SERGE GAINSBOURG - COMIC STRIP / RE / PSYCH / BARDOT / BIRKIN
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vg+ / ex re of comic strip - a milestone in the Serge back catalogue with psych influended orchsertral pop grooves and tunes to die for - Bardot and Birkin are both present on this masterpiece.
Perhaps with the recent vogue for French dance music (Air, Rob, Daft Punk, My House/Montmartre)& the recent Jane Birkin solo album, not to forget the recent biog 'A Fistful of Gitanes', there might be a rise in interest in all things Serge. I hope so, as this may get the French government/culture types to fund the proposed musuem in SG's old house, which I would love to visit...This compilation is one of the best I own, up there with Gene Clark's Flying High, Scott Walker's Boy Child, Leonard Cohen's Essential Songs, Neil Young's Decade & Michael Nyman's 2000-best of. It takes in the years from 1966 to 1969, & was my introduction to the joys of Serge Gainsbourg- having heard many of these songs interpreted on Mick Harvey's 1995 album 'The Intoxicated Man' (& its not quite as good follow up 'Pink Elephants'). So I got to hear the originals of such songs as Initials BB, Chatterton, 69 annee erotique, sous ;e soleil exactment, qui est "in" qui est "out" & one of the great singles of all time, the Serge-Bardot-duet Bonnie and Clyde (1968).
The songs feel have more in common with contemporary rap music, in their original use of language- sometimes fusing American-English with French, such as on another favourite Ford Mustang: "et la gauche a la droit...coca cola...superman...Marilyn...Aspirin"- love the way that 'Mus' equals "gauche", while "tang" equals "droit". The songs lyrics remind me of JG Ballard's material around 'Crash'/'Atrocity Exhibition' & it namechecks 'Edgar Allen Poe'- as did The Beatles 'I am the Walrus' in the same year.
Other favourites include Torrey Canyon (which anyone who likes John Barry should adore)& of course the controversial UK#1 from 1969, Je t'aime...moi non plus- which is easily up there with Minnie Repperton's Loving You & Scott Walker's Montague Terrace (In Blue), in terms of perfect pop. Another highlight is the opening requiem pour un c...- which contains some amazing percussion & the oddest keyboard parts which sound completely modern.
Comic Strip is a brilliant compilation of Gainsbourg that has lead me to 'The Histoire of Melody Nelson' & the later Philips compilation of his solo work. It also has some wonderful photographs inside, of a man whose appeal may be elusive in terms of looks (look at the vacuous culture we now live in, where boy bands & male models line up in an increasingly uniform manner)- but it's all about style. The songs, the look, this package perfectly capture the appeal of a true star: Serge Gainsbourg...
1. Requiem Pour Un C... 2. Bonnie And Clyde - Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg 3. Initials B B 4. Comic Strip 5. Chatterton 6. Bloody Jack 7. Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde 8. Torrey Canyon 9. Shu Ba Du Ba Loo Ba 10. Ford Mustang 11. Black And White 12. Qui Est "In" Qui Est "Out" 13. Hold Up 14. Marilu 15. Un Poison Violent, C'Est Ca L'Amour 16. Sous Le Soleil Exactement 17. 69 Année Erotique - Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 18. Les Sucettes 19. L'Anamour 20. Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
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