I have taken it upon me to educate the rest of the world about the European Rock 'n Roll Superstar who's world famous in France.
Johnny Hallyday (born Jean-Philippe Smet on June 15, 1943 in Paris) is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, some consider him the French equivalent of Elvis Presley.
He has had a 48-year career in music and is one of France's biggest stars. He has completed 400 tours, had 18 platinum albums, performed in front of 15 million people, and sold 100 million records. Today Hallyday is still seen as a top stage performer, giving first class shows in crowded stadiums. Hallyday announced his retirement from performing on 3 December 2007 at the age of 64, after his last tour, scheluded in 2009-2010.
More info here: http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6309.asp
He started a bit later with his career than Elvis. The only thing is that he's still around and kicking.
I stole some videos from Youtube with clips and songs that I like.
You can see (if you have the patience) his career through the different clips and the way that he adapted his looks to the times that were changing. In a way he stayed the same and reinvented himself. He even recorded albums in English but it never caught on. It is a bit ambivalent. He does his very best to look and sound like an American act but is French to the bones. The early clips have all the trimmings: jukeboxes, soda shops, pony tailed girls just about all the cliches that you can imagine. He covered all the hits of the time and made them his own. I guess it's better to "steal" properly than to create something bad. Elvis could be like this if he was still around.
When I was a kid you could hear him on the radio here in Holland with "Pour moi la vie va commencer" I didn't have a clue what it was about but it sounded nice. I had the same with English songs, couldn't understand them but liked them never the less.
Recently I like the "crisp" sound that his early songs have. The guitars sound like they should and the drums "rattle", for want of a better word. Nowadays he sounds more dramatic a bit like, if I dare say, Bruce Springsteen...
When he dies the whole nation of France will mourn and attend his funeral.
I'd like to see a live performance of "JoJo" before this will happen.
Vive le Rock!!!
Vive JoJo!!!
Vive la France!!!!
I have taken it upon me to educate the rest of the world about the European Rock 'n Roll Superstar who's world famous in France.
Johnny Hallyday (born Jean-Philippe Smet on June 15, 1943 in Paris) is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, some consider him the French equivalent of Elvis Presley.
He has had a 48-year career in music and is one of France's biggest stars. He has completed 400 tours, had 18 platinum albums, performed in front of 15 million people, and sold 100 million records. Today Hallyday is still seen as a top stage performer, giving first class shows in crowded stadiums. Hallyday announced his retirement from performing on 3 December 2007 at the age of 64, after his last tour, scheluded in 2009-2010.
More info here: http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6309.asp
He started a bit later with his career than Elvis. The only thing is that he's still around and kicking.
I stole some videos from Youtube with clips and songs that I like.
You can see (if you have the patience) his career through the different clips and the way that he adapted his looks to the times that were changing. In a way he stayed the same and reinvented himself. He even recorded albums in English but it never caught on. It is a bit ambivalent. He does his very best to look and sound like an American act but is French to the bones. The early clips have all the trimmings: jukeboxes, soda shops, pony tailed girls just about all the cliches that you can imagine. He covered all the hits of the time and made them his own. I guess it's better to "steal" properly than to create something bad. Elvis could be like this if he was still around.
When I was a kid you could hear him on the radio here in Holland with "Pour moi la vie va commencer" I didn't have a clue what it was about but it sounded nice. I had the same with English songs, couldn't understand them but liked them never the less.
Recently I like the "crisp" sound that his early songs have. The guitars sound like they should and the drums "rattle", for want of a better word. Nowadays he sounds more dramatic a bit like, if I dare say, Bruce Springsteen...
When he dies the whole nation of France will mourn and attend his funeral.
I'd like to see a live performance of "JoJo" before this will happen.
Vive le Rock!!!
Vive JoJo!!!
Vive la France!!!! 