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1) Barbara was a popular French female singer born as Monique Andrée Serf (June 9, 1930 - November 25, 1997) best known under her stage name . Barbara was the title of a famous song in the fifties whose text comes from Prévert.

Monique Serf, born in Paris, France, into a Jewish family, was ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II. After the war ended, a neighborhood professor of music heard Monique sing and took an interest in helping her develop her talents. She was given vocal lessons and taught to play the piano and eventually she enrolled at the Ecole Supérieure de Musique. However, money was a problem and she gave up her musical studies to sing at “La Fontaine des Quatre Saisons,” a then popular cabaret in Paris.

A sensitive girl, she was deeply scarred by the war and her family’s plight. Her inner feelings of emptiness showed in her appearance and in her songs. It is reported by Barbara in her interrupted autobiography, “il etait un piano noir”, that her father sexually abused her when she was ten. He would leave the family to never return- Barbara would come to his burial in Nantes, which originated one of her most popular songs (“Nantes”), immortalizing that time in her life. A tall person, she dressed in black, accentuating her raven hair, as she sang melancholic songs of lost love.

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desarticulee wrote:
last month

please change the main picture..

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egomaglar wrote:
August 2009

aklın almazdı görsen 70 binin üstünde bu kadar insanı. dediklerimi bile anlamıyacaktın. senden çıkmış şarkıların artık. ruhun nereye gitti bilmem ama sesin bu evrende hep ilerliyecek yıldızların gazların tozların arasında.

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AndresAnkh wrote:
July 2009

her voice is so unique <3

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Lord_Krichian wrote:
June 2009

going for doom

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Fred_WesT wrote:
May 2009

Göttingen <3

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jacomonero wrote:
April 2009

Déchirante....

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evalopezmusic wrote:
April 2009

il était un piano noir ...

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almagal wrote:
April 2009

I love it

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Susaniram wrote:
April 2009

Beautiful

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irenerai wrote:
April 2009

Ella sí que es la más bella historia de amor. Mi homenaje allí donde estés.

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Brutal_scot wrote:
March 2009

bARBARA - это Black / Hardcore группа с Израиля! \m/ \m/

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Antonionii wrote:
March 2009

Unique et éternelle voix, personne n'atteindra son talent, sa passion semble aujourd'hui presque trop pour une génération plus jeune, dont je fais partie. Trop de cynisme et de faux, La musique de Barbara, est un excellent remède.

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Ay--Jay wrote:
February 2009

elle est encore incroyable fantastique

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PedroGodfroid wrote:
February 2009

Peu de cris pour une des meilleures chanteuses françaises. La discrète tristesse toute aussi émotive que le mélo de Piaf. Une grande qui voulait se faire toute petite et un petite qui voulais devenir la plus grande, les deux plus géniales.

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danzico wrote:
January 2009

J'adore :D

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Die_Rosenrot wrote:
January 2009

@ pallassathena: If you did understand the lyrics, you would cry a lot, believe me.

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Morgantown wrote:
January 2009

Une icône.

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krautimogen wrote:
December 2008

la plus belle voix, les plus belles chansons. vraiment émouvantes...!

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baby_grind wrote:
November 2008

hahah. really. there's one more bARBARA. absolutely crazy sludge grind project

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llorenn wrote:
November 2008

There's an Italian Barbara, I like her song Tentami a lot

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