In an interview with Paris Match, Pascal Obispo returned to the controversy surrounding the biography on Jean-Jacques Goldman which was not written with the artist. He supports the singer.
A book that continues to cause controversy. On August 18, an essay by Ivan Jablonka was published, soberly titled Goldman. In the latter, the academic returns to the life of Jean-Jacques Goldman, recounting his career and his new life in London. But this biography was produced without the singer’s participation and this did not fail to make him react, pushing the author to defend his work.
Jean-Jacques Goldman pushed to speak out
Jean-Jacques Goldman has moved away from the media world. However, after the release of this book, he confided in Chained Duck to express his dissatisfaction. “I’m sad for all the people who are being duped into buying these books about me“, he confides, specifying that neither he nor his friends met Ivan Jablonka. The latter then ended up reacting: “First of all, it is a historian’s investigation. I am a historian and I am interested in this new object that is pop culture and in one of its great representatives, Jean-Jacques Goldman, who invented French pop rock. Well yes, I am a historian and it is important to remember that Jean-Jacques Goldman has in some way become a being of history, our history and that we cannot forget.“The author finally explained that he had not sought to meet the artist and that he had written to him.”as a courtesy and also to ask him for some of his archives“.
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Pascal Obispo defends Jean-Jacques Goldman
This story caused a lot of noise, especially in the world of music. In an interview with Paris Match, Pascal Obispo returned to the controversy and did not hesitate to tackle Ivan Jablonka. Pascal Obispo claims not to have read the biography and he has good reason. “It’s done without him, what’s the point? It’s a bit of a cynical approach… Two books were written about me in which I didn’t participate. It’s nice, but it’s not my story“, he says. Pascal Obispo does not hide his incomprehension about this biography.
