James Bond loves Dom Pérignon, Saint-Émilion and ... French song.
After
Boom!
of Charles Trenet, who cheered up the polymorphic pervert of
Skyfall
when he murdered his victims, it's Dalida's turn to write the legend of the 007 missions with her melancholy serenade
In the sleeping city
, distilled at the turn of a scene from
Dying Can Wait,
Agent 007's next mission.
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Die Can Wait
and give it to the world at Christmas
This integration was confirmed with a touch of pride by Orlando, the brother and most ardent defender of the memory of the Franco-Egyptian diva who passed away 33 years ago, at the microphone of RTL: "
The song is heard 2-3 minutes.
It happens in France, of course.
So now, I don't remember if it is on the radio, or in a specific place ...
"
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Like so many good songs,
In the Sleeping City
has a story.
Composed by the excellent William Sheller and adapted by Claude Lemesle, this cover of
Irrésistibles'
My Year is a day
released on the airwaves in 1968. This American rock group, and it is perhaps no coincidence, was him also a little Francophile since he was living in Paris at the time.
This title will have been his only great success.
After selling some 2 million 45s, it fell into oblivion.
On the other hand, Dalida's version could meet the opposite fate.
As Orlando himself recalled, "
the song at the time was not a great success
."
But its use in
Dying Can Wait
could sure give it another posthumous chance.
Already, fans of James Bond and Dalida will have enough to satisfy their passion by ordering one of the thousand 45s of the song engraved especially for the release of
No Time to Die
.
The film after numerous postponements caused by the coronavirus crisis is now due out on March 31.
In the meantime, bondophiles will have to try to guess what the sad and romantic lyrics of
The City is asleep can be used for.
"
... When the city falls asleep, it is only the shadow of your arms and your body, the echo of your voice which vibrates in me ever stronger ...
" Certainly they will have a relationship with the last great love of James Bond, the psychiatrist Madeleine Swann ... played by the French actress Léa Seydoux.
Le Figaro
presents in video, below,
In the sleeping city
by Dalida,
My Year is a Day
by Les Irrésistibles and
Boom!
by Charles Trenet in Skyfall.
Dalida performs
In the Sleeping City
My Year is a day
by Les Irrésistibles
Boom!
by Charles Trenet in
Skyfall