Eddy Mitchell haunted by Johnny Hallyday at night, his dreams where his friend calls him

On December 7, 2017, Johnny Hallyday died at the age of 74 in his home in Marnes-la-Coquette. The singer left behind his wife Læticia, their two daughters, Jade and Joy, but also his two other children, Laura Smet and David Hallyday. Since then, the singer is still very present in the hearts of the French. His hits continue to be sung, his career is still talked about and admired. His friends never stop talking about him. This is particularly the case of his sidekick, Eddy Mitchell. Their friendship started with a slap”towards the end of the 50s” and lasted until the interpreter of I promise you take his last breath. However, Eddy Mitchell has never hidden being annoyed by his bad habits and his secrecy regarding his state of health.

Johnny Hallyday haunts Eddy Mitchell's nights: “He comes to bother me…“

This Friday, November 29, Eddy Mitchell was passing through C to you on France 5 to talk about his news. At 82 years old, he is not about to retire since he came to present his fortieth album. If Johnny Hallyday is not there physically to discover this opus, he is there in Eddy Mitchell's thoughts since he often dreams of him. “He comes to bother me, if I may, to be polite“, he confides. He then explains that during his sleep, the singer visits him: “I'm sleeping, he says 'come on, there's a costume ball', he's dressed as a pirateor I don't know what.” Obviously, in the middle of the night, Eddy Mitchell doesn't want to “see liver”whether in his dream or in real life. “I have to get up, I don't want to get up, he says to me 'yes, come'… and then I wake up“he says.

Two very honest friends

Johnny Hallyday and Eddy Mitchell have always been very frank friends with each other. So much so that when the Taulier showed him the words of his title That I love youhe did not hesitate to tell her that it was a song “impossible“to sing.”If we only look at the text, 'When my body on your body, heavy as a dead horse', it's horrible. A dead horse smells bad, it's disgusting. A dead horse on my body, I don't want it!“, he explains. But with “this incredible strength“, Johnny Hallyday managed to convey these words and this title, which has now become one of the most popular.