First Time Reaction Serge Gainsbourg Mon Légionnaire (GIGANTIC!) | Dereck Reacts

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  • #sergegainsbourg #monlégionnaire #firsttimereaction #french80s
    Hi all welcome back to another video Dereck Reacts back at it again! This time around we take a look at a first time reaction made possible via PATREON with Serge Gainsbourg and his song "Mon Légionnaire." An spoken style lyrically, but the instrumentation and the video take this thing to another level. I don't mind he's speaking, if not I think it's brilliant! See me lose my bananas!
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  • @littlecee
    @littlecee 3 роки тому +22

    Dereck qui découvre la vraie musique française... Tu m'étonnes que c'est fantastique...!!!!

  • @LMK30
    @LMK30 2 роки тому +15

    Gainsbourg IS the best. The most underrated french artist of all times.

  • @astriddubourg7367
    @astriddubourg7367 3 роки тому +56

    This song was written in 1936 by Raymond Asso who was himself a former legionnaire. Originally, it was sung by Edith Piaf. It's about love and tragedy with a soldier we know nothing about. Serge Gainsbourg was a musical genius who loved to provoke "good society" and the rigidity of morals. He was curious about all musical genres. Serge would have stifled in our present time.

    • @thomasschmitt7250
      @thomasschmitt7250 3 роки тому +3

      Marie Dubas

    • @antoineshunsuke
      @antoineshunsuke 3 роки тому +3

      Originaly, it was sung by Marie Dubas in 1936. By Edith Piaf in 1937. Serge Gainsbourg in 1987...

    • @RegnaSaturna
      @RegnaSaturna Рік тому +1

      Waw i did not know that.

  • @frederic_viennot
    @frederic_viennot 3 роки тому +42

    Serge Gainsbourg is a pure genius and he’s covering a ‘female’ song here ; always smartly provocative ;))

  • @chatnoir9242
    @chatnoir9242 3 роки тому +23

    merci Dereck, Gainsbourg, c'est la classe, la poésie, la différence, la beauté des mots. un génie de la langue française. pour info, cette chanson a été d'abord chantée par Edith Piaf, c'est une reprise géniale. toutes ses chansons sont des bijoux.

  • @korrigan6698
    @korrigan6698 3 роки тому +20

    ah there it is! Dereck discovers the master Gainsbourg, genius composer, extraordinary lyricist.
    A man who breaks all the rules to the point of destroying himself with cigarettes and alcohol. But an extraordinary genius.
    Only masterpieces.

  • @magaliehadjisotiri9255
    @magaliehadjisotiri9255 3 роки тому +84

    Serge Gainsbourg was a genius. He wrote and composed so many songs, mostly for others, many different kind of music, francophone and anglophone, and they're all so good. You're going to love him. Thank you Derek, love your channel.

    • @thierrymacel4758
      @thierrymacel4758 3 роки тому +5

      @@Rapoutch C'est vrai, et dans un certain sens. Il n'avait peut-être pas tort. Car il pensait que seuls les grands compositeurs pouvaient être reconnus comme majeurs dans l'histoire de la musique. Je pense que c'est dans ce sens là qu'il voulait diriger ses propos. D'ailleurs, si on s'intéresse, d'un peu plus près, à sa discographie. Bon nombre de ses tubes, sont des "sortes" de plagiats des grandes oeuvres classiques. Par exemple, Lemon incest est un morceau très inspiré de l'étude n°3 en MI majeur de CHOPIN.
      Ou encore, Initials BB, il s'est inspiré de la symphonie n° 9 dite "du nouveau monde" d'Anton DVORAK.
      Voila, sans doute, pourquoi il considérait la chanson comme un dérivé mineur des grandes oeuvres classiques. Mais il avait le cran de le reconnaître, bon nombre d'artistes font de même, aujourd'hui, et ils se considèrent comme des créateurs originaux.

    • @thaleis
      @thaleis 3 роки тому +4

      @@Rapoutch Il a dit aussi, quelques années plus tard, que les arts mineurs étaient en train d’ e. nculer les arts majeurs...

    • @laurebourgeois7256
      @laurebourgeois7256 3 роки тому +2

      He stole a looooooot of stuff too. He said it himself.

    • @thierrymacel4758
      @thierrymacel4758 3 роки тому

      @@thaleis Ca je ne l'ai pas vu ni entendu. Avez-vous, svp, la réfèrence, où, je pourrai retrouver cette interview, si c'était une interview filmée, Bien sur.
      Dans les archives de l'I.N.A. Je pourrai éventuellement la retrouver. D'avance merci, quelque soit votre réponse.

    • @millersimon6655
      @millersimon6655 3 роки тому

      @@laurebourgeois7256 Tu confond Composition et Arrangements Arranger du Dvorak c'est pas du plagiat.

  • @nomisoue
    @nomisoue 3 роки тому +10

    Congratulations for your open- mindeness towards works that are not american or british. Gainsbourg is indeed a monument of the french culture.

  • @catfrexfrecat1800
    @catfrexfrecat1800 3 роки тому +34

    These song is a reprise of a very old french song. A reprise with a modern and jazzy style.

    • @sylviebertin7899
      @sylviebertin7899 3 роки тому +4

      YES the song of edith piaf..

    • @laurencefoubert1815
      @laurencefoubert1815 3 роки тому +2

      @@sylviebertin7899 Nope, Marie Dubas.

    • @laurebourgeois7256
      @laurebourgeois7256 3 роки тому +3

      @@sylviebertin7899 interpreted by Edith Piaf but it has been first created and sung by Marie Dubas.

    • @nicoleon5524
      @nicoleon5524 3 роки тому

      @@sylviebertin7899 EDITH PIAF en majuscule merci

    • @brunosco
      @brunosco 2 роки тому

      Une reprise = a cover

  • @SiRcErOn_YuLmEr
    @SiRcErOn_YuLmEr 3 роки тому +26

    "Quoi" written by him and sung by Jane Birkin is a pure gem.

    • @LSa-rk7zb
      @LSa-rk7zb 3 роки тому +4

      Au sommet de sa beauté,Jane, à cette époque

    • @standafan4141
      @standafan4141 Рік тому +1

      Quoi's music wasn't written by Gainsbourg, it was written by Italian composers. He wrote the music.

  • @2346xm
    @2346xm 3 роки тому +36

    Dereck:
    Legionnaire: soldier engaged in the Foreign Legion, a mythical army corps created in France in 1830. The elite of the French army!

    • @gillessotty8156
      @gillessotty8156 3 роки тому +7

      merci à eux

    • @josefineb4263
      @josefineb4263 3 роки тому +3

      Merci à eux ❤

    • @christophespoiden1627
      @christophespoiden1627 Рік тому

      And that everybody in the world can join, wathever your nationality of culture or language or even criminal past...After 5 years service, you obtain the French nationality automatically, only mandatory, the 5 years service and everything is execute in French, mandatory to learn French at the beginning..

  • @yackouerasmus431
    @yackouerasmus431 3 роки тому +45

    " Melody Nelson " with Jane Birkin on back vocals. Bass line, vocal Serge, back vocal Jane... Pure genius

    • @captp3195
      @captp3195 3 роки тому +4

      And cargo culte in the same album.
      Best album in the World ;p

  • @brunobois4025
    @brunobois4025 3 роки тому +17

    One of the most prolific French authors / composers but perhaps also the most sulphurous. Many collaborations (France Gall among others for her debuts) but it is with Jane Birkin that he will reach the peak of his art. His last 2 albums remain for me his best. Love on the beat is just a bomb 💣💣💣

  • @PixieDust18
    @PixieDust18 3 роки тому +6

    Please just look the French interview with Serge Gainsbourg and Whitney Houston... It's just GOLD 😂

  • @rhodogunn291
    @rhodogunn291 3 роки тому +6

    A guy speaking with instrumentation that's pure bliss for the ears: it sums up Gainsbourg's work pretty well !

  • @2346xm
    @2346xm 3 роки тому +9

    the director of the clip is Luc BESSON, who also directed the clip QUE MON COEUR LACHE of Mylene Farmer !

  • @romainviry3185
    @romainviry3185 3 роки тому +56

    Serge is a vocal, musical, lyrical Legend. This reaction is not going to be the last of the great Gainsbourg ^^

    • @crottedebite6907
      @crottedebite6907 3 роки тому +1

      C'est un grand parolier, ca, ya pas a chier ! Au niveau de la musique, pareil, beaucoup d'exploration musicale et de chefs d'oeuvres,....en revanche en tant que chanteur, j'ai jamais réussi a accrocher. Comme le dit Dereck, "il ne chante pas, il parle"...et il a l'air d'apprécier ca !!!! Il a, certes, ce phrasé légerement, soufflé, murmuré, qui donne un coté sensuel a ses morceaux (sensuel en parlant de Gainsbourg, je me demande d'ailleurs si c'est pas un pléonasme), mais je ne trouve pas que ca fasse de lui un bon chanteur. Ca donne une atmosphère a ses chansons, mais je ne l'écouterai pas a capella.

    • @cmoiden37
      @cmoiden37 3 роки тому

      @@crottedebite6907 un grand parolier ok mais la la chanson est une reprise de edith piaf

    • @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391
      @jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 3 роки тому

      @@crottedebite6907 Pareil! Par contre, je ne comprends pas ce qu'il fait là! Encore un choix de toute cette bande ici. Pour moi, sincèrement, il ne m'a jamais trop intéressé, je n'ai jamais rien acheté de lui! Par contre en revanche, certaines chansons pour les autres (surtout comédiennes ou autres) comme Pull Marine d'Isabelle Adjani ou Charlotte Gainsbourg "Elastique" je trouvais ça bien quand j'étais gosse étant donné que j'ai grandi dans cette décennie et ce fameux Pull Marine ou L'Elastique qu'est-ce que je les ai entendus et chantés à cette époque surtout Charlotte dont la chanson me faisait bien marrer (enregistrée sur cassette) et qu'on se régalait à la cour de récré à reprendre tout comme d'autres dans les 80's! 😁

  • @magicfractale
    @magicfractale 3 роки тому +4

    One of the Best if not the Best french musician and song writer ! A pure genius mastering so many different styles...

  • @arkasonus7678
    @arkasonus7678 3 роки тому +11

    The end of 70's and 80's was a renaissance for Gainsbourg.
    Using rhythms and sounds of that time make him appreciated by younger generations, despite some bad habits (alcohol, cigarettes, sexual content...).

  • @FlorianCordier
    @FlorianCordier 3 роки тому +5

    Gainsbourg is probably one the best arranger and lyrics writer in the French music history.

    • @MrToobib
      @MrToobib 5 місяців тому +1

      Actually he had brillant ideas, but he certainly had some of the greatest french "producers" of his era to work for him. JC Vannier, Dominique Blanc-Francard, Goraguer, Colombier...

  • @amphiprionperideraion5122
    @amphiprionperideraion5122 3 роки тому +6

    Man, pictures of serge gainsbourg WITHOUT a cigarette doesn’t exist!!

  • @Mimix476
    @Mimix476 3 роки тому +3

    Gainsbourg at last! This unequaled music legend has endless surprises in store for you. Lucky you!

  • @maricgmail
    @maricgmail 3 роки тому +16

    Je n'apprécie pas vraiment Gainsbourg, mais je reconnais que c'est un pur génie musical ! Ce qu'il a fait de cette chanson d'Edith Piaf est majestueux ! Bravo et merci ...

    • @emmanuelernandez7067
      @emmanuelernandez7067 3 роки тому +1

      Idem pour moi, pas fan mais il y a une telle originalité et une telle efficacité dans l'arrangement musical qu'on ne peut pas rester indifférent

  • @stephanietowers2196
    @stephanietowers2196 3 роки тому +4

    Serge was a Grand Homme we miss every single day ♥️♥️♥️ Yes Dereck Unique, generous, full of surprises, timid. He was the first I saw in concert, I was 12.

  • @franklab7782
    @franklab7782 3 роки тому +19

    i want to say :"finally" Serge Gainsbourg , the greatest of the greateasts . A genius . That song wouldnt even be into my top 100 of his songs .A lot to discover and go threw .

  • @lilaladdada
    @lilaladdada 3 роки тому +5

    He was a pure genius pur genius … playing with words ( pur poetry : now we learn his lyrics at high school as poetry ) and he was also a incredible composer … hug hug and unique Gainsbourg 💕💕: merci 🌹

  • @paulchapoy992
    @paulchapoy992 2 роки тому +3

    Some more Gainsbourg please! He is very unique!
    Great reaction! 💝 Thank you Dereck...

  • @974training4
    @974training4 3 роки тому +14

    Approved direct! Tu m'étonnes ce son est une tuerie!

    • @arnaudh.681
      @arnaudh.681 3 роки тому +1

      Pour ses concerts il savait s'entourer, notamment de musiciens américains. Un peu comme Jonasz.

    • @ibisribault8863
      @ibisribault8863 3 роки тому

      J adore c est trop sexy

  • @MangeDisk
    @MangeDisk 3 роки тому +8

    Check out "Love On The Beat" , you just won't believe it !

  • @christelledefrance8762
    @christelledefrance8762 3 роки тому +21

    Hi Dereck. He was a genius. You already know him in fact : remember "tandem" by Vanessa Paradis and "white and black blues" by Joëlle Ursull.

  • @leseize26
    @leseize26 3 роки тому +2

    You just cannot imagine how he is an incredible melodist and writer, some of his songs are poems in french

  • @sebastienotaku1317
    @sebastienotaku1317 3 роки тому +7

    Oh, My God ! You finally did it ! Thank you so much for your reaction to Serge Gainsbourg. That guy is just a pure legend. He is a monument in french song and in french culture. He is, without a doubt, the most complete and talented French artist of all time. He was so brilliant in so many ways it's hard to imagine. I don't know if you know it but he was actor , composer , poet , director , writer , singer , singer-songwriter , pianist , songwriter , jazz musician , screenwriter , film score composer , musician and painter. One example among others of the immensity of his talent are the hundreds of songs he wrote for dozens of French singers throughout his career. Finally, to summarize : Gainsbourg = Greatest French Genius Ever. It's pretty hard to choose but if had to recommend to you one song by Serge Gainsbourg, it would be : "Sea, Sex and Sun". I really love that song because it makes me feel good and happy every time that I listen to it and really think that you will love it too. Well, Dereck, thanks again for that reaction and have a nice day.

  • @rhodogunn291
    @rhodogunn291 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you Dereck I was waiting for this one for so long, I was sure you would love it! Gainsbourg was a hitmaker from the 50s to the 90s in all kind of musical genre: pop, disco, twist, rock, reggae... A true genius. In my opinion the greatest French songwriter of the 20th century alongside Berger and Goldman.

  • @ViveLeRoi1975
    @ViveLeRoi1975 3 роки тому +6

    The album "Melody Nelson" is a masterpiece. "la decadence" "la Javanaise" si many different styles with him.

  • @goonercestlavie
    @goonercestlavie 3 роки тому +2

    The whole song could be like that and you don't care. Yep. That Serge style. Unique delivery. A poet. Genius composer.

  • @laukushi
    @laukushi 3 роки тому +21

    Comme on dit chez nous, un monstre sacré ! ! Grosse pensée pour serge, jane et charlotte !!

  • @mcpicaud
    @mcpicaud 3 роки тому +1

    A TRUE GENIOUS! You can try ANYTHING from him, nothing to discard, only the best!

  • @janosfernandez945
    @janosfernandez945 3 роки тому +1

    Serge Gainsbourg is the French genius for me, no one but him could pull off singing about another man while being straight just because the words are beautiful and pure poetry, barring any sexual orientation. He was a f*** legend, a poet, a drunk, a visionary and everything in between !

  • @danielblaze4112
    @danielblaze4112 3 роки тому +5

    L'instrumentation est très réussie et le passage du saxo est une merveille !

  • @icitlalistardust9060
    @icitlalistardust9060 3 роки тому +5

    This was originally a song by the famous Edith Piaf!

  • @fabienneclavier5984
    @fabienneclavier5984 3 роки тому +10

    If you want to listen to more from him you should try “Initials BB” or “Bonnie and Clyde”, the instrumentation is very interesting in these songs.

  • @gloubby
    @gloubby 3 роки тому +1

    Hello Dereck,
    I've been watching your videos for a few months and it's a pleasure to see you discover some classic French music, for some time I was wondering when you would arrive at Serge Guinsbourg, you're finally there!
    One thing is certain, you must continue to discover his work. For me he is a major artist of French culture, composer, performer and poet. He went through several musical periods and each time he produced complete albums of hits. It's a gigantic production, he wrote a lot of songs for other artists.
    He is undoubtedly my favorite French artist, there is not a week in my life where I do not listen to his songs. Today he is considered a musical genius, although he himself never considered himself a major artist.
    However, you need to know some things about this character. He is a sulphurous and contested person, during his lifetime, he always disturbed and pushed the limits of society. Some songs deal with delicate subjects, violence, incest etc ... Unfortunately, in the current cancel culture it seems difficult to react to certain songs. In my opinion Serge Gainsbourg would have hated this movement and would have fought it with his weapons vocabulary, impertinance
    rhythm and melody!
    My recommendation: Variations sur Marilou.
    ua-cam.com/video/0XRL6S7qrx8/v-deo.html
    No vidéo clip, but i think you gonna apreciate the texte translation.

  • @lotfibezza2880
    @lotfibezza2880 3 роки тому +4

    Hi Dereck, first thanks for bringing back the best of the 80's. You should try "No Comment" from Mister Serge, and by the way the Dax Riders remix is killing. Keep up the good work. Greetings from France

  • @Dadounette29
    @Dadounette29 3 роки тому +1

    Serge Gainsbourg wrote a lot of masterpieces. We miss him so much.

  • @GHK1
    @GHK1 3 роки тому +4

    Very happy to listen to songs that my memory had lost. :) Please react on live between Celine Dion and Ginette Reno: "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin". Ginette is a legend here in Quebec and this duo remains the most magical ever heard.

  • @sandrinelacombe7774
    @sandrinelacombe7774 2 роки тому +3

    Le genie et provocateur français qu'est ce qu'il nous manque

  • @dina-ys6xf
    @dina-ys6xf 3 роки тому +15

    Gainsbourg was an artist, poet, painter, pianist ... LISTEN "couleur café" ☀️

  • @diegozappa9621
    @diegozappa9621 3 роки тому +1

    Was asking when you will find Serge's songs? Done ! Great Dereck :-) You find at last our best artist ever ;-) Kiss from France

  • @2346xm
    @2346xm 3 роки тому +3

    Génial Serge Gainsbourg 😍😍

  • @novalimusique
    @novalimusique 2 роки тому +1

    Excellente chaîne, continuez comme ça cher Derek 🙂✌️

  • @IsabelleRSG
    @IsabelleRSG 3 роки тому +3

    You definitely do not mess with Serge Gainsbourg... Lol. Truer words were never spoken. 'Initials BB' (written for French actress Brigitte Bardot who he was in a relationship with for a while) is a classic love song and another something different, also using a few notes from one of the classical composer Dvorak's symphonies.

  • @marineprocess9428
    @marineprocess9428 3 роки тому +1

    Hello Dereck, I am really happy that you finally discover serge gainsbourg, because you have listened to a lot of songs written by him. Serge is really a great artist, poet, musician ... he is a Jewish child who experienced the Second World War, difficult for him, moreover, there is a film on his life, which I advise to see. He has gone through many eras with his music, the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. He formed a mythical couple with Jane Birking, they had a daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg, who became a famous actress and singer, she is a bit the darling of the French. I advise you to discover a song he did with his wife jane "69 année érotique". A heavy smoker and alcoholic, he died of it. His disappearance left the French with deep sadness. But it leaves an incredible artistic heritage worthy of France. I also advise you to discover alain bashung roker with a big heart and poet. thank's and big kiss from France.

  • @LATULIPENOIRE
    @LATULIPENOIRE 3 роки тому +1

    Legendary Genius and great guy.

  • @LordDaUK
    @LordDaUK 3 роки тому +10

    If you starting to explore Serge Gainsbourg songs, you are in for the surprise Dereck ! BTW this song is a remix from Edith Piaf

    • @antoineshunsuke
      @antoineshunsuke 3 роки тому +2

      Precisely, it's a cover from Marie Dubas who first sang it in 1936. Edith Piaf sang it in 1937.

  • @zeroqi
    @zeroqi 3 роки тому +1

    Legendary writer and singer, wrote "Tandem", songs i would recommend "Aux enfants de la chance" (about drugs), la javanaise, peraps look at collaborations ("Pull parine" with Isabelle Adjani the actress, and Luc Besson for the music video, or Catherine Deneuve with "dieu est un fumeur de havane"), ""Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais" ("came to tell you i'm leaving"), he even did a raggae version of our nationaly hymn "Aux armes et caetera", he was a provocator, burning live a 500 Francs (100$ roughtly to show how much of it the state was taking in taxes by stopping at half, that was illegal), he slept with the most beautiful women and was gifted but had demons, was often pissed on TV, including poor whitney Houston, but he was a great lyricist... Good continuation Derek, it's lovely to see old songs discovered from America, take care

  • @claudinemaitral1097
    @claudinemaitral1097 2 роки тому +1

    Oui c’est une interprétation fabuleuse mR Gainsbourg faisait des chansons et arrangements fantastiques

  • @jean-pierrecharpentier2546
    @jean-pierrecharpentier2546 2 роки тому +1

    He had big, clear eyes
    Where sometimes lightning passed
    As in the sky pass storms
    He was full of tattoos
    That I never really understood
    On his neck was written "Not seen, not taken".
    On his heart it read "Nobody".
    On his right arm a word "Raisonne
    I don't know his name, I don't know anything about him
    He loved me all night long
    My legionnaire
    And left me to my fate
    He left in the morning
    Full of light
    He was thin, he was beautiful
    He smelled like warm sand
    My legionnaire!
    (...)
    There was sun on his forehead
    That put in his blond hair
    Of the light
    Happiness lost, happiness gone
    Always I think of that night
    And the desire for her skin gnaws at me
    Sometimes I cry and then I think
    That when he was on my heart
    I should have shouted my happiness
    But I didn't dare to tell him
    I was afraid to see him smile
    I don't know his name, I know nothing about him
    He loved me all night long
    My legionnaire
    And left me to my fate
    He left in the morning
    Full of light
    (...)
    He was thin, he was beautiful
    He smelled like warm sand
    My legionnaire
    There was sun on his forehead
    That put in his blond hair
    Of the light
    ( solo saxo )
    We found him in the desert
    He had his beautiful eyes open
    In the sky, clouds were passing by
    He showed his tattoos
    Smiling and he said
    Showing his neck
    "Not seen, not taken"
    Showing his heart
    "Here, nobody"
    He didn't know
    I forgive him
    I dreamed that destiny
    (...)
    Would bring me back one fine morning
    My legionnaire
    That we would go away alone together
    In some wonderful country
    Full of light
    He was thin, he was beautiful,
    We put him under the warm sand
    My legionnaire
    There was sun on his forehead
    That put in his blond hair
    Of the light
    Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

  • @celineleroux3748
    @celineleroux3748 3 роки тому +1

    Un grand maître! His music is fabulous and lyrics are pure poetry.

  • @awagny9026
    @awagny9026 3 роки тому +2

    Hi Dereck,
    Serge Gainsbourg was a great french singer and musician, he sing a great songs in France:
    "La Javanaise", "la chanson de Prévert", "la poinçonneur des lilas", "initials bb" for Brigitte Bardot, "Bonnie and clyde" sing with her, and "requiem pour un con" with a fantastic rythme. and he had a Gainsbarre périod, with an another songs, "love on the beat", and "la Marseillaise en reggae".
    Serge Gainsbourg was a genius of the french music.

    • @Lepetitvignemale
      @Lepetitvignemale 3 роки тому +1

      La décadence et Lemon incest de Serge Gainsbourg please

    • @mariedelorraine7406
      @mariedelorraine7406 3 роки тому

      @@Lepetitvignemale- *"Lemon incest"* n’est pas censuré/bloqué hors de la France ?🤔 J’avais cru comprendre cela.

    • @Lepetitvignemale
      @Lepetitvignemale 3 роки тому

      @@mariedelorraine7406 je ne savais pas, pourtant il n'y à vraiment pas de quoi... surtout quand on écoute vraiment le texte.

    • @mariedelorraine7406
      @mariedelorraine7406 3 роки тому

      @@Lepetitvignemale- Si, il y a de quoi. Au delà des mots qui sont très limites, les images du clip sont choquantes. Sachant, qu’en plus, sa fille Charlotte était mineure à l’époque. Il serait impossible de tourner ce genre de clip aujourd’hui, même en France.

  • @h.c4898
    @h.c4898 3 роки тому +1

    Gainsbourg, Balavoine, Coluche, Thierry leluron were controversial public figures to the political class. They were very opinionated and weren't scared to voice their contention on social issues. Gainsbourg died 30 years ago but his influence in the French artistry is still very much present in France. He's the father of French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.

  • @manukeo5498
    @manukeo5498 3 роки тому +2

    Hello Derek .
    S.G : *Love on the beat*
    Regards

  • @RegnaSaturna
    @RegnaSaturna Рік тому

    This is the same man from ' Chanson de Prévert' you did earlier. Can you believe it? Great review! Loved it!

  • @jimmylouis8643
    @jimmylouis8643 3 роки тому +1

    Finally you take Mr Serge 😇😉✌️🙏🇫🇷

  • @romainviry3185
    @romainviry3185 3 роки тому +20

    Next up there are SO MANY : Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais, Lemon incest, Sea sex and sun, La javanaise, Bonnie and Clyde, Couleur café, La décadanse... You're not going to be through before quite some time :) OH NO YOU DON'T MESS WITH SERGE ;) Nice one (again) @Dereck Reacts

    • @arkasonus7678
      @arkasonus7678 3 роки тому +1

      Lola rastaquouère 😏

    • @TomH2681
      @TomH2681 3 роки тому +4

      I'm voting for Bonnie and Clyde.

    • @mariedelorraine7406
      @mariedelorraine7406 3 роки тому +1

      Super la playlist !👍 Mais *"Lemon incest"* n’est pas censuré/bloqué hors de la France ?🤔

    • @minahquentin1127
      @minahquentin1127 3 роки тому

      Lemon incest are you sure... not his better work. Not to mention the creepiness 🙄

    • @romainviry3185
      @romainviry3185 3 роки тому

      @@minahquentin1127 debatable. Serge was obviously a provocative person (to say the least) but , in my opinion, only expressed the absolute impossible love and made it sexy. Thé vidéo clip made it much more creepy than it needed to be.

  • @patriciavernet6682
    @patriciavernet6682 3 роки тому

    Happy. You love it ! Hugs from France !

  • @samueldevulder
    @samueldevulder 3 роки тому +11

    Yet another b/w music video, but this time since the song is nearly a centrury-old (originally released in 1936), it is understandable ;) I'm just kidding here. This music video was direct by no other one than Luc Besson (Subway, Nikita, The big blue, Léon: the Professional, The 5th element, Lucy, etc.). Besson also directed Mylène Farmer's "que mon cœur lâche" and Madonna's "Love profusion" music videos.
    *Notice that:*
    1) Gainsbourg' version changed from a "straight"-song (e.g. Piaf's interpretation) into a "gay"-inspired song without changing a single word, just by the ambiance in the music video.
    2) Gainsbourg song "You're under arrest" from the very same album was also a big hit (with typical us sounds of the 80's).

    • @stephanewantiez164
      @stephanewantiez164 3 роки тому

      A very gay song from a guy who was not gay at all ^^
      He loved to be provocative, he was drunk most of the time when he was doing interviews on TV

    • @stephanewantiez164
      @stephanewantiez164 3 роки тому

      and having an ad for a whisky just after a song from Serge Gainsbourg is just perfect 😂

  • @noelpascal3245
    @noelpascal3245 3 роки тому

    I'm very happy you enjoy this song and the talent of our Serge Gainsbourg. Take care.

  • @Abassi2A
    @Abassi2A 5 місяців тому

    Serge Gainsbourg was Picaso of music, the purest of the purest of the 20th century

  • @glambertini4709
    @glambertini4709 3 роки тому +4

    Gainsbourg's work is huge, to 50ies 'till he end of 80ies, he was a master... I'm sure you will have a lot a fantastic recommandations, I will add "Melody Nelson" to them ! ;)

  • @leprincedurunning7423
    @leprincedurunning7423 3 роки тому

    Thank you for taking the time to listen to this great singer, I made other suggestions but you didn't watch 😘

  • @Kiev-in-3-days
    @Kiev-in-3-days Місяць тому

    This is how you are reminded what a genius he was.

  • @davidpacome5175
    @davidpacome5175 3 роки тому

    Serge Gainsbourg was a genius, he wrote his texts and composed the music for all his songs.
    This song was sung by Edit Piaf in 1936, which sings the love of a woman for a dead Legionaire, so he made this new version, the music video is directed by Luc Besson (the fifth element, Nikita, the big blue, Subway, etc.)
    listen if possible,
    - Je t’aime, moi non plus.
    - Initials B.B (song written for Brigitte Bardo, and which speaks of her, a pure masterpiece)
    - La Javanese
    etc. etc.

  • @denoyellemagali9943
    @denoyellemagali9943 3 роки тому +10

    Un des plus grand artiste de France 👌🏻👌🏻

  • @goupildubocage2018
    @goupildubocage2018 3 роки тому +13

    And now, " you're under arrest" by GAINSBOURG...

    • @pascalmarfaing1690
      @pascalmarfaing1690 3 роки тому +3

      Good proposal with few English lyrics. The sound is BIG.

  • @supermax75
    @supermax75 3 роки тому +31

    The best reaction to Gainsbourg will remain Whitney Houston's but I encourage you not to put it on youtube... 😁

    •  3 роки тому

      XD

    • @usersm486
      @usersm486 2 роки тому +1

      Poor girl had been so shocked! The blame is to put on M. Drucker who let Gainsbourg be on the show dead drunk...

    • @sandrinelacombe7774
      @sandrinelacombe7774 2 роки тому +1

      Ça est le billet de 500 franc brûlé... on ferait ça aujourd'hui on irait en tôle direct

    • @aysun9354
      @aysun9354 2 роки тому

      Oui. Elle avait été trop choquée

  • @madrigal___380
    @madrigal___380 2 місяці тому

    Merci de faire découvrir serge Gainsbourg a vos compatriotes

  • @ericm8850
    @ericm8850 3 роки тому +2

    Another good choice Dereck ! Gainsbourg was the best french songwriter...

  • @thierrybranger3906
    @thierrybranger3906 Рік тому

    Hi Derek so glad you undertsand the genius of this man. Please listen to his song Melody Nelson, less 2 minutes of beauty and in your free tome, listen to the album. A gem !

  • @ninaducerrone9495
    @ninaducerrone9495 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Dereck 🙂 You should listen to manureva written by Serge Gainsbourg. The singer is Alain Chamfort.

  • @francois75005
    @francois75005 8 місяців тому

    Enormissime, Dereck. Bravissimo.

  • @lalicornejacqueline8271
    @lalicornejacqueline8271 3 роки тому +1

    A masterpiece ! Serge gainsbourg is fantastic ,a lot of great songs 💙he ´s legendary ..i suggest you : je t’aime moi non plus

  • @viedefun
    @viedefun 3 роки тому +2

    ENFIN !!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  • @patricklemeur6360
    @patricklemeur6360 3 роки тому

    LOVE ON THE BEAT , pour la bass...

  • @Elibel77
    @Elibel77 3 роки тому +1

    Legendary is a euphemism in his case. And indeed, no one could mess with this guys, my god he could bark back. You’re gonna have to choose another fruit there…. He’s off the bananas chart! Let me suggest cabbage. ;). This song was originally sung by another LEGEND, Edith Piaf. Gainsbourg has many phases in his life as a musician. This is the later phase. (Also wrote that Tandem song you reacted to. Try initials BB or Laëtitia for the 1960s stuff.)

  • @LetsChillPage
    @LetsChillPage 3 роки тому +5

    Hahaha I think it's impossible to find something of Gainsbourg without his cig. lol He even wrote a song called 'Dieu est une fumeur de havane" (God is a havane cigar smoker) that he sung in duet with very famous French actress Catherine Deneuve. In 1979 he also recorded a reggae album in Jamaica with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh musicians.
    Until then no white artist had ventured to this island and used the famous rhythm section of Sly Dunbar (drums) and Robbie Shakespeare (bass) and percussionist Sticky Thompson, guitarist Radcliffe Bryan, and keyboardist Mickey " Mao "Chung, the vocal harmonies were provided by the I-Threes (Rita Marley, wife of Bob Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths).
    The result: a platinum record in a few months, but also a big controversy around the magnificent "Marseillaise" (The French national anthem) made in Jamaica and entitled "Aux armes, etc." which would become the hit of summer 79 ...An epic album of Serge Gainsbourg!

  • @leseize26
    @leseize26 16 днів тому

    Gainsbourg is a genious melodist and a poet

  • @sandovaldo
    @sandovaldo Рік тому

    Music Video by Luc Besson (the Big Blue, la femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional and The Fifth Element)
    Another music video directed by Luc Besson "Pull Marine" Isabelle Adjani

  • @davraf42
    @davraf42 2 роки тому +1

    Dereck, I recommend the Jane Birkin music (made by Gainsbourg) : "Quoi" and " fuir le bonheur avant qu'il ne se sauve"

  • @chatterton1034
    @chatterton1034 3 роки тому +2

    « Sorry angel » et « je suis venue te dire que je m’en vais » sont superbe surtout en live, « melody nelson » ça serais génial aussi 🙂

  • @quentinmarquez5818
    @quentinmarquez5818 3 роки тому

    Initials BB - Manon - Sea Sex and Sun - You're under arrest - Shotgun - Dispatch Box......!!!!!!!!!! TTHHHHAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNK YYYYOOOOOOUUUU Derek!!!

  • @KarlHeinzGaming
    @KarlHeinzGaming 3 роки тому +2

    Serge gainsbourg song :"no comment"

  • @jphyfab5577
    @jphyfab5577 2 роки тому

    Hi Dereck!! i just discover your channel and i just can't stop watching!! thank you!! did you head Gainsbourg's version of "la marseillaise", the french anthem?
    and, try the short song of Renaud: "tu vas au bal" you'll be stunned!!

  • @claire12322
    @claire12322 3 роки тому +1

    More Gainsbourrrggggg 😁🤗

    • @bardoubruno498
      @bardoubruno498 3 роки тому

      He love orchestrations, i think gainsbourg will be reviewed for a long time.

  • @billybond000
    @billybond000 3 роки тому +1

    the video clip was directed by luc Besson ( Leon / le grand bleu ... )

  • @giothefrench6575
    @giothefrench6575 3 роки тому +1

    Next: "You're under arrest" by Serge Gainsbourg. Great clip.

  • @TWD66
    @TWD66 3 роки тому +3

    The works of Gainsbourg encompass such a wide variety of genres and tonalities that it is nearly impossible to find a "representative" song of his. He did more singing and less speak-talk in his earlier works and was quite gifted at it - but he certainly explored the spoken-word possibilities, almost in an avant-garde manner. He was also a very-well versed composer and arranger. Some of his pop songs, the Beatles wished they could have made them (Zig-zag avec toi, S.S. in Uruguay). I'd advocate to start with his works from 71 to 76 (or 68-79), in order to discover him, but then... to each their own tastes and the man has very many different sounds and atmospheres to offer.

  • @stefstutzmann6187
    @stefstutzmann6187 3 роки тому

    Dereck this IS the boss!!!

  • @louisea8118
    @louisea8118 3 роки тому

    So you will love the beauty song from Gainsbourg

  • @allistaircampbell9282
    @allistaircampbell9282 3 роки тому +2

    The good ol'days where France could produce some great music. This is over.

  • @thierrypeloin3759
    @thierrypeloin3759 2 роки тому +1

    C'est vraiment cool ce que tu proposes et mettre en avant la chanson française