Gérald De Palmas

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Gérald De Palmas (born Gérald Gardrinier, on October 14, 1967 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a French singer. His father was a land surveyor from France and his mother was a French teacher from Réunion.

At the age of 10, De Palmas' family left Réunion, to live in Aix-en-Provence, France. At the age of 13, he discovered ska music, and became a fan of the UK band The Specials. Then he met Étienne Daho and formed a group called Les Max Valentins. But De Palmas was uncomfortable with this group, and went solo. After 7 years of writing and singing solo, Da Palmas won a talent contest on the French M6 TV network. In 1994, he released his first album La dernière Année (The Last Year), which contains the hit song Sur la Route (On the Road). He won a Victoires de la Musique award in 1996.

De Palmas released his second album Les Lois de la Nature (Laws of Nature) in 1997; during the same year his first child, Victor, was born. The album was less successful than his debut album, probably due to the dramatic change in his style. He was in the slumps for 2 and a half years, until 2000. That's when Jean-Jacques Goldman restored his confidence and wrote a song for him titled J'en rêve encore (I still dream about it).

De Palmas composed and wrote 10 of the 12 songs in his third album Marcher dans le sable (Walking in the sand). 2002 was the year he was reborn as a star, as he won the Victoires de la Musique and the NRJ Music Awards, while touring over 180 concerts. His songs even crossed the Atlantic, when Céline Dion sung his hit song Tomber (falling) in English, titled Ten Days. At the end of that year, Live 2002 was released on DVD and on CD, to commemorate his great tour of 2002.

Two years later, De Palmas returned with his fourth album Un homme sans racines (A man without roots), a more intimate album with less music, but still in the same melancholic style.

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La dernière année (1994)

  1. Sans recours
  2. Sur la route
  3. Si j'étais vous
  4. Comme une ombre
  5. Vérité
  6. A peine de la peine
  7. Mon alter ego
  8. La malédiction
  9. La dernière année
  10. Ici ou ailleurs
  11. Le jour viendra
  12. Sans recours
  13. Black or white (reprise de Michael Jackson)
  14. Sur la route

Les lois de la nature (1997)

  1. Comme ça
  2. Les lois de la nature
  3. Mary Jane
  4. La seule qui sait
  5. Ma sirène
  6. Laisse-moi te dire
  7. Johnny & Joe
  8. Donneurs de leçons
  9. La plaine
  10. Six heures
  11. Rester calme
  12. ... Comme ça

Marcher dans le sable (2000)

  1. Une seule vie
  2. J'en rêve encore
  3. Tomber
  4. Regarde-moi bien en face
  5. Tellement
  6. Tu finiras toute seule
  7. Rien à faire ensemble
  8. Déjà
  9. Je te pardonne
  10. Le gouffre
  11. Trop tard
  12. Si tu veux

LIVE 2002 (2002)

CD1

  1. Elle s'ennuie
  2. Vérité
  3. Rien à faire ensemble
  4. Sans recours
  5. Tellement
  6. Regarde-moi bien en face
  7. Tu finiras toute seule
  8. Comme ça
  9. Tomber
  10. Les lois de la nature

CD2

  1. Le gouffre
  2. Mary Jane
  3. Sur la route
  4. Déjà
  5. Si tu veux
  6. Une seule vie
  7. J'en rêve encore
  8. Trop tard

Un homme sans racines (2004)

  1. Plus d'importance
  2. Elle danse seule
  3. Au paradis
  4. Un homme sans racines
  5. Elle habite ici
  6. Dans la cour
  7. Encore une fois
  8. Dans mon rêve
  9. Faire semblant
  10. Je ne tiendrai pas
  11. Silverado

[edit] References

  • This article was translated from the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, retrieved on July 29, 2006, and with a few minor changes

[edit] External links

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