Every day, every hour, every minute very minute, at the Louvre museum, there is a visitor who, in mid-voice, hums this immense classic of Nat King Cole, who for generations recalls the singular splendor of the Mona Lisa, the jewel from the Louvre museum – and the cause of a good part of its misfortunes.
We told you about it on Franceinfo: Laurence des Cars, its president, said this week that the most famous museum in the world is deteriorating and that it will not have the means, on its own recipes, to face costs necessary work. President Macron should go in person this week, note that with more than 8 million visitors per year, the Louvre suffers. And he suffers largely because of her.
In the second episode of These songs that make the news Broadcast this weekend, you hear extracts from:
Nat King Cole, Mona Lisa, 1950
Barbara, The Mona Lisa, 1959
Serge Gainsbourg, Three million Mona Lisa, 1977
Serge llado, Madame La Joconde, 2003
Yves Montand, Anonymous letter to Mr. Curator of the Louvre Museum, 1984
Jean-Marie Vivier, At night at the Louvre, 1991
-Sylvie Pequicho, Mona Lisa, 1995
Sacha Guitry, The Mona Lisa, 1954
The Carters (Beyoncé et Jay-Z), Apeshit, 2018
Rosalia, Millionaire, 2019
Tino Rossi, Mona Lisa, 1950
Nat King Cole, Mona Lisa, 1950
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