François Staal takes over Léo Ferré, Avec Le Temps, a cover to discover in the musical selection of Justfocus. The title is taken from the album L'humaine Beauté. François Staal will be in concert on November 16, 2022 at the Café de la Danse with Emma Sand and Vincent Bricks. Book here. In the vein of text rockers, François Staal cultivates a universe of rock song, French, storms or melodies, off the beaten track and in touch with the contemporary, a universe close to that of Nick Cave, Bashung or Manset with reminiscences of Pink Floyd or Dominique A. The committed song he carries celebrates the depth of feelings and senses, his texts and his musical writing more impressionistic than narrative, create a sensual, disrespectful, exalted atmosphere. In 20 years and 7 albums, François Staal has had multiple collaborations and duets, notably with Jean Fauque, CharlElie Couture, Pierre-Yves Lebert, Elvire Murail, Nina Morato, Emilie Marsh, Karen Lano… 
Today, he offers us a very personal version of With Time by Léo Ferré. "With time we don't like it anymore! With time we still love? Who knows? I would have liked to sing both endings. I heard that Léo Ferré himself sometimes does it on stage (is it true?) Anyway, one of the wonders of this song, for me, will be that it will now accompany me in my "singing tour" (to speak as at the time), every night of my concerts, as is already the case now. What a delight! " François Staal In this new album, a dozen unpublished texts, including one of his friend Pierre-Yves Lebert, are combined with the resumption of two monuments of French song, La nuit je mens (Alain Bashung) and Avec le temps (Léo Ferré)… and a poem by Charles Baudelaire. The culmination of an evolution that began ten years ago, L'humaine beauté crowns a research on sounds and the French language, mixing guitars and drum rocks with symphonic strings. Here is the video of Avec Le Temps : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGQrv3NYgVg "WITH TIME" Words and Music by Léo Ferré © Les Nouvelles Editions Meridian & La Mémoire et la Mer" Ticket link for the concert at the Café de la Danse on 16/11/2022
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