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The Lakes of Connemara
“Là-bas au Connemara
On sait tout le prix du silence
Là-bas au Connemara
On dit que la vie, c’est une folie
Et que la folie, ça se danse”
Extract from Les Lacs du Connemara by Michel Sardou
From the first verse, the crowds go wild. The land burned by the wind has a solemn moment, sung in chorus by the followers of this music with rhythms that have contributed to its influence. A song that is not always unanimous because even Michel Sardou takes advantage of the length of his song, usually played at the end of his concerts, to slip away during the long musical loop and return to his hotel. A title that remains a legend and a must for parties and events of all kinds.
This song owes everything to a synthesizer left too long in the sun on the back deck of a car after a long trip. Jacques Revaux, Michel Sardou’s composer, takes this white-hot instrument and starts to press the keys. O surprise, a sound of bagpipes escapes from the synthesizer. A rather crazy idea germinates in the minds of the two men, to write a Scottish song. The lyricist Pierre Delanoë starts looking for information about Scotland. Unable to find anything, he managed to find a brochure on Ireland and the fabulous Connemara region.
Based on this publicity, a little documentation and without putting a foot in it, the two men write the lyrics of the song. The problem is that it lasts more than six minutes. Michel Sardou does not want to release it, judging it too long. Jacques Revaux intervenes and convinces him. The rest is legend.
The legend is both French and Irish. If the song generally symbolizes the end of the evening, the last gathering before returning to the homes, it also federates many followers curious to discover this land and these stretches of water sung more or less wrong. Thus, nearly 175,000 French-speaking tourists flock to Connemara every year, with Michel Sardou’s song in mind. A title that the bus drivers leading these tourists near the various sites of the region do not fail to pass for the greatest pleasure of the passengers. Thanks to this craze, the Connemara region thanked Michel Sardou by naming him an honorary citizen in 2011. And Michel Sardou has still not been there, in Connemara…
A Flemish radio station, Qmusic, has embarked on a crazy challenge in 2019, broadcasting the Lacs du Connemara for five days non-stop.
Pollacapall Lough
Kylemore Abbey stands on the shores of Pollacapall Lough, not on the nearby Kylemore Lough. A lake with a thousand legends.
Fascinating, powerful and wild, Pollacapall Lough is a legendary place. It is said, like the famous Loch Ness, that sea creatures sweep across the bottom of the lake, only to be seen on certain summer evenings.
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Fanspots Stories Paris [French Edition]
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These are often anonymous places these are that have become world-famous thanks to pop culture, to the point where they are now inseparable from the works they were used to set.
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Paris filmed, Paris sung, Paris drawn, Paris told… For artists, the City of Light is an extraordinary field of expression and an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Each new work is an outstretched hand to seduce new people, thanks to the dreamers of yesterday and today. Famous or anonymous places then become cult. These are the secrets of a hundred of them revealed in this third volume of the Fanspots Stories collection.
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The coffee ofAmélie, the location of the Corniaud, the bridge of Inception, the seat of the Spectre in James Bond, the restaurant of Ratatouille, the church of Les Tontons Flingueurs, the bar of Bref., the agency in Call my Agent, the restaurant in Emily in Paris, the refuge of Lupin, the Parisian residence of the heroines of Gossip Girl, the firm of In therapy, the works of the Louvre featured in the clip Apeshit by Jay Z & Beyoncé, the Parc Montsouris of Jacques Higelin, the metro station of Poinçonneur des Lilas by Serge Gainsbourg, the café in Paris Le Flore by Etienne Daho, the apartment ofAdèle Blanc-Sec, the lair of Olrik in Blake & Mortimer, the apartment of Arsene Lupin, the home of the Count of Monte Cristo, the address of The Malaussian Family, the police station of Maigret, the Fiat Lux agency of Nestor Burma, the bar of A Moveable Feast, the tavern of Three musketeers…
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By Damien Duarte
Passionné par la culture pop depuis son enfance, ses références vont de Donald Duck à Batman en passant par Marty McFly. Fantripper dans l'âme, voyager sur les traces de Ghostbusters, James Bond ou des héros de romans comme Cotton Malone fait partie d'un séjour idéal et réussi !