Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou │ FIRST TIME HEARING!

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[@MartinWeng]

Love Lara ❤
Love from Denmark ❤

[@ericsicard910]

More information on Lara Fabian:
Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Aretha, Shirley Bassey, Lisa Fischer, ....
In my personal opinion, she is even the best.
There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 10,000+ attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register.
So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence:
• she speaks 2 languages natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total
• she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for 200+ songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music, and is at the source of the melodic line.
• she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none
• she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens.
A quick background on her and her career:
She is belgian, her father is flemish and grand mother on father side is dutch, but she also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( the father of her mother is from Detroit). She had been raised in Sicilia first for 7 years then in Belgium so she speaks both italian and french as native languages.
She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today. She only moved away from opera to pop because she is first and foremost a songwriter.
After her Eurovision participation in 1988 (4th), she really started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada.
She had been living for years in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship. She moved to Sicilia end of 2022.
She became very famous in Quebec in the early 90s with several double platine records and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music).
In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and was number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US.
This concert is legendary, packed with masterpieces (covered by many great vocalists later on).
But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan.
She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance.
She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then.
Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban (they are friends and he told she is a role model for him), Linda Eder, …
With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there.
Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her.
She is Dimash's idol:
• I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep.
• He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara.
Out of my mind I can list:
○ Adagio (She wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Mademoiselle Hyde (she wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Love of Tired Swans (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version)
○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know")
• She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love".
• And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva).
• Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida.
Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara.
Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it.
Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration (singers from every region in the world: from China and Taiwan, to Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Netherlands, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Central Africa, …)
○ Floor Jansen (Adagio),
○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime),
○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie),
○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow),
○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace),
○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow),
○ Charice Penpengco (Adagio),
○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow),
○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow),
○ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Adagio),
○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime),
○ Forestella (Je suis Malade),
○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow),
○ Gigi de Lana (Broken Vow)
○ Julie Anne san Jose (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know),
○ Il Divo (Adagio)
○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you),
○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow)
○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso),
○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie),
○ Harrison Craig (Broken Vow),
○ Amir (Je t’aime),
○ Pauline Aguirre (Adagio)),
○ George Peris (Broken Vow, Humana),
○ Vitas (Adagio),
○ Wanessa Camargo (Love by Grace),
○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio),
○ Jeck (Je T’Aime),
○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio),
○ Anne Sila (pas sans toi, Tu es mon autre),
○ The Canadian Tenors (Adagio),
○ Anna Eriksson (Je suis malade),
○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade),
○ Soprano Turetsky band (Adagio),
○ Sarah Naura Irbah (Mademoiselle Hyde),
○ Elisabetta Rinaldi (Adagio),
○ Alyona Yarushina (Adagio),
○ Marie Payet (Pas sans toi),
○ Laurh (Immortelle),
○ Inger Lise Hope (Adagio),
○ Håkon Sønsterud Tollefsrød (Broken Vow),
○ Flora Tandi (Bambina),
○ Cindy Chao (Yeliel My Angel),
○ Majda Roumi (Adagio),
○ Abraham Mateo (Adagio),
○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Russel Watson (Adagio),
○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you)
○ Annointed (Love by Grace),
○ Sevara Nazarkhan (Je t’aime)
○ ....
NB: Lara did cover Caruso , Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version.
Today, Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature.
In June 2022, she kicked off a WW tour and stunned her fans once again with 5 magical concerts in Canada. She completed the europe part in September/October 2022 and I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was again spectacular.
On April, May, June 2023 she had again some wonderful concerts in Tbilissi, Georgia, then in Ouzbekhistan, Kazakhstan, Romania.
She is about to release a new album and just completed another popular tour in eastern europe (Czech Republic, Moldavia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkiye, Hungary) and in Canada in april-june 2024. She also appeared as a guest in some big events such as Hauser’s concert in Royal Albert Hall (May 9th 2024). Then, after some rest and a few TV Shows, she will tour France in 2025.
The first song of her new album (titled "Ta Peine" - Your Sorrow) was released late January 2024 and is a success in France. The second “Je t’ai cherché”(I looked for you) was released early october 2024, another success! Her album is expected to be released in on Nov 29.
Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.

[@MichaelReiter]

That's what I call an amazing performance. Lara is one of my favorite singers. Not only does she have a fantastic voice, what really sets her apart is the passion, conviction and sincerity with which she sings. Johnny held back here because he wanted Lara to shine. I can understand if such a performance is over the top for some people, but I like it theatrical.
The title means "Requiem for a madman". A requiem is a mass for a dead person or a musical service or composition in honor of the dead.
The rain was real BTW.
Eric Sicard will give you more information about Johnny and this duet. I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@EchoesOfEmotionReact]

That is impressive, I cannot imagine how he must sound going all out😲 Loved this so much thank you again for this one🤗🙏🏼

[@raquelra5878]

👸🏼 Lara! 🤎 This duet is just explosive! 💥

[@ericsicard910]

Ok I will try to give the full context:
• Johnny :
The most admired singer in France from early 60s to 2017 when he died.
He is the Elvis of France, sold more than 110M records WW. His concerts were huge!
To give you an idea on how big he was in the french music history, just 3 anecdotes:
1. As a teenager, he was mentored by Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour themselves !
2. He was the first one who gave his chance to a young guitarist and his band, as a supporting act to his concerts during his 1966 tour. Name of the band: the Jimi Hendrix Experience!
3. When he died in 2017, there were national funerals, with hundred of bikers on the Champs-Elysees, 1 million people long the path of the funeral procession. And this song was played when the coffin penetrated in the church.
Johnny was a real vocal powerhouse, but for this concert , in this last night, best perf, the mics were balanced in favor of Lara: he wanted her to shine and found this gave more drama to the duet.
• The song:
this is an anthem song for him, that he used to sing alone. This was turned into a duet for Lara.
The story of the song was created in reference to a very famous old french classic movie: Le Jour se Leve (1939) where the main character is barricaded and surrounded by the police, having killed a bad man who was his rival in love affairs.
Here it becomes more a « Bonnie and Clyde » scene where the main character and her girlfriend are defying the police.
• The venue/event:
Johnny’s concerts in Stade de France ( biggest stadium in Paris and France) in front of min 80,000. Lara was one of the surprise special guest.
They were supposed to perform it 3 times in a row on September 1998 (4th, 5th and 6th).
The first night on the 4th, it was deluge of rain, the scene was outdoor, it was risky and they decided at the last minute, with the crowd in the stadium, to postpone it to Sep 11th . Johnny was devastated.
The second night and the third night the weather was fine enough. There were 200+ musicians and 150+ chorists on stage. The orchestra and choir setup was amazing, the choir especially which was distributed on huge stairs climbing to the sky.
But the night of 11th, the rain was here again. Johnny absolutely refused to cancel this time.
This is this Sep 11th show that you just watched and the rein just added some dramatic effect to the whole performance. The orchestra was located under a tent. The choir was grouped on the floor and on some balconies (not on stairs anymore obviously)
• Lara:
she was at the beginning of her career in France and this performance became legendary and accelerated her fame there. She was just starting to be known in France when, in February 1998, she performed this song in duet with Johnny for Les Enfoires, the most attended France TV Show of each year.
Johnny was so surprised and amazed by Lara performance that he decided to do this song again as a duet with her for the 3 big concerts a few months later. In between February and September, the album Pure from Lara had become an absolute mega hit in France, and Lara was already a star.
But this live performance where she performs as a surprise guest definitely extended her fame and she got new fans across the entire country.
This duet has become legendary and iconic in France, there is still at least one TV show every month coming back on this duet and exposing the behind-the-scenes moments.

[@ericsicard910]

Here is a short list of suggestions to start a journey with Lara (I said short because she wrote or co-wrote 200+ songs in 4 languages)
• Adagio (english version) : th-cam.com/video/bqoS-KOLV_4/w-d-xo.html (covered among others by Dimash, Floor Jansen, Dame Shirley Bassey, Il Divo)
• You are not from here (english): th-cam.com/video/Vv8XFXKXRLI/w-d-xo.html
• Broken Vow (english): th-cam.com/video/kJBGCI8aSE4/w-d-xo.html ( Covered by Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Linda Eder, Gigi de Lana, Almira (4th impact), Morissette Amon, Katrina Velarde, Regine Velasquez, Cakra Khan, Jackie Evancho, Harrison Craig, ...)
• I guess I loved you (english): th-cam.com/video/EwI-HIfSyqU/w-d-xo.html
• Je t'aime (french): th-cam.com/video/b7medSoc2fA/w-d-xo.html (covered by Polina Gagarina, Amir, Giulia Falcone, …)
• I am A-WA (english):
th-cam.com/video/mKLdLox918A/w-d-xo.html
• Tu es mon autre (French, duet with Maurane):
th-cam.com/video/kfQbUMZXhAE/w-d-xo.html
• Si tu m’aimes (French):
th-cam.com/video/Wg-Zv9cWuDE/w-d-xo.html
• Pas sans toi (French):
th-cam.com/video/H12LGDnl6pI/w-d-xo.html
• Par Amour (French):
th-cam.com/video/rjrTd8VeP64/w-d-xo.html
• Llora (Spanish):
th-cam.com/video/8Fh35Foo9CA/w-d-xo.html
• Dites-moi pourquoi je l’aime (French):
th-cam.com/video/-85T-iR7dfc/w-d-xo.html
• Tout (French): th-cam.com/video/XYBNk6dgpgQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dklL5InGnOLdiAG2
• Bambina (French): th-cam.com/video/gyG-7TuZCFk/w-d-xo.html
• Mademoiselle Hyde (English):
th-cam.com/video/SZm-lhuSyI4/w-d-xo.html (covered by Dimash)
• Je t’ai cherché (French): th-cam.com/video/3TMHuCILML0/w-d-xo.html
• Ta Peine (French):
th-cam.com/video/wFYwtIL95wk/w-d-xo.html
• Quedate (Spanish):
th-cam.com/video/cX0CPdBV75E/w-d-xo.html
Original songs but she didn’t write these:
• For Always, Duet with Josh Groban (Soundtrack of Spielberg’s A.I. movie, english):
th-cam.com/video/V4dttmn3ppU/w-d-xo.html
• I will love again (english):
th-cam.com/video/RuNPZwN13Q0/w-d-xo.html

When she covers a song, she often makes it her own.
Some amazing covers she made:
• Je suis malade (french, song from Serge Lama): th-cam.com/video/eHSyk4SGtuY/w-d-xo.html ( her version was covered by Forestella, Giulia Falcone, …)
• Caruso (italian, song from Lucio Dalla): th-cam.com/video/BP2KnLemT78/w-d-xo.html
• Perdere L'Amore (italian, song from Massimo Ranieri): th-cam.com/video/mcmhCfH9OfQ/w-d-xo.html
• Yentl Medley (Papa can you hear me + A piece of sky, chained , cover of her idol Barbra Streisand, english): th-cam.com/video/zW8lalHMwxk/w-d-xo.html
• I will always love you (cover of Dolly Parton / Whitney Houston, english): th-cam.com/video/4f-wx-ue89U/w-d-xo.html
• Love by grace (cover of Wynona Judd, english):
th-cam.com/video/8V0pGXZxxzE/w-d-xo.html (her version was covered by Gabriel Henrique)
• Calling You (cover of Jevetta Steele, english):
th-cam.com/video/KkfXEb_VyLM/w-d-xo.html
• Voir un ami pleurer (cover of Jacques Brel, french): th-cam.com/video/TEnJu1Dthvs/w-d-xo.html
• Quand on n’a que l’amour (cover of Jacques Brel, french): th-cam.com/video/rW7iusDbYjY/w-d-xo.html
Also a few famous duets:
• Requiem pour un fou (with Johnny Hallyday, french) :
th-cam.com/video/zR1rkt_0biA/w-d-xo.html
• The Prayer (with Michael Bolton, english):
th-cam.com/video/M__6PFD1YEw/w-d-xo.html
• La Solitudine (with Laura Pausini, italian):
th-cam.com/video/Bgv-jUZH60w/w-d-xo.html
• Il y a (with Isabelle Boulay, french): th-cam.com/video/F61JEarOwuo/w-d-xo.html
• Et maintenant (with Florent Pagny, french):
th-cam.com/video/Mi0E0pLLxf0/w-d-xo.html
And her famous trio:
• Ti Amo Cosi (with Dimash and Aida Garafulina, italian):
th-cam.com/video/XaQFfqC3lnU/w-d-xo.html