Head filled with reminiscences. At 79, Antoine is again not on stage, however in bookstores. On the event of the discharge of his ebook Sensible information to setting sail with Antoine (Ed. Gallimard), the singer and navigator was the visitor of Telematin, this Friday, Might 31. On set, the performer of The Elucubrations returned to his first assembly with one other singing star, particularly Johnny Hallyday. For this artist whom he vastly admired, he waited in line for a number of hours within the chilly, earlier than falling unwell. “I used to be a pupil, I used to be 1.60 meters tall and I went to see Johnny in Grenoble. I waited for hours to get an autograph (…) I obtained my autograph, I went house, I stayed in mattress for 3 weeks and after I obtained up, I had gained 15 centimeters!“, he mentioned. And the septuagenarian singer added mischievously: “These should not jokes! Johnny made me develop up!” he joked.
Opposite to appearances, the previous star of Atol commercials actually favored Johnny Hallyday. “The query all of us ask ourselves, Antoine, is why did you make Johnny Hallyday your goal?“, requested Damien Thévenot, referring to the barbs despatched to his rival in his songs. “As a result of I used to be a fan“, he replied in full frankness. And to specify: “It was scorching, however afterwards we made up. Jean-Marie Périer locked us in a nightclub and informed us: ‘I am going to allow you to out if you’re reconciled!’“, informed Antoine, amused, to the workforce of Telematin.
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In 1966, the music The rantings was so profitable that it made Antoine a rival of Johnny Hallyday. “A squabble that was a bit blown out of proportion, since you admired Johnny. Moreover, you had queued to attend one in every of his concert events earlier than singing your self“, recalled Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, who obtained the singer on the set of C to you, on Might 7. “Oh sure, I used to be a fan of Johnny. I obtained an autograph and the identical day I caught a chilly on the quays of Isère, in Grenoble. I used to be sick for 3 weeks, however I obtained my autograph“, mentioned Antoine.
And the occasion remembers an anecdote in regards to the idol of younger individuals: “Sooner or later, Johnny referred to as me, years later. I glided by boat. After which, he mentioned to me: “I wish to purchase a ship, to do such as you, I’ll depart‘”, mentioned the person who will have fun his eightieth birthday on June 4. Nevertheless, the rocker was doing as he happy, ignoring the specialist’s beneficial recommendation. “I gave him recommendation. There was a really lovely schooner beneath building within the yard that had made my boat. I counsel him, and he purchased himself a motorboat“, concluded Antoine.
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