The formal notice was sent on July 27 to the Parisian offices of Grand Corps Malade and to the headquarters of Warner Music France.
In this letter, the French songwriter Fabien Leceuvre calls for the end of exploitation of the song
Des gens beaux
as soon as possible and the deletion in
“all streaming media and other platforms of the scenic reproductions of Grand Corps Malade where this last dialogue with the public on this song.
"
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On April 7, the columnist attacked singer Hoshi on the
Ars Mada internet
radio station
.
He had qualified the artist as
"scary"
, regretting that there are not more
"beautiful guys or sublime girls"
among the singers of today.
His words had sparked a flood of protests.
Hoshi, 24, had reacted in the program "C à Vous" on France 5:
"
Frankly, it hurts your heart.
It's not normal to hear that on TV in 2021. And it's deeply hurtful for me, for my family, for the people who listen to me.
. "
And to add:
"I did not cry but it really hurt my heart ... Because I think it hurts too ... There are 15-year-old people who want to get started. in the music and who will see it. And in fact, beyond his words, it's something that happens all the time in this society and in this environment. And it's serious to let things like that be said. It can discourage some young people who do not have confidence in themselves. ”
In defense of Hoshi, Grand Corps Malade then wrote the title
Des gens beaux
(*) released for this summer. A text in which he speaks directly to Fabien Leceuvre and in which he uses the voice of the chronicler.
"He has never been contacted or requested for authorization,"
writes his advice Stéphane Loisy. According to the study made of the song, it reproduces a total of 33 seconds of the voice of its client: 17 seconds in introduction, 4 seconds in the chorus, 7 seconds reproducing lyrics taken from the famous internet radio interview and 5 seconds in closing.
Fabien Leceuvre believes that his voice is perfectly identifiable and that this slammer's title
"exploits a media controversy to which he has responded on numerous occasions
". In his formal notice, the lawyer of the specialist in French song specifies:
"It is accepted that the use, partial and elliptical, of his words without his validation aims to betray his thought and his reasoning, largely developed in his interview. given on the Ars Mada web radio. ”
And also protest against the use of the title in the summer tour of the singer.
“My voice is used to harangue crowds in 'public penance' ceremonies organized by Grand Corps Malade,”
he writes.
During several concerts, Grand Corps Malade arouses a real incitement to hatred visible within the adaptations by making him boo and whistle by his audience. "
His advice is based on two case law before the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris: the lawsuit between Claude Piéplu and the French Advertising Agency (December 3, 1975) and Léon Zitrone against Les Amis de la Terre (July 11, 1977).
(*) Lyrics "
Beautiful people
"
What is this musical era
Where we have to listen to those who have talent
What have guts, what have balls, what are the slabs
These little authors, overwhelming guitar strummers?
We, what we want is beautiful, it's brilliant
It's clean, it's smooth, it's sublime
Us, what we want, it's the 'retour des belles gueules
To fill the glossy paper of magazines
What is this musical era
Where we listen to the lyrics of songs?
We lost the notion of handsome males
The time when we threw very handsome boys
You know how to write lyrics, itis very good
But your little grain of voice, we don't care
Please give your songs to
whoever looks
prettier on the poster
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
Hey sir, you who want to go back
To black and white, to the good times of the past
I'm not sure that the great Charles Aznavour
Could match your criteria for success
I'm not convinced that Edith Piaf
Had beautiful slender legs
That she was going to parade on beautiful catwalks
With big brands of wedge heels
Hey sir, you who are nostalgic
The damn singers, the bimbos You
must know an important secret
It is that Brassens did not have beautiful abdominals
The songwriters singers
Are not necessarily impostors
You know sir, sometimes you have to shut up
Me, I want to see Hoshi on a poster
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people
We need beautiful people