Alongside his companions Johnny Hallyday and Jacques Dutronc, Eddy Mitchell is a rock'n'roll and blues figure in France. The author of Pas de Boogie Woogie talks about his career as a singer and actor or his working methods.
Eddy MITCHELL explains that according to him rock'n'roll is not a serious thing, and that there is not only one kind of rock'n'roll with "the black suit and the drama". He quotes Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
Eddy MITCHELL and Pierre PAPADIAMANDIS talk about how they work when writing and composing a song. Eddy MITCHELL always writes his texts on a music composed beforehand by Pierre PAPADIAMANDIS. The singer explains that he certainly took this habit by writing adaptations of American songs at his debut.
Eddy MITCHELL and Bertrand TAVERNIER on the set of Eve RUGGIERI talk about the character of Nono, a simple spirit, interpreted by Eddy MITCHELL in the film "Coup de torchon". Eddy MITCHELL humorously evokes a "role of composition". Bertrand TAVERNIER explains why he thought of Eddy for the film in order to "give him a totally different image" of his image as a singer.
At the Golf Drouot, back from his military service, Eddy MITCHELL evokes his young career. He does not appreciate the word "idol" invented by the media according to him: "if I am an idol, then what became of De Bucy, Descartes and company..."