INTERVIEW
A duet album with a five-star cast: this is what Julien Clerc decided to offer his fans to celebrate his 50-year career. Invited Media Culture , Friday morning, on Europe 1, the singer spoke about the creation of this album, Duos , which comes Friday. But why wait so long to make an album with several voices? "At one time, I was offered it, but there were a lot of duet albums, I did not know how to find my place, there I spent time, I thought about it. meaning artistically, "he says.
A desire for "strong voice signatures"
For the occasion, Julien Clerc surrounded himself with twelve artists with varied profiles to revisit his repertoire: Carla Bruni, Francis Cabrel, Calogero, Philippe Katerine, Sandrine Kiberlain, Maxime Le Forestier, Christophe Mae, Florent Pagny, Soprano, Vanille girl, Vianney and Zaz. "I made two columns," he tells the microphone of Philippe Vandel. "There was the column of songs that I call 'unavoidable', which from one turn to another, never leave this list, and for the artists, strong vocal signatures and people I admire work at the same time. "
" Suffer by you , the only one to propose to Francis Cabrel "Among these songs is Souffrir par toi , sung here in duet with Francis Cabrel. A title that is not among his best known. "It seemed to me to be the only song that Francis had to offer, I did not see any other songs he could sing and he would have agreed to sing, I called him because he does not do that. I told him, 'Would you like to sing with me?' He told me, very gently: 'It should not be too complicated' "laughs Julien Clerc taking again the terms of the one he considers a" friend ".