ABSTRACT
Having failed to make an impact for many years, Alain Souchon suddenly found fame in the mid-1970s when he teamed up with Laurent Voulzy to write songs. Souchon’s somewhat elliptical texts, which juxtapose what are often wistful images, are complemented perfectly by Voulzy’s music. His stage and recording persona is that of a perpetual adolescent lost in an adult world and nostalgic for times past. His successes include Bidon (Phoney), Dix ans (Ten Years Old), Allô maman bobo (Hello Mummy Hurt), Casablanca and S’asseoir par terre (To Sit Down on the Ground). An original and enduring talent.
