Marc Lavoine celebrates 40 years of success on his album “Revolver”, on which the crooner offers electro-symphonic versions of his hits known to all such as “Elle a les yeux revolver” or “Le parking desANGes”. “ I went through those years but I didn't really realize it because time is long. I am not damaged by the time that has passed, by the songs, films, books or plays that I have made. It simply represents a desire to be an artist. (…) My life really began when I tried to build it around words » assures the singer with the velvet voice in a “Private with” format for Purecharts. The secret of longevity, according to him? “ You have to ask yourself questions, you have to put yourself in difficulty. You have to look for things elsewhere. I work all the time to try, not to please people but to meet them. This is what allows me to remain indifferent to my image, to photographs, to gold records or to honors. » analyzes the artist from 62, who places the human dimension at the heart of his profession… because as he states, ” you can't have a career and be stupid! ».
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“I have a collective spirit”
Feeling vibrate in the eyes of others, Marc Lavoine shared numerous duets during his career with artists like Claire Keim (“I only want her”), Véronique Sanson, Florent Pagny, Bambou, Cristina Marocco or Françoise Hardy, and made a point of not only commit to film projects reflecting his need for fraternity, like the cult film “The Heart of Men”. “ I don't have a competitive spirit, I have a collective spirit. I come from a very poor communist background, I wasn't raised like that. I went from football to theater where we exchange, where we help each other. There is a kind of joint work which is very important. It is collective intelligence that solves problems » believes the one who reconnects with his dear friend Catherine Ringer on a rereading of their 1987 hit “What are you beautiful”: “ Catherine and I never left, I never let go of her hand. It's good to have her back because she has incredible poetry. She is a free woman, a woman of taste. The language between us has become much simpler and when we sing the song today, it is very moving ».
“We were all moved at the same time”
The recording of the album “Revolver” touched a sensitive point in Marc Lavoine, much more than he would have thought. To give a more elegant and less era-anchored dimension to his hit “She has revolver eyes”, the artist went to Sofia, Bulgaria, to meet the Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. “ We were in a building built by the Nazis next to a building built by the communists. It was something! There were 80 musicians, I watched them play from the mezzanine. And when “Revolver Eyes” arrived, I admit that I had a tear that fell by itself, without me wanting it to. » he tells Purecharts. The singer, who was not in the cabin and therefore did not hear the planned electro arrangements, compares this moment “ neither sad nor happy ” has ” a spring which, suddenly, decides to release the waters ».
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And this strong moment changed the artistic direction of the project: “ It's the only song we kept in symphonic, without electro “. For Marc Lavoine, the sagacity of an artist is knowing how to listen to his emotions: “ You can't make songs intellectually. It has to touch something in you, you have to be moved by what you do. I looked at my manager, my director and we were all moved by the same thing, at the same time “. There is no doubt that the public who will come to applaud him at the Seine Musicale on May 17, 2025 will be thrilled too!
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