Quotes:
"Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts."
Serge Gainsbourg
Quotes By:
Serge Gainsbourg |
Artist:
Serge Gainsbourg |
Similar Artists:
Henri Salvador,
Jacques Dutronc,
Bryan Ferry,
Scott Walker,
Claude Nougaro,
Michel Polnareff,
Françoise Hardy,
Brigitte Fontaine,
Edoardo Bennato,
Anna Karina
Influenced By:
Followers:
Beck,
April March,
Momus,
Prototypes,
Stereo Total,
Canon Blue,
Kid Loco,
Tahiti 80,
Benjamin Biolay,
The Dears,
Philippe Katerine,
Marianne James,
Alex Beaupain,
Dent May,
FFF,
Stefie Shock ,
Alps,
Dany Brillant,
Martin Solveig,
Aldebert,
Luna,
The Fast Computers ,
Candie Payne,
Spinvis,
Aidan Moffat,
Daniel Balavoine,
Mr. Chop ,
Keren Ann,
Damien Robitaille,
Broadcast,
Dominique A.,
Mick Harvey,
Pierre Lapointe,
Nous Non Plus,
BitterSweet,
Alain Bashung,
Enzo Enzo,
Final Fantasy,
Patrick Sébastien,
Tindersticks,
Toog,
Radio,
Charlélie Couture,
Sebastien Tellier,
Leonard Cohen,
Coralie Clément,
Madeleine Peyroux,
Ute Lemper,
Jean Michel Jarre,
John Cale,
Michel Jonasz,
Jarvis Cocker,
God Help the Girl,
Crime & the City Solution,
Nouvelle Vague,
Elefant,
Pizzicato Five,
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Baustelle,
Vincent Delerm,
Sharleen Spiteri,
The Last Shadow Puppets,
Ed Harcourt,
Nick Cave,
Carla Bruni,
Etienne Daho,
Pink Martini,
Busy P,
Les Sans Culottes,
Les Fatals Picards,
Fur Ones ,
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele ,
Air,
The Januaries,
Barry Adamson
Performed Songs By:
Formal Connection With:
Relationship With:
- Born: April 02, 1928, Paris, France
- Died: March 02, 1991, Paris, France
- Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s
- Genres: Rock
- Instrument: Vocals
- Representative Albums: "Initials S.G.", "De Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre, Vol. 1", "Comic Strip"
- Representative Songs: "Bonnie and Clyde", "Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais", "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus"
Biography
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. After studying art and teaching, he turned to painting before working as a bar pianist on the local cabaret circuit. Soon he was tapped to join the cast of the musical Milord L'Arsoille, where he reluctantly assumed a singing role; self-conscious about his rather homely appearance, Gainsbourg initially wanted only to carve out a niche as a composer and producer, not as a performer.
Still, he made his recording debut in 1958 with the album Du Chant a la Une; while strong efforts like 1961's L'Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg and 1964's Gainsbourg Confidentiel followed, his jazz-inflected solo work performed poorly on the charts, although compositions for vocalists ranging from Petula Clark to Juliette Greco to Dionne Warwick proved much more successful. In the late '60s, he befriended the actress Brigitte Bardot, and later became her lover; with Bardot as his muse, Gainsbourg's lushly arranged music suddenly became erotic and delirious, and together, they performed a series of duets -- including "Bonnie and Clyde," "Harley Davidson," and "Comic Strip" -- celebrating pop culture icons.
Gainsbourg's affair with Bardot was brief, but its effects were irrevocable: after he became involved with constant companion Jane Birkin, they recorded the 1969 duet "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus," a song he originally penned for Bardot complete with steamy lyrics and explicit heavy breathing. Although banned in many corners of the globe, it reached the top of the charts throughout Europe, and grew in stature to become an underground classic later covered by performers ranging from Donna Summer to Ray Conniff.
Gainsbourg returned in 1971 with Histoire de Melody Nelson, a dark, complex song cycle which signalled his increasing alienation from modern culture: drugs, disease, suicide and misanthropy became thematic fixtures of his work, which grew more esoteric, inflammatory, and outrageous with each passing release. Although Gainsbourg never again reached the commercial success of his late-'60s peak, he remained an imposing and controversial figure throughout Europe, where he was both vilified and celebrated for his shocking behavior, which included burning 500 francs on a live television broadcast and recording a reggae version of the sacred "La Marseillaise."
Gainsbourg also created a furor with the single "Lemon Incest," a duet with his daughter, the actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. In addition, he posed in drag for the cover of 1984's Love on the Beat, a collection of songs about male hustlers, and made sexual advances towards Whitney Houston on a live TV broadcast. Along with his pop music oeuvre, Gainsbourg scored a number of films, and also directed and appeared in a handful of features, most notably 1976's Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus, which starred Birkin and Andy Warhol mainstay Joe Dallesandro. He died on March 2, 1991. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Discography:
Serge Gainsbourg |
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Buy this CD
|
Aux Armes et Caetera/L'Homme a la Tete de Chou/Histoire de Melody Nelson Buy this CD |
Actor:
Serge Gainsbourg |
- Born: Apr 02, 1928 in Paris, France
- Died: Mar 02, 1991 in Paris, France
- Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer
- Active: '60s-'80s
- Major Genres: Comedy Drama, Drama
- Career Highlights: Tenue de Soirée, Je Vous Aime, Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus
- First Major Screen Credit: La Furia di Ercole (1961)
Biography
Born Lucien Ginzburg in Paris to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants, controversial French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg admired music since childhood, especially classics and jazz. After first studying art, he became a pianist in a bar and later began to perform his own songs in a cabaret. He was rather shy at the time and tried to hide it by provoking the audience with his extravagant attire and behavior. "Sometimes they accepted me, sometimes they didn't, but they didn't love me," he once remembered. So he found acceptance by first giving his songs to the popular female singers Juliette Greco and Michelle Arnaud. Audiences and critics appreciated his songs when performed by others.In order to survive, Gainsbourg turned to the cinema both as a composer and an actor in supporting roles. In the 60's, as "The Twist" conquered France, Gainsbourg wrote "La chanson de Prevert," "Le poinconneur de Lilas" and "La Javanaise," songs that are considered classics now but were not very much appreciated at the time. Luckily, Petula Clark began to collaborate with him. Being incredibly sensitive to the new musical trends and fashions, Gainsbourg quickly adapted himself to the Beatles-inspired "yeah-yeah" craze and wrote "Poupee de cire, poupee de son." Performed by France Gall, the song won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966 and immediately became a hit. Suddenly, his lyrics and music were in high demand. This resulted in a brief but much-publicized love affair with Brigitte Bardot to whom he wrote a few songs and devoted his album Initials B.B. In 1969 he married young actress Jane Birkin with whom he recorded Je t'aime moi non plus, the title track of which went to #69 on the U.S. charts and earned Gainsbourg cult status there. Birkin was the one who invented Gainsbourg's now-famous and notorious trademarks: facial stubble, well-worn jeans and ponderous posturing with cigarettes. The actress was featured in a number of his albums and starred in his debut as a film director, Je t'aime moi non plus (1975).
Gainsbourg remained astonishingly prolific, writing songs for innumerable other artists. His own albums, featuring compositions in different styles ranging from rock to reggae, earned the respect and admiration of the new generation. He wrote numerous songs for his teen-age daughter Charlotte as well as directing and appearing with her in Charlotte For Ever (1986), shocking audiences with the film's incestuous implications. In total, he wrote the music for more than 20 films and directed four features and numerous video clips and commercials. A couple of years before his death he promoted the new teenage star Vanessa Paradis. His death in 1991 virtually lead to national mourning in France. He was posthumously distinguished with the Cesar Award (the French Oscar) in 1996 for the musical theme used in Elisa (1995). ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
Filmography:
Serge Gainsbourg |
Wikipedia:
Serge Gainsbourg |
| Serge Gainsbourg | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lucien Ginsburg |
| Also known as | Julien Grix[1] Gainsbarre |
| Born | 2 April 1928 |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Died | 2 March 1991 (aged 62) |
| Genres | Chanson Jazz Reggae French rock French pop |
| Occupations | French poet singer-songwriter actor director |
| Instruments | Piano, Guitar, bass, accordion, harmonica |
| Years active | 1957 - 1991 |
| Labels | Mercury/Universal Records |
| Website | Serge Gainsbourg |
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃zbuʁ]; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991)[2] was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize. His legacy has been firmly established, and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.[3]
|
Contents
|
Biography
Personal life
He was born Lucien Ginsburg[4] in Paris, France, the son of Russian Jewish parents, Joseph Ginsburg (1896 — 22 April 1971) and Olga[5] Bessman (1894 — 16 March 1985), who fled to France after the 1917 Bolshevik uprising. His childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, during which he and his family, as Jews, were forced to wear the yellow star and eventually flee Paris. Before he was 30 years old, Gainsbourg was a disillusioned painter, but earned his living as a piano player in bars.
He first married Elisabeth "Lize" Levitsky on 3 November 1951, and divorced her in 1957. He married a second time on 7 January 1964, to Françoise-Antoinette "Béatrice" Pancrazzi (b. 28 July 1931), with whom he had two children: a daughter named Natacha (b. 8 August 1964) and a son, Paul (born in spring 1968, after Serge had gotten back together with Béatrice). They divorced in February 1966.
In late-1967, he had a short but ardent love affair with Brigitte Bardot to whom he dedicated the song and album Initials BB.
In mid-1968, Gainsbourg fell in love with English singer and actress Jane Birkin, whom he met during the shooting of the film Slogan. They had one daughter, the actress and singer Charlotte (b. 21 July 1971). On 5 January 1986 his youngest son, Lucien (best known as Lulu), was born to his last partner, Bambou (Caroline von Paulus, grandchild of General Friedrich Paulus).[2]
Birkin remembers the beginning of her affair with Gainsbourg: he first took her to a nightclub, then to a transvestite club and afterwards to the Hilton hotel, where he passed out in a drunken stupor. Gainsbourg married Birkin when she was 21 and he was 40. Birkin left Gainsbourg when pregnant with her third daughter, Lou, by the film director Jacques Doillon, whom she later married.[6]
Early work
His early songs were influenced by Boris Vian and were largely in the vein of old-fashioned chanson. Very early, however, Gainsbourg began to move beyond this and experiment with a succession of different musical styles: jazz early on, pop in the 1960s, reggae in the 1970s, and electronica in the 1980s.[2]
Many of his songs contained themes with a morbid or sexual twist in them. An early success, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", describes the day in the life of a Paris Métro ticket man whose job it is to stamp holes in passengers' tickets. Gainsbourg describes this chore as so monotonous that the man eventually thinks of putting a hole into his own head and being buried in another.
More success began to arrive when, in 1965, his song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" was the Luxembourg entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performed by French teen singer France Gall, it won first prize. (The song was covered in English as "A Lonely Singing Doll" by British teen idol Twinkle.)[2]
His next song for Gall, "Les Sucettes" ("Lollipops"), caused a scandal in France: Gainsbourg had written the song with double-meanings and strong sexual innuendo, of which the singer was apparently unaware when she recorded it. Whereas Gall thought that the song was about a girl enjoying lollipops, it was really about oral sex. The controversy arising from the song, although a big hit for Gall, threw her career off-track in France for several years.
Gainsbourg arranged other Gall songs and LPs that were characteristic of the late 1960s psychedelic styles, among them Gall's 1968 album. Another of Serge's songs "Boum Bada Boum" was entered in by Monaco in the 1967 contest, sung by Minouche Barelli; it came fifth. He also wrote hit songs for other artists, such as "Comment Te Dire Adieu" for Françoise Hardy.[2]
In 1969, he released "Je t'aime... moi non plus," which featured simulated sounds of female orgasm. The song appeared that year on an LP, Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg. Originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, it was released with future girlfriend Birkin when Bardot backed out. While Gainsbourg declared it the "ultimate love song," it was considered too "hot"; the song was censored in various countries, and in France even the toned-down version was suppressed. The Vatican made a public statement citing the song as offensive. However, despite all the controversy, it charted within the top ten in many European countries.
The seventies
Histoire de Melody Nelson was released in 1971. This concept album, produced and arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier, tells the story of a Lolita-esque affair, with Gainsbourg as the narrator and Jane Birkin as the eponymous English heroine. It features prominent string arrangements and even a massed choir at its tragic climax. The album has proven influential with artists such as Air, David Holmes, Jarvis Cocker, Beck and Dan the Automator.[7]
In 1975, he released the album Rock Around the Bunker, a rock album written entirely on the subject of the Nazis. Gainsbourg used black humour, as he and his family suffered during World War II. While a child in Paris, Gainsbourg had worn the yellow badge as the mark of a Jew. Rock Around the Bunker belonged in the mid-1970s "retro" trend.
The next year saw the release of another major work, L'Homme à tête de chou (Cabbage-Head Man), featuring the new character Marilou and sumptuous orchestral themes. Cabbage-Head Man is one of his nicknames, as it refers to his ears. Musically, L'homme à tête de chou turned out to be Gainsbourg's last LP in the English rock style he had favoured since the late 1960s. He would go on to produce two reggae albums recorded in Jamaica (1979 and 1981) and two electronic funk albums recorded in New York (1984 and 1987).
In Jamaica in 1978 he recorded "Aux Armes et cetera", a reggae version of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", with Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, and Rita Marley. This song earned him death threats from right-wing veterans of the Algerian War of Independence who were opposed to certain lyrics. Bob Marley was furious when he discovered Gainsbourg made his wife Rita Marley sing erotic lyrics.[8] Shortly afterward, Gainsbourg bought the original manuscript of "La Marseillaise". He was able to reply to his critics that his version was, in fact, closer to the original as the manuscript clearly shows the words "Aux armes et cætera..." for the chorus.
The next year saw him coin the nickname Gainsbarre, for himself in the song "Ecce Homo".[2]
Final years
After a turbulent 13-year-long relationship, Jane Birkin left Gainsbourg.[9] In the 1980s, near the end of his life, Gainsbourg became a regular figure on French TV. His appearances seemed devoted to his controversial sense of humour and provocation. In March 1984, while this was illegal (article 132 of the "Code Penal") and highly offensive, he burned a 500 French franc bill[10] on television to protest against heavy taxation.[11] He would show up drunk and unshaven on stage: in April 1986, in Michel Drucker's live Saturday evening show with the American singer Whitney Houston, he exclaimed to the host (in English), "I want to fuck her."[8] The same year, in another talk show interview, he appeared alongside Catherine Ringer, a well known singer who had appeared in pornographic films. Gainsbourg shouted, "You're nothing but a filthy whore, a filthy, fucking whore." Ringer scolded back, "Look at you, you're just a bitter old alcoholic. I used to admire you but these days you've become a disgusting old parasite."[12]
By December, 1988, while a judge at a film festival in Val d'Isère, he appeared raging drunk at a local theatre where he was to do a presentation. While on stage he began to tell an obscene story about Brigitte Bardot and a champagne bottle, only to stagger offstage and collapse in a nearby seat.[12] Subsequent years saw his health deteriorate. He had to undergo liver surgery, but denied any connection to cancer or cirrhosis. His appearances and releases become sparser as he had to rest and recover in Vezelay. During these final years, he released Love on the Beat, a controversial electronic album with mostly sexual themes in the lyrics, and his last studio album, You're Under Arrest, which was a collaboration with Larry Fast, presented more synth-driven songs.[2]
His songs became increasingly eccentric during this period, ranging from the anti-drug "Aux Enfants de la Chance" to the duet with his daughter Charlotte named "Lemon Incest".[13] This translates as "Inceste de citron", a wordplay on "un zeste de citron" (a tang of lemon). The title demonstrates Gainsbourg's love for puns (another example of which is Beau oui comme Bowie, a song he gave to Isabelle Adjani).
Film work
During his career, he wrote the soundtracks for more than 40 films. In 1996, he received a César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Élisa, along with Zbigniew Preisner and Michel Colombier.
He directed four movies: Je t'aime... moi non plus, Équateur, Charlotte For Ever and Stan The Flasher.
He made an brief appearance with Jane Birkin in 1980 in Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung, a film by Herbert Vesely, and also starred at "Les Chemins de Katmandou", with Jane Birkin.
Death and legacy
Gainsbourg died on March 2, 1991 of a heart attack. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery, in Paris. His funeral brought Paris to a standstill, and French President François Mitterrand said of him, "He was our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire... He elevated the song to the level of art."[14] His home at the well-known address rue de Verneuil is still covered in graffiti and poems.
Since his death, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. His lyrical brilliance in French has left an extraordinary legacy. His music, always progressive, covered many styles: jazz, ballads, mambo, lounge, reggae, pop (including adult contemporary pop, kitsch pop, yé-yé pop, '80s pop, pop-art pop, prog pop, space-age pop, psychedelic pop, and erotic pop), disco, calypso, Africana, bossa nova, and rock and roll. He has gained a following in the English-speaking world with many non-mainstream artists finding his arrangements highly influential.
One of the most frequent interpreters of Gainsbourg's songs was British singer Petula Clark, whose success in France was propelled by her recordings of his tunes. In 2003, she wrote and recorded La Chanson de Gainsbourg as a tribute to the composer of some of her biggest hits.
His lyrics are collected in the volume Dernières nouvelles des étoiles.
In 2005, the album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited was released by Virgin Records. The album consisted of specially-recorded English-language cover versions of Gainsbourg's songs, recorded by artists as diverse as Franz Ferdinand, Portishead, Placebo, and Michael Stipe.
Film adaptation(s)
A feature film titled Serge Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque) was released in France in January 2010, which is based on the graphic novel by the writer-director of the film, Joann Sfar. Gainsbourg is portrayed by Eric Elmosnino and Kacey Mottet Klein.
Covers and tributes
- One of the celebrating events of the Year of France in Brazil was a concert in September 2009 called "Gainsbourg Imperial", an event celebrating the music of Serge Gainsbourg. It was performed by brazilian Samba Big Band Orquestra Imperial, having french maestro Jean-Claude Vannier, french singer Jane Birkin and brazilian musician and singer Caetano Veloso as special guests.
- Belinda Carlisle covers "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Contact" on her 2007 French language album Voila.
- Giddle & Boyd (Giddle Partridge and Boyd Rice) cover "Bonnie and Clyde" on their 2008 EP Going Steady with Peggy Moffitt.
- The first English-language version of a Gainsbourg song was Dionne Warwick's 1965 version of Mamadou.
- Australian rock musician Mick Harvey released two CDs of Gainsbourg's songs translated into English.
- Placebo did a cover of Gainsbourg's "The Ballad Of Melody Nelson".
- Gainsbourg's song "Bonnie and Clyde" is featured in the burlesque show scene of Rush Hour 3 and in the romantic film Laurel Canyon starring Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsale.
- American alt-rock band Luna included a cover of "Bonnie and Clyde" as a hidden track on their 1995 album Penthouse.
- Okkervil River covers "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais" in English ("I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away").
- Jarvis Cocker has also covered the above mentioned song, but named it "I Just Came To Tell You That I'm Going" instead.
- Arcade Fire covers "Poupée de cire, poupée de Son" and also released it as a split 7" single with LCD Soundsystem (covering Joy Division's "No Love Lost" on their side).
- Beirut often covers "La Javanaise" in their live sets and it is included in the live album Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (2009).
- Australian pop singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue extensively sampled his duet with Brigitte Bardot "Bonnie and Clyde" on the song "Sensitized" off her 2007 album X. In 2003, she sampled "Je t'aime... moi non plus" in a modified version of her song "Breathe" (which originally did not contain any samples) for a special one-off live performance at the Hammersmith Apollo in promotion of her album Body Language.
- French rapper MC Solaar sampled Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot's song "Bonnie and Clyde" in his song "Nouveau Western", on his 1994 album, Prose Combat
- Irish musician David Holmes covered "Cargo Culte" in his song "Don't Die Just Yet" on his 1997 album Let's Get Killed.* American emcee Princess Superstar sampled the melody of the songs "Melody" and "Cargo Culte" in the song "You Get Mad At Napster" on her album Princess Superstar Is.
- The Welsh comedy-rap band Goldie Lookin Chain extensively sampled the title track of Gainsbourg's "Cannabis" film soundtrack for their single Your Missus Is a Nutter.
- In 1997 Tzadik records released a tribute to Gainsbourg in their Great Jewish Composers series. The album includes covers by John Zorn, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Mike Patton, Fred Frith, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot and Cyro Baptista.
- On the HBO show Flight of the Conchords, the sequence for the song "A Kiss is Not a Contract" is a tribute to Gainsbourg's video for "Ballade de Melody Nelson".
- The track "Serge" on The Herbaliser's album Take London is about a chance encounter with Gainsbourg 3 days before his death.
- Black Grape's "A Big Day in the North" is based on a sample taken from 'Initials B.B.' and also features samples from "Ford Mustang".
Discography
Albums
- 1958: Du chant à la une
- 1959: Disque N°2
- 1961: L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg
- 1962: Disque N°4
- 1963: Gainsbourg Confidentiel
- 1964: Gainsbourg Percussions
- 1967: Anna
- 1967: Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot: Bonnie & Clyde
- 1968: Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot: Initials B.B.
- 1968: Ce Sacré Grand-Père
- 1969: Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
- 1970: Cannabis
- 1971: Histoire de Melody Nelson
- 1973: Vu de l'extérieur
- 1975: Rock Around the Bunker
- 1976: L'Homme à tête de chou
- 1977: Madame Claude
- 1979: Aux armes et cætera
- 1980: Enregistrement public au Théâtre Le Palace (live)
- 1981: Mauvaises nouvelles des étoiles
- 1984: Love On The Beat
- 1985: Serge Gainsbourg live (Casino de Paris)
- 1987: You're Under Arrest
- 1988: Le Zénith de Gainsbourg (live)
- 1989: De Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre (Box Set)
Tribute albums and posthumous releases
- 1997: Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg (Tribute album)
- 2001: Gainsbourg Forever (Integral Box Set)
- 2001: Le Cinéma de Gainsbourg (Box Set)
- 2001: I Love Serge: Electronicagainsbourg (Remix album)
- 2005: Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (Tribute album)
- 2008: Classé X (Compilation)
Singles
- "Aux armes et caetera"
- "Baby Pop"
- "Black Trombone"
- "Bonnie and Clyde"
- "Comment te dire adieu"
- "Couleur Café"
- "Dieu fumeur de havanes"
- "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime"
- "Élisa"
- "Hold Up"
- "Initials B.B."
- "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais"
- "Je t'aime... moi non plus"
- "La Décadanse"
- "La Gadoue"
- "La Javanaise"
- "La Noyée"
- "Lemon Incest"
- "Les Incorruptibles"
- "Les Sucettes"
- "L'Homme à Tête de Chou"
- "Lola Rastaquouère"
- "Marilou"
- "New York U.S.A."
- "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
- "Pour un con"
- "Sorry Angel"
- "Sea, Sex and Sun"
- "You're Under Arrest"
- "Mon légionnaire"
- "White and Black Blues" (lyrics)
Notes
- ^ Julien Grix is the name he used when he first deposited his songs with the Sacem in 1954
- ^ a b c d e f g allmusic Biography
- ^ http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetail.asp?newsnum=304080038
- ^ Ginsburg is sometimes spelled Ginzburg in the media, including print encyclopedias and dictionaries. However, Ginsburg is the name engraved on Gainsbourg's grave, and "Lucien Ginsburg" is the name by which Gainsbourg is referred to, as a performer, in the Sacem catalog [1] (along with "Serge Gainsbourg" as the author/composer/adaptor)
- ^ Sometimes spelled Olia, his mother's actual given name was Olga, as written on Gainsbourg's grave
- ^ "Jane Birkin reveals the naked truth about being a Sixties icon". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=510236&in_page_id=1879.
- ^ Album notes from Initials SG
- ^ a b Chrisafis, Angelique, The Guardian (14 April 2006). "Gainsbourg, je t'aime". http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1753018,00.html.
- ^ Vanity Fair, "The Secret World of Serge Gainsbourg", November 2007
- ^ Roughly 75 €, but in 1984, 500 FF represented one sixth of the net minimum wage in France
- ^ Hodgkinson, Will, The Guardian (5 February 2003). "Serge, mon amour". http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,888892,00.html.
- ^ a b Kent, Nick , The Guardian (15 April 2006). "What a drag". http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1754146,00.html.
- ^ A controversial video for "Lemon Incest" featured a half-naked Gainsbourg lying on a bed with his daughter Charlotte. Phrases from the song include "L'amour que nous ne ferons jamais ensemble/ Est le plus beau le plus violent/ Le plus pur le plus enivrant" ("The love that we will never make together/ is the most beautiful, the most violent/ The most pure, the most heady").
- ^ Simmons, Sylvie, The Guardian (2 February 2001). "The eyes have it". http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4128684,00.html.
References
- Serge Gainsbourg: View From The Exterior by Alan Clayson (1998). Sanctuary. ISBN 9781860742224
- Biography of Serge Gainsbourg, from Radio France Internationale
- Extensive ressources at Le Hall de la Chanson (discography, filmography, credits, lectures), including a precise biography (French)
External links
- Serge Gainsbourg official site (French)
- Wiki-biography of Serge Gainsbourg on deaddodo.org
- Extensive discography of Serge Gainsbourg (French)
- Serge Gainsbourg at the Internet Movie Database
|
||||||||||||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Learn More
 | Black French (1990 Album by Joëlle Ursull) |
| L' Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg (1961 Album by Serge Gainsbourg) |
| Gold (2007 Album by Serge Gainsbourg) |
 | 'Serge Blanco' was famous in which sport? Read answer... |
| What religion is serg tankian? Read answer... |
| How tall is serge pizzorno? Read answer... |
Help us answer these
 | What is the name of the song sung by a woman that uses a sample from 'bonnie and clyde' by serge gainsbourg? |
| Where does serge originate from? |
| Nghow to be a serging? |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Quotes By. Copyright © 2008 QuotationsBook.com. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Artist. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved. Read more |
|
| Actor. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Serge Gainsbourg". Read more |
Related answers
- What is a serge?
- Who is serge pizzorno?
- What is serge in sewing?
- What is a serged stitch?
- Who is Serge Makarenko?
- Who is serge karakalchu?
ADVERTISEMENT
TV Listings
Answer these
- Who has sampled 'Bonnie and Clyde' by Serge Gainsbourg?
- What is wool serged?
- What is carpet serging?
- Does serge have eyebrows?
Mentioned in
- Black French (1990 Album by Joëlle Ursull)
- L' Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg (1961 Album by Serge Gainsbourg)
- Gold (2007 Album by Serge Gainsbourg)
- Pascal Obispo (Rock Artist, '90s, 2000s)
- Czerkinsky (World Band, '90s, 2000s)
- Pierre Lapointe (Rock Artist, 2000s)
- Mareva (World Artist, 2000s)
- Canon Blue (Rock Band, 2000s)
- Dent May (Rock Artist, 2000s)
- Dazzling Display (1991 Album by Steve Wynn)
- Various Positions (1985 Album by Leonard Cohen)
- Penthouse (1995 Album by Luna)
- Best of Jane Birkin [Mercury] (1997 Album by Jane Birkin)
- Stereo Total (1998 Album by Stereo Total)
