“But who is Juliette Armanet?” While the singer judged that Michel Sardou’s “Les Lacs du Connemara” was a “right-wing” song, the composer Jacques Revaux, interviewed by Le Dauphiné Libéré, reacted to the controversy.
For several days, Juliette Armanet has been the target of criticism for having expressed her “disgust” at the famous hit by Michel Sardou. In an interview with Tipik, a media outlet belonging to RTBF, the singer felt that she did not like her “scout, sectarian side” and her “filthy” music.
An opinion that did not please Jacques Revaux, composer for Sardou but also for Johnny Hallyday, Dalida or Charles Aznavour. The musician is also behind the score of the title “Comme d’habitu” by Claude François, which was taken over by Frank Sinatra to become “My Way”.
At 83, Jacques Revaux “wanted to ask: but who is Juliette Armanet?” “. According to him, “everyone has the right to say what they think, but politely”. The remark of the interpreter of “Flame” is, in his eyes, “ridiculous” and “is not worthy of an artist”.
Although he admitted that the singer’s music was “not really” his “cup of tea”, he assured that he would not “allow himself to say that his songs reek of sweat”.
As for the song being “right-wing”, Jacques Revaux felt that Michel Sardou is “more monarchist, Napoleonic than right-wing”. He also explained that the song did not contain a political message. He remembers a title “born by chance”. His synthesizers, damaged after several trips, played “bagpipe sounds” instead of “playing strings”. The air then inspired him with what would become “The Lakes of Connemara”.
