Alexis Patri 3:30 p.m., January 30, 2022
The former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy was Sunday the guest of Didier Barbelivien on Europe 1 in the program "Tell me what you sing".
The politician recounts in particular his love of music and its great figures, a popular art which he also considers to be a major art which he would like to see more represented at the Academy.
INTERVIEW
Guest Sunday of the emission of Didier Barbelivien
Tell me what you sing
, Nicolas Sarkozy lends itself to the game of the selection of five songs which resonate with its course and its values.
Among the five titles retained by the former President of the Republic, we find
They fell
, by Charles Aznavour.
A powerful song on the Armenian genocide which allows Nicolas Sarkozy to proclaim his love of music.
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"Music, song, is a major art," he said at the microphone of Europe 1, after listening to this song.
"It's an art that is capable of totally carrying you away. To disregard all the troubles, all the worries, all the clouds, all the misfortunes, all the suffering. The song is three minutes of imported and real happiness."
“Someone capable of writing
They fell
is someone of extraordinary quality”
And Nicolas Sarkozy would like this major art to be more recognized by a major French cultural institution.
"I think it's a big mistake that there isn't always an author, a singer, a composer at the French Academy," he laments.
"I told someone I really like, the academician Hélène Carrère d'Encausse. Charles Aznavour, Charles Trenet, and Georges Brassens, who was an anarchist, had their place in the French Academy. Today Today, an Alain Souchon and a Francis Cabrel would have their place there."
For the former President of the Republic, the reason for such recognition is simple: "You cannot tell me, after listening to these songs, that they do not defend the French language", he decides.
Nicolas Sarkozy continues his demonstration by focusing on the example of Charles Aznavour.
"Someone who is capable of writing
They've fallen
,
La mamma
or
Retiens la nuit
, because he's the one who wrote it, is someone of extraordinary quality. And who remains popular, it is to say understandable by the public", he preaches.
"The public understands the suffering of the riders of the Tour de France. The public understands what is at stake in a football match. And the public understands the quality of an author and a singer like Charles Aznavour."