This performance is one of the, if not the most legendary live performance in francophone music history…everybody remembers it almost 25 years later. Johnny was the biggest singer in France and invited Lara who just arrived in France a year earlier…she was the only female artist invited to that huge concert. Johnny considered Lara as the female version of himself.

Lara Fabian was the surprise guest here: this is a Johnny Halliday concert in Stade de France, in front of 80,000 in 1998. The song itself was a song made for him only, that he started to sing in 1976. He converted it into a duet for this concert for the first time I believe. He wanted Lara to shine so the mic balance was tuned to favor her belts vs him. The song itself was created as a parallel with an old classic french movie called “Le jour se lève” (1939) where the “heros” is barricaded in his house, surrounded by police, having murdered his girlfriend. Legendary perf. I am glad that english speaking world starts to discover this masterpiece. Kudo to you. Good job and react!

@ericsicard910

2 жыл бұрын

I am a huge huge fan of Lara (that’s why I subscribed to your channel) but don’t underestimate Johnny: he sold more than 110 millions records WW thru 79 albums during a 57-year career. He was the most admired singer in France, also aan enormous powerhouse, and considered as the Elvis of France. When he died in 2017, there were national funerals with 1M fans lined up and the french president and the 2 living predecessors paid tribute.

@stephanieellis5399

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericsicard910 wow. It says a lot about him that he wanted her to shine. And boy does she.

@ericsicard910

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanieellis5399 yes she absolutely did. She is the absolute vocal powerhouse and she was the only one to support the power comparizon with him. Johnny said from her “she is me as a woman”. They had a project to do something big together again but his young wife was jealous and let it not happen. I am personally not a fan but Johnny was a legend in France since the 60s: just to give you an idea, he hired Jimi Hendrix, then not yet known, to support and open his concerts during a tour. That’s how the first scene from Jimi Hendrix Experience trio appeared to be in France.

@stephanieellis5399

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericsicard910 that comment of his could be seen as rather egotistical, but at the same time being saying to people, "look, if you love me, you'll love her her". It's sad (but somewhat understandable) that his young wife didn't have faith in her own marriage and was threatened...but I'd struggle not to be totally intimidated by Lara, too. Still, it's unfortunate. I'm glad they did this, at least, AND that it was televised. I'm so glad Johnny was gracious enough to share it with Lara and share Lara with us.

@ericsicard910

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanieellis5399 totally agree with your comment. Johnny was not easily impressed and he definitely was with Lara. The chemistry they had together on stage was so intense that it did scare Laeticia.

You was looking for Lara, but the biggest star was Johnny Hallyday. He was the biggest french star for over 50 years. He was influence by Elvis and became the french Elvis and was the one who brought rock and roll to France. You will follow Fabienne, but if you are curious about him, look for "L'envie" (the one with the japanese drums) or "Diego". But he have so much more. He was the only to be able to full the "stade de France" (biggest stadium at Paris). He also bring around 2 millions people around the Effel tour. I had the chance to see him 3 time in concert and it was just legendary.

@powerblades

2 жыл бұрын

I'm here just for Lara too

@Rosannasfriend

2 жыл бұрын

I like he paid a lot of attention to Johnny Hallyday as well as Lara Fabian.

I'm just here to watch Charlie's eyebrows fly up into his hairline every time Lara opens her mouth. 😂 Great reaction!

Johnny Hallyday is very popular , in France. His voice is immortal !

@Omnimon152

2 жыл бұрын

He brought rock and roll to france for like 50 years, over 3k concerts. I think he was friend with elvis presley too.

This is the exact definition, the most accurate one, of french music. Proud to be french.

Johnny Hallyday (1943 - 2017) is born Jean-Philippe Smet in Paris from a french mother and a belgian father. One day, he saw Elvis Presley in "Loving You" in a cinema and knew he wanted to become singer too. His first single came out in 1960 and it was the start of a career that would last more than five decades. 51 studio albums, 29 live albums, 165 singles 110 millions records sold (40 golden records, 22 platinum records, 3 diamond records) 3257 concerts (187 tours - 40 countries - 29 millions spectators). Mostly a rocker he could , like a chameleon, sing in almost every genre. Covering almost all rock hits (Elvis, Beatles,...) or Edith Piaf but also singing in duet with the french rap group Minister Amer or with opera singer Montserrat Caballé.

Great reaction once again. I just wanted to tell you a little more about Johnny Halliday. He was such a legend in France for over 50 years that for his funerals, the president made "national funeral" and the Champs Elisées were closed to let the cortege pass. If you have the chance listen to some more of him. He had an amazing powerfull voice.

Lara was amazing here, and Johnny has such a deep rich resonant voice even with all that great and rasp.

Thank you so much! Johnny, who passed away few years ago, was THE French superstar, even if almost unknown outside the Exagone. Lara Fabian was so stressed to sing in front of his very Rock'n'roll public that she got stucked at him like a clamshell! But as Johnny is very kind, his loving public is too. Johnny have always had the courtesy not to cover the voice of his guests, and her performance blows our mind! It was in Stade de France of Paris, the biggest of french stadiums. It was raining that night which gives even more intensity to the song! The Symphonic orchestra and the Chorus give even more intensity! Thank you so much! Lara should have had the same career as Céline Dion, but her career was a bit impeached by Céline's absolute triomphe abroad at that time ! Anyway, she might not be the same international superstar as Céline, she stays our queen in France !!!

you're right : they switch the pronouns to make a duet of this very famous and dramatic song of him. He's the best selling and famous rock singer in France. Even if we don't all like his music (that's my case), people in France all knows him and can sing one or two of his songs. He was also very famous for his stage performances, the high quality of his concerts and for spending energy without limits, and above all his peculiar way to pronounce the vowells ("u" instead of "ou" for example, "amuuur" instead of "amour" ^^)

It was a really great reaction to Johnny and Lara's amazing performance! Many thanks and greetings from Russia!

So glad you reacted to this one. Not a big Johnny fan, but he had some great songs and this one - especially this performance was a masterpiece.

At the beginning, he says "Je ne vais pas m'envoler sans elle" which means "I won't fly away without her" but there's a play with the word "ailes" wich means "wings" but pronounces like "elle"

Непревзойдённый дуэт! Шедеврально! Жалко, что он не мог состояться в начале творчества Джонни! Но это лучшее, что я видела!

“a nuclear bomb going off at stage” love love love that comment 😂

Johnny is the equivalent of Elvis Presley in the French speaking world. If I remember correctly this was in an open stadium in front 90 thousand people.

She changed the song from his point of view to hers masterfully!

Johnny Hallyday and Claude François in France 🇫🇷 are legends Johnny Hallyday is the French Elvis and Claude François (Cloclo) the king of disco in France 🇫🇷 Claude François is he who created the original song of (My way) inquire on Google.

Please react to Yentl sung by Lara!!

@pacscanadadatabaseservices3711

2 жыл бұрын

« Extrait de Yentl » cover of Barbara Streisand kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKumtJt_lcWWm8o.html

Linda reacción!Increíble presentación,increíbles cantantes y artistas!Lara Fabián,la mejor cantante e intérprete del mundo!Gracias!

Thank you... your reaction to this is one of my favourites for the song. You are the only other one who articulates her classically trained technique so well, and notices what she does when she just basically jumps from a growl to an operatic voice/sound. The performance is truly remarkable, and definitely intense, dramatic. You are aware that Lara had an auditory accident in 2013, right? It has affected her voice ever since. Now she looks like she strains more, but still, my absolute favourite female pop voice of the planet. No contest for moi.

@ericsicard910

2 жыл бұрын

No she almost perfectly recovered. It’s true that she had 2-3 years after the accident where she had to do some inflections in the way she sang, but in most recent performances I saw this was no more the case

@alaindubeau3243

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericsicard910 I disagree... I may not hear the strain but I see it, plus her vowel modifications are more extreme than they used to be. As I said, still, I adore her and to me she is the best female pop voice on the planet. Even today. No one beats her in my opinion. No one.

@ericsicard910

2 жыл бұрын

@@alaindubeau3243 you are surely a skilled vocalist, which I am not, and so you saw things I probable have missed. But I am still standing on my own feelings and views about this. I saw some vowel inflections in the couple years after her accident ( eg Bel-ai-ve instead of believe in Adagio) that she did not have later on.

@alaindubeau3243

2 жыл бұрын

@Lara The Ring Fabian I disagree, but who the fuck cares. I still adore her.

Oh this was such a great and fun reaction!! Loved every minute of it!!

As always, a great reaction)) Thank you for coming back to Lara all the time, she is an inexhaustible source for reactions and inspiration) Look at how she performs the famous Barbra Streisand composition kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKumtJt_lcWWm8o.html - you won't regret it)

wow oh wow.....just out of this world...great reaction

hello, Johny Hallyday is dead now, and was a show master in France, rocky voice well known, and you add to him Lara Fabian with NO AUTOTUNES , just real singing, real singing, the magic of a real voice, a great singer with singing techniques mastered to perfection I have few things to say about this video. Some people can think the gestures are exaggerated. You have to put in context. This is a live concert in a stadium with 90 000 peoples, in a rainy day. You have to do this, so anyone can get the message.

C'est du lourd !

This is passionate anger and defiance!

Amazing performance

wow so nice both like operatic Johnny et Laura brilliant artist singet

Look lara fabian "yentl medley" live Montréal 1997 ❤❤❤

What a spectacular performance. Thank you for showing this. I don't see the link for the original. Can someone share it?

@Love_Lara

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnyrq6hvmtC1c7w.html

@PittDaddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Love_Lara Thanks!

Lara is the ultimate storyteller followed closely by Floor. Both are amazing talents and humans.

Pour traduction des paroles, il s'agit d'un homme qui vient de tuer son amoureuse parce qu'il pensait qu'il allait la perdre, il s'attend ensuite à se faire prendre ou tuer par la police. C'est une chanson chantée pour le solo interprétée ici en duo, ce qui ne rend pas les chose facile à traduire, vu déjà que la femme est morte. Je me demande donc qui a eu l'idée de chanter ça en duo mixte ! En mettant ce problème de côté, il s'agit en effet d'une grande interprétation et d'une très belle performance !

I still need to hear the song...

yes it's really raining !!!!

Real rain, true nightmare. They had to cancel one show au Stade de France, at the last minute, because it was too dangerous. Johnny was devastated. He loved his fans and the idea of disappointing all these people who were there for hours had been a real pain for him. I really love this concert with the two of them but I prefer by far the first time they sang this song together, it was on a tv show ("Les Enfoirés" where a lot of French and non French artists sing together for charity) and it was after that performance that he invited her to join him on stage to perform this song with him. If you want to check the first performance : kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWRt0pughKbMmKg.html

@oscar75oscar

Жыл бұрын

Merci pour le lien. J'ai adoré cette première version en duo moi aussi.

Best duo ever

+1 for referencing !

I think it was time for you to move to get a better background for your recording 🤣 Nice reaction again

Look "tu es mon autre" jean-félix lalanne, lara fabian and maurane 2008 ❤❤

She Is the best women dramatic singer

Requiem for a Madman would have been inspired by Gérard Layani by a news item that took place in Paris at the end of 1975. A man had barricaded himself in his home, sequestering his wife who wanted to leave him. Unable to bear losing her, he ends up killing her and killing himself before the police can attack.👍

Look "tu es mon autre" live lara fabian, mauranne and jean-félix lalanne ❤❤❤

L'histoire de cette chanson est: Un homme qui séquestre la femme qu'il aime pour ne pas la perdre. Il est devenu fou par amour. Elle est, elle aussi, dépendante de cette amour physique qu'il lui apporte. Ils sont en symbiose mais dans une relation malsaine.

@juliepilon7146

Жыл бұрын

Ça se passe le matin quand les policiers arrivent pour intervenir.

They need to get a room.

*Requiem for a madman* I'm warning you, don't come closer, Whether you're a cop or onlooker. I'll kill the one who makes a move. No, I'll not do any favors! And turn off all these search-lights, And lower your guns pointed on me. No, I'll not fly away without her. Tell the priest, tell the pastor, That elsewhere they go and be hanged. The devil came earlier, And my soul is no longer for sale. If you grant me this night, At dawn, I'll give you my life. Cause, what would be my life without her (him -> Lara)? I was such a madman. But due to love, She made out of me a madman, a madman of love. My heaven, it was her eyes, her mouth. My life, it was her body, her body ... I loved her so much that I killed her to keep her. Because for a great love to last forever, It must die, it must to die of love ... The day rises, the night's palling, Hunters and dogs are starving. It's time to sound the hunting, The beast must die this morning. I'll open wide the shutters, Aim for the heart; I'm waiting. I want to fall asleep with her (him -> Lara) forever. I was a madman. But due to love, She made out of me a madman, a madman of love. My heaven, it was her (his -> Lara) eyes, (his -> Lara) mouth. My life, it was her (his -> Lara) body, her (his -> Lara) body ... I loved her so much that I killed her to keep her. I'm just a madman (You're just a madman -> Lara), just a madman of love A poor madman who dies, Who dies of love ... Notice: There are two versions of this song, the original sung only by Johnny Hallyday. And of course this one which has today become the most famous version.

Try a 1998 Lara live in Bruxelles I think, , KZread vid of relatively poor quality but Lara shows sensuality singing sitting on a stool “dis moi pourquoi je l’aime” … I won’t say more.

Italian origins, she lived in Belgium and Canada. Vocal training: celine dion's level! Canadian voices are very powerful. The most amazing video i've seen is celine dion's duet with ginette reno. It surpasses everything!

@Hakausu

2 жыл бұрын

Just curious, what is Celine Dion's level of vocal training? She was the youngest of 14 kids in a poor family. Where did she have voice training as a child or teenager? Lara had 10 years in Brussels, I know, until she was 18 and then voice lessons weekly at least until today. She is on tour again too, BTW!

Traduction ?

Johnny is much more famous in France than Lara Fabian. He is a legend for us. Lara was just a guest. His real name was Jean-Phiilppe Smet.

Please, Could you do a reaction video for Céline Dion and Ginette Reno- un peu plus haut. It's fantastic !!!!

Too much to say here. Best to take a look at Lara's wikipedia.

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