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 Infiniment: 40 Chansons - Jacques Brel
Description: Genre: World Music / Artist: Jacques Brel / Audio CD released 2003-10-20 at Barclay France / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 La ... more  Infiniment: 40 Chansons - Jacques Brel ... La Quete2 La Cathedrale 3 L'amour Est Mort 4 Mai 40 5 Avec Elegance 6 Sans Exigences 7 Les Marquises 8 Orly 9 La Vil S'Endormait 10 Jojo 11 J'arrive 12 Quand On N'a Que L'Amour 13 Le Plat Pays 14 Mon Enfance 15 Les Vieux 16 La Chanson De Jacky 17 La Valse A Mille Temps 18 Le Prochain Amour 19 La Chanson Des Vieux Amants 20 Ne Me Quitte Pas Disc #2 Tracklisting 1 Amsterdam 2 La Biere 3 Bruxelles 4 Le Diable Ca Va 5 Il Nous Faut Regarder 6 L'Enfance 7 Ces Gens La 8 Les Bonbons 9 Les Flamandes 10 Les Bourgeois 11 Jef 12 Mathilde 13 Marieke 14 Madeleine 15 Les Bigotes 16 Vesoul 17 Le Moribund 18 Au Suivant 19 Le Dernier Repas 20 Je Suis Un Soir D'Ete Newest Review: ... what he observes as he passes over a city. Brel also composed sad songs like the solemn "Sans Exigences" - a story ... more ... of love gone sour. Accompanied by a sombre organ sound, here we learn how the tormented narrator is treated with contempt and indifference by his partner, but has not the courage to protest or complain, and is finally abandoned. "L'Amour est Mort (Love is Dead)" with its harsh piano keys and a coarse but passionate vocal was once satirized in the French press as a song so depressing that it might encourage suicide.
Never limiting himself to a particular genre, his approach owes much to the influence of pia...more |
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Infiniment: 40 Chansons - Jacques Brel: Learn French with Jaques Brel (1702 words)
by Zmugzy - written on 18.05.07 (Very useful, 937 readings)
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It was some years ago now that I was first introduced to Monsieur Jacques Brel by Mademoiselle Odile, my A level French teacher. She recorded a collection of songs on tape cassette and gave it to me with the idea that this might improve my French pronunciation and enhance my understanding of the spoken word. In Jacques Brel’s songs you can certainly hear every word beautifully pronounced with audacious clarity. Although I can’t say whether Brel’s lyrics contributed to an improvement in my French, (although I did get my A level eventually), his ‘chansons’ certainly struck a chord with me that still reverberates today. I would classify Brel as a truly ...
