Julien Clerc and Nicolas Peyrac, the big start

Leaving everything to live a new life: this temptation is strong and a source of fantasies. Similarly, French song is fond of these transhumances. Meanwhile, whether they aim to discover large spaces or to flee a difficult situation, as illustrated by “that Monday” by Michel Delpech. However, The twelfth match opposes Julien Clerc to Nicolas Peyrac. Similarly, The same year, the first promised to “leave”, while the second announced it: “I leave”.

Romantic singer who never says “I love you”, Julien Clerc is a special figure in variety. Consequently, Charmer in the manner of Hidalgo. Therefore, unparalleled composer, it is distinguished by sometimes complex access titles (the words of Etienne Roda-Gil are often obscure), but with stunning melodies. julien clerc nicolas peyrac, big Consequently, In 1977, he composed, on a text by Jean-Loup Dabadie, a song of escape. Nevertheless, After a slow start, reduced to a simple piano-voice, Julien Clerc escapes. Similarly, “Go, leave. Similarly, We always have a boat in our hearts, an airplane that flies away for elsewhere. But we are not on time. The strings get carried away, the brass follows, the choirs fly away. “Leaving, leaving, even far, far from the heart region. Anywhere the skin changes color. Leaving before you die. “A real deliverance. almost a matter of survival:” But it’s true, time takes us too much time, and we do not appear for any sun. And during this time, we are alive. »Pop jewelry par excellence, the song quickly established itself as a huge success. And Clerc sends a barely veiled message to Roda-Gil: the big departure, or the divorce, is imminent.

Peyrac sensitive and funny – Julien clerc nicolas peyrac, big

Nicolas Peyrac, meanwhile, dreams of a more distant escape. The fed up is felt. “I’m leaving. I draw a line, I close the suitcase: destination zagreb via Venice. I blow the candle, I draw a madness. The singer writes just words (“who can tell me how exile comes to the wanders?”) On a floating and changing melody, but heady. Peyrac lets himself be tempted by a trip without return, even if it means leaving his loved ones behind him. “I liked you, I keep your tenderness which will hold me hot when I have left. I’m too pale that dreams of moon and stars. This time I put my sails, I say “good luck” and maybe see you tomorrow. Delicious, the song becomes a standard of this sensitive and tenderly ironic artist (“and my father”).

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On the starting line, what title wins? Symbolic evocation or concrete story? The voice full of clerk or the almost resigned tone of Peyrac? The melody of “leaving”. one of the most beautiful of Julien Clerc, as well as the interpretations in concert – a real liberation – make the difference. But beware. twenty years later, Michel Sardou warned us in “Enfer and after”: “As far as we go, we leave with you. We never forget ourselves. »»