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Plot. While recklessly driving his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost one night, the album's unnamed narrator is distracted by the silver statue on his car's hood and collides with a young red-haired girl on a bicycle. The two exchange information after the accident, and the girl introduces herself as Melody Nelson ("Melody").
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Mar 24, 2016 · What is Histoire de Melody Nelson? Released in March of 1971, Histoire de Melody Nelson is a concept album by the supremely scandalous Serge Gainsbourg, one of France’s foremost provocateurs. Born Lucien Gainsbourg of Jewish-Ukrainian musical migrants, Gainsbourg is considered to be among the finest and most quintessentially French artists of ...
Mar 26, 2009 · The actual story of Histoire de Melody Nelson is pretty negligible in any case-- man meets girl, man seduces girl, girl dies in freak plane crash. Melody herself (played by Jane Birkin,...
Aug 17, 2015 · Thematically, Histoire plays as an aural approximation of Lolita with Gainsbourg as the album’s narrator, lusting after the teenage Melody Nelson. Detailing their illicit escapades in his inimitable sing/speak, much of the subject matter toes the line of common decency.
Nov 21, 2011 · Serge Gainsbourg. Histoire De Melody Nelson. Read later. Jeremy Allen Published 9:12am 21 November 2011. It is still in many ways a cult concern, especially outside of France, a word-of-mouth nonpareil that has its evangelists, with an underground of fans who resent the cheesy chanson tag.
May 2, 2014 · This week—Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson, a concept album about Serge unintentionally colliding his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost into teenage nymphet Melody Nelson's bicycle....
Mar 24, 2020 · With Histoire De Melody Nelson, ... And “Cargo Culte,” a musical reprise of the opening track, ends the story the only way it could possibly end: tragically.
