Nécrologie pour un con - un occasionnel Serge Gainsbourg fil de discussion sur le forum pour écouter

Great thread idea, btw!

I like how despite this being very atypical of Gainsbourg's later works, he does still have the ticket collector dream about the girls with sweet assses in Miami.

La Recette De L'amour Fou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiZ68YemwJU

Like a chanson version of "It's Oh So Quiet" - https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/la-recette-de-lamour-fou-recipe-crazy-love.html

love the half second shots of the dude with the washing machine at the start and at the end

I didn't know this tune, it's cool

Gainsbourg such a good actor in his live performances, those little nods

Young Serge looks a bit like middle-aged Jonathan Richman

Wait we never had that discussion before?

Early 60s Serge is the period I always come back to. Stuff like 'Requiem pour un Twister', 'Black Trombone', 'L'Eau à la Bouche', all encapsulate that noir cha-cha he did so well.

Douze belles dans la peau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyTT-o-4Shs

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/douze-belles-dans-la-peau-twelve-beauties-under-your-belt.html

Laundrette has used too much starch

"Ce Mortel Ennui"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanSNJUGMaY

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/ce-mortel-ennui-deadly-boredom.html

(video is from 1961, but same recording)

https://www.amazon.fr/Serge-Gainsbourg-Dautres-nouvelles-étoiles/dp/B0007WRTEQ

This is a pretty essential set imo but I'm guessing it's all on YouTube these days.

just read a book of Jane Birkin’s diaries, not surprised to learn that dude would only bathe every few months (when forced)

xp I have those DVDs and though it may all be on youtube, it's still a great curated overview of his career

"Ronsard 58"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dODu3PU-67k

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/ronsard-58-ronsard-58.html

Really quite a mean one! Very nice arrangement though.

"La Femme des uns Sous le Corps des Autres"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Z6YK6-0cU

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/serge-gainsbourg-la-femme-des-uns-sous-le-corps-des-autre-lyrics.html

Cheeky lyrics, lovely simple cool jazz backing

"L'alcool"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_NOXty0Zo

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/lalcool-alcohol.html

An extremely wistful/bitter lyric to be on a debut album. Quite a low-key ballad to start with, but builds into something more interesting.

"Du Jazz Dans le Ravin"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3urqDCTbbc

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/serge-gainsbourg-du-jazz-dans-le-ravin-lyrics.html

Lyrics are a bit like Poptones by PIL, music is kind of pleasant enough LP filler

"Charleston les Déménageurs de Piano"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25yEsfRv7V8

Musically a kind of bizarre trad jazz honky-tonk circus thing, actually sort of amazing. Song is about the musical world from the POV of piano movers. Nice way to close the LP.

https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/charleston-des-d%C3%A9m%C3%A9nageurs-de-piano-piano-movers%E2%80%99-charleston.html

Stopping by to say du jazz dans le ravin is a masterpiece, especially serge's mannered and clipped diction which doesn't really remind me of any singer before him. the lyrics and arrangement work the fine line between humor and horror so well. the backing at first seems reminiscent of bag's groove maybe but tiptoing instead of grooving, and completely at odds with the lyric about a cooler-than-thou dude driving wildly. carefully arranged by goraguer - when serge says they're playing his favorite pop song the sax plays the main riff and it does sound like a 1958 pop song instead; later the drum solo during the car crash has a choice bit of comic timing with a bit of silence then the sax erupts in sardonic laughter as the victims agonize listening to the titular jazz in the ditch.

reminds me much more of frank's wild years than poptones in the ironic pairing of the lounge music with the harsh story.

Interesting take on it mig, for me it's the weakest thing on the album.

Most recent 500 Songs bonus podcast is on Serge.

Here's the lead track from an EP released between the first and second LPs, everything else on there seems to be from the first LP.

"La jambe de bois (Friedland)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6nFmYggf30

Cannot find this one on Lyricstranslate, but it's on Genius - https://genius.com/Serge-gainsbourg-la-jambe-de-bois-friedland-lyrics