Renaud

French folk-rock icon Renaud was the poet laureate from the metropolitan Paris encounter, illuminating the dark underbelly of the town of Light via the street-smart, politically charged slang later on embraced from the hip-hop generation. Despite his subject material, Renaud Séchan was himself the merchandise of the middle-class background. Created in Paris’ 14th arrondissement on, may 11, 1952, he was among six children created to a instructor who moonlighted composing detective thrillers. An unhealthy college student with a determined anti-authoritarian streak, Renaud was interested in politics from an early on age group, and was a dynamic participant within the landmark college student revolts of May 1968. Throughout a month-long college student sit-in at Sorbonne College or university, he began composing his first unique tracks, and after giving up school worked some blue-collar careers while pursuing a profession as an acting professional. Following a stint having a theatrical troupe including potential celebrities Coluche and Miou Miou, Renaud worked well inside a Paris bookstore, sometimes busking for extra differ from passers-by. 1 day, maker Paul Lederman captured him and an accordionist friend playing on the Paris street part and asked them to execute in the CafConc, a fresh café and theatre he was starting within the Champs Elysésera. Once the friend was known as to serve within the armed service, Renaud got the stage like a single act, executing his now-extensive repertoire of primary politics anthems including “Hexagone” and “Camarade Bourgeois.” The CafConc produced him something of the trigger célèbre in Paris leftist circles, and in 1975 he released his debut LP, Amoureux de Paname, an archive steeped within the disillusionment and angst from the twentysomething era. Music like “Société Tu M’auras Pas” enshrined Renaud because the tone of voice of Paname (Parisian argot for the city’s suburbs), but despite his preliminary flush of achievement he still imagined pursuing a profession in crisis, spending practically all of 1977 co-starring in Martin Lamotte’s play Le Magic formula de Zonga. His sophomore LP, Laisse Bélot, finally strike retail in 1978, and its own name cut topped the French pop graphs, vaulting Renaud to nationwide stardom and popularizing “Verlan,” the coded French slang sourced because of its lyrics. For the 1979 follow-up, Ma Gonzesse, Renaud explored even more personal and romantic styles than on earlier attempts. The record demonstrated another massive achievement, culminating inside a sold-out, week-long live stint at Paris’ famous Théâtre de l’Hôtel de Ville. Buoyed from the strikes “Dans Mon HLM” and “Les Aventures de Gérard Lambert,” 1980’s Marche ? l’Ombre was another blockbuster, and Renaud spent the complete month of March headlining Paris’ Bobino Theater, a residency that yielded two distinct concert LPs, Renaud ? Bobino and Le P’tit Bal du Samedi Soir. Despite his recognition, the singer had not been without his critics, who questioned what ideal a multi-millionaire superstar for the cusp old 30 had composing and singing tracks articulating styles of metropolitan despair, vibrant rebellion, and socio-economic struggle. Renaud responded by turning inward, populating 1981’s Le Retour de Gérard Lambert with sharply evoked narratives spanning the spectral range of human being behavior and feelings. The recording also included a much-acclaimed anti-drug anthem, “La Blanche.” Renaud continuing his maturation with 1983’s Dès Que le Vent Soufflera. His most sensitive, introspective record up to now, its sound mainly abandoned his personal folk-rock approach to get a sound influenced by mainstream French pop, a method that produced his best-selling recording up to now. In 1985, Renaud founded the Ethiopian famine charity corporation Chanteurs Pour l’Ethiopie, along with friend Franck Langolff, made up the all-star advantage one of the same name, offering greater than a million information. That same calendar year he released the single LP Mistral Gagnant, documented within the U.S. with manufacturer Jean-Philippe Goude. The June 1986 motorbike accident that stated the life span of his longtime friend, the celebrated anti-establishment comedian Coluche, was the motivation behind the 1988 record Putain de Camion. While a industrial letdown, the record was even so widely acclaimed with the press and gained Renaud the Ville de Paris award, the Ministère de la Lifestyle Prize, as well as the SACEM Prize. Politics returned towards the forefront for 1991’s Marchand de Cailloux, an record inspired with the Gulf Battle as well as the ongoing strife in North Ireland. That same calendar year, Renaud co-starred in filmmaker Claude Berri’s epic version from the Emile Zola book Germinal, even though filming in north France he started focus on Cante un’ Nord, a 1993 recording spotlighting the original music of the spot. In comparison, Marseille was the motivation behind 1995’s A la Bell de Mai, a assortment of unique tracks that also paid tribute to long lasting rebel symbols including Che Guevara, Emiliano Zapata, and Pancho Villa. With 1996’s Renaud Chante Brassens, Renaud paid tribute to his religious antecedent George Brassens, covering 23 from the past due French icon’s tracks and dubbing Brassens “a poet-rebel against all organizations.” Even though record was warmly received, Renaud’s existence soon proceeded to go into free of charge fall. He separated from his wife of near 2 decades and experienced a nervous break down, at exactly the same time fighting alcohol misuse. He toured Germany and Ireland in 1997, but normally disappeared from your live circuit until past due 1999, touring little concert locations throughout France together with pianist Alain Lantry and guitarist Jean-Pierre Buccolo. Originally planned to span 90 days, the tour rather extended in to the pursuing summer, adopted in early 2001 by way of a two-week trek through Quebec. That same 12 months, Renaud gained a lifetime accomplishment honor in the Victoires de la Musique Awards. Believe it or not considerably, he was the main topic of Hexagone 2001, a assortment of remixes masterminded by modern hip-hop performers. Finally, in middle-2002, Renaud came back with Boucan d’Enfer, his initial new materials in seven years. An unflinchingly honest tune cycle describing his problems with melancholy and beverage, the record sold near 500,000 copies in its 1st week of launch. A sold-out 170-day tour adopted, with an Apr 2003 date in the Lille Zenith recorded via the live disk Tournée d’Enfer. In early 2005, Renaud created the eponymous debut LP by vocalist Romane Serda, who became his wife that August. At year’s end, he also released a children’s publication, Le Petit Oiseau Qui Chantait Faux. With 2006’s Rouge Sang, Renaud came back towards the protest soul of his traditional function, decrying the rise of right-wing extremists and bourgeois bohemians as well. Three years later on, he released Molly Malone: Balade Irlandaise, a task that he previously envisaged almost 2 decades previous. The record gathered Renaud’s preferred, traditional Irish tracks, which he translated into French and documented within the Irish capital, Dublin. As the documenting met with blended reviews because of the singer’s usage of an Irish highlight in some from the tracks, it non-etheless topped the French and Belgian graphs (and arrived at number 2 in Switzerland). It might be his last studio room work for seven years. In 2011, Renaud and Serda divorced as he relapsed into alcoholism and inactivity. The compilation Rarities made an appearance in 2013, and he was appointed Commandeur des Arts et Lettres with the French federal government. In 2014, a two-volume tribute was documented by 15 performers including Carla Bruni, Benjamin Biolay, Cœur de Pirate, and Nicola Sirkis. Entitled La Bande ? Renaud, the very first volume made an appearance in June, accompanied by its partner in Oct. A year afterwards, movie director Didier Varrod’s documentary Renaud, On T’a Dans la Peau (that commenced in 2002) debuted on France 3 to substantial critical and well-known acclaim. After confirming towards the press that he previously gotten sober once again, he completed some new tunes. In January of 2016, he released the brand new solitary “Toujours Debout” on his site and adopted it with “J’ai Embrassé el Flic.” Both tunes ended up near the top of the graphs. A full-length recording, simply entitled Renaud, was released in April, accompanied by the singles “J’ai Embrassé el Flic” and “Les Mots.” All three strike number 1 in France. By June, Renaud was qualified Diamond from the documenting market, which denotes product sales of over half-a-million models.