Pour La Femme Veuve Qui S'Eveille (1983) : For The Widowed Woman Who Awakens, a kind of exeprimental music, World Music. You'll like it! Very 80's: synths, etc.... A 5 minutes special song! 😉
Cette phrase m'a intrigué tellement d'années, de temps à autre quand je la réentendais... Ma copine du lycée adorait la chanson et cette ligne, et moi dans un bonheur/optimisme/naïveté à toutes épreuves (encore pas mal aujourd'hui), et alors que Balavoine a toujours été mon préféré en "variété", je n'arrivais juste pas à comprendre le sens de cette phrase, pourtant simple de mots, mais philosophiquement profonde de sens : "si l'on meurt malheureux, c'est que l'on a forcément foiré quelque part, et on ne peut alors que regretter certaines choses qui ont mené à ça". Je me suis creusé la tête vraiment pour essayer de comprendre, mais impossible le concept m'avait fait planter toute réflexion hors de ma propre logique. Une 20aine d'année plus tard, au détour de quelques malheureux évènements, cette ligne m'est revenu dans le coin de la tronche il y a 2 mois, par hasard, et là... illumination, et c'était inattendu et plutôt reboostant (comme souvent avec lui) de me prendre cette (belle) petite gifle poétique de Balavoine après coup :) (Mini passage "je raconte ma vie", pardon, mais on est dans des com youtube il n'y a quasiment qu'ici que je pouvais partager cette anecdote, plutôt longue comparé à son intérêt réel :D )
@@robbabouk302 Effectivement, phrase très intriguante et difficile à "cerner". Daniel était à sa façon un grand poète !! Des chansons souvent "tristes", mais avec des mots qui avaient de l'impact, et d'une grande profondeur.
Naivety, megalomania, cynicism, religion, death, nostalgia... in this song Balavoine draws up a personnal vision of his professionnal environnement with a touching sensivity and hindsight, a masterpiece !
Oui, un texte très critique, voir même cassant, sur la vie des chanteurs de variétés. Et le dernier couplet est très réaliste avec les rumeurs, et le come-back pour remplir la gamelle.
C'est ce qui rend sa réaction assez inintéressante, en fait. Une bonne moitié de l'appréciation de cette chanson tient au crescendo des paroles, l'emballement mélodique est en phase avec le barrage en couilles du personnage. Ce pauvre Derek devrait faire un poil plus d'efforts...
@@SCharlesDennicon pas d’accord: l’apport d’un total étranger pour appréhender de façon honnête et vierge une chanson que nous français connaissons depuis toujours est inestimable ! Ce que j’aime avec Dereck, c’est qu’il écoute TRÈS attentivement ce qui ressort GLOBALEMENT de la chanson : d’abord la musique qu’il dissèque minutieusement (et à ce sujet: les remarques sur les arrangements des songs est toujours très fin et argumenté), et ensuite la voix, et seulement la voix. Sans comprendre les paroles. Ça nous donne un avis brut sur l’interprète : ça touche l’âme, le coeur, …ou pas! Je comprends parfaitement que tout l’apport littéraire des paroles de cette chanson de Balavoine est essentiel pour nous. Mais j’aime aussi comprendre pourquoi la chanson est aussi efficace. Savoir par exemple que même sans les paroles elle est énorme. Rien que pour ça je remercie Dereck d’être né et d’avoir eu cette curiosité d’esprit d’aller regarder ce qui se faisait ailleurs qu’aux USA, et de partager ses feelings sur ce qu’il découvre. J’ai fait la démarche inverse en tant que musicien pendant très longtemps, c’est-à-dire que j’allais écouter beaucoup chez les anglo-saxons, et aujourd’hui bien plus tard, je me rends compte de la qualité de certaines des chansons françaises que j’aimais déjà, mais sans les apprécier à leur juste valeur… Vive Dereck!
You gonna love STARMANIA .. with France Gall and Daniel Balavoine .. lot of amazing songs in this show .. Continue Dereck we support you from France 👍👏😘😘
Hi Dereck ! So interesting to see how you instantly appreciated that song as somewhat of a joyful song, because of the upbeat tempo, the strong vocals, and the rich instrumentation... while the passion in this one comes from absolute desperation. This is probably one of his most tragic songs. We french are so familiar with the lyrics that we forget the genius of the contrast between the content and the music. It is a bit sad though that you can't totally grasp the beauty of his writing... you would love his work even more ! 😉
"Dieu que c'est beau beau" ( Big Hit on Radio till this day.) I love the fretless bass sound in this song and the 80's synths. "Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille"❗❗(Crazy synths ahead of its time with superb finish..)Love the african singing at the End💖.
Dereck, now you are my favorite one... I asked you to react to this song so many times... THANK YOU!!! I love this song, I love the lyrics, I love his voice.... I never heard anyone make a cover of this song, and you know why? Because he's so high all the time that nobody can sing it... A friend of mine knew him, they were friends and he still cries thinking about him... He told me he was very shy... When they were going to dance, he was always at the bar because he was afraid to dance, the girls were looking at him all the time but he was so shy he never talked to them... He was a really nice person, real, always saying what he thought even if it was not what the others were thinking... He wrote and composed this song and then became famous, after "SOS d'un terrien en détresse" written for him... When he became rich after all the beautiful songs he wrote and sang, he gave a big part of his money for Africa to create more places for water... He was engaged, nice, had lot of humility... A big lost for us... Daniel, we miss you, you're still in our heart, for ever. Thank you Derek, really... Love 😔💝
not the biggest fan of Balavoine but this one is a pure gem : composition, melody and lyrics. " I want to die miserable for have nothing to regret " Come on ! that's brilliant for a mainstream hit-song
Aahhhh ! Notre Balavoine... ♥ On l'a tellement pleuré et beaucoup le pleure encore ! Il nous manque tellement depuis toutes ces années... Je me souviens, j'étais au collège, et dès l'instant où le directeur de l'établissement a été au courant du décès tragique de Daniel Balavoine, la sonnerie a retenti alors qu'il nous restait encore 30mn de cours, et TOUT LE MONDE dans le collège/lycée est descendu dans la cours et s'est mis à chanter, pleurer, échanger... c'était émouvant et ça m'a marqué à vie ! ♥♥♥ Merci à cette chaîne TH-cam de le mettre à l'honneur comme tant d'autres ! Merci ! :)
Balavoine will remain in all memories. He was so sentient and so engaged. "Petite Angèle", "Sauver l'amour " and more and more... Ich and, of course, the songs from the Musical Starmania... Thank you Dereck!
Un non bilingue ne comprendra jamais toute la subtilité des paroles d'une chanson comme nous français on a beau lire les traductions des chansons anglaises on passe à côté des jeux de mots, du côté poétique, du phrasé, de toute la portée d'une chanson. C'est ainsi. Ne me quitte pas par exemple toutes les traductions du monde ne rendent pas justice au texte français. C'est très intéressant de voir Derek s'intéresser à l'instrumentation et la voix et après aux paroles. Si tu regardes les réacts des autres youtubeurs ils ne font même pas les efforts que fait dereck (sauf si les paroles sont inscrits directes sur la vidéo) de rechercher les paroles, quand ça a été écrit etc ils disent juste wow, belle voix et c'est tout. Dereck est de loin le plus intéressant de tous dans ce domaine.
C'est pareil pour toutes les langues, hein. Et je connais pas mal d'autres youtubeurs qui vont chercher les paroles des chansons s'ils ne comprennent pas la langue, comme avec Rammstein, par exemple. Ne pas comprendre, c'est passer à coté du meilleur, autant n'écouter que des morceaux instrumentaux.
Thank you for that reaction, Dereck. Daniel Balavoine is definitely one the most talented french artists ever. So, I won't recommend to you a song because any song you'll choose will be great anyway.
It's really interesting how this song starts with a second-degree, almost ironic tone, and progressively slips into tragic, and ever more so. The tragic and megalomaniac dream was (probably) supposed to be a mirror of his times - how worse do we stand nowadays ? This sort of lyrical construction is very reminiscent of David Bowie, to me, or La Maison Borniol by Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine.
David Bowie was not all that good in my opinion! This guy Daniel is a much better singer and I don’t understand the lyrics, but enjoy this song with much more enthusiasm than any of Bowie’s!
OMG !!! You listen This song 😍😍😍 So happy, because it's the first one I remember from him and this is so ... exactly the reality ! Thank you so much dear Derek (again) for your work of discovery and your open-mind and kindness 😍😍😍💐💐💐
Merci DERECK ! ton enthousiasme est contagieux. Daniel Balavoine était une belle personne, qui avait de magnifiques chansons que l'on a la chance d'écouter encore sur les ondes des radios françaises tant elles ont eu du succès. Thank you DERECK! your enthusiasm is contagious. Daniel Balavoine was a beautiful person, who had magnificent songs that we are lucky enough to still listen to on French radio waves because they were so successful.
What I like with your videos of those French songs I've heard thousands of time is that you make me discover things about them. I didn't really listened to music behind lyrics until now and it's crazy how any instruments you me us aware even if it is the very 1st time you are listening to a song.
"J'veux mourir malheureux pour ne rien regretter"... "I wanna die unhappy to have no regrets"... Exactly what I want and I feel... Beautiful and strong words...
Hello Dereck,i say it allways over and over again.When he sing my Soul goes crazy!!!I love love love love his voice.And the Music comes iinto.It perfekt!💝😄
Salut Dereck. Thanks, you are brigging back memories. That might be one of the first song I remember trying to sing myself. Such a hit at that time. Same with Hôtel California...
First sorry for my bad english and all my writting errors. You know Dereck, in France he's a clasical singer of our childhood, i always loved his songs and you are rigth his songs are full of energy, passion and new sounds for that time, but the most powerfull are the lyrics and the themes. He was more than a singer in our country, he chose to be the voice of the youg people to the politics and he spended a lot of time with NGO to help poor people for exemple. His life was as full of meaning and fights for the weakest, just like in his songs, he was a very good person. I'm truly happy that you discovered his work, it's diamond.
Thank you for doing this! That was so interesting watching your reaction. I mean as french people, that was pretty cool to hear about your opinion. Thank you for sharing your experience with us 😉
"He is going to give me a heart attack" ! Very happy to see Dereck appreciate this treasure of composition, instrumentation, vocalization... Try "Dieu que c'est beau" or "Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille" or "Soulève-moi" or "Petit homme mort au combat" or "Un enfant assis attend sous la pluie"...
You're hilarious and so intense. I think this is the reason I'm watching your videos. I'm getting old and when listening to old song and past hit, with you, it make it so funny. Life is a circus....let pass the clowns.
Have you also noticed the difference in tone in the voice as the singer becomes more professional in the story? I think that's a really great part of analyzing the song. At the beginning it is perfectly sung for everyone, afterwards the voice is more precise. Monsieur durand is like Monsieur jones. it's mister everyone who is having a party at his place. Thank you for appreciating this gigantic song in my opinion. Good luck to you dereck, I really appreciate your work.
First song of his (after Starmania) that was really successful. It's a fantastic song that describes the full career of a "typical" singer, from humble start to fame to decline. A perfect arc. The lyrics are like all Balavoine lyrics: in your face, strong, powerful, impossible to look away. A gem. I still know it by heart.
I LOVE your energy and as a very mediocre musician, I have to say, you have a freaking good ear and you catch the thing right away. People like you amaze me since the conservatoire and to this day. Thanks for being interested in French pop music and reviewing it so well. I send you all my good energy across the ocean. Merci !
🙏 thank you so much Deck, Daniel Balavoine is such a great artist. Thank you for sharing his music, can you try "Aimer est plus fort que d'être aimé" and the cover by "Christine and the Queen", she is amazing 🙏 thank you for your channel
Thx for your reaction, and yes, he killed it live! The other songs he killed live, where energy, words, music became one, were "Frappe avec ta tête" and "Revolucion". You´ll be surprised about these live versions of these songs!
This is actually a song he wrote on a train in 30mn 1hour tops! Considering the lecture this song is, it gives the right tone about how he felt, so basicly everything he sings in this is what he feels really
a very nice melody, a very thoughtful instrumentation, a text in "punch mode"; all with a rare "energy" at the time; the 1st hit of "Daniel Balavoine"; very deserved other titles to test: - "born to be alive" by Patrick Hernandez "video kill the radio stars" by the buggles; after this unique hit the singer became a producer of hundreds of international super mega hits "laisse moi t'aimer" 1st title by Mick Brant for the context Mick is Israeli, he learned this song in phonetics, before recording it, since he does not speak French at all
Tu écoutes cette chanson frisson direct tu ressens la musique et sa voix te pénètre sans mauvais jeu de mot 😂. Non un grand artiste et cette chanson est ma préférée
Tout simplement l'une des meilleures chansons de tous les temps, avec son côté "Supertramp". Je l'écoutait à la radio quand j'avais 10 ans, pendant que je lisai les bds "Strange"..
In 1978 , Daniel Balavoine was not successful. There is no hits , in his last records . The famous producer , Eddie Barclay wanted to fire him quicky. So , Daniel took a good pen. It was HIS LAST CHANCE. He wrote " Le Chanteur " for . . . Eddie Barclay. He sings what he wants to do , in his singer life. "Le Chanteur" is his first "tube".
He even famously said that if that track was a success, he would do Daniel a bl***j*b... So after it became a success and Daniel did his first concert, Barclay went to see him backstage, and Daniel asked him for the promised favor ^^
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What an AMAZING song I cannot stress that enough! Man was genius, what shall be my next Balovoine reaction?!!😱
Pour La Femme Veuve Qui S'Eveille (1983) : For The Widowed Woman Who Awakens, a kind of exeprimental music, World Music. You'll like it! Very 80's: synths, etc.... A 5 minutes special song! 😉
Try Vendeur de larmes !
Try Rose Laurens - Africa 1982
Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille.
Slower tempo but with synths and a bit of world music. 👌🏻
Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille.
Got in it absolutely EVERYTHING YOU LOVE, dear Dereck
"J'veux mourir malheureux, pour ne rien regretter" This line came and hit me the day he died. Tragic
Une phrase qui a du génie.
Cette phrase m'a intrigué tellement d'années, de temps à autre quand je la réentendais... Ma copine du lycée adorait la chanson et cette ligne, et moi dans un bonheur/optimisme/naïveté à toutes épreuves (encore pas mal aujourd'hui), et alors que Balavoine a toujours été mon préféré en "variété", je n'arrivais juste pas à comprendre le sens de cette phrase, pourtant simple de mots, mais philosophiquement profonde de sens : "si l'on meurt malheureux, c'est que l'on a forcément foiré quelque part, et on ne peut alors que regretter certaines choses qui ont mené à ça".
Je me suis creusé la tête vraiment pour essayer de comprendre, mais impossible le concept m'avait fait planter toute réflexion hors de ma propre logique.
Une 20aine d'année plus tard, au détour de quelques malheureux évènements, cette ligne m'est revenu dans le coin de la tronche il y a 2 mois, par hasard, et là... illumination, et c'était inattendu et plutôt reboostant (comme souvent avec lui) de me prendre cette (belle) petite gifle poétique de Balavoine après coup :)
(Mini passage "je raconte ma vie", pardon, mais on est dans des com youtube il n'y a quasiment qu'ici que je pouvais partager cette anecdote, plutôt longue comparé à son intérêt réel :D )
@@robbabouk302
Effectivement, phrase très intriguante et difficile à "cerner".
Daniel était à sa façon un grand poète !!
Des chansons souvent "tristes", mais avec des mots qui avaient de l'impact, et d'une grande profondeur.
@@robbabouk302 Moi je l'avais tout de suite comprise. Peut-être parce que je suis quelqu'un de triste ?
Balavoine Airwolf 🥴
Naivety, megalomania, cynicism, religion, death, nostalgia... in this song Balavoine draws up a personnal vision of his professionnal environnement with a touching sensivity and hindsight, a masterpiece !
The lyrics are the best thing in That song, expecially the end!!
Définitivement.
Oui, un texte très critique, voir même cassant, sur la vie des chanteurs de variétés. Et le dernier couplet est très réaliste avec les rumeurs, et le come-back pour remplir la gamelle.
Ah, si seulement il avait la traduction des paroles en même temps… s’il avait réalisé ce qui se passait dans le dernier couplet.
La puissance de cette chanson ! à la fin on en prend la tête , on est intimidé par l'escalade des paroles !
C'est ce qui rend sa réaction assez inintéressante, en fait. Une bonne moitié de l'appréciation de cette chanson tient au crescendo des paroles, l'emballement mélodique est en phase avec le barrage en couilles du personnage. Ce pauvre Derek devrait faire un poil plus d'efforts...
@@SCharlesDennicon pas d’accord: l’apport d’un total étranger pour appréhender de façon honnête et vierge une chanson que nous français connaissons depuis toujours est inestimable ! Ce que j’aime avec Dereck, c’est qu’il écoute TRÈS attentivement ce qui ressort GLOBALEMENT de la chanson : d’abord la musique qu’il dissèque minutieusement (et à ce sujet: les remarques sur les arrangements des songs est toujours très fin et argumenté), et ensuite la voix, et seulement la voix. Sans comprendre les paroles. Ça nous donne un avis brut sur l’interprète : ça touche l’âme, le coeur, …ou pas!
Je comprends parfaitement que tout l’apport littéraire des paroles de cette chanson de Balavoine est essentiel pour nous. Mais j’aime aussi comprendre pourquoi la chanson est aussi efficace. Savoir par exemple que même sans les paroles elle est énorme. Rien que pour ça je remercie Dereck d’être né et d’avoir eu cette curiosité d’esprit d’aller regarder ce qui se faisait ailleurs qu’aux USA, et de partager ses feelings sur ce qu’il découvre. J’ai fait la démarche inverse en tant que musicien pendant très longtemps, c’est-à-dire que j’allais écouter beaucoup chez les anglo-saxons, et aujourd’hui bien plus tard, je me rends compte de la qualité de certaines des chansons françaises que j’aimais déjà, mais sans les apprécier à leur juste valeur… Vive Dereck!
@@adamborgia J’adhère, On est tous des DERECK à un moment quand on écoute une chanson dans une langue étrangère à la notre.
C'est ce qui a séduit le publique à l'époque, une musique au commencement très original et surtout des paroles très osées.
This song has everything: tune, emotions, build up, and of course those lyrics !
Celle là elle donne toujours des frissons
You gonna love STARMANIA .. with France Gall and Daniel Balavoine .. lot of amazing songs in this show .. Continue Dereck we support you from France 👍👏😘😘
La plus belle voix de tout les temps qu est ce que Daniel nous manque❤
Hi Dereck !
So interesting to see how you instantly appreciated that song as somewhat of a joyful song, because of the upbeat tempo, the strong vocals, and the rich instrumentation... while the passion in this one comes from absolute desperation.
This is probably one of his most tragic songs. We french are so familiar with the lyrics that we forget the genius of the contrast between the content and the music.
It is a bit sad though that you can't totally grasp the beauty of his writing... you would love his work even more ! 😉
Fake discovery
"Dieu que c'est beau beau" ( Big Hit on Radio till this day.) I love the fretless bass sound in this song and the 80's synths.
"Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille"❗❗(Crazy synths ahead of its time with superb finish..)Love the african singing at the End💖.
Lipstick polychrom !
C'est le moment idéal pour enchaîner avec Michel Delpech - Quand j'étais Chanteur.
Ou le chasseur 🤣
C'est tellement bien Delpech.
tu me piques mon commentaire, mais je le rajoute...
comme ''les divorces ''et ''mon fils ma bataille ''
incroyable. ..
Que des vieux chanteurs et ringards quoi comme d'habitude!
Une de mes chansons favorites mais sans la compréhension des paroles, je ne pense pas que Delpech soit pleinement appréciable par les anglophones
your enthusiasm is so refreshing and your smile contagious 😊✨
Absolutly !
@@AlbertNonime 😊
Dereck, now you are my favorite one... I asked you to react to this song so many times... THANK YOU!!! I love this song, I love the lyrics, I love his voice.... I never heard anyone make a cover of this song, and you know why? Because he's so high all the time that nobody can sing it... A friend of mine knew him, they were friends and he still cries thinking about him... He told me he was very shy... When they were going to dance, he was always at the bar because he was afraid to dance, the girls were looking at him all the time but he was so shy he never talked to them... He was a really nice person, real, always saying what he thought even if it was not what the others were thinking... He wrote and composed this song and then became famous, after "SOS d'un terrien en détresse" written for him... When he became rich after all the beautiful songs he wrote and sang, he gave a big part of his money for Africa to create more places for water... He was engaged, nice, had lot of humility... A big lost for us... Daniel, we miss you, you're still in our heart, for ever. Thank you Derek, really... Love 😔💝
th-cam.com/video/aD31V1DHC6o/w-d-xo.html
The link to see the song with him singing... Big hug
Chimene Badi did a cover
@@lidypeters1813 and also Anne Sila in November, an amazing one, just a pure cover 😉
@@isabelledrevet5913 Thank you!
My favorite. "i want to die sad to regret nothing" is one of the most powerfull line i've ever heard in a song
It’s very touching to hear you comment on these 80s french songs. Very emotional for those of us you grew up with them. Thank you.
not the biggest fan of Balavoine but this one is a pure gem : composition, melody and lyrics. " I want to die miserable for have nothing to regret " Come on ! that's brilliant for a mainstream hit-song
A thousand times thanks! As a French speaker, I am rediscovering and appreciating French music. Super awesome videos. Merci beaucoup!
It has been your reactions to Daniel Balavoine’s songs that brought me to your channel. Love Daniel! He is so good! I am a fan. Thanks Dereck!
100% bananas song !!!! :-) yes
Greeting from France
And thanks for this song Dereck !
"j'veux mourir malheureux pour ne rien regretter"... nice lyrics
So true! I feel the same...
Avec cette phrase, tout est dit.
C'est un condensé de la condition humaine de mon point de vue... magnifique et tragique
@@MrFroggy29 Yup.
C'est divin de regarder Dereck réagir à Daniel Balavoine... Toujours un régal... 😻😅👏👏👏👍
My favourite song of daniel balavoine, thank you so much dereck !!!
Aahhhh ! Notre Balavoine... ♥ On l'a tellement pleuré et beaucoup le pleure encore ! Il nous manque tellement depuis toutes ces années... Je me souviens, j'étais au collège, et dès l'instant où le directeur de l'établissement a été au courant du décès tragique de Daniel Balavoine, la sonnerie a retenti alors qu'il nous restait encore 30mn de cours, et TOUT LE MONDE dans le collège/lycée est descendu dans la cours et s'est mis à chanter, pleurer, échanger... c'était émouvant et ça m'a marqué à vie ! ♥♥♥ Merci à cette chaîne TH-cam de le mettre à l'honneur comme tant d'autres ! Merci ! :)
La première fois que je l'ai entendu à la radio je suis tombé amoureux. C'est toujours pareil. Il y a.... A long long Time 😜♥️🎹
When I was young, I used to listen this song again and again. Yes.
The best channel ever ! 👍👌 With the best songs ! Thanks for your work 🙏 Kisses from France 😘
Best lyrics ever, there's everything !
This one blows my mind, I live in france, and I often listen to that kind of song.
Balavoine will remain in all memories. He was so sentient and so engaged. "Petite Angèle", "Sauver l'amour " and more and more... Ich and, of course, the songs from the Musical Starmania... Thank you Dereck!
Un non bilingue ne comprendra jamais toute la subtilité des paroles d'une chanson comme nous français on a beau lire les traductions des chansons anglaises on passe à côté des jeux de mots, du côté poétique, du phrasé, de toute la portée d'une chanson. C'est ainsi. Ne me quitte pas par exemple toutes les traductions du monde ne rendent pas justice au texte français. C'est très intéressant de voir Derek s'intéresser à l'instrumentation et la voix et après aux paroles. Si tu regardes les réacts des autres youtubeurs ils ne font même pas les efforts que fait dereck (sauf si les paroles sont inscrits directes sur la vidéo) de rechercher les paroles, quand ça a été écrit etc ils disent juste wow, belle voix et c'est tout. Dereck est de loin le plus intéressant de tous dans ce domaine.
C'est pareil pour toutes les langues, hein. Et je connais pas mal d'autres youtubeurs qui vont chercher les paroles des chansons s'ils ne comprennent pas la langue, comme avec Rammstein, par exemple. Ne pas comprendre, c'est passer à coté du meilleur, autant n'écouter que des morceaux instrumentaux.
Balavoine: "dieu que c'est beau"!!!
You've been as catch as we've been ! a incredible crescendo ! one of the most famous french songs :)
Thank you for that reaction, Dereck. Daniel Balavoine is definitely one the most talented french artists ever. So, I won't recommend to you a song because any song you'll choose will be great anyway.
It's really interesting how this song starts with a second-degree, almost ironic tone, and progressively slips into tragic, and ever more so. The tragic and megalomaniac dream was (probably) supposed to be a mirror of his times - how worse do we stand nowadays ? This sort of lyrical construction is very reminiscent of David Bowie, to me, or La Maison Borniol by Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine.
David Bowie was not all that good in my opinion! This guy Daniel is a much better singer and I don’t understand the lyrics, but enjoy this song with much more enthusiasm than any of Bowie’s!
I was so carried away by your enthusiasm, your reactions, that I watched the video twice.😜😲😁👍
De la part d un français , merci à toi 👍 ma chanson favorite .
From France thk you 👍. My favorite sing .
You're a 1st class analyst. When you talk about a song I don't press forward, your input is always on point
The best song of Daniel Balavoine 😍
Cette chanson est juste incroyable, je me rappelle quand j'étais gamine, elle me mettait en trance.
OMG !!! You listen This song 😍😍😍 So happy, because it's the first one I remember from him and this is so ... exactly the reality ! Thank you so much dear Derek (again) for your work of discovery and your open-mind and kindness 😍😍😍💐💐💐
More of Daniel Balavoine:
Quand on arrive en ville
Lady Marlène
Yes and les oiseaux partie 1 & partie 2
Lettre à Marie, Petite Angèle, Me laisse pas m'en aller, Viens danser... Et tant d'autres.
all the album " Simon and gunther" it's all about Berlin after 39/45
Now you are ready for starmania. A french musical with michel Berger on writing and daniel balavoine on lead role. It's gonna blow your mind
Fantastic work dereck.I love your Channel .a channel off a true passionate guy.keep it going.
Merci de me faire écouter toutes ces chansons que j avais fini par oublier.
fabuleux Daniel Balavoine !!!!
Thx, The lyrics, the story are really great French song. Just, deep, shiny, Finally!
Merci DERECK ! ton enthousiasme est contagieux. Daniel Balavoine était une belle personne, qui avait de magnifiques chansons que l'on a la chance d'écouter encore sur les ondes des radios françaises tant elles ont eu du succès. Thank you DERECK! your enthusiasm is contagious. Daniel Balavoine was a beautiful person, who had magnificent songs that we are lucky enough to still listen to on French radio waves because they were so successful.
What I like with your videos of those French songs I've heard thousands of time is that you make me discover things about them.
I didn't really listened to music behind lyrics until now and it's crazy how any instruments you me us aware even if it is the very 1st time you are listening to a song.
"J'veux mourir malheureux pour ne rien regretter"... "I wanna die unhappy to have no regrets"... Exactly what I want and I feel... Beautiful and strong words...
Just be happy.
Hello Dereck,i say it allways over and over again.When he sing my Soul goes crazy!!!I love love love love his voice.And the Music comes iinto.It perfekt!💝😄
my god !! so much love for this men !!!! always in our hearts
He was one of the greatest French lyricist, composer, performer. Some of his titles bring tears to your eyes!
Thank you !
AHHHHH FINALLYYYYYY, thank you, I kept waiting for that song, it's also 1 of my fav songs from him
Balavoine etait un révolutionnaire dans tous les sens du terme:
Les paroles,la musique,le talent du chanteur etc...
Daniel Balavoine legend
Daniel Balavoine is an icon of France, everyone know who is the KING of the French music
Balavoine was my favorite when I was a young girl…. I love this song ♥️
Salut Dereck. Thanks, you are brigging back memories. That might be one of the first song I remember trying to sing myself. Such a hit at that time. Same with Hôtel California...
Sortie en pleine époque Disco, ce titre a marché dans les radio et les hits parades. Assez exceptionnel, comme ça riche carrière de... Chanteur !!!
Finally !! OMG, i'm so happy you reacted to its first solo hit in France. So much sense, so much emotion... French Legend
First sorry for my bad english and all my writting errors. You know Dereck, in France he's a clasical singer of our childhood, i always loved his songs and you are rigth his songs are full of energy, passion and new sounds for that time, but the most powerfull are the lyrics and the themes.
He was more than a singer in our country, he chose to be the voice of the youg people to the politics and he spended a lot of time with NGO to help poor people for exemple. His life was as full of meaning and fights for the weakest, just like in his songs, he was a very good person. I'm truly happy that you discovered his work, it's diamond.
Merci Dereck tu es génial...hello from France
What an incredible moment !
Thank you for doing this! That was so interesting watching your reaction. I mean as french people, that was pretty cool to hear about your opinion. Thank you for sharing your experience with us 😉
Wonderful Daniel ❤
"He is going to give me a heart attack" ! Very happy to see Dereck appreciate this treasure of composition, instrumentation, vocalization... Try "Dieu que c'est beau" or "Pour la femme veuve qui s'éveille" or "Soulève-moi" or "Petit homme mort au combat" or "Un enfant assis attend sous la pluie"...
I want to die unhappy so as not to regret anything..
wouah !!! Daniel Balavoine 🥺🫶👏
Oh yes absolutly right... Balavoine is emotionnal...this is the song that allowed him to be famous : 1979
You're hilarious and so intense. I think this is the reason I'm watching your videos. I'm getting old and when listening to old song and past hit, with you, it make it so funny. Life is a circus....let pass the clowns.
We told you it's a masterpiece ^^
All the song off Daniel Balavoine are a real stories who make u feel so much different emotions
Have you also noticed the difference in tone in the voice as the singer becomes more professional in the story?
I think that's a really great part of analyzing the song.
At the beginning it is perfectly sung for everyone, afterwards the voice is more precise.
Monsieur durand is like Monsieur jones. it's mister everyone who is having a party at his place.
Thank you for appreciating this gigantic song in my opinion.
Good luck to you dereck, I really appreciate your work.
T'es le meilleur Dereck!!!
First song of his (after Starmania) that was really successful. It's a fantastic song that describes the full career of a "typical" singer, from humble start to fame to decline. A perfect arc. The lyrics are like all Balavoine lyrics: in your face, strong, powerful, impossible to look away. A gem. I still know it by heart.
YES ! You dit it Dereck, my favorite track from Daniel with " Tous les cris les SOS " . I love you Hermano :)
I LOVE your energy and as a very mediocre musician, I have to say, you have a freaking good ear and you catch the thing right away.
People like you amaze me since the conservatoire and to this day.
Thanks for being interested in French pop music and reviewing it so well.
I send you all my good energy across the ocean.
Merci !
Daniel Balavoine - Dieu que c'est beau!!
You'll go bananas
Magnifique Daniel ! Merci Dereck
Lucie, a beautiful song by Daniel Balavoine amazing voice
a song that we still listen to with happiness and enthusiasm. the words are crying out for truth.
"petit homme mort au combat" a powerful song too
“SOS d’un terrien en détresse » from Starmania... Crazy vocal ranges on this one!!!
Pure Genious
I love your reactions dear Dereck really you're so cute 🥰🥰😊😁
daniel balavoine is the greatest french voice ever, and the lyrics are amazing...
The most beautiful, emotional, sad song of Balavoine is: "Partir avant les miens".
It is not the most famous, but it is just beautiful.
🙏 thank you so much Deck, Daniel Balavoine is such a great artist.
Thank you for sharing his music, can you try "Aimer est plus fort que d'être aimé" and the cover by "Christine and the Queen", she is amazing 🙏 thank you for your channel
Chanté dans les années 80, les paroles très osées. J’ai adoré à sa sortie. Il me manque 🥲
I live your react..
I'm french .sorry for my english..
This is our star..,die too late for us...
Daniel Balavoine nous manque, surtout en cette période sombre
C est clair qu on cherche des artistes avec des couilles mais y en a plus 😔😔😔
Thx for your reaction, and yes, he killed it live! The other songs he killed live, where energy, words, music became one, were "Frappe avec ta tête" and "Revolucion". You´ll be surprised about these live versions of these songs!
Revolucion donne des frissons !!
@@franckgrandis4354 Oh oui!!!!
This is actually a song he wrote on a train in 30mn 1hour tops!
Considering the lecture this song is, it gives the right tone about how he felt, so basicly everything he sings in this is what he feels really
a very nice melody, a very thoughtful instrumentation, a text in "punch mode"; all with a rare "energy" at the time;
the 1st hit of "Daniel Balavoine"; very deserved
other titles to test:
- "born to be alive" by Patrick Hernandez
"video kill the radio stars" by the buggles; after this unique hit the singer became a producer of hundreds of international super mega hits
"laisse moi t'aimer" 1st title by Mick Brant for the context Mick is Israeli, he learned this song in phonetics, before recording it, since he does not speak French at all
L'intensité de ce titre!
Tu écoutes cette chanson frisson direct tu ressens la musique et sa voix te pénètre sans mauvais jeu de mot 😂. Non un grand artiste et cette chanson est ma préférée
Daniel Balavoine is the best ❤❤❤
Une super analyse
masterpiece!!!
Je trouve que Dereck aime beaucoup les chanteuses et chanteurs français 😊
Tout simplement l'une des meilleures chansons de tous les temps, avec son côté "Supertramp".
Je l'écoutait à la radio quand j'avais 10 ans, pendant que je lisai les bds "Strange"..
In 1978 , Daniel Balavoine was not successful. There is no hits , in his last records . The famous producer , Eddie Barclay wanted to fire him quicky. So , Daniel took a good pen. It was HIS LAST CHANCE. He wrote " Le Chanteur " for . . . Eddie Barclay. He sings what he wants to do , in his singer life. "Le Chanteur" is his first "tube".
He even famously said that if that track was a success, he would do Daniel a bl***j*b...
So after it became a success and Daniel did his first concert, Barclay went to see him backstage, and Daniel asked him for the promised favor ^^
@@stephanewantiez164 :-)