Eric Charden, le Gary Glitter Français

He 's been a hot ticket in the sixties, and launched the career of his wife as the Beatnik Queen Beauty 1966. Then, inspired by Roswell affair or ELO, he 's been cooking a commercial music in a Space-Disco Supermarket style.

He's not the best of all, but he 's worth rediscovering, as his music was quite innovating at this time.

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" L'été s'ra chaud l'été s'ra chaud,
Dans les t-shirts dans les maillots,
L'été s'ra chaud l'été s'ra chaud,
D'la Côte d'Azur à Saint-Malo,
L'été s'ra chaud
L'été s'ra chooooooooooooooo "




L'été s'ra chaud - E. Charden/D. Barbelivien - E. Charden/G. Mattéoni - 1979

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"Je suis une allumette ! Allume !
Je suis une allumette ! Je brûle !
Je suis une allumette ! Allume !
Je suis une allumette ! Rien qu'une allumette ! "




Allume - E. Charden/D. Barbelivien - E. Charden/G. Mattéoni - 1979

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He also perpetrated scores for french sci-fi tv shows, with his friend Guy Mattéoni .
His mixture of supermarcket sound gimmicks, spanish castanets and killer disco bass was a shock for the boy i was, sitting in front my tv.




La guerre - E. Charden/G. Mattéoni - 1980


San Ku Kai/Générique - E. Charden - E. Charden/Didier Barbelivien - 1980

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