Putain de camion is a studio album

Studio album

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 from French

France

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 artist Renaud

Renaud

Renaud, born Renaud Séchan, is a French singer, songwriter and actor.Renaud may also refer to:* Renaud , a male French given name* Renaud , a 1783 opera by Antonio Sacchini* Renaud, Quebec, part of Laval, Quebec...

, released in 1988 by Virgin France.

The first song, Jonathan, refers to white South Africa

South Africa

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n musician Johnny Clegg who became a friend of Renaud. Rouge-gorge was dedicated to Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris; together with Henri Cartier-Bresson he was a pioneer of photojournalism...

 and Allongés sous les vagues is a song deriding commercial music. Putain de camion (ie Bloody truck) was written after the death of French humorist Coluche

Coluche

Michel Colucci , better known as Coluche, was a French comedian and actor, famous for his irreverent sense of humour....

, another friend of Renaud, who was killed when he was hit by a truck.

Track listing

Words by Renaud, music by Renaud where not otherwise mentioned

1. "Jonathan" (5:00), music by Luc Bertin
2. "Il pleut" [It's raining](2:56)
3. "La mère à Titi" [Titi's mom](5:10), music by Franck Langolff
4. "Triviale poursuite" Trivial Pursuit
   Trivial Pursuit
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    (6:16), music by Franck Langolff
5. "Me jette pas" [Don't chuck me (compare with Brel's Ne me quitte pas
   Ne me quitte pas
   "Ne me quitte pas" is a song written and sung in French and in Dutch by the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel in 1959. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages...
   
   )] (4:42),
6. "Rouge-gorge" [Red throat/Robin Red-Breast](2:10)
7. "Allongés sous les vagues" [Lying under the waves] (4:01)
8. "Cent ans" [100 years] (2:54), music by Pierre-Jean Gidon
9. "Socialiste" [Socialist] (3:40), music by Franck Langolff
10. "Petite" [Little one] (4:42)
11. "Chanson dégueulasse" [Disgusting Song] (4:57), music by Jean-Louis Roques
12. "Putain de camion" [Bastard Truck] (5:02), music by Franck Langolff

Songs

Allongés sous les vagues (Lying under the waves) is a piece about cheap songs with lamentable lyrics (samples included), which sell nonetheless due to the mass-marketing of lesser quality art. The author is reading/dictating the lyrics of his new number (singing them), along with sarcastic personal comments on the height of the work in progress. In the end, his manager (voiced by Renaud himself) suggests that he buy all his albums himself to get to number 1 of the record chart

Record chart

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s, then use the resulting sales to pay off the outlay.