Today is Earth Day, created in 1970, at a time when songs began to warn about environmental risks. A few generations later, the artists have no less anguished observation.
We cannot say that we did not know, since even Johnny Hallyday spoke about it in his songs – in this case, a title written by Jacques Lanzmann, and published in 1970. And, in this same year 1970, on April 22 , was held on the first Earth Day, created by US Senator Gaylord Nelson and which has since been celebrated every year around the world to mobilize around environmental issues. Because, already, at the time, we knew the possible solutions.
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
- Johnny Hallyday, La Pollution, 1970
- Companions of the song, L‘Man who remembers, 1970
- Dick Rivers, L‘Man who remembers, 1971
- Joe Dassin, Le Grand Parking1970
- Nolwenn Leroy, sixth continent2013
- The Fatal Picards, 20,000 leagues under polymers, 2019
- Charles Trenet, The Ecologist1981
- Christophe Mali, Ours is wrong2006
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And you can also find on this link the podcast behind our voiceswith the writing and composition secrets of eight major artists of the French scene, Laurent Voulzy, Julien Clerc, Bénabar, Dominique A, Carla Bruni, Emily Loizeau, Juliette and Gaëtan Roussel.
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