Serge Lama, one of the pillars of French song for almost 60 years, released his 24th and final album on October 7, entitled To like. A page is therefore turned for the one who has been the author of countless successes since the beginning of the 1970s.
From adventure to adventure, I am sick, The little women of Pigalle… The songs of Serge Lama rocked generations of French people. The artist who celebrated his 79th birthday this year therefore bows out for health reasons. ” I can’t sing on stage anymore because my leg hurts too much now… The stage is linked with the record. It’s inseparable “says the singer.
The cover of this new red album takes up the graphics and color of another disc released 50 years earlier and entitled I am sick, named after the cult song that will remain his greatest success. “It’s madness, the record has sold two million albums. This is the record of a lifetime “, concedes Serge Lama.
Musical tributes
In this final disc, Serge Lama delivers as he rarely does. He notably reveals his admiration for the writer Albert Camus. He was a child when he discovered it. ” I was 12 years old. I didn’t understand everything, I was fascinated by something magical in the way of telling stories. He gave me a way to go “recalls Serge Lama.
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Another tribute in another register, this time to a young tennis retiree: Roger Federer. The song is titledRoger Federer’s gesture. He even goes so far as to compare it to the seven wonders of the world. ““Roger Federer’s gesture”…I had found that sentence and the whole song, little by little, came. Because Roger Federer is the greatest “stylist” », explains the artist.
If Serge Lama will not defend his new songs on stage and will not make another album. A book is now part of his projects since he plans to write his autobiography.