Jean-Patrick Capdevielle
Born: December 10, 1945
in Levallois-Perret, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
in Levallois-Perret, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Jean-Patrick Capdevielle (born December 19, 1945) is a French songwriter, composer, singer, musician and painter who influenced the French rock scene in the 1980s.
With a mixture of American and British influences, Capdevielle's work is characterised by his raucous voice. Many of his lyrics are based on anarchist and visionary concepts, with rhythms commonly seen in 1960s London and late 1970s New York club scenes.
Capdevielle was born on December 19, 1945. in Levallois-Perret, near Paris. He received his high school diploma when he was 15 years old, then went on to study medicine and law.
Following his studies, he worked as a journalist and a photographer for various French magazines including Salut les copains, Mademoiselle Age Tendre, SuperHebdo, Actuel (dedicated to counter-culture), and Lui or Paris Match. Following that, he became an artistic director and created a teen magazine, which he sold a short time later.
In the 1960s, he traveled to the United States and lived there for two years in a Volkswagen camper van. He also lived in London, where he met The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and he became a close friend of Eric Clapton.
In 1970, he settled in the Balearic Islands in Ibiza, where he devoted himself to painting and composing music. In 1978, Capdevielle received a gift of an electric guitar from a friend and began to write his first songs. This led to the recording of his first record, "Solitude", which was described as "Reggae in French" and was produced by Ketchup Music (a label owned by French/American artist William Sheller). This first record was moderately successful. When the record label later ceased operations, his initial success allowed him to sign a contract with CBS.
In August 1979, Capdevielle's first album, Les Enfants des Ténèbres et les Anges de la rue, was released. Unexpectedly, the B-side track (Quand t'es dans le Désert) was more successful commercially than the single itself. Thirty-five years later, Capdevielle is still remembered for this song in France.
The second album, /2, was released in 1980 and was also highly successful. The tracks C'est dur d'être un héros and Oh Chiquita sold 150,000 and 200,000 copies respectively.
His first two albums were certified platinum albums, with more than 200,000 copies sold of each. They were classed among the "Top 100 Essential French Rock Albums" by Rolling Stone in 2010.
Between 1980 and 1982, Capdevielle completed three concert tours in Paris, two at The Olympia and one at The Palais de Sports.
In 1982, Capdevielle released his third album L'Ennemi Public, recorded at Bearsville Sound Studio (next to Woodstock) with the participation of renowned American musicians such as Wells Kelly (a musical accompanist of Meat Loaf). The lyrics of the first song, Tu es pas fait pour ça, directly denounce the influence of the media ("They judge you in the name of the laws they invent / For them you are always on the dirty slope / You have to leave your carousel / If nobody protects you / They weigh your rage by the weight of their schemes / It seems you must sell everything in a window / You have to know how to crawl on the ground / To become a real pop singer.") ...
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With a mixture of American and British influences, Capdevielle's work is characterised by his raucous voice. Many of his lyrics are based on anarchist and visionary concepts, with rhythms commonly seen in 1960s London and late 1970s New York club scenes.
Capdevielle was born on December 19, 1945. in Levallois-Perret, near Paris. He received his high school diploma when he was 15 years old, then went on to study medicine and law.
Following his studies, he worked as a journalist and a photographer for various French magazines including Salut les copains, Mademoiselle Age Tendre, SuperHebdo, Actuel (dedicated to counter-culture), and Lui or Paris Match. Following that, he became an artistic director and created a teen magazine, which he sold a short time later.
In the 1960s, he traveled to the United States and lived there for two years in a Volkswagen camper van. He also lived in London, where he met The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and he became a close friend of Eric Clapton.
In 1970, he settled in the Balearic Islands in Ibiza, where he devoted himself to painting and composing music. In 1978, Capdevielle received a gift of an electric guitar from a friend and began to write his first songs. This led to the recording of his first record, "Solitude", which was described as "Reggae in French" and was produced by Ketchup Music (a label owned by French/American artist William Sheller). This first record was moderately successful. When the record label later ceased operations, his initial success allowed him to sign a contract with CBS.
In August 1979, Capdevielle's first album, Les Enfants des Ténèbres et les Anges de la rue, was released. Unexpectedly, the B-side track (Quand t'es dans le Désert) was more successful commercially than the single itself. Thirty-five years later, Capdevielle is still remembered for this song in France.
The second album, /2, was released in 1980 and was also highly successful. The tracks C'est dur d'être un héros and Oh Chiquita sold 150,000 and 200,000 copies respectively.
His first two albums were certified platinum albums, with more than 200,000 copies sold of each. They were classed among the "Top 100 Essential French Rock Albums" by Rolling Stone in 2010.
Between 1980 and 1982, Capdevielle completed three concert tours in Paris, two at The Olympia and one at The Palais de Sports.
In 1982, Capdevielle released his third album L'Ennemi Public, recorded at Bearsville Sound Studio (next to Woodstock) with the participation of renowned American musicians such as Wells Kelly (a musical accompanist of Meat Loaf). The lyrics of the first song, Tu es pas fait pour ça, directly denounce the influence of the media ("They judge you in the name of the laws they invent / For them you are always on the dirty slope / You have to leave your carousel / If nobody protects you / They weigh your rage by the weight of their schemes / It seems you must sell everything in a window / You have to know how to crawl on the ground / To become a real pop singer.") ...
Source: Article "Jean-Patrick Capdevielle" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies for Jean-Patrick Capdevielle...
Title: Nos plus belles années 80 : La Compil !
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Title: L'Énigme des sables
Released: July 7, 1988
Type: Movie
A team of amateur filmmakers sets off, camera in hand, to the south of Morocco. During their stay, one of the members of the group, Fanette, a vulgar vampire, is murdered. The Moroccan police do not find the culprit, and Paris takes over the case. The inspector in charge of the investigation decides to view all the "works" made on site, in the presence of their author.
Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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