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About This Track
This song is by Jacques Brel. Originally sung in French, the English translation was done by Mort Shuman for the American musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel, “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”. This and several other of these English-translated Brel songs were also recorded by Scott Walker. David Bowie also recorded another from this Brel collection: “My Death”.
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Shouts
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deadprettyjack wrote:
<3
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Ennish wrote:
Haunting, but a beautifully-sung story none-the-less. I love playing this one on the guitar. :)
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
<3<3<3
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Intensive, amazing song <3
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23funnel23 wrote:
Scott Walker's version is infinitely better
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D-D-D-Dag wrote:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KJUa5mdkiEAvBngc9wgdjA Picture of Otto Dix (1926) fitting very well to this song.
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rockfarmer wrote:
Jacques Brel wrote this song, released in 1964.
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Zapoppin wrote:
Incredible.
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corky64 wrote:
Great track...<3
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pixites wrote:
amsterdam, just like your prejudice
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inhocvince wrote:
@vigimael: I disagree, the Beeb is played too fast, the PinUps one is much slower and better imho.
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vigimael wrote:
I much prefer the Beeb recording to the Pin Ups one.
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kida86 wrote:
Awesome
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schlemmsy wrote:
This is absolutely awesome. There's a brilliant version of this that was recorded during a Peel Session. Afraid I can't find the link and want to post before the track changes. But there was a limited release of the session - had a tape reel on the front.
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CentralPerk89 wrote:
Amazing cover...
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anne-so wrote:
Yeah, great cover.
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peregrintook wrote:
Great song. Beautiful.
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