Author: Gainsbourg, Serge

Format: Box set

Release Date: 01-07-2004

Details: Amazon.ca As if Gainsbourg had not always deserved his title of Gainsbarre... But perhaps after all, when he sang "La Javanaise", in 1963, he was content to shoot greedily at his Gitanes... In the 1960s, the most unpredictable of French composers “tweaked his skills”, alone, writing for others and especially for women. Of these women he loved in his disturbing way. He made BB whisper on "Bonnie And Clyde", whisper Jane with the "Ballad of Melody Nelson" and even doubt his paternal morality towards Charlotte with "Lemon Incest". But Gainsbourg will remain an enigma, anyway. When he decides to become the narrator of "My legionnaire", without touching a word of the text written for Piaf, we continue to doubt. On the other hand, the creative genius of this indomitable jack-of-all-trades is indisputable. Whether he tries his hand at New York funk, "Love On The Beat", whether he finds himself in one of his favorite fields, the hot ballad, "Exactly under the sun", or whether he undertakes to revisit the national anthem in reggae, "Auxarmes et cetera", it is always to confirm that he is the man for the job. This disc contains all this, a perspective through 20 songs, from the first days to the latest recordings (including "Hey Man Amen") recorded live at the Zénith. Gainsbourg or Gainsbarre, it doesn't matter. He lives. --Jose Ruiz

UPC: 731453222120

EAN: 0731453222120

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New