tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post1224513735357914286..comments2024-01-06T08:38:28.019+00:00Comments on Blaugustine's Other Blog: MORE FRENCHUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-78073546412952444212016-12-02T20:05:23.462+00:002016-12-02T20:05:23.462+00:00Hi Davoh - the above video I shared is not Brel bu...Hi Davoh - the above video I shared is not Brel but Léo Ferré, a totally different person but equally great performer. Can you play the video on your computer? It's on Youtube.<br /><br />Yes, I did indeed mention Jacques Brel a while ago, when I posted a sound clip of mr singing/talking "Ne Me Quitte Pas". The video below, as you can hear/see, is himself singing one of my favourites, "Amsterdam".<br /><br />I knew about the show "JB alive & well.." but never saw it. Will look it up but for me, nothing can beat the actual real McCoy even though there have been many cover versions. <br /><br />Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-62813855470819618602016-12-02T19:49:36.336+00:002016-12-02T19:49:36.336+00:00Is this some sort of 'groundhog' day? meti...Is this some sort of 'groundhog' day? metinks we've mentioned Jaques Brel previously. Have seen, and probably still have a VHS copy somewhere of the American theater stage version version of "Jaques Brel is Alive and well and living in Paris". And yep, image of Himself presenting .... yer, i know, but fail to remember how you say/spell "nikita pa'<br /><br />Magnificent ....Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-28832418603637946682016-11-30T00:53:08.089+00:002016-11-30T00:53:08.089+00:00Hattie, as soon as I learn to play the uke I'l...Hattie, as soon as I learn to play the uke I'll be the ukulele lady.<br /><br />If Trum[ was only ridiculous that wouldn't be so bad. It's what goes beyond ridicule which is frightening.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-86996340899472219352016-11-30T00:49:05.309+00:002016-11-30T00:49:05.309+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-44827147936768378802016-11-28T16:06:34.739+00:002016-11-28T16:06:34.739+00:00Thinking of an old number: "If you like ukele...Thinking of an old number: "If you like ukelele lady, ukelele lady like you!<br />In a silly mood today as I'm starting to laugh off the ridiculous Mr. Trump.Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-11117572559570159202016-11-27T02:08:03.322+00:002016-11-27T02:08:03.322+00:00FM, I forgot to add that I'm totally in sympat...FM, I forgot to add that I'm totally in sympathy with the message of "Corrida" ie to do away with the horrible sport of bull torturing and bull killing for the blood-thirsty pleasure of spectators. Am I vegetarian? Not quite but almost there!Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-68092380135712096252016-11-27T00:03:59.287+00:002016-11-27T00:03:59.287+00:00FM, many thanks. I hadn't seen that recital-is...FM, many thanks. I hadn't seen that recital-ish salon version of "On S'Aimera'.<br />It is indeed fun with 2 good (and great-looking) performers: the woman and the violinist. The moustachioed guy looks upstaged and unhappy and trying too hard to hide it!<br /><br />Hadn't seen Corrida either. It certainly is fun too but I prefer the accordionist rather than Cabrel in this number. Cabrel does that thing many French pop singers do (like the awful Johnny Halliday) of trying to sound like American or British rock & rollers but not getting it right because, well, he's French. Yes it's more contemporary but it ain't got that swing, which the generation of Brel, Ferré and Brassens had. Okay, I'm turning into an old fogey.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-33485309568068439792016-11-26T23:35:09.471+00:002016-11-26T23:35:09.471+00:00Nasreen, if you haven't heard/seen Brel (or Fe...Nasreen, if you haven't heard/seen Brel (or Ferré or Brassens) look them up on Youtube where you can find many of their live performances. Cover versions may be interesting but there's nothing like the real McCoy!Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-84960011790180460342016-11-26T21:13:28.523+00:002016-11-26T21:13:28.523+00:00…And while we're on the subject, I think this ...…And while we're on the subject, I think this performance by Francis Cabrel of his song 'La Corrida' takes the chanson somewhere contemporary.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ8OmLVn-f8Allan Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841668091720591745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-49485456823765294782016-11-26T20:57:47.308+00:002016-11-26T20:57:47.308+00:00Hi Natalie. Not super chanson-ish, but this perfor...Hi Natalie. Not super chanson-ish, but this performance of Léo Ferré's 'On S'Aimera' is kinda fun (even though the lip-synch is slightly off. And as a bonus extra, my partner says that the violinist could have her anytime.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttcZuFapv3cAllan Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841668091720591745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-23359005632083889402016-11-26T20:41:52.379+00:002016-11-26T20:41:52.379+00:00He does sort of remind me of Jacques Brel, who I k...He does sort of remind me of Jacques Brel, who I know mostly through Scott Walker's numerous covers. Those guys really did know how to write a good melody, didn't they?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856160423100846727noreply@blogger.com