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Oct 9, 2023 · In the Footsteps of Serge Gainsbourg. First published: October 9, 2023 by Dominic Bliss 1. Trace the extraordinary life of Serge Gainsbourg, one of France’s most revered – and controversial – modern cultural icons. He was our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire,” said President Mitterrand when Serge Gainsbourg, one of France’s best-loved pop ...
Mar 4, 1991 · Serge Gainsbourg, the singer and songwriter known for his image of unshaven decadence and his songs full of provocative, sometimes tender lyrics, died late Saturday at his home here, officials...
Sep 14, 2023 · To his fans, Serge Gainsbourg is remembered as not only the greatest French musician of the 20th century, but also as an icon of pop culture. To his detractors, he is a crude provocateur.
May 29, 2018 · Serge Gainsbourg (1928–1991), the greatest French songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s, was as famous for his decadent life and cynical wit as for the songs he sang. He made a career out of writing clever, provocative lyrics, recording many of them himself and giving others to his many famous friends and lovers to sing.
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May 14, 2024 · When the French singer Serge Gainsbourg died in 1991, crowds of people filled the street outside his home in Paris’s 7th arrondissement. They sang his song Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais (I came to tell you that I’m leaving) and left cabbages as offerings on the sidewalk in homage to his concept album ‘L’Homme à tête de chou’ (‘The man with the cabbage head’).
Sep 10, 2015 · Aside from having earned status as one of the world’s most revered and influential songwriters, Gainsbourg was also a painter, actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, director, novelist, poet, and composer.
