From his southern origins. Consequently, Vincent Fernandel has retained a touch of garlic accent and a benevolent faconde. Therefore, Director. In addition, photographer, actor, theater teacher, writer and storyteller, the grandson of the unforgettable Don Camillo has become a music producer to resuscitate the work of his father, Franck Fernandel. Nevertheless, He has just come out It’s you my dolce vita (1). Moreover, an album of 23 remastered titles which finally does justice to the crooner Disappeared in 2011.
This album is neither the reissue of a 33-tours nor a compilation?
Indeed. For example, It is an original album bringing together titles released between 1971 and 1979, never reissued since. In addition, Encouraged by Arnaud Dumont Lhotelain. Nevertheless, CEO of music & solutions, I spent four years centralize the rights, to find the masters then restore them. Moreover, The result is vincent fernandel brings back musical magnificent! Consequently, It looks like the songs were recorded yesterday.
Why have only selected titles from the 1970s?
Because it is the golden age of the French variety. However, At that time, each song benefited from neat arrangements, with real musicians who played directly! Similarly, There was no digital hack; If you didn’t know how to sing, you couldn’t sing. Nevertheless, Unlike the recordings of the eighties. Nevertheless, which “date” a little, those of the previous decade have an outdated charm that makes them timeless.
Listeners will notably discover the original version of Forbidden loveproduced in 1975, seven years before the 1982 tube…
Oui. In addition, Forbidden love was my father’s greatest success at the dawn of the eighties: he sold 500,000 copies. Nevertheless, This version, carried by twenty-five violins, is more melancholy, more bright. Many people judge her better than the one who remains in the memories. It is vincent fernandel brings back musical probably his most serious song, on a theme that obviously remains topical.
Who is the most proud of this album: Franck’s son or the producer you have become?
Both, but not for the same reasons [Il sourit]. From a filial point of view, I wanted to bring my father’s work into light. I owe him my cultural base. Allowing this album to exist allowed me to reconnect this link. From the point of view of the producer, I was questioned: is all this profitable? I answer that as long as a cultural product does not exist. we cannot know whether or not to arouse an interest. My conviction. forged by my meetings with the public, is that this culture-which is invisible, not to say erased by the audiovisual media-still seduces a lot of people. I also believe that quality is a guarantee of long -term success. As Paul Morand said: vincent fernandel brings back musical “Time does not respect what is done without him”.
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You are never asked without referring to your ancestors. Isn’t that heavy to wear? – Vincent fernandel brings back musical
[Il sourit] Being the son. grandson of great artists who have been loved is not a cross, on the contrary! I am proud to bear the same stage name as my father. my grandfather and I am busy not overlooking him. I refused certain proposals. such as The celebrity farm On TF1, because I found the concept degrading: the producers just wanted to put a “Fernandel” in their program to make the buzz. [Il sourit] Not the kind of house!
Was your father as serene as you? Being the son of a huge star, living in his shadow, is not necessarily easy …
In France, we like to find or invent trauma to children of famous artists. But as far as vincent fernandel brings back musical Franck is concerned, it’s damn! I say it in all sincerity: he has never suffered from the notoriety of my grandfather. First, because he was not “Fernandel’s son”but Fernand Contandin’s son. What made him suffer was the death of his father. in 1971, at 67, at a time when he began to turn less. Franck hoped to be able to benefit more from his dad and then … [Il soupire] My father was also affected by tragic mourning. such as the disappearance of his niece in the early eighties. All this deeply marked him. But what was told about him. “The man crushed by the shadow of the giant”these are nonsense written by people who did not know him.
Who was Franck Fernandel?
An extremely kind, very secret man, quite paradoxical. He lived in his inner artistic world. As he was insomniac, he got up at 3 am and vincent fernandel brings back musical began to work on his songs. He loved his job, but he had no ego and was not a careerist. He took his success with pleasure and his loss of fortune with philosophy. At the end of the eighties. he refused a three-year contract in Canada so as not to turn his family upside down. It was a good guy!
1. Available on all platforms (Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, etc.).
“Franck was not Fernandel’s son, but Fernand Contandin’s son.” Photo Vincent Fernandel Production-Dr
