tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post3020101460841894216..comments2024-01-06T08:38:28.019+00:00Comments on Blaugustine's Other Blog: TO BREL OR NOT TO BRELUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-24663608209371039452016-11-24T17:31:56.602+00:002016-11-24T17:31:56.602+00:00Vincent, look up some of Jacques Brel's live p...Vincent, look up some of Jacques Brel's live performances that are on Youtube, if you haven't already done so. <br /><br />The difference between his own versions of his own songs and what other people have done with them is huge - not only because translations into English were so bad (I don't know about other languages they were translated into) but because he and his songs/poetry were indivisible, much as Leonard Cohen singing Leonard Cohen is the real McCoy. Which isn't to say that there shouldn't be other interpretations by other singers or groups, and films or theatrical shows based on them. But in an admittedly possessive, nerdish way, I must confess I cringe before all the 'altered' versions.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-1528764682430018722016-11-24T06:57:52.890+00:002016-11-24T06:57:52.890+00:00Nice review and pics, and a reminder of a brillian...Nice review and pics, and a reminder of a brilliant show I saw 1987 at a small theatre in Dublin, 1987. Now I see it is <a href="http://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk/rentals/jacques-brel-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-paris-20366.html?trkId=6jZ5lwbxeSgpRgGbmHyPKraWQk05SjKM0%22" rel="nofollow">available on DVD<br /></a>. I can’t remember if the songs were done in English or French, but it established a lifelong appreciation of Brel and even the sense of knowing him personally.<br />Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com