Obviously, a lot of artists talk about their country in their work. And it’s no different in French music. They all have a different view of France, and they focus on a lot of different aspects of this country. So this section reunites a lot of very different songs, some of them being political charges against the social and political state of France, some other being more like senerades to a specific French territory, and some of them being more humoristic.
Songs about France in general :
- Charles Trenet : Douce France
- Jean Ferrat : Ma France
- Michel Polnareff : Lettre à France
- Renaud : Hexagone
Songs about French cities and French regions :
- Edith Piaf : Sous le ciel de Paris
- Georges Brassens : L’Auvergnat
- Georges Brassens : Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète
- Les Chats Sauvages : Twist à Saint-Tropez
- Jacques Dutronc : Paris s’éveille
- Claude Nougaro : Toulouse
- Michel Delpech : Le Loir-et-Cher
- Nino Ferrer : Le Sud
- Pascal Obispo : Tombé pour elle
- NTM : Seine-Saint-Denis Style
- IAM : Bad boys de Marseille
- Miossec : Brest
- Bernard Lavilliers : Saint-Etienne
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