Starmania

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'Starmania' (1978) is a RockOpera by French composer/Songwriter  Michel Berger and  parolier Quebecois Luc Plamondon.(The story and lyrics are interesting)  It's  one of the most overplayed records in the French sung world. (there is also a English Sung version that I never heard) 
Still I liked most of the songs a lot when I discovered them, but you just hear them too often on French Radio and so I never bought the record.  Well the other night I drove back from Quebeck to Montreal at night and I had the radio on and  they played "Le Blues Du Businessman" sung by Claude Dubois and a little  later "La Complaine de la Serveuse automate sung by Fabienne Thibault and I realized how much I  love these songs. So I finally bought the record ... I won't put it on very often but it's a great record .

BTW apart from the excellent songwriting & lyrics there are some great musicans from the Prog & Jazz field playing just to mention  a few:
Jannick Top (Bass) , Claude Engel (Guitar) both 'Magma', Francis Monkman (Keys) 'Curved Air', Randy & Michael Brecker Brecker Bros etc. Tom Mallone,(Trombone) Jim Keltner (dr) + some famous Canadian & French  singers. 

If you want to hear some easygoing French songs with a rockier edge try it out!

PS Excellent record for driving down Rue Sherbroke at night!

Edited by Alucard - August 10 2007 at 10:08

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Alucard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 10 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 3888	Topic: Starmania Posted: August 10 2007 at 09:47
	'Starmania' (1978) is a RockOpera by French composer/Songwriter Michel Berger and parolier Quebecois Luc Plamondon.(The story and lyrics are interesting) It's one of the most overplayed records in the French sung world. (there is also a English Sung version that I never heard) Still I liked most of the songs a lot when I discovered them, but you just hear them too often on French Radio and so I never bought the record. Well the other night I drove back from Quebeck to Montreal at night and I had the radio on and they played "Le Blues Du Businessman" sung by Claude Dubois and a little later "La Complaine de la Serveuse automate sung by Fabienne Thibault and I realized how much I love these songs. So I finally bought the record ... I won't put it on very often but it's a great record . BTW apart from the excellent songwriting & lyrics there are some great musicans from the Prog & Jazz field playing just to mention a few: Jannick Top (Bass) , Claude Engel (Guitar) both 'Magma', Francis Monkman (Keys) 'Curved Air', Randy & Michael Brecker Brecker Bros etc. Tom Mallone,(Trombone) Jim Keltner (dr) + some famous Canadian & French singers. If you want to hear some easygoing French songs with a rockier edge try it out! PS Excellent record for driving down Rue Sherbroke at night! Edited by Alucard - August 10 2007 at 10:08
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Melomaniac Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 07 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4088	Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:48
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Shakespeare Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 7744	Posted: August 10 2007 at 17:03
	That was big. We heard loads about it in French class last semester...when we did our music project on French artists. I did mine on Harmonium, of course, and played "Le Premier Ciel" to the class and they all complained 5 minutes in that it was too long, and the teacher cut off Serge Fiori's outstanding keyboard solo!!!!!!!!!!!!! But that, of course, has nothing to do with Starmania.