Serge Gainsbourg "Du Jazz Dans De Ravin" (Mercury, 1996)Ĭan the French do the lounge lizard thing? Well, sure, why not - after all, didn't they invent the cabaret? This is one of three thematically-drawn collections that came out in 1996 that are, I think, perhaps the best introductions to Gainsbourg's work. One of the most complex talents in modern French music, Gainsbourg holds up rather well after all these decades. His own music is in the midst of a hipster renaissance, with several high-profile domestic reissues, tribute albums and cover versions, as well as a flood of European reissue imports. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gainsbourg also guided the careers and musical sound of ye-ye singers France Gall and Brigitte Bardot. One of his biggest hits was "Soixante Neuf Annee Erotique" ("69: The Erotic Year"), a 1969 duet with Jane Birkin in which they celebrated (and simulated) oral sex. Gainsbourg cultivated infamy, and made a point of appearing as sleazy and dissolute as possible. ![]() The mastermind behind the bubblegummy French girl-group ye-ye fad of the 1960s, Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991) was well known as a songwriter and impressario, as well as a performer and all-around bad-boy celebrity. Serge Gainsbourg Discography - Slipcue e-Zine French Pop guide
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