Songs of the Seine Floods

In the capital, the river is very high: this invites us to listen again to how the artists sing about this city when it is afraid of the flood.

I’m sorry, dear listeners in the region – and in the flood area. The song doesn’t always go into great detail about the area you’re in. On the other hand, it is enough if the Seine rises a little and a song jumps

Well, I’m exaggerating, there aren’t that many songs about the Paris floods. But it is often good authors who deal with this topic – here it is Thomas Fersen, who sees a woman crying and who thereby sees the river rising that threatens the bridges of Paris, and of course the Zouave, that dear Zouave of the Pont de l’Alma.

In the first episode of These songs make headlines This weekend you will hear excerpts from:

Thomas Fersen, Do not Cry, 1995

Serge Reggiani, The Zouave of Alma Bridge, 1981

Georges Brassens, The ricochets, 1976

Paul Lack, The aquatic plant garden, 1910

Dionysus, Seems Paris? 2021

Anne Vanderlove, Rain in Paris, 1967

Paul Anka, Rain in Paris, 1963

Claude Nougaro, A little girl, 1962

Alain Kan, Paris in the rain, 1964

Charles Aznavour, It’s raining, 1956

Thomas Fersen, Do not Cry, 1995

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