David Bowie turns 65 today. To celebrate, here's his French version of 'Heroes' , Isabelle Adjani's ode, written by Gainsbourg and a cover by the French Bowie, Alain Kan. Isabelle Adjani - Beau oui comme Bowie Alain Kan - Hey Man (Suffragette City)
the one and only Jane Birkin will play at the A38 boat (Budapest) on January 22 she will play a Serge Gainsbourg tribute do not miss this!!
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We Are Enfant Terrible is a French electronica-driven pop band that, as they say on their site , 'sing songs in English. But with our new EP, La vie est belle, mes enfants! , recorded last summer in the french deep country, we claim our love in french to artists that inspire us by covering and/or translating New Young Pony Club, Gainsbourg, Dutronc, Beck.' The NYPC-song is downloadable for free via Soundcloud. But this blog is of course very interested in their take on Ces Petits Riens, originally a duet between Serge and Catherine . And, well, [...]
Jane Birkin aveva ventidue anni ed era a Parigi, sul set del film "Slogan", chiamata a recitare dopo il successo dell'apparizione in "Blow Up" di Michelangelo Antonioni. Serge Gainsbourg la vide e se ne innamorò perdutamente (come avrebbe potuto fare altrimenti?). Poco meno di un anno dopo registravano la canzone che li avrebbe resi una delle coppie più famose del mondo e della Storia della Musica tutta. "Je t'aime... moi non plus" era una delle tante, geniali idee di Gainsbourg : un brano la cui linea melodica sensuale, ostinata e perversa era poco [...]
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A whole slew of famous bilingual musicians (and an actor) have recorded tracks for a new Serge Gainsbourg tribute album.
No es la primera vez que el músico francés Serge Gainsbourg es honrado en un álbum tributo. A cargo de su hijo, Lulu Gainsbourg , saldrá la semana próxima From Gainsbourg to Lulu . El disco fue armado por el hijo del cantante quien además de interpretar la mitad de las canciones trajo a una impresionante cantidad de estrellas para que lo acompañaran. La actriz y esporádica cantante Scarlett Johanson ya había sido confirmada como colaboradora del disco. Pero una de las sorpresas más importantes [...]
The legendary French singer/libertine Serge Gainsbourg is a man worth honoring, and a new tribute album called From Lulu To Gainsbourg does just that. Gainsbourg's son Lulu put together the tribute and sings about half the songs, but he also brought in an impressive array of famous people to sing his father's songs. Rufus Wainwright, for one, does a lovely version of "Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'en Vais" and shows some truly impressive French pronunciation along the way. We've got that one streaming below. And we've also got some other compilation tracks [...]
As previously reported, Lulu Gainsbourg is honoring his late father, French innovator Serge Gainsbourg , with a covers album . Aptly titled From Lulu to Gainsbourg , the 16-track collection packages Lulu's own reworkings alongside contributions from Iggy Pop, Rufus Wainwright, The Pogues' Shane McGowan, and - of course - Johnny Depp. With the album now out in Europe, Cover Me points to online streams of said covers, including "Initial B.B." by Iggy Pop, "Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'en Vais" by Wainwright, "Sous Le Soleil Exactement" by MacGown, and "Ballade de Melody [...]
Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp, Rufus Wainwright, Marianne Faithfull, and Shane MacGowan of the Pogues all sing Serge Gainsbourg songs (in French) on a new tribute album.
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Tracks from Histoire de Melody Nelson spice up tracks by rappers (De La Soul was the first band to sample Serge), triphoppers, singer-songwriters and French funnymen. Here's a resumé of all tracks that have a Melody Nelson-sample. If you know of/have more, let me know. Tomorrow: the cover versions. Sample source En Melody : David Holmes - S***! S***! S***! (from the Ocean's 13 OST) (2007) De La Soul - Not over 'til the Fat Lady plays the demo (1991) Sample source La ballade de Melody Nelson : [...]
Rufus Wainwright sings Serge Gainsbourg's Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais on the album by Serge's son Lulu. Not the first time Rufus sings in French , and not the first time he sings a song that relates to Serge. It's one of the few highlights on the From Gainsbourg to Lulu album. The music and arrangements are okay (love the Brazilian touch of l'Eau a la bouche ), but having Iggy Pop singing in French has never been a good idea ( remember ?), Shane McGowan in French is godawful [...]
'We found ourselves working with a sort of UFO. We were building something completely unprecedented, without knowing how people were going to react to it. We weren't in the process of interpreting a song or an existing score, nor was it merely a simple album with a series of songs.' Says Jean-Claude Vannier in the extensive liner-notes to the superb reissue of 19712s Histoire de Melody Nelson. Unprecedented, sure: the music was there before the lyrics. But the music and the lyrics weren't made up from scratch. Arranger/producer Jean-Claude Vannier admitted to listening to a lot of Frank [...]
this weeks cutie is a 9-minutes musical short film for the famous song by Serge Gainsbourg, Variations sur Marilou interpreted in 2006 by Alain Bashung directed by Maxime Bruneel
¿Cuántas veces no nos hemos preguntando cómo le hacen algunas estrellas del rock o deportistas para andar con modelos tan guapas? Pues simplemente por eso: son Rock stars y tienen al alcance de su mano la capacidad de componer una canción famosa, estar bajo los reflectores, dedicarle un gol en la TV a su novia y claro, por que les sobran también algunos millones de dólares en su cuenta. En realidad, el misterio sigue ahí, pero si hacemos una encuesta con las susodichas, seguro la mayoría prefiere a ese repelente cantante que está en boga, que a ese wey de [...]
It's out there, people. The Super Deluxe box set of Histoire de Melody Nelson. I'm picking up my copy this Friday. I expect it to be BRILLIANT. Here's the full version of Melody, a glorious nine-and-a-half-minutes long. Serge Gainsbourg - Melody (prise complèt)
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