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August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 262
Serge Gainsbourg, La chanson de prevet (2019) It’s not that I was in the market for a Serge Gainsbourg tote bag, but I’m always in the market for some of Serge Gainsbourg’s music and this compilation (of material from 1958-1961) just happened to come with a free tote bag. Which is just fine. I haven’t used it much […]Archive
September 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 5 Sylvie Simmons
I started reading about music when I was 10. That’s about when I started really obsessively listening to music too – buying tapes and reading music magazines. Then it was to bios – I read about The Stones and The Beatles and some of it went over my head but that was okay, I would […]Archive
August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1066
Serge Gainsbourg avec Alain Goraguer Et Son Orchestre, No. 2 (1959) I really don’t have a memory of “discovering” Serge Gainsbourg – nor did I “grow up with” his music. Sylvie Simmons’ bio was formative, but I read that having already experienced some of the music; I think Serge was simply a name that was […]Archive
January 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Darran Anderson
Darran Anderson is an Irish writer. He has recently published the 33 1/3 book on Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson (Bloomsbury). He has forthcoming books, due to be published this year, including the fictional nonfiction book Imaginary Cities (Influx Press) and Jack Kerouac- Critical Lives (Reaktion Books) as well as a chapbook A Hubristic […]Archive
January 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Darran Anderson: Histoire de Melody Nelson (33 1/3)
Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson (33 1/3) Darran Anderson Bloomsbury Academic It’s not the job of the wee books in the wonderful 33 1/3 series to give you a potted biography – they might also do that, but the chief concern is the album over the artist. We often find the two are inseparable […]Archive
November 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sebastien Tellier: Confection
Sebastien Tellier Confection Record Makers If you know Sebastien Tellier’s music you probably know him for his brilliantly layered, butch disco music; a sort of drunk-slick soul-sleaze set of electro-inspired pop tunes, and he’s all Warren Ellis-impersonating-Serge Gainsbourg, or a mountain-man down to tinkle the ivories and sip some brandies while he raises hemlines with […]Archive
September 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Lou Doillon: Places
Lou Doillon Places Barclay Lou Doillon is a French model, actress and singer – her mother is Jane Birkin. Her father is famous director, Jacques Doillon – this makes her, also, Charlotte Gainsbourg’s half-sister, a step-daughter of Serge Gainsbourg. All of this will always cloud the music – it will be mentioned anytime she releases […]Archive
July 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1322
Serge Gainsbourg, Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) Those gorgeous, sumptuous strings and that beguiling version of oh-so-white funk music; the Lolita-esque storyline – Serge Gainsbourg bumbles and mumbles and wafts through these half-spoken/half-sung, buoyantly slung story-songs. And all in under half an hour, or, if you’re on Serge time that’s just four pints of cognac. […]Archive
June 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman