It was a very emotional Serge Lama who came to collect his Victory of Honor this Friday night on the occasion of the 38th Victoires de la Musique. The singer, who had hinted that he could not go to the musical Sena, gave a surprise by personally going to collect his prize.
It was Calogero, himself very emotional, who presented this honorary award to the interpreter of I’m sick. The latter then advanced towards the desk to the applause of the public:
“This may be the last time I see an audience cheering me on,” said the man who will celebrate his 80th birthday this Saturday.
“My body can no longer continue. I don’t want to sing sitting down, I reject this eventuality. I had a good life, I’ve been doing the job I wanted to do since I was 11 years old.”
the interpreter of Little Women of Pigalle He went on to speak of the most defining moments of his career, beginning with his Olympia in 1973: “When it had my name written on the pediment, I drove eight or 10 laps around the block to make sure it was true,” he said. remembered. And to conclude by thanking the public, and addressing one of his most emblematic refrains: “I love you madly, I love you madly”.
Surprise on the Victory stage
Serge Lama announced a few days ago in the sunday newspaper that he would not be present at the Victoires, citing his health problems:
“I don’t want to show myself today, I prefer to stay in what it was,” he explained. “Today I would have to sing sitting down. It is not what the public wants to see… Physically I am very damaged”.
Serge Lama was discovered in the mid-1960s and multiplied albums and tours for the next five decades. We owe him classics from the French repertoire; I’m sickof course, but also From adventure to adventure either Women, women, women.
Serge Lama formalized the end of his career last September: “I have many problems inherent to the passage of time,” he explained on RTL at the time. “There is a moment in which you have to know how to stop so that things do not stop you.” A few weeks later, he released Lovelisted as his last album.
Source: BFM TV
