For the first time ever in North America, Serge Gainsbourg’s classic and influential album Histoire de Melody Nelson will be reissued on Tuesday, March 24th. As is always the case, this Light In The Attic release will come packaged in a beautiful digi-pak true to the original artwork, featuring two essays (by Andy Votel [...]
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On 24 March, Serge Gainsbourg's 1971 magnum opus, Histoire de Nelody Nelson, is set to be reissued. This will be the first time the record is properly released in the United States. It's been remastered and will be available on CD and - begin drooling - limited-edition, hand-numbered 180-gram vinyl. No bonus tracks, but there will be a 40-page booklet with an interview and liner notes.In compl...
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Sometimes I just assume that people have heard a lot of music that I have. Like hearing Serge Gainsbourg for instance. If you haven't heard him before, then after you play the track above, google him and then check him out on sites like discogs or allmusic. If you find a biography it is an extra bonus. I'm sure there's some extensive posts on Mog if you click on his name above. There are ma...
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I can't decide which is the better question: Why has it taken so long to make a biopic about French lothario/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, or why did Gainsbourg never appear on film as a Bond villain? Gainsbourg's unfathomable ability to seduce the most beautiful women of his day (Jane Birkin, Anna Karina, Brigitte fuckin' Bardot), industrial strength charm, and penchant for filthy jokes (his on...
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When my nephew, a few years ago, told me he was listening to a lot of Serge Gainsbourg, I nearly choked. My only knowledge of this French musical god was a sanitized-for-radio version of 1969's "Je t'aime... moi non plus," duet with Jane Birkin. He recorded that in '68 with Bridget Bardot, but she asked him not to release it at the time . Actually, Gainsbourg was quite the Bohemian. Born Lucie...
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After 38 years the chilled orchestral-funk study of erotic obsession gets a U.S. release.
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Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson drips sex. Listening to Gainbourg's breathy French over the opening track "Melody" fills your head with little else but twisted bodies, mixing sweat and nothings whispered into your lover's ear. Reading a translation of the lyrics does little to dispell the images of sex. For those of us who don't understand French, Histoire de Melody Nelson start...
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www.lanier2.imeem.comSerge Gainsbourg was the dirty old man of popular music; a French singer/songwriter and provocateur notorious for his voracious appetite for alcohol, cigarettes, and women, his scandalous, taboo-shattering output made him a legend in Europe but only a cult figure in America, where his lone hit "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus" stalled on the pop charts -- fittingly enough -- at nu...
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So I was thinking today, when is it cool to be a jerk? When you're a smooth swingin'-60's-Gauloise-smokin'-cool-as-fark-French-mofo like Serge Gainsbourg, that's when. This track called "Requiem pour un con" (which translates to Requiem for a Jerk). This clip taken from the 1968 film "Le Pacha" shows one of Gainsbourg's best performances of his song which has been sampled by the likes of Gallic...
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15 years after Serge Gainsbourg's death, one of the most influencial musicians, 14 artists covered some of his songs in this album (released 4/2006). No need for me to blah or mplah, here's what you'll stumble into:- Franz Ferdinand & Jane Birkin (who was married to Gainsbourg) -A Song For Sorry Angel- Cat Power & Karen Elson - I Love You, Me Either (Je t’aime moi non plus)- Jarvis Cocker & Kid.
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Sometimes I just assume that people have heard a lot of music that I have. Like hearing Serge Gainsbourg for instance. If you haven't heard him before, then after you play the track above, google him and then check him out on sites like discogs or allmusic. If you find a biography it is an extra bonus. I'm sure there's some extensive posts on Mog if you click on his name above. There are ma...
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If you thought this.........Then you need to get your mind out of the gutter.Its Friday, and with spring approaching quickly, love is in the air. When I was teaching, this would be the month of spring break, and when the kids came back from vacation all the spring romances would begin. Same thing is to be said for adults, something about this time of year that makes you think love is possible.M...
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When my nephew, a few years ago, told me he was listening to a lot of Serge Gainsbourg, I nearly choked. My only knowledge of this French musical god was a sanitized-for-radio version of 1969's "Je t'aime... moi non plus," duet with Jane Birkin. He recorded that in '68 with Bridget Bardot, but she asked him not to release it at the time . Actually, Gainsbourg was quite the Bohemian. Born Lucie...
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Be prepared for quite a disappointment as you're about to be deceived into reading this post.Deception and double-entendre are two of the many things which characterise Serge Gainsbourg's music. But between you and me, there won't be any guile as I'll do my best to show you the different guises of Dr Serge and Mr Gainsbourg.To start with, Monsieur Gainsbourg is not Mr Gainsbourg. He was born Lu...
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| 1 Ballade de Melody Nelson |
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| 2 En Melody |
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| 3 Valse de Melody |
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| 4 Cargo Culte |
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| 5 Ah! Melody |
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