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serge gainsbourg on cynicism
serge gainsbourg – requiem pour un con (1968)
Scene from Georges Lautner’s film Le Pacha, featuring Serge Gainsbourg performing “Requiem Pour un Con“.
serge gainsbourg – le chanson de prévert
Oh how I want you to remember,
this song was yours,
it was your favourite, I think
Written by Prévert and Kosma.
And each time “Fallen Leaves”
brings back my memories of you,
day after day
the fallen loves
are never done dying.
I abandon myself to other’s arms, of course
but their song is dull
and I grow ever more indifferent,
there is no helping it.
Because each time “Fallen Leaves”
brings back my memories of you,
day after day
the fallen loves
are never done dying.
Is it ever possible to know
the beginning or the end of indifference?
May fall pass, may winter come,
and may Prévert’s song,
this song,
“Fallen Leaves“,
vanish from my memories,
and on that day
my fallen loves
will be done dying.
And on that day,
my fallen loves
will be done dying.
french connection
At last I’ve got around to posting something on Mixcloud again. Here’s a crazy pot-pourri of tunes with a French connection, compiled from selections for a set I played on the Wrong Rock Show back in August 2011.
Listen to Francophonics by Cherry Bomb on Mixcloud.