Serge Gainsbourg

[king ubu]

I like him quite some - mostly his early stuff, but also some of the later things.

Also caught "Anna" a couple of months ago (reported about it in the film corner, I think) - great soundtrack, a few great cameos by Serge himself, and of course the lovely Anna Karina all the way through...

While in Paris last autumn I bought the "100 meilleurs chansons" box of his (that's a series of 5CD boxes, you'll get one for Brel, Trenet, Aznavour etc. etc.). I assume that will do for a while... on the other hand, a store in town has several of his albums in mini LP packages (all 60s and 70s albums) that look rather nice...

[king ubu]

There's a great discographical website I happend to find coincidentally a couple of days ago:

http://www.geocities.com/moron200/gainsbou...ds/records.html

And here's the cover of said 5CD box:

[analogak]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN30R-_WRK4

[Kalo]

His daughter is very good in I'm Not There opposite Heath Ledger.

[Teasing the Korean]

Serge's instrumental soundtrack stuff is really good. Right now I'm listening to a great disc of his soundtrack stuff done in collaboration with Michel Colombier, including music from Manon 70 and Anna.

[king ubu]

His daughter is very good in I'm Not There opposite Heath Ledger.

Hm, I'm not sure she's good at all, but she sure was gorgeous...

[king ubu]

Serge's instrumental soundtrack stuff is really good. Right now I'm listening to a great disc of his soundtrack stuff done in collaboration with Michel Colombier, including music from Manon 70 and Anna.

While I don't know the soundtracks, I've had a chance to catch "Anna" a few months ago, in a whole series of films related to BB and Gainsbarre... stupid little flick, but Anna Karina is great in it, and Serge's few short appearances (the perfect arrogant asshole) were great as well. The best about it though was definitely the music, he had a great hand for that!

Where do you have this music from? The 3CD "Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourgh" box? Or old LPs with longer parts of the respective soundtracks?

[Teasing the Korean]

I have the Anna CD.

Also have the 3 CD Cinema de Gainsbourg set.

Also have, in the same series, some individual discs each featuring music from, say 2 to 4 films. These feature a more substantial amound of music from a given film than they were able to fit on the 3 CD set.

[Teasing the Korean]

Just watched the biopic. Anyone see it? Some good and some bad aspects. The actor really nailed him, which was good.

The drawbacks were (for me):

***spoilers***

the recurring puppet alter-ego, and the lack of cultural contexts for the various career moves.

Still, worth placing in the Netflix queue.

Comparing my current avatar to that of five years ago. My, how I've aged...

Edited January 19, 2013 by Teasing the Korean

[Bluesnik]

That was a very good album.

[Bluesnik]

Just watched the biopic. Anyone see it?

I saw it a couple of years ago and I liked it. I didn't like the puppet thing, which didn't quite fit the rest. But I liked the dramatisation of the story.

[Teasing the Korean]

Serge Gainsbourg's house in Paris is opening as a museum.

https://www.maisongainsbourg.fr/en/experience

[Bluesnik]

On 6/15/2007 at 9:09 PM, Brownian Motion said:

I like his daughter, Charlotte.

 

http://www.linternaute.com/imprimer/musique/diaporama-image/comediennes-chanteuses/image/charlotte-gainsbourg.jpg

She's a hell of an actress. You only need to see Melancholia. And also singer.

Edited March 1, 2023 by Bluesnik

[hopkins]

Melody Nelson is good, and I particularly like L'homme à la Tête de Choux. Lyrics are great, but the music has not aged well, IMO. 

 

My favorite is his early stuff, for example this classic:

 

There have been many covers. Here is Juliette Greco's (Miles Davis' girlfriend!) 

 

And it turns out Greco was the inspiration for the song. Video is in French, sorry. 

 

[hopkins]

Another fun cover!

 

[Teasing the Korean]

Anger over plan to name Métro station after ‘misogynist’ Serge Gainsbourg

 

 

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Anger over plan to name Métro station after ‘misogynist’ Serge Gainsbourg

L'amour physique est sans issue ....

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

L'amour physique est sans issue ....

Donc on me dit.

[hopkins]

I would like to think that Gainsbourg was neither a pedophile or predator, and that he is paying here for others' sins. 

[Teasing the Korean]

This could never get made today, except perhaps in France.

 

[optatio]

57 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

This could never get made today, except perhaps in France.

... this touches the heart!

[soulpope]

59 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

This could never get made today, except perhaps in France.

 

😍 ....

[Teasing the Korean]

3 hours ago, optatio said:

... this touches the heart!

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

😍 ....

Agreed! 🍷

Edited April 17, 2024 by Teasing the Korean

[sgcim]

5 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

This could never get made today, except perhaps in France.

 

I gotta stop dropping acid; I thought I just saw a bunch of unshaven eight year-olds wearing shades and smoking cigarettes while drinking from martini glasses and singing some Serge Gainsbourg song!