Hello again. Here it is, the Wednesday before Christmas day, do you have all of your shopping done? I managed to get all of mine done in 2.5 hours, that's gotta be some kind of record. But anyway, as I was dashing from store to store, from one side of the mall to the other, I was thinking about which batch of cover songs to share with you all tonight. It wasn't until I was walking up the steps to our apartment that I decided upon this group from some killer Chansons . Jacques [...]
Something about autumn fading and winter slipping slowly into our atmosphere makes one feel somewhat needy of something cozy, warm, and maybe just a tad different. Personally, I've lately been wallowing in the beautiful sounds of the recently released Beirut album, The Flying Club Cup as well as the Elephant Gun EP . I've also been rather enjoying the out-of-OC feel of one of the influences to this new release, Jacques Brel 's Quand On N'a Que L'Amour , originally released in 1957. Enjoy this little taste [...]
To watch Jacques Brel is to see something extraordinary at work. He's utterly possessed, owned by the song until he finishes it, or it finishes him. YouTube has a good few excellent Brel videos tucked away, but this one is special. Watch with , or without , subtitles - but whatever you do, just watch it. Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas Jacques Brel - Amsterdam Jacques Brel [...]
(Deel 230 hiero ) Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas label: Philips jaar: 1959 kant a: Ne me quitte pas kant b: La tendresse Om met Martijn te spreken: kijk, dat is nou nog eens een smartlap. Meteen vanaf het spookachtige intro steekt "Ne me quitte pas" zijn hand in je borstkas om eens stevig in je hart te knijpen. Brrr. [...]
Da ja selbst Beirut aus heiterem Himmel beginnen, Jacques als Inspiration für ihr The Flying Club Cup zu nutzen, darf ich meine kleine Serie mit französischem* schwarz-weiß doch gleich mit dem Original fortsetzen, oder? Ich kann mir nicht helfen, doch ich höre ihn auf The Flying Club Cup einfach nicht heraus. Ach, klingt doch ganz gut, wenn man ihn als Referenz nennt. Ich bin mal nicht so. * Ist kein Franzose, sagen Sie? Danke, weiß ich selbst. Tags: Beirut , The Flying Club Cup , [...]
Jacques Brel - Au Suivant [MP3] Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas [MP3] Jacques Brel - Marieke [MP3] Jacques Brel - Les Bergers [MP3] Jacques Brel - Mathilde [MP3] Jacques Brel - Rosa [MP3] Jacques Romain Georges Brel was born in Brussels, Belgium and started learning guitar aged 15. He left school early and went to work at his father's cardboard box factory. Songwriting was his escape. In 1953 his first composition was released on 78 by Phillips with [...]
A Dutch magazine asked for my Records-of-the-Year-list. Wasn't easy to come up with - not because there weren't ten great albums released this year, but to choose and fit all my faves in just a Filles Sourirees-top ten. More on that later. While scanning my blog and iTunes for albums, I bumped into this great version of Jacques Brel's Au Suivant , a song about losing your virginity while in the army, by M(athieu Chedid) and Camille. It was recorded for the French tv-show Taratata . YouTube offers a lot of great live performances from that [...]
Play it: A Jacques Brel Sampler Play it: Jacques Brel Covers With blogger tools back up today, I can finally deliver on my promise for some Jacque Brel love. Rhapsody only has a second rate greatest hits collection , but a few songs from the collection can illustrate Brel's magic. Brel is widely considered the greatest French-speaking songwriter of his era, and is one of Belgiums' greatest exports in [...]
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