Balavoine and Lemarchal because ironically, both died too early.

  • @christianeguerin3156
    @christianeguerin3156 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    J'adore Balavoine, c'était vraiment un excellent chanteur 💟

  • @bistredehomard2123
    @bistredehomard2123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was expecting to this for so long! Beautiful song and beautiful version! It gives me goose bump!

  • @maleboba
    @maleboba 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ce qui fait que la version de balavoine est aussi exceptionnelle c'est qu'il est auteur/compositeur etait furieusement engagé dans ses textes et aussi en tant que personne vis a vis de l'humanité , quand il chante, on le sent concerné , c'est pour cela que sa version reste la meilleure.

  • @sarraazzouz2031
    @sarraazzouz2031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The version of Gregory Lemarchal is also beatiful, specially knowing his story!

  • @lb-xq8pc
    @lb-xq8pc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Annwwww, Daniel Balavoine is my favorite singer!!

  • @zebuline23
    @zebuline23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful covers of "SOS d'un terrien en détresse" by Piet Arion and Grégory Lemarchal.
    And english versions exist with title "Only the very best" by Peter Kingsbery and Marina Kaye (session acoustique)
    Sorry for my bad englsh ! ;)

  • @annareichert4554
    @annareichert4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Almost every song of Balavoine makes me cry, I love him so much. The version of Gregory Lemarchal is also very good is you wan’t to listen to it !

  • @horrel412
    @horrel412 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for reacting to such a monument of French music !!! I’m French and this song is meaningful!!! Thanks a lot . Merci beaucoup pour cette réaction de 🇫🇷

  • @annesablon2532
    @annesablon2532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Daniel Balavoine Forever 😪
    DIMASH Forever 🤩
    Hello from Belgium 🤗

  • @manlud1628
    @manlud1628 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad Derek you promote this giant of French music. He was the best in my opinion at his time - and even now. His sudden death in January '86 has been a huge shock to me. He remains the best and he truly deserves your promotion. By the way, you're doing it great!

  • @crtstephano3862
    @crtstephano3862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    You should react to " S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse " by Gregory Lemarchal...very emotional one..

    • @heistgta
      @heistgta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nahhh

    • @mangepassion206
      @mangepassion206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      For me, the best version of this song !

    • @rowenn1729
      @rowenn1729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The best version

    • @tefanny3043
      @tefanny3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oui quand on sait qu'il était malade 😢 en Plus

    • @Micka59
      @Micka59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tefanny3043 oui son histoire est triste et c'était un très grand chanteur. Mais pas du tout au niveau de ce live non plus.

  • @ITdressage
    @ITdressage 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been binge watching you discovering French classics... And I wish I could listen to it for the very first time again too. I've grown up with it being old hits and it was pretty normal to respect it and love it, but I think I would love them more and listen to so many different details than I do today. Thank you !

  • @soleya8292
    @soleya8292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Juste Merci 🙏🏽 👍🏽

  • @firekyubi
    @firekyubi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shivers every time

  • @marievioux4335
    @marievioux4335 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merci pour ces vidéos incroyable et ces supers moments !!

  • @TheBachir12
    @TheBachir12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mister Balavoine . Big machine . The best . Starmania . The voice Balavoine

  • @dondiegodelavega8072
    @dondiegodelavega8072 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Balavoine une voix un discours un Artiste

  • @tombouchon6950
    @tombouchon6950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Grégory Lemarchal has a similar voice. You should listen to him too.

    • @obsmagician
      @obsmagician 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL, sans déconner ??? It is a joke, isn't it ?

    • @tombouchon6950
      @tombouchon6950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@obsmagician pourquoi une blague? Il a repris beaucoup de ses chansons avec succès.

    • @jimmay17
      @jimmay17 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perso je suis pas fan de Gregory Lemarchal mais sa version est, à mes yeux, meilleure que celle de balavoine !

  • @MrAnthonyTio
    @MrAnthonyTio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for this moment. There is also the version of Peter Kingsbery, "only the very best".

  • @hurelcedric2772
    @hurelcedric2772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you want to cry by listening another french singer incredible voice, you should listen to Véronique sanson... "Amoureuse" ou "Une nuit sur son épaule". One of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard...

    • @franciscouderq1100
      @franciscouderq1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veronique Samson , sure any time... “bahia”? “Une nuit sur son épaule “ yup can do nice!

  • @buchholtzmathieu1810
    @buchholtzmathieu1810 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Dereck to offer us your so emotional reaction. It's so touching.

  • @powerearth8873
    @powerearth8873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤️❤️❤️Daniel tu étais un veritable Homme avec un grand H un Rebel contre toute forme d injustices et tu etais sans concessions !et surtout UN HOMME LIBRE !!!tu nous manques trop !je sais que de la haut tu nous vois et nous entend et merci de nous avoir ouvert la voie! Nous t'aimons pour toujours !à bientôt donc après cette vie! ❤️❤️❤️Et Paix a toi !Amen🙏

  • @francoiscerou9095
    @francoiscerou9095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Je suis français et ça me touche qu'il aimes ça car c'est notre culture c'est juste Incroyable

  • @johanskorupka3888
    @johanskorupka3888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dereck, La Vie Ne M'apprend Rien Daniel Balavoine
    Thanks for your reaction !