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These days, I listen, once again, the full version of Starmania (Tycoon project for English spokers), the Rock Opera written by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon in 1978. Yes… nearly 30 years ago. We can easily think this production becomes old-fashioned. Maybe… However it will be a pleasure to tell you the story.

It takes place in the future. People left country to populate the large city like Monopolis: the great capital of Occident with its miles of undergrounds. This concentration of people brings, of course, a lot of criminality.

Quand tout l’monde dort tranquille
Dans les banlieues dortoir
C’est l’heure où les zonards
Descendent sur la ville
Qui est-ce qui viole les filles
Le soir dans les parkings ?
Qui met l’feu aux buildings ?
C’est toujours les zonards
“Quand on arrive en ville” Daniel Balavoine

Soon, it is the election day of the President of Occident! Through applicants: Zéro Janvier! A business man whose the press give a lot of media coverage to. He recently became the leader of the PPP party: “Parti Pris Pour le Progrès”. He advocates an atomic world: a modern and secured life.

Pour enrayer la nouvelle vague terroriste
Nous prendrons des mesures extrémistes
Nous imposerons le retour à l’ordre
Si on ne peut pas vivre dans la concorde
Nous mettrons la capitale
Sous la loi martiale
“Le meeting de Zéro Janvier” Etienne Chicot

Fortunately, everything is not so sad. A simple broadcast of Capital TV gives a ray of light in everyone’s heart: Starmania! Animated by “Cristal”, it is a real TV where everyone can appear in TV and know its 15 minutes of fame. This broadcast make people miss there life.

Voici maintenant
L’émission préférée
Des jeunes de tout âge
L’émission numéro un
Dans tous les sondages
Starmania - Starmania
Présentée par Cristal
Le sourire de Télé Capitale
“Starmania Starmania” La speakerine

During the electoral campaign, Zéro Janvier put is private life on the public level. Actually, he announce its future marriage with Stella Spotlight, a very famous ex-movie star. Everything is not pink for them but this couple help each other: the first one has a human image of himself for electors, the second will not be missed by public.

Stella Spotlight (Diane Dufresne)
Moi j’suis avec toi parce que tu m’fais du bien
Toi tu t’sers de moi pour arriver à tes fins
Zéro Janvier (Etienne Chicot)
Faut pas mélanger l’amour et le métier
On fait tout c’qu’on peut pour pouvoir se rendre heureux

I will not reveal you the end of the story, but I can say during all the spectacle, we can see the conflict between the “Etoiles Noires”, terrorist and/or anarchist group, against Zéro Janvier, a conservative politician, until the election results.

Voici maintenant
Le moment de la victoire
Zéro Janvier
L’homme qui est à mes côtés
Mesdames Messieurs
Vous ne voudrez pas y croire
Mes après c’est vous
Qui avaient votés
“La victoire de Zéro Janvier” Nanette Workman

I remind this fiction has been written in 1978, nearly 30 years ago. So characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Links:
http://starm.free.fr/sitestarm/ a very whole website about Starmania (story, songs texts, characters etc.)