“A day with Balavoine” offers a unique insight into this timeless artist and surprising anecdotes about his life and his inspirations. For example, although one might think that the song “Mon fils ma combat” was written for his son, Daniel Balavoine actually composed it well before becoming a father. It was a song dedicated to the story of a close friendaffected by family difficulties. Later, the birth of his own child would inspire the song “God How Beautiful.”
“An angry man”
The show also reveals the modernity by Balavoine, embodied in unexpected covers, such as that of “Vivre ou survive” revisited by Youssoupha and classical guitarist Thibault Cauvin. This offbeat version explores new perspectives on Balavoine’s lyrics, as the rapper explains: “When we look at the archives, we feel an angry man, and that’s a bit of the driving force of rap. Balavoine, he represents that, a certain artistic success but which he wanted to put at the service of a certain word which reflected his disquietude in relation to things which are not going well.”
Matthew Chedidwho also participates in this tribute, also evokes the avant-garde of this generation of artists, whom he considers to be the heirs of Anglo-Saxon culture: “It was the new wave of French song at the time. “They were the first after Brel or Brassens to bring Anglo-Saxon culture to France.”
Want to learn more about an icon of French song? Discover “A day with Balavoine” this Friday, November 15 at 8:45 p.m. on La Une. Watch the show on TV, via the Pickx app or on pickx.be.
