Monsieur Gainsbourg revisted. (How I love a good tribute album)

[bowieee]

All day today I've been listening to the new Monsieur Gainsbourg tibute cd. It really is a varied beautiful piece of work. It's strange hearing these songs in English, I don't know french so most of his work before when I heard it I enjoyed mostly from a melody perspective, now I got whopping dose of his music covered in English, Ahhh Lifes good. I knew this album was going to find a special place in my cd player the minute the cat power & Karen Elson cover came on. Now don't get me wrong some of the covers are a tad bit weak, I was a bit dissapointed with the Portishead, Francoise Hardy tracks but if your at all interested in the man or any of these artists give it a whirl, I found it worthwhile.

Track listing:


1. A Song For Sorry Angel - Franz Ferdinand
2. I Love You (Me Either) - Cat Power
3. I Just Came To Tell You That I'm Going - Kid Loco
4. Requiem For Anna - Portishead Listen
5. Requiem For A Jerk - Francoise Hardy
6. L'Hotel - Michael Stipe
7. Au Revoir Emmanuelle - Tricky
8. Lola R. For Ever - Marianne Faithfull
9. Boomerang 2005 - Gonzales
10. Boy Toy (I'm The Boy) - Marc Almond
11. The Ballad Of Melody Nelson - Placebo
12. Just A Man With A Job - The Rakes
13. I Call It Art - The Kills
14. Those Little Things - Carla Bruni

[Catherine]

Originally posted by bowieee
All day today I've been listening to the new Monsieur Gainsbourg tibute cd. It really is a varied beautiful piece of work. It's strange hearing these songs in English, I don't know french so most of his work before when I heard it I enjoyed mostly from a melody perspective, now I got whopping dose of his music covered in English, Ahhh Lifes good. I knew this album was going to find a special place in my cd player the minute the cat power & Karen Elson cover came on. Now don't get me wrong some of the covers are a tad bit weak, I was a bit dissapointed with the Portishead, Francoise Hardy tracks but if your at all interested in the man or any of these artists give it a whirl, I found it worthwhile.

Track listing:


1. A Song For Sorry Angel - Franz Ferdinand
2. I Love You (Me Either) - Cat Power
3. I Just Came To Tell You That I'm Going - Kid Loco
4. Requiem For Anna - Portishead Listen
5. Requiem For A Jerk - Francoise Hardy
6. L'Hotel - Michael Stipe
7. Au Revoir Emmanuelle - Tricky
8. Lola R. For Ever - Marianne Faithfull
9. Boomerang 2005 - Gonzales
10. Boy Toy (I'm The Boy) - Marc Almond
11. The Ballad Of Melody Nelson - Placebo
12. Just A Man With A Job - The Rakes
13. I Call It Art - The Kills
14. Those Little Things - Carla Bruni



Interesting, but you can't beat the original.



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[bowieee]

QUOTE]Originally posted by Catherine
Interesting, but you can't beat the original.



www.callaghaninfo.com [/QUOTE]

True but understanding the lyrics really helps add to the proceedings.

[Psychocandy]

Anyone interested in Serge Gainsbourg should check out the following two albums by Mick Harvey.

Intoxicated Man (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003Z44/ref=sr_11_1/102-4230645-2006548?ie=UTF8) & Pink Elephants (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003Z4P/ref=pd_bxgy_img_b/102-4230645-2006548?ie=UTF8)

Intoxicated Man is the better of the two. Both are, though, in my opinion, essential. Trust me.