SIMON: May I ask, have you ever met Melania Trump?īRUNI: No. SIMON: Since - I have to take a minute to ask you about - I don't want to call it politics but current situation. But in any event, I'm sure that that would never come up. SIMON: Well, I hope the gendarmerie don't hear this. And it could be related to a man, even though I think I'd kill my man if he cheats on me if I catch him, not stand by him.īRUNI: Cut throat - I'll cut his throat while he's asleep. It's not a feminist song, but it's a very feminine song. SIMON: You know, you cut them a little slack.īRUNI: Sometimes. But it just seems to me this song is about if you love someone, you give them breaks. SIMON: And I understand why people think it's not a feminist song. SIMON: I read the lyrics afresh for the first time in years or heard them again afresh for the first time in years listening to your album. So I like because the song - maybe she hoped to stand by some man, but she never really did, you know? And that was the funny part when I read her biography, you know? People don't really look - I mean, people sometimes write stuff that doesn't really look like them.īRUNI: (Singing) Keep giving all the love you can. And, you know, it was not a very calm life. And then her life was obviously full of freedom. You know, the funny thing is that I checked on Tammy Wynette's biography, and I realized - because I thought she wrote this song as something from her personal life, right? But not really because she actually got four divorces - so she didn't really.īRUNI: She didn't really accept much, you know, from her man, you know? And I find it very interesting to see how - what a contrast there is, you know, between this song which is such a non-feminist song. Got to get this out of the way - is the song you're singing to your husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France?īRUNI: (Laughter) Well, actually should - you know, I should sing to him (singing) stand by your girl, you know?īRUNI: Yeah. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to when nights are cold and lonely. Let's listen to it.īRUNI: (Singing) Stand by your man. SIMON: Interesting assortment of songs on this album - it is irresistible to point out that you have a version on this album of a very famous Tammy Wynette song. You know, they're like perfumes to me, you know? They sort of bring me back to my young years when I wasn't writing my own song yet, and I was dreaming of becoming a songwriter and still played over and over and over other people's songs. SIMON: Are these all songs that have meant something special to you?īRUNI: Well, most of the songs I was playing, you know, on my guitar when I was a teenager. SIMON: Of course, that's an ABBA song, "Winner Takes It All." This new album is called "French Touch." And Carla Bruni joins us now from the studios of the BBC in Paris. And her latest album is something different, some of her favorite songs in English.īRUNI: (Singing) The winner takes it all. But Carla Bruni's been a well-known voice as a singer and songwriter in France for over a decade. She's been one of the most famous names and faces in the world, an international model and celebrity and, of course, married to the president of France. It is her first and Sarkozy’s third marriage.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL")ĬARLA BRUNI: (Singing) I don't want to talk about the things we've gone through. As for her personal life, Carla Bruni became married with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. Carla’s charitable activities included Born HIV campaign, Nelson Mandela Foundation and the French association AIDES for AIDS research. Philanthropically, she is involved for years in humanitarian and charity work. In addition to singing, Bruni as well starred in films such as Paparazzi and Midnight in Paris. Her other albums included Comme si de rien n’etait and Little French songs. In 2007, she released her second album No Promises which contained the poems by William Butler Yeats and Christina Rossetti. Bruni released her album, Quelqu’un m’a dit in 2002 which spawned several hit singles including Le Plus Beau du quartier and L’amoureuse. In 1997, she left the fashion industry to devote herself to music and sent her lyrics to Julien Clerc. By the 1990s, Carla earned critical acclaim as a model and was among the 20 highest-paid fashion models. She signed with City Models in 1987 and subsequently worked for several designers and fashion houses including Christian Dior, Paco Rabanne and Versace. Bruni began her career as a model at the age of 19. Born on December 23, 1967, Carla Bruni Sarkozy is an Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model.
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