
Serge Gainsbourg's L'Homme à tête de chou is the underrated masterpiece in his catalogue, lesser known then 'Melody Nelson' but certainly not a lesser album. Just before he died, Alain Bashung worked on a ballet about the man with the cauliflower head. The videos for the ballet look interesting, the album was a bit of a letdown to be honest. Yet this is a great video for Bashung's version of Variations sur Marilou . What I didn't know, is that Serge-soundalike Rodolphe Burger recorded a live tribute of 'Tête de chou' in 2006. With help from Mick [...]