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Bonnie and Clyde isn't actually a full-fledged collaboration between Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot; during their storied mid-'60s fling the two French cultural icons recorded just a handful of tracks together, only a couple of which appear here. Nevertheless, this is a worthwhile collection. In addition to the pair's "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Comic Strip," this album features earlier Gainsbourg numbers, as well as Bardot recordings of compositions by Gainsbourg and others. The moody title track alone justifies the price of admission. Bardot's vocals inject a wistful melodic dimension into Gainsbourg's sung-spoken account of the ill-fated gangsters, producing one of pop music's great duets. Gainsbourg was enthralled by American pop culture and the cabaret-style "Comic Strip" memorably exemplifies that orientation. His lyrics lure Bardot into his cartoon world and she provides the requisite onomatopoeic interjections ("Shebam! Pow! Blop! Wizz!"). In a similarly American vein, on "Bubble Gum," a Gainsbourg-penned Bardot single, she sings about love and candy over a plinky-plonk saloon piano evoking the silent film era. Elsewhere, Gainsbourg's Hollywood fascination takes a B-Movie turn, the camp "Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde" suggesting the Monks at the Eurovision Song Contest. There was always more to Gainsbourg's work than his love of Americana, though, and his incorporation of Afro-Caribbean rhythms was especially striking: "Pauvre Lola," for instance, percolates with an infectious beat. Despite much of this material's playful character, listeners also glimpse another side of Gainsbourg. During his career, he sang about Harley motorcycles and incest and composed a song that involved simulated farting, but he was also deeply cultured. In that vein, "Baudelaire" places the 19th century poet's "Le Serpent Qui Danse" in an unlikely tropical lounge setting. Of course, no Gainsbourg collection would be complete without a nod to his dissolute side, and "Intoxicated Man" fits the bill with its appropriately louche, swaggering groove.
© Wilson Neate /TiVo
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Serge Gainsbourg, Composer, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Colombier, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Brigitte Bardot, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Mercury Music Group
Serge Gainsbourg, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Brigitte Bardot, MainArtist - Alain Goraguer, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Mercury Music Group
Serge Gainsbourg, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Brigitte Bardot, MainArtist - David Whitaker, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Mercury Music Group
Gerard Bourgeois, Composer - Jean-Max Rivière, Author - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Brigitte Bardot, MainArtist - Alain Goraguer, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Mercury Music Group
Serge Gainsbourg, Composer, Author, MainArtist - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Alain Goraguer, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Mercury Music Group
Serge Gainsbourg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alain Goraguer, Composer, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Warner Chappell Music France
Serge Gainsbourg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Harry Robinson, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Mercury Music Group
Gerard Bourgeois, Composer - Claude Bolling, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Jean-Max Rivière, Author - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Brigitte Bardot, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Mercury Music Group
Jacques Plait, Producer - Serge Gainsbourg, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alain Goraguer, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Mercury Music Group
Spencer Williams, Composer, Author - Claude Bolling, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Palmer, Composer, Author - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Brigitte Bardot, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Mercury Music Group
Jacques Plait, Producer - Serge Gainsbourg, Composer, MainArtist - Alain Goraguer, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Pierre Baudelaire, Author
℗ 1962 Mercury Music Group
Serge Gainsbourg, Composer, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CLAUDE DEJACQUES, Producer - Arthur Greenslade, Musical Director - Art Greenslade, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Mercury Music Group
Albumbeschreibung
Bonnie and Clyde isn't actually a full-fledged collaboration between Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot; during their storied mid-'60s fling the two French cultural icons recorded just a handful of tracks together, only a couple of which appear here. Nevertheless, this is a worthwhile collection. In addition to the pair's "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Comic Strip," this album features earlier Gainsbourg numbers, as well as Bardot recordings of compositions by Gainsbourg and others. The moody title track alone justifies the price of admission. Bardot's vocals inject a wistful melodic dimension into Gainsbourg's sung-spoken account of the ill-fated gangsters, producing one of pop music's great duets. Gainsbourg was enthralled by American pop culture and the cabaret-style "Comic Strip" memorably exemplifies that orientation. His lyrics lure Bardot into his cartoon world and she provides the requisite onomatopoeic interjections ("Shebam! Pow! Blop! Wizz!"). In a similarly American vein, on "Bubble Gum," a Gainsbourg-penned Bardot single, she sings about love and candy over a plinky-plonk saloon piano evoking the silent film era. Elsewhere, Gainsbourg's Hollywood fascination takes a B-Movie turn, the camp "Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde" suggesting the Monks at the Eurovision Song Contest. There was always more to Gainsbourg's work than his love of Americana, though, and his incorporation of Afro-Caribbean rhythms was especially striking: "Pauvre Lola," for instance, percolates with an infectious beat. Despite much of this material's playful character, listeners also glimpse another side of Gainsbourg. During his career, he sang about Harley motorcycles and incest and composed a song that involved simulated farting, but he was also deeply cultured. In that vein, "Baudelaire" places the 19th century poet's "Le Serpent Qui Danse" in an unlikely tropical lounge setting. Of course, no Gainsbourg collection would be complete without a nod to his dissolute side, and "Intoxicated Man" fits the bill with its appropriately louche, swaggering groove.
© Wilson Neate /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:32
- Main artists: Serge Gainsbourg Brigitte Bardot
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Division Mercury Records
- Genre: Wereldmuziek Europa Franse chansons
© 1998 Mercury Music Group ℗ 1998 Mercury Music Group
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