GAINSBOURG MELODY NELSON RAR MODInitials B.B.Ĭontinues to sound as stylish and mod as it must have the day it was released. 'Marilu' makes obvious reference to the Beach Boys' white-bread doo wop. Strains of the Who's garage/show tune fusion is discernible in 'Bloody Jack.' Moreover, Gainsbourg was perhaps the only songwriter of an earlier tradition to wholeheartedly embrace the wild and adventurous spirit of '60s rock. The sensuous melodies and sumptuous arrangements aspire to the visual they are little technocolor movies in sound. Yes, the subject matter is transgressive, the performances often silly, but long after the initial shock wears off, Gainsbourg's work continues to surprise and delight. Mediafire Serge Gainsbourg Discography 2017.Many of his most infamous songs ('Bonnie and Clyde,' 'Comic Strip,') are here, and the lesser-known numbers achieve the same giddy decadence. The Comic Strip compilation may be an ideal overview to Gainsbourg's pop oeuvre, but for those sick puppies interested in exploring his entire catalog, this collaboration with then-lover Brigitte Bardot is a good place to start. After studying art and teaching, he turned to painting before working as a bar pianist on the local cabaret circuit. Serge 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 number 69.Born Lucien Ginzberg in Paris on April 2, 1928, his parents were Russian Jews who fled to France following the events of the 1917 Bolshevik uprising.
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