Johnny Hallyday

1943 - 2017

One of the great artists of our times.




110.000.000 albums sold, 40 golden records, 22 platinum records, 5 diamond records,183 tours with 27 million tickets sold, over 1000 recorded tracks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hallyday

 

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Again sad news. For many of us older guys he was considered the French Elvis. His talent took France by storm (and a good part of Europe too). May he rest in peace. His contribution will not be forgotten.

 

wow - shocking - sad day in France & les environs francophone.

 

Elvis was the American Johnny Hallyday...RIP.

 

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RIP

 

Non-stop Johnny Hallyday video's, all day on W9

Europe: Eutelsat 9B (FTA)
https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/fr/W9-Suisse.html

Worldwide:
https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/fr/W9.html

 

A queu merde putain ... Jhonny , a que bonne route ....

 

Un geant, le plus grand chanteur masculin de la chanson francaise dans la francophonie nous quitte. Tristesse dans la sphere musicale.

A giant, the biggest male singer of all time in the whole french universe all corners of the world for many generations including our parents has left us today. A very sad day in the music sphere.

What a voice he has, a True singer, a true artist, a humble man, simple. Some call him "The Boss"

Merde qu'on aimait et on aimera toujours sa gueule

And today we all have something about "Johnny" - On a tous quelque chose de Johnny aujourd'hui

Vade In Pace Johnny

 

RIP jean philippe smet ..heureusement qu'il ya les belges ....ca va faire un vide
oly are you frenchy ???

 

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Hey @yabiss .. after a lifetime of being called the "French Elvis" I hoped to offset and so negating something that I dislike to no end, that which is being a unique and wonderful artist in your own right but still being continually compared to someone else, usually repeated ad nauseam by stupid, uncreative people who just follow a trend unconsciously. It was just my way of complimenting the man. It of course not even actually close to the truth and imagined anyone would realize that...guess I was wrong.

 

Johnny Hallyday non-stop video's on W9, all day (thursday).
Satellite data for receiving W9, above.

 

So i misunderstood you and took it on the first degree then. Apologies.

I agree. Elvis is not Johnny and Johnny is not Elvis. And like you i hate it when people (journalists usually) like to compare new artists by naming them "the new X" or "the new Y" like they don't exist by themselves...

 

Thanks a ton for your reply! Apology wholeheartedly accepted. I'll try not to be such a whippersnapper, smartass in my posts to avoid miscommunication of my thoughts in the future.

 

Oui, enfin, pour ce qu'il en reste. Ça fait très longtemps que je ne suis plus en France, mais oui, je suis un Gaulois pure souche.

 

your comment sounds like it was elvis that copied johnny ...
johnny was the french elvis .... is more clear i think

 

ah cool !!! ca va facilliter les choses , jpeux te pm en french du coup ....

 

@superliquidsunshine
Totally agree too. He was as unique as any true artist (and to be honest Hallyday was a great actor too, Elvis never was). We have to remember though, the "nick" was stuck because he was considered the man who introduced France's "majority" to rock'n'roll, and not because he was considered any kind of an Elvis impersonator or gimmick. It is cool you made it clear, so i felt i made clear my post as to what i meant.
I will leave you with a little something (different than music) i have enjoyed the recent years: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329454/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
And to my French friends, please excuse my writing if this is wrong, i am still working on my French:
Je vous adresse mes sincères condoléances mes amies.
Merci pour une vie d'art.

 

Johnny Hallyday funeral on Champs Elysees tomorrow saturday december 9th.

Live on M6, 11:45 am GMT, 12:45 Paris.

(M6 is on the same transponder with W9, FTA on Eutelsat 9B.)

Farewell to one of the last music giants.

Bonne route, Johnny. Et a bientot.