A cracking cover of Christophe's classic Les mots bleus by Matthieu Chedid, performed at home during lockdown.
The song, the title track of Christophe's 1974 album and top ten single, was co-written by Jean-Michel Jarre who was then a musical collaborator with Chrstophe. He'd already worked as lyricist for Christophe's 1973 album Les Paradis perdus. For an artist now best known for producing instrumental electronic work, it's quite an achievement to have been involved in creating two songs regarded as French language classics,
M's cover follows other artists such as Alain Bashung.
It's a lovely version, performed during a live stream in April last year and it appears as one of the 35 tracks on his Le Grand P'tit Concert -M-aison streaming album that features cover versions and stripped-down arrangements of his own work. It's a great collection and well worth a download.
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