Desireless, born Claudie Fritsch, is a French singer who started her artistic career in the field not of song but of...fashion. And this from the age of 20.
She even created the brand “Poivre et Sel” which she launched with her friend Claude Sabbah. Brand that will experience significant success.
Her real start in song dates from 1984, when she crossed paths with Jean-Michel Rivat.
She formed the group 'Air 89' in the process and released a first Single "Cherchez l'Amour Fou".
Followed two years later by "Who can know". The success is only very modest.
It was at the end of 1986 that things suddenly accelerated when she became "Desireless", with an androgyno-cosmico-mind-blowing look.
The first Single offered to him by Jean-Michel Rivat was originally intended for another artist, namely… Michel Delpech !
First Single named… “Voyage, Voyage”. It’s a phenomenal success. In France but also abroad.
She reoffended two years later in 1988 with the Single "John" which too was to experience significant success, particularly in the USSR.
His first album "François" did not come out until 1989. Album from which the Single "Qui sommes nous ?" was taken with modest success but definite quality.
In 1990, the Single "Elle est comme les étoiles" was released, also a modest success.
Important year for the singer, not on the stage, but on the private side with the birth of her daughter Lili.
Birth that will upset the life of the singer, forcing her to step back from the stage and the production of records.
She will return in 1994 with the Singles "Il dort" and "I love you" but the singer is out of fashion and she will never find the same level of success as with the cult "Voyage, voyage".
Desireless will remain in the history of the 80s as one of the most striking figures, as much by its incredible look as by its Dancefloor hits which are essential standards of any successful evening !
To discover or rediscover...
80s Decade :
• Cherchez l'amour fou 1984
• Qui peut savoir 1986
• Star 1986
• Voyage, voyage 1986
• John 1988
• Qui sommes-nous ? 1989
• Dis pourquoi 1989
90s Decade :
• Elle est comme les étoiles 1990
• Il dort 1994
• I love you 1994
2000s Decade :
• La vie est belle 2004
• Free your love 2006
• Je voudrais dire 2007
• Les musiciens 2007
• On était d'accord 2007
• Le petit bisou 2007
• J'me sens bien 2007
• On était d'accord 2007
• Tout doucement 2007
2010s Decade :
L'expérience humaine 2011
Tes voyages me voyagent 2011
Sacapouette 2011
Sertão 2012
Le sel sur tes mains 2012
Joue 2012
Le chemin 2012
Personne ne m'a dit 2012
Sœur souffrir 2012
L'or du Rhin 2014
Les jardins de Babylone 2014
Abhaya 2014
Jig 2014
Un seul peuple 2014
Clothilde 2015
Coule l'eau 2015
Vendémiaire 2015
Le pont Mirabeau 2015
Eléonore 2015
Another brick in the wall 2015
Tracks :
1984 ... the completely delusional beginnings of little Claudie. The decor is set...she will not do anything like the others !
1986 ... the year that will change everything. A first title which announces a second...completely amazing !
1986 ... side B of 'Qui peut savoir'. A class B Face that it would have been a shame to hide. The huge suite is just after ...
1986 ... an incredible hit for an artist with an incredible look ! France is literally stunned by this alien who comes out of nowhere ... A title that will remain for eternity as one of the biggest Dance hits of the 80s on the French side. MO-NU-MENT !
1988 ... she repeats almost a year later with an equally HUGE title. The sensation has turned into a sure bet !
1989 ... another excellent title which unfortunately will not have the Aura of the previous 2 and which will go somewhat unnoticed ...
1989 ... an undeniable talent which is confirmed piece by piece. A unique style that hits the target every time !
1990 ... the 1980s saw her hatch and then explode. Not sure that the decade of the 90s was as lenient with her as the previous one on the success side. And this despite a quality of title which remains evident ...
1994 ... Claudie has settled down somewhat...after 4 years of willful or forced absence. The style has changed. From all points of view. For good or for bad...
1994 ... we find her in duo mode and in English please. His last notorious title of the decade. All in Intimist mode, register in which we had never seen her before. And my faith, it works !
2001 ... she will even try the adventure of the 2000s. Certainly, she will never again find the incredible level of success that she experienced during the 80s but what she continues to offer is far from being ridiculous, it's clear...
2004...a decade in the 2000s that saw her set off on musical paths that would no longer have much in common with what she had done before, that's clear...
2006...there will be some Dance parentheses but she won't really be the originator. Too bad because that's where she's best...
2007...we have the impression of no longer dealing with the same singer, the metamorphosis is so impressive. And not necessarily in a good way...
2007...we can understand that an artist can evolve over time, but to change everything to this extent, we are necessarily at a loss...
2007...afterwards everyone leads their career as they see fit but it is clear that this new direction is unlikely to put her back in the race...
2007...we can only wait for a possible return to the sources at least musically. Patience will therefore be required, no other solution...
2007...she's having fun, of course, but it's really to the detriment of success, that's clear. There's always a price to pay in these cases...
2007...there will be no significant improvement to be expected during this decade. She is searching herself, that's clear, but us too...
2011...we had to wait until this new decade of 2010 to finally see her take a musical path that was a little more accessible to ordinary mortals...
2011...it must be said that teaming up with Leopold Nord is necessarily a good idea given their respective careers. The worst is avoided...
2011...even if it is too late to get back to the front of the race, there is still time, however, to regain some of the public that she lost during the previous decade...
2012...at least she's trying, which is already a good idea. There will come a time when all her efforts will finally pay off...
2012...this association with the younger generation can only be profitable for her, it cannot be otherwise. The question remains when...
2012...we find at least the Desireless of the great era at least in its musical choices. That's at least it...
2012...the only problem is that her slump during the previous decade really didn't help and she's struggling to find the path to success, it's clear...
2012...and yet she puts a more than obvious good will into it but it is not enough at this stage. Difficult to rebuild what has been broken...
2012... that doesn't stop her from allowing herself a few crazy ideas that are her secret. Be careful not to overdo it...
2014...this title and the one that preceded it don't have much in common, that's for sure. She alternates everything and its opposite in a way that is risky to say the least...
2014...frankly it's a shame that this association with Operation Of The Sun doesn't benefit her more than that. Maybe one day...
2014...in any case there is quantity and quality which does not spoil anything quite the contrary. We can only hope for a little helping hand from destiny to boost all that...
2014...how to make something new out of something old, well here is an example. Making a Dance version of Scarbourough Fair is a risky bet to say the least but partly successful...
2014...the list of titles produced by the 2 artists is growing impressively. A complicity that is more than obvious in view of all this...
2015...here she is again on a musical path that is at the very least quite far from the expectations of young audiences, that's for sure...
2015...a mid-2010 decade which sees her continue to try certain experiments which are at the very least audacious and above all risky...
2015...we won't remake her again as they say but it is becoming difficult to follow her in certain musical choices in which she is the only one to see a more than certain interest...
2015...originality is good but too much originality ends up killing originality, that's what she has trouble realizing. After that she leads her career as she sees fit no matter what...
2015...after all, as long as she enjoys what she does, why change anything, that's what she tells herself every day when she gets up...
2015...now it remains to be seen whether she plans to come back later and especially with what project. But if that is the case, we trust her to still manage to amaze us, that's for sure...
Top Bonus : 2022...a particularly successful orchestral version which de facto shows that this emblematic title of the 80s can be declined in many forms...
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