Controversial Critique of ‘Les lacs du Connemara’: The Impact on French Culture and Politics by Juliette Armanet

2023-08-13 13:15:00

“Juliette Armanet, and all the others, make an often voluntary amalgam between the media man, with thunderous but cleverly orchestrated rants, and the artist with a hundred million records sold.” Press / AFP / PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA

FIGAROVOX/ANALYSIS – The singer of “L’Indien”, who sold 200,000 copies of her latest album, dared to criticize “Les lacs du Connemara”, adorned with all the faults including that of being on the right.

It’s a controversy as we like them. A promising singer who tackles a myth. A French polemic where culture, passion and politics intertwine. In full bridge of August 15, we did not ask for more. Juliette Armanet, to whom we owe one of the most successful albums of the last ten years (Burn the fire) said, in a Belgian media, all the bad things she thought of “Lacs du Connemara”, the iconic song by Michel Sardou released in 1981. For the 39-year-old artist, the title co-written by Pierre Delanoë has “a scout, sectarian side» and the music, signed by one of the most talented composers of the French variety Jacques Revaux, «filthy». «This song disgusts me.The words are dropped. Political analysis too:It’s right, nothing goes.The debate ignites.

We will quickly sweep away the criticism of scouting: the song tells of a colorful Irish wedding, postcard style. As for sectarianism, the title evokes, on the contrary, fraternity…

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