My friend Gina reminded me that today would have been Gainsbourg's birthday. Can you imagine what he would have been like had he lived to be 80? No?- "moi non plus" as he might have said. And it's seventeen years since he died in Paris - rather reduced but still pretty stylish - and smoking - almost to the end.These days with the slightly irritating ubiquity of Jane Birkin, it's easy to forget how forgotten he actually was during his lifetime - well outside France at any rate.
Anyway, I was reminded of an afternoon round at Clive's a few years ago when we sat around and recorded this. It's a bit out of tune and francophone's may quarrel with the translation but it felt right somehow.
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Happy Birthday, Serge! This was always one of my favorites of his - 'Comic Strip' Scopitone on YouTube
Even though most people tend to think of it as funny, eh, I still find it infectious. (And I'd love to hear a Real Tuesday Weld version of it some day... hint, hint.) :) I'm also especially fond of the songs he wrote for Francois Hardy - you familiar with her stuff at all?
oh yes, pure genius heather - it's all great - apart form maybe the Freggae period..
Thanks Stephen, you really knock me out sometimes. Measure for Measure. Keep these great songs coming! I love "this" -And happy birthday Serge--always a great hero of mine
Glad you liked it! I've had that Serge video sitting around for years.
It's funny - a friend just sent me the latest Puppini Sisters video because I'm a bit of a Vivienne Westwood fan. Imagine my surprise to see you in it! So sorry you got shot, but at least the popcorn scene looked like fun. :)
I've been killed a few times - but that particular event involved lying on my back in the freezing rain on hampstead heath for about an hour.
It very nearly proved, er, 'fatal'..
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