I'm just going to be honest. I think the fact that Johnny Hallyday was and still is the darling of the French is absolutely hysterical. He just seems so very Las Vegas/Tom Jones but he is loved all over France. But the man is older than I am , you've got to hand it to him!
Well today I include two clips for your pleasure. The first is from 1962 and Johnny is singing "Let's Twist Again" in French. I love this one! The second is from 2007 and a much older and more "seasoned" Johnny sings " Derriere L'amour.
Personally I believe that not only should the great Johnny be the next President of France (for life) but Que Je t'aime should be the new French national anthem!
ReplyDeleteBut then, that's just me....
A great man - by my reckoning he's got to be about 130 years old but there is a conspiracy theory that has something to do with cloning technology?
Oh my, Virginia. That first video is a hoot...and made my knees hurt just watching it. :) I had never heard of him but he at least looks very...French.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you know things abour Johnny Hallyday !!! That means you are really French now !!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, yes, Johnny Halliday is wonderful and really not Las Vegas at all - well in my eyes. He's older now - sure - but he was a very 'beau' lad when younger and most certainly was the French Elvis. What on earth would Elvis look like now had he lived?!! The mind boggles. And I adore Elvis.
ReplyDeleteDoes "Derriere L'amour" mean "Love the bottom"?
ReplyDeleteI sooo much prefer the current clip, even though he mollycoddles his voice a bit.
ReplyDeleteYou do realise that Tom Jones is Welsh, yes? The mightiest little country in the world!!
Julie, I loved the twist song growing up and in French I LOLed! His voice has gotten rougher I think. Hard living peut-être? :)
ReplyDeleteKeith,
He is definitely the darling of France so I think your idea might work! Well he's only a few years older than moi so that would make me 127!!!
Chieftess, I thought it meant " I love Your Derriere" so I quickly went to the translator. Sadly it means "behind the love" or something like that.
Laurent,
Well I like that! Merci!
Derrier L'amour = The Love Butt!
ReplyDeleteOKKKKKK, Earl is the winner and still champion on that one! I've spewed coffee all over my monitor!
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this man until I read your post. I really enjoyed the clips. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteHis affair with actress Nathalie Baye produced actress Laura Smet
ReplyDeleteQuite the cad:
http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0002776/bio
I may even have one of his 45s from the 70's...mon dieu I'm old!
Those clips are great, V—especially the 1st one! Back in the sixties, my boss introduced me to Johnny one night at a disco. I know she expected me to swoon, especially when he kissed me on both cheeks—but she was disappointed. Nice guy, but just not my type! (I remember that he seemed old to me (strange because although I was still a teenager, he was only 22).
ReplyDeleteHe looks like am older Elvis Costello (who isnt so young himself) than Elvis Presley... at first I wondered have there been dead Johnny sightings .. LOL at me and my bad French .. I looked at the title of the song and thought Johnny sings of loving someone's tush! ;-)
ReplyDeleteJohnny & Sylvie Vartan were the "IT" couple in the '60s when I was a student in France. Loved the Twist clip-my generation! Merci
ReplyDeleteA French friend with whom I used to work told me that as long as he didn't try singing rock 'n'roll, he was....okay. I admit to liking some of his stuff.
ReplyDeleteSpewing again, Mr. E!!! All over the computer....
ReplyDeleteStarman,
ReplyDeleteWhoda thunk it! :)
Alice,
14 juin
Alexa,
Kissed by Johnny H. Ohhhlalal !!!
Jilly,
Please don't make me conjur up what Elvis would look like now!!! Yikes
I must have been living under a rock because I've not heard of him. Loved the clips.
ReplyDeleteDerrière means behind or back so and it is also used for "bottom" but in the sentence "Derriere l'amour" your transalator is right Virginia it means "behind love"
ReplyDeleteI dunno...behind love...the love butt...I'm kind of leaning toward the love butt...
ReplyDeleteI know many recalcitrant ones, Virginia.....And I make part of them ! I change the channel as soon as watch his face on TV, long before he starts singing !!! or speaking (many people laugh at him when he is interviewed, you know)
ReplyDeleteCatherine,
ReplyDeleteNo, I 've never heard him speak and really only listened briefly to the two songs I included. It's a French mystery to me! :)
Un Jour Viendra is my favorite song by Johnny Hallyday. And by the way, I love Tom Jones too! lol
ReplyDeletePH,
ReplyDeleteI really liked that song. Perhaps Johnny will find his way to my Ipod! :)
I'm a fan of some of his music and he's about my age. I don't have that much energy. Gotta give him credit for just surviving.
ReplyDeleteI really love UN JOUR VIENDRA and SANG POUR SANG, both the one he did alone and the one he did with his son, David.
They are on my iPod.
He has that effect on me too. Maybe it would be different if I'd moved to France earlier...?
ReplyDeleteBut in the seven years I lived in France, he's always been (to me) one of those people who's famous for being famous, who's perpetually on magazine covers looking ridiculous...;)
Well, just a little note: proud to say that Johnny actually is a 100% Belgian from... Brussels... :)
ReplyDeleteAnd his real surname is particularly Flemish: Smet.
Well that unfortunately doesn't solve the "mystery" of his success pour moi! HA
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