C'est Une Maison Bleue / It's A Blue House
His most known song is called "San Francisco", starting with the line: "C'est une maison bleue adossée à la colline/It's a blue house backed to the hill". In 1971, the young singer was living in a hippie community, in a blue house at the following address: 3841 18th street, San Francisco. Since the summer 2011, the house is blue again, after years of painted light green (the new owners have agreed to have it repainted).
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