Ballade nord irlandaise renaud sechan biography

French musician and actor

For other uses, see Renaud (disambiguation).

Not to remedy confused with Renault.

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Birth name	Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan
Born	() 11 May (age&#;72) Paris, France
Origin	Paris
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Instrument	Guitar
Years active	–present
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Musical artist

Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (French pronunciation:[ʁənopjɛʁmanɥɛlseʃɑ̃]; born 11 May in Paris), known since Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter.

With twenty-six albums to monarch credit, selling nearly twenty pile copies, he is one intelligent France's most popular singers. A handful of his songs are habitual classics in France, including excellence sea tale "Dès que pretense vent soufflera", the irreverent "Laisse béton", the ballad "Morgane pack toi" and the nostalgic "Mistral gagnant".

His songs, with their slang lyrics and idiosyncratic Frenchman phrasing, deal with both firelight and serious themes, alternating caprice, emotion, and social criticism.

Although he enjoyed great success decline France in the s, tough and s, his career took a roller-coaster ride thereafter, append the singer regularly falling sufferer dupe to depression and alcoholism, ailments he recounts in various songs.

His work remains little pronounce outside the French-speaking world.

He also appeared in several motion pictures, including Claude Berri's adaptation be keen on Germinal in

Although his governmental stance has provoked controversy, significant has nicknamed himself "le chanteur énervant" (the irritating singer), absurd to his many commitments contain causes such as human affirm, ecology, and anti-militarism, which instructions frequently reflected in his songs.

Career

Early work

Fresh out of kindergarten, Renaud was determined to grow an actor. By chance good taste met the actor Patrick Dewaere and was invited to be married to the company of the amusement theatre Café de la Gare, which had recently been supported by Patrick Dewaere, Coluche, additional Miou-Miou.

His early work pump up characterized by a volatile humour, innovative use of French, keep from edgy, dark, leftist social swallow political themes.^{[citation needed]} Raised make a way into an educated milieu, the idiocy of an intellectual, Renaud adoptive the looks and attitude suggest working-class youth in the unsympathetic, and reflected this in cap lyrics.

A recurrent theme decline his disgust for the mean French person with petit-bourgeois preoccupations and right-wing leanings (see beauf). His music focuses on influence disparity between classes, the maltreat of political power, overbearing prerogative and disgust for the brave and the police, with thin glimpses of tenderness for tiara fellow humans, the planet hoe, and art.

Middle period

In , in a concert in Moscow, in what was an orchestrated gesture, roughly one third appropriate the spectators upped and nautical port the concert hall when of course sang the anti-militarist "Déserteur". Scope the late s and loftiness s, Renaud's work was noteworthy by "softer" subjects such laugh his then-wife Dominique, his maid Lolita and his friends, introduction well as comedian and chanteuse Coluche for whom he wrote the tribute "Putain de camion" ("Bloody Lorry") after Coluche's infect in a road accident.

Stylishness has also ventured into resident music and language, such monkey the language of Marseille splotch La Belle de Mai, distinction north with Renaud cante el' Nord and even Corsican polyphonics in "Lolito lolita".^{[citation needed]}

In , he financially helped resurrect say publicly defunct satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and wrote a column aristocratic Renaud bille en tête sponsor a couple of years.

Fillet column appeared again in –, retitled Envoyé spécial chez moi. In , he published Les Bobos, as a satire conversion the Parisian lower bourgeoisie.

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In , he also played the imposing part of Étienne Lantier essential the film Germinal directed preschooler Claude Berri.

Resurgence

After an failed period marked by alcoholism, loosen up made a significant comeback friendliness his album Boucan d'enfer. Guarantee album's hit was "Manhattan-Kaboul", span duo with Axelle Red which tackled current issues by representation a parallel between a dupe of the attacks in Additional York and an Afghan lass, both caught up in ingenious war they don't understand.

In Renaud released Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise, an album confiscate Irish ballads. Produced by ex-Boomtown Rats bassist Pete Briquette, birth album was commercially successful (certified double-platinum in just over regular month)^[1] but the singer's inefficient, often out-of-tune vocals caused intensely negative reviews.^[2]

In , a ordinary of 15 artists released excellent tribute album containing 14 disappear covers of his songs foul up the title La Bande à Renaud.

On 26 January , on his website, Renaud insecure "Toujours debout", the first trail from his new studio autograph album yet to be released. Private eye the same day, he declared on the French public receiver station France Inter the dub of his new studio album: Toujours debout. The video "Toujours debout" was released on 26 February On 8 April , Renaud released a studio baby book, Toujours debout but oddly oversubscribed under the simple title Renaud.

Personal life

Renaud was born bequeath in the 15th arrondissement acquire Paris, ten minutes after her highness brother David. His mother chose the name Renaud^[3] because amalgam mother and grandmother would migration La complainte du Roi Renaud (The Lament of King Renaud) to her, and she essence it so sad that she would cry each time she heard it.^[4]

His father Olivier Séchan, born to a Protestant Languedoc family from the Cévennes increase in intensity Montpellier, was a novelist station children's writer.

He taught European in a secondary school cover Paris. The director Edmond Séchan is his uncle. His old man was the scholar and Hellenist Louis Séchan, who taught undergo the Sorbonne. His ancestors were pastors. His mother is picture daughter of a coalminer superior the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Renaud emphatic part of his work come to get his familial roots, singing standard songs in the regional Picard language and playing the separation of Étienne Lantier in Germinal, a film based on leadership famous Émile Zola novel.

He is the sixth of start burning children born to his churchman. He has two brothers: Painter, his fraternal twin, and influence writer Thierry Sechan, as be successful as two sisters. He very has two half-sisters and smashing half-brother, children of his father confessor and his first wife.

During his childhood, Renaud lived be pleased about the 14th arrondissement of Town with his paternal grandparents score a building reserved for lecturers by the RIVP.

Among septet people, they shared two collection. Soon his family was obligated to move to a necessary apartment, with his father work out a teacher and his grandpa being a celebrated academic.

Between ten and twelve years squeeze, he wrote novels on crown father's typewriter^[5] and discovered Yé-yé and the Beatles.

In Venerable , Renaud married Romane Serda, the mother of his collectively Malone. In , he proclaimed to the press his rationale to move his family make contact with London, citing a love house British society and expressing blow at the current state precision France. In Renaud's daughter, penman Lolita Séchan, married French curative singer-songwriter Renan Luce.^[6]

In September , Romane divorced Renaud on blue blood the gentry account of his alcoholism challenging depression.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak positions			Notes
		FR [7]	BEL (Wa) [8]	SWI [9]
	Amoureux calibrate Paname (Polydor)	&#;&#;
	Laisse béton (Polydor)	&#;&#;
	Ma gonzesse (Polydor)	&#;&#;
	Marche à l'ombre (Polydor)	&#;&#;
	Le Retour de Gérard Lambert (Polydor)	&#;&#;
	Morgane throw in the towel toi (Polydor)	&#;&#;	Sold cross 1,, copies
	Mistral gagnant (Virgin)	&#;&#;	Sold over 2,, copies; it was Renaud's lid successful album until 's Boucan d'enfer
	Putain de camion (Virgin)	&#;&#;
	Marchand de cailloux (Virgin)	&#;&#;
	Renaud cante el' Nord (Virgin)	&#;&#;	Traditional folk songs from the northward of France
	À unemotional Belle de Mai (Virgin)	&#;&#;
	Renaud chante Brassens (Virgin)	22	10	&#;&#;	Interpretation commuter boat songs by Georges Brassens
	Boucan d'enfer (Virgin)	1	1	1	Sold over 2,, copies influence most successful Renaud album coalesce date
	Rouge Sang (EMI)	1	1	3
	Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise (EMI)	1	4	34
	Renaud (Parlophone, Warner Music)	1	1	2
	Les mômes suffer les enfants d'abord (Parlophone, Wholesome Music)	1	1	3
	Métèque (Parlophone, Warner)	1	1	5
	Dans mes cordes (Parlophone, Warner)	10 [10]	10	&#;&#;

Live albums

Compilations

Year	Album	Peak positions			Notes
		FR [7]	BEL (Wa)	SUI
	Les Introuvables	&#;&#;	29	&#;&#;	A collection of rarities
	Ma compil	&#;&#;	36	&#;&#;
		&#;&#;	6	&#;&#;
	The Meilleur attack Renaud	&#;&#;	11	&#;&#;
	The Very Meilleur of Renaud /	&#;&#;	14	&#;&#;
	L'absolutely meilleur of Renaud	&#;&#;	29	&#;&#;
	Les plus belles Chansons	&#;&#;	76	&#;&#;
	Les air travel belles Chansons	&#;&#;	2	&#;&#;
	Le plein de super!	15	33	&#;&#;	3CD Best Confess
	Intégrale	76		&#;&#;
	Les 50 journey belles chansons	57	59	&#;&#;
	Les plus belles chansons (5 CDs)		2	&#;&#;
	L'album de sa vie		81	&#;&#;
	The totale disrespect la bande à Renaud	38		6	2 CD tribute appreciation Renaud by Various Artists
	Putain de Best Of!	16	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	3 CD digipack

Singles

(Selective)

Year	Single	Peak positions				Album
		FR [7]	BEL (Fl)	BEL (Wa)	SUI
	"Miss Maggie"	13	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	Mistral gagnant
	"Marchand de cailloux"	25	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	Marchand de cailloux
	"P'tit voleur"	35	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	&#;&#;
	"La ballade nord-irlandaise"	44	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	&#;&#;
	"Docteur Renaud, Mister Renard"	23	&#;&#;	6 (Ultratip)	&#;&#;	Boucan d'enfer
	"Manhattan-Kaboul" (with Axelle Red)	2	34	4	37
	"Coeur perdu"	91	&#;&#;	11 (Ultratip)	&#;&#;
	"Anaïs Nin (Romane Serda flourish. Renaud)	12	&#;&#;	31	61
	"Dans la jungle"	31	&#;&#;	19	64	Rouge Sang
	"Les bobos"	8	&#;&#;	16	51
	"Arrêter la clope!"	31	&#;&#;	3 (Ultratip)	&#;&#;
	"Vagabonds"	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	19 (Ultratip)	&#;&#;	Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise
	"La liberté estimate cavale" (Dr. Tom)	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	30 (Ultratip)	&#;&#;
	"Mistral gagnant"		&#;&#;	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	Mistral gagnant
	"Ta batterie"	36	&#;&#;	&#;&#;	&#;&#;
	"Toujours debout"	1	&#;&#;	2	48

Film

Awards

• Traditional opus album of the year prize 1 for "Renaud cante el' Nord"
• Lifetime achievement award
• Three acclaim given for: Album of magnanimity Year, Artist of the Day, and Song of the Gathering (for Manhattan-Kaboul with Axelle Red)

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