Artist.......: Bernard Lavilliers
Album........: Au Trianon α Paris
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Chanson
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-06-07
Str.date.....: 2014-04-29
Quality......: 239kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://bernardlavilliers.com/
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1. Au Trianon α Paris 88:00
* Stand the ghetto
* Noir et blanc
* IdΘes noires
* On the road again
* Y a pas qu'α New-York
* Etat des lieux
* Melody Tempo Harmony
* Traffic
* Betty
* Scorpion
* Pigalle la blanche
* L'ΘchappΘ
* Voyageur
* Les mains d'or
* La garde marΘe
* Rest'lα Maloya
* La salsa
* Vivre encore
Runtime 88:00
Size 150.48
Release Notes:
With the body of a bouncer, the looks of a movie star, and a low, sensual
voice, Bernard Lavilliers started as a left-wing singer following in the
footsteps of LΘo FerrΘ. This boxer-singer rose to stardom in France in the
mid-'70s (other Francophone countries followed quickly) and became an icon of
the free-thinking singer/songwriter, the conscience of the French bourgeoisie. A
serious traveler and occasional reporter, Lavilliers has made long stays in many
South American and African countries, always bringing back songs (and sometimes
musicians) with him. He was one of the first French singers to make "world
music."
Lavilliers (b. 1946) comes from a lower-class family. His father was a steel
worker and unionist. Gifted with a solid frame and a resolute mind, the young
Lavilliers was prompt to argue and fight -- he picked up boxing as a hobby at
age 13. After spending a year in reformatory, he joined his father at the steel
mill in 1962. Three years later, he'd had enough and took off to Brazil, working
there as a jungle truck driver. Back in France in 1967, he was incarcerated for
skipping his military service.
Back in his days at the factory, Lavilliers had begun to write songs. In prison
he persevered and once out, started to perform in Paris' cabarets. Jean-Pierre
HΘbrard of Decca gave him a record contract in late 1967. The singer recorded
two singles and an eponymous LP, his acoustic anarchist songs putting him very
close to FerrΘ. He also tried other careers, going back to boxing for a moment,
managing night clubs the next. In 1972, he released his second album, Les
PoΦtes. Three years later, Le StΘphanois yielded the minor classic "San
Salvador."
His big break came in 1976, at age 30. Signed by Barclay, he was presented with
two musicians who would become his first solid backup players and invaluable
contributors: Pascal Arroyo and Franτois BrΘant. Together they recorded Les
Barbares, which propelled Lavilliers to the top. Political and severe in his
judgments, the singer threw one hit off after another, up to 1979 when the dark
and cold LP Pouvoirs chilled both media and public. Another South American trip
later, he recorded O Gringo, which became his biggest seller, thanks to a return
to exotic rhythms. The end of a torrid affair with the American body-building
star Lisa Lyons is at the heart of ╔tat d'Urgence (1983), which included the
song "IdΘes Noires." A hit-scorer and a touring dynamo, Lavilliers turned more
and more to South American and African rhythms, as he investigated the
situations in Nicaragua and Cuba. If (1988) yielded one of his biggest
international hits to date, "On the Road Again," topped only by "Melody Tempo
Harmony" in 1995. Slowing down his activities as he crossed the 50-year bar, he
continued to release albums regularly and has made a couple of big tours in the
late '90s. At the beginning and throughout the æ00s, he released a plethora of
albums, the highlights being 2005Æs Escale Au Grand Rex and 2008Æs Samedi Soir A
Beyrouth.