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Old 08-03-2010, 08:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Even if he is less under the spotlight today, Etienne Daho stays one of the most important singer-songwriter of the french pop stage of that last 30 years.
I like it. It's difficult to find lyrics translations, but at least I've read a few ones.

Luz Casal (a well-known singer and a friend of Daho) made a Spanish cover of Duel au soleil. Besides, they sang it as a duet:



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I'm sure that If he was born English or American, he probably will have been becoming a superstar.
Yes. And I've thought the same thing while listening to songs in Spanish, Portuguese or Italian. But at least, in this case, Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) has mentioned Daho as one of his main influences. By the way: apart from the central meaning, don't you think there is a subtle (and funny) allusion to this matter in Le Premier Jour's video?:





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