In the 90s, Les Inconnus became masters in the exercise of parody, both through their unforgettable sketches and their humorous songs whose melodies are still today in the heads of an entire generation.
Didier Bourdon, Pascal Legitimus and Bernard Campan also gave voice during their humorous career. The Inconnus trio also had many successes, selling thousands of parody singles, which became Top 50 hits. Passing by the unforgettable “Auteuil, Neuilly, Passy”, we remember their songs and their words with pleasure.
Blue-eyed Isabella
Parody of the song “Partenaire Particulier” by the Indochine group, “Isabelle à les yeux bleus” plays with the looks and attitudes of its members. How monstrous.
Vice versa
Parody of the song “Epaule Tattoo” by Etienne Daho released in 1986 (there are other references to groups of the time, ed), “Vice et versa” sees the trio use scientific terms – anchorites, abandonment, etc. – in a bizarre and satirical way in a clip shot in the middle of the countryside.
Auteuil, Neuilly, Passy
This parody organizes the meeting of the rap of disadvantaged neighborhoods with the bourgeois environment of the chic Parisian neighborhoods. There are many references, a few notes from a ballet by Jean-Baptiste Lully and from Beethoven’s “Lettre à Élise”, and lyrics taken from Tonton David’s piece “Peuple du monde”. It should be noted in passing that the clip was awarded at the Victoires de la Musique in 1992.
It is you who love you
A parody of alternative rock bands of the time, such as Mano Negra or Les Garçons Bouchers, this song became the summer 1991 hit in France. A piece that many liked “really a lot”.
Rap-everything
Inspired by the song “Sadeness” by the German group Enigma, this song makes fun of the French tax system, pointing out that it is abusive and confiscatory. The trio also incorporates a reference to their other piece, “Auteuil, Neuilly, Passy,” at the time of the kiss scene: “Salut! Is VAT ok?
