"Man created god. The inverse remains to be proven."
Serge Gainsbourg introduced the French to jazz and reggae Serge Gainsbourg était la sale gueule de la pop française.
Il était compositeur, chanteur, producteur, et auteur de tubes comme "Le poinçonneur des lilas" (1958), "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1965, par France Gall), "Harley Davidson" (1968, par Brigitte Bardot), le célèbre "Je t'aime... Moi non plus" (1969, avec Jane Birkin), "Dieu fumeur des havanes" (1980, avec Catherine Deneuve), "Love on the beat" (1984) et "Lemon Incest" (1984, avec Charlotte Gainsbourg). Il était aussi acteur et il a composé la musique d'une quarantaine de films. My favourite Gainsbourg movie has to be "Je t'aime moi non plus
Serge Gainsbourg - Couleur Café [Amazon FR] [Amazon US][Amazon UK] Contains most of the material of "Percussions", with liner notes in French
Serge Gainsbourg put his extraordinary talent to merging Euro-Pop music with Latin and African rhythms on this album, and comes up with the most hip & happening lounge music you'll find. I gave my Esquivel away because after getting hooked on this, it just fell short. Couleur Cafe never fails to make everyone feel like having a party and transports one to an easy state of mind. At first listen, I smiled and laughed. At the second listen, I was chilling out in my own space and at the third, I realized Serge is an extremely sensitive, deeply philosophical man who can extract the very elements of an eclectic range of styles that, when combined, lightly uplift the soul. -- Jumpy1 for Amazon
Serge Gainsbourg introduced the French to jazz and reggae
