The Green Mare...
- Nostra Dam
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2023
Valérie Lagrange is a French singer-songwriter and actress who started her artistic career in 1959 by playing in Claude Autant-Lara's film "La jument verte" alongside Bourvil. Film where several scenes take place in a barn, hence its stage name.
On the song side, she released her first title in the 60s, notably songs like "La guerilla" and another "Encore un jour de notre amour".
But the events of May 68 will change the situation and she suddenly decides to leave the world of glitter for the hippie and community world.
In 1973, meeting Ian Jelfs from the group Alice turned his life upside down, both private and professional. The duo scour the roads and perform wherever the wind takes them.
Until 1979, when the couple met Philippe Constantin, who allowed them to sign with Virgin. Their first album, recorded with the English band Sinceros, was released in 1980. And it was a huge success. In particular the flagship title "Faut plus me la faire".
Subsequently, the albums will follow one after another but without ever regaining the level of this particularly successful first opus.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
60s Decade :
Paris Wellington 1964
Encore un jour de notre amour 1965
La guérilla 1965
Moitié ange-moitié bête 1966
Ce que je suis 1966
70s Decade :
I love you so 1971
Si ma chanson pouvait 1977
80s Decade :
Faut plus me la faire 1980
Haïr est si facile 1980
A quoi tu sers 1980
Sauve moi 1980
Chez moi 1981
Toi 1981
La folie 1983
On meurt tous d’amour 1984
Animal sauvage 1985
Rebelle 1986
2000s Decade :
Julien 2003
Bateau ivre 2003
Mon amour pour toi 2003
Tracks :
1964...one day we have to start well and for young Danielle it is with this title that everything will begin. There is a start for everything...
1965...here she is now on South American rhythms, far from the standards of the time and above all the antipodes of the previous title...
1965 ... in the same vein. But this time, the title does not go unnoticed and allows the artist to know his first real success...
1966...an affection for South American rhythms which is confirmed with this new title. A little is good but all the titles should not be made on the same model...
1966...she already sticks more to the standards of the time with this new title. So when she wants, she can...
1971 ... change of decade and change of language. In Anglo-Saxon fashion, a linguistic parenthesis which unfortunately produced little effect...
1977 ... the Anglo-Saxon parenthesis closed, we find her a few years later this time in 100 % Frenchie mode and my faith, it works pretty well !
1980 ... the title of a lifetime ! The one who makes One Shot fit into the musical legend of the 80s and which explodes the notoriety overnight. Double Jackpot !
1980...we're not going to lie, the best is now behind her but it's clear that the adventure is far from over, that's for sure...
1980 ... after South American rhythms, here comes the time of Caribbean version rhythms. A taste for exoticism more than pronounced ...
1980...a year 1980 which will undoubtedly remain one of its best vintages. Years ago like that...
1981...the rock bases become predominant, it is clear. Afterwards in the age of synthesizers and drum machines, it's not easy to exist at the highest level in these conditions...
1981...a rock base which somewhat marginalizes the artist and relegates her somewhat to the background. Too bad because the decade was really off to a good start...
1983...finally a sound that is much more in tune with the times. And as if by chance, this time, success is there !
1984 ... unfortunately impossible to repeat the exploit thereafter. It will therefore be a quiet end of career, but outside the star system ...
1985...she continues to believe in it no matter what and on the principle who would blame her because we know well, in music, everything always remains possible...
1986...so how much longer will she be able to last in these conditions, good question. In any case, she is moving forward, she is moving forward...
2003...we thought we would never see her again and yet here she is indeed again at the start of the 2000s. An unexpected return which obviously delights the core fans to the highest extent...
2003...so a furtive return or a lasting return ? She is the only one who knows the answer and we will therefore have to wait and see how she positions herself for the rest of the events...
2003...so last title or not ? We'll have to wait and see if she comes back one day and especially if she comes back with what musical project...
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