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Georges Brassens was a French singer-songwriter known for accompanying himself with his acoustic guitar. He wrote some extremely controversial, yet poetic songs. In doing so, he managed to change attitudes across France.

He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.

Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. He realized very early however that poetry in the 20th century could hardly put bread on the table and instead set himself to become a singer.

He is much less famous internationally than contemporaries like Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand, as much of the impact of his songs came from the lyrics, which proved difficult to translate into other languages. He loved the Middle Ages and used a great deal of Old French vocabulary, as well as many classical - ie., Latin and Greek - references. Few people, even in France, possess the background to fully understand his songs.

Yet he was at the same time a hugely popular singer and many of his songs still carry a lot of appeal and relevance. In this sense, he can be compared to Boris Vian, to Jacques Brel, and to a lesser extent to Serge Gainsbourg.

He was very sophisticated, yet at the same time used profanity liberally. While he wasn’t politically engaged, he was nevertheless unambiguously a leftist, many of his songs carrying blatant and buoyant anarchist overtones.
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  • Kordianelli

    Lubię jego muzykę.

    December 2011

  • Nyyckaulhas

    @Parisblues: Quel est ton problème avec le tabac franchement? Tu as peur du tabagisme passif? Tu sais, cela n'arrivera uniquement si tu es à coté d'une personne réelle, pas face à une photo. Est-ce que Brassens serait Brassens sans sa guitare, sa moustache ET SA PIPE? Les artistes (pas uniquement Georges, j'ai vu tes commentaires chez Gainsbourg et chez Django) ne te forcent pas à fumer. Simplement ils l’apprécient et je ne vois pas ce qu'il y a de dérangeant ici. Heureusement il n'y a pas de loi hors de France pour interdire la diffusion d'image de tabac (et encore cette loi ne s'applique pas à internet en France il me semble) ou pour priver Georges Brassens, Sherlock Holmes ou Jacques Tati de leurs pipes!

    December 2011

  • asblpromania

    Génial ! Notre label adore la chanson à texte ! Tonton Georges a jamais dans nos mémoires...

    November 2011

  • Galaxiestarwars

    The French Genius

    November 2011

  • warrenzevon

    Georges Brassens est dans la mémoire et l’âme des Français (sans compter tous les amis de la France) Il aurait eu 90 ans cette année, mail il est parti il y a 30 ans. Tous les cinq ans, ses disques sont remastérisés. Money first. Les tiroirs des maisons de disque ont toujours des bandes magnétiques encore non utilisées. Noel est proche. C'est le temps des rééditions. Alors si vous aimez ! Moi, j'adore.

    October 2011

  • kobushi_

    He's not telling you to smoke tobacco.

    August 2011

  • Parisblues

    there's a large choice of pictures without doing tabacco incitation.

    August 2011

  • estoesinutil-7

    "Non les brav's gens n'aiment pas que L'on suive une autre route qu'eux" ♪

    August 2011

  • Bolle_B

    La musique et les paroles sont extraordinaire. Chansons comme "le fossoyeur", "Je m'suis fait tout petit" et "La mauvaise herbe" sont eternel. merci monsieur brassens pour votre vision de l' art

    June 2011

  • torresmi

    la meilleure découverte que j'ai fait en France! :o) ses paroles sont géniales!

    June 2011

  • diabel_kulawy

    piękne

    May 2011

  • Amathev

    This guy has some really cool lyrics based on what I've read from translations

    April 2011

  • francisbrands

    "Georges Brassens fut l'hote de ce moulin de 1958 a 1971."

    April 2011

  • Colorful_Vibes

    Blog musical: http://colorfulvibes.wordpress.com

    March 2011

  • Jozzsdorowsky

    Gare au gorille!

    February 2011

  • Vineonsmogon

    Margot, donne-moi la goutte..

    January 2011

  • boozec

    pretty sweet.

    December 2010

  • tresoldi

    La chanson française n'aurait pas été la même sans lui!

    December 2010

  • AnaKorete

    Un poète comme il s'en fait peu...

    September 2010

  • JazzyUh_

    nice one

    August 2010
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