Bernard Lavilliers will receive a Victory of Honor at the Victoires de la Musique next Friday.
A ceremony broadcast on France 2. On this occasion, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine receives the singer this Wednesday February 7 in “C à vous.
With the columnists, she retraces her career.
And one song is particularly chosen by Patrick Cohen who does not hide his admiration.
This is
Betty
, taken from the double album
Nuit d'amour
, released in 1981.
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“Betty, don’t cry. Betty, don't tremble. I know, you're going to stay there. You wouldn't like to wake up anymore, never dream again
.
It is an intimate song in the repertoire of Bernard Lavilliers.
A text sent to a wrongly imprisoned friend.
Behind her bars, she thinks about suicide.
The singer addresses these words to him to prevent him from taking action.
Emotions on set
After an extract from the show
Chantez-le moi
, hosted by Jean-François Kahn, where Bernard Lavilliers performs his song, the return to the France 5 talk set is emotional.
Tears came, some even ran down the singer's face.
“Excuse me
,” begins Bernard Lavilliers before saying that he was finally able to pick up Betty in Fleury-Mérogis.
“Know that Betty is injustice itself.
She was my friend.
I can't sing this song every day,”
he says, wiping his face.
“You are extremely moved
,” remarks Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, also with bright eyes.
“You know, we will meet again there, elsewhere, in full sun”
sang Bernard Lavilliers.
A prophecy that came true, even though Betty had to wait 14 years before being released.
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