The singers of the 80s gave France some of the most important hits in the French repertoire. With artists like Jean-Jacques Goldman, Daniel Balavoine and Niagara, listeners were spoiled. Among the stars who were a hit during this decade, we also find Jean-Pierre Maderwho made a sensational entry into the Top 50 with two hits in quick succession, Disappeared in 1984 and Macumba the following year. A golden period for the one who has already said that he should never have sung Macumba since he had given the title to a famous artist, but which did not continue over time and after a last album at the beginning of the 90s, he experienced a crossing of the desert.
This Thursday, January 23, it was Apolline de Malherbe who chose to invite Jean-Pierre Mader into her morning show on BFMTV to discuss a subject that must be close to the heart of the 69-year-old singer. Indeed, as the journalist tells us, the last nightclub called Macumbaassociated with his famous hit, prepares to close its doors near Englos (North), near Lille. “They were big clubs, quite influential in what was going to be played on the radio, there were a lot of resident DJs”explains the singer, who gave his news after being hospitalized and injured a few years ago, before adding: “They were also places where one could easily enterunlike the big clubs of Paris where there was a doorman who filtered.” For the latter, the observation is clear: “It is an era that is ending. It’s synonymous with the passing 1980s..”
Jean-Pierre Mader nostalgic for Macumba
Visibly nostalgic for this period, Jean-Pierre Mader remembers the time when he went to this type of establishment. “It was a less stressful timepeople were mixing. There was a friendly side, we could all get together and party, there was no social barrierit was open to everyone”analyzes Jean-Pierre Mader, who refutes the idea that he wrote his famous hit Macumba to advertise nightclubs of the same name. “It would have been a stroke of genius, and a lot of money! Unfortunately, I didn’t have that idea. With Richard Seff, we were looking for a place to locate this migrant before the time. The news, unfortunately joined us“, he says.
