Quote (Nihlathak @ Fri, Aug 21 2009, 08:44pm)
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This guy was a fuckin' player back in the day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGXkT485ic
Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Album: Histoire de Melody Nelson
Song: Melody
Indeed. I fucking love L'Homme à tête de chou, Histoire de Melody Nelson etc.. pretty much everything he's put out since 1964.
Can't say it better than wikipedia :
Since his death, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. His lyrical brilliance in French has left an extraordinary legacy. His music, always progressive, covered many styles: jazz, ballads, mambo, lounge, reggae, pop (including adult contemporary pop, kitsch pop, yé-yé pop, '80s pop, pop-art pop, prog pop, space-age pop, psychedelic pop, and erotic pop), disco, calypso, Africana, bossa nova, and rock and roll.
Honestly there's so much to say about him. He is not really handsome yet he married some of the most beautiful women of that era. ( Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin..)
Also he was a provocateur, he sang about incest, made France Gall sing about lollipops ( when in reality it was about giving a blowjob, but she was only 18 and too innocent to realize what the lyrics were referring to at the time), etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTjXQvwGh-0This post was edited by SeaKitten on Aug 21 2009 02:55pm