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there’s some pleasant stuff in there but i’m gonna put it second to last so far and still give it a 71/100 it’s old timey and not a familiar sound to me and the unfamiliarity is always a barrier to feeling the music so it’s hard to say
I love this one. He has an incredible voice and there is so much emotion in his delivery- you don’t need to understand the language to hear the passion, humor, anger, etc (though I’m sure it would only help). A nice change of pace from a lot of the other albums on this list, I’m a fan 82/100
Poetic and inspiring! Such amazing live songs and a great energy
Really energetic!
Incredible voice, but hard to appreciate the nuance without knowing the language. Would give it a shot with subtitles I guess.
Didn't enjoy
Hørte en sang🤭 god
Fint. Intet mere intet mindre, meget smuk vokal til tider tho. 2,5
Besides being sung in French. The songs were mostly dark when looking up the translation. Most were show/musical in style. 4.6/10.
Very passionate vocalist — the lead track is the standout. I also quite enjoyed the tango (#3).
I wonder if there is a way to get this app to skip all the French shit.
Very French. Extremely French. Makes me want to learn French again - 3.5 stars because I can't really imagine reaching for this one but I'd listen to it again no problem.
I enjoyed this as an experience, but it’s hard to appreciate explicitly lyric-driven music in a language you don't speak. One extra star for the cultural significance in France. 3.5⭐️
Very French. Pleasant to listen to while working.
I did not use a private session for Spotify on this one. A French Balladeer from the sixties. This is music I didn't know I needed as I was correct.
I don't speak French but dang... not too shabby
I'm not best placed to really judge this album as a rather monoglot anglophone, but I enjoyed the atmosphere conveyed by this live album, and what I could discern about the songs from my (very) limited french language skills. Brel obviously wielded great influence on later artists, and was massively popular in his lifetime and beyond.
I want to like this more than I actually like this. I want to be known as the kind of person who is super into Jacques Brel. But sadly I am not that person.
Much like the various Brazilian and West African albums in this collection, my lack of non-English-language comprehension really limits my appreciation of the clearly passionate musical stylings of Mr. Brel. (I'll also admit that French/Belgian chanson singing isn't really my thing, which doesn't help much.) The highlights for me were probably the ominous "Le dernier repas" presuambly somebody died by the end?), the combo "Les toros" and "Tango funebre", and his reprisal of "Les bourgeois"; it also helped to have videos of his live performances for most of the CD/reissue-only tracks (tracks #9-#15), so you could at least see his presence as a performer. I'm sure Brel afficionados would consider me blasphemous for saying this, but I have to say that Scott Walker's versions of Brel's songs are more entertaining, or maybe it's just that they're easier to hear when they're in English (even true of Brel's "Au suivant" vs Walker's "Next").
I'd have chosen the 1965 Reprise album "Jacques Brel" over this one but what you gonna do? Love Amsterdam, Les Vieux, and Les Timides especialment.
Ok 2/5
This guy sure can roll his "r"s. The song Amsterdam has such passion- even though I can't understand French, I can feel the emotion. Very well done!
Doesn’t seem like an essential album to me. I don’t speak French so take that with a grain of salt. 3 stars.
At least it is short. Good for live French big band :). 3*
Honestly ends up in the same spot as a lot of the bossa nova, salsa, etc. music I've gotten on this list. It's soundtrack/envionment music, and not listening music to me. Still pretty cool French music I'd expect to hear in a restaurant/French film, but yeah.
This was fine. Better than Scott Walker. It sounds like it would be a lot more enjoyable if I spoke French.
In the mafia type of stuff
Excellent!
It’s all in French, which is great melody and a beautiful voice. Unfortunately the song writing is lost on me, but a great listen
MORE CHANSON
Made me feel like I was in Ratatouille. Best song: Amsterdam
This was alright. Not the type of music I'm generally into, but it seemed okay for what it was. A little same-y, but I think the short length actually worked against it in this case. Probably won't listen to it again.
Ehh
Sacred Blue, perinteistä ranskalaista musiikkia. Ihan kyllä siistiä ja monipuolista. Hyvin musikaalimaista ja välillä ihan sirkusmaista pelleilyä. Parhaat: Amsterdam
Nice
4/5
I was expecting French crooner in the mood of Dean Martin but am pleasantly mistaken. Without understanding the language I could still feel the emotion. I have always enjoyed French chanson as a genre so this is a pleasant addition to the list.
Passionate and talented singing, he’s got a quirkiness to his delivery and totally has th audience eating out of his palm. I find the music similar to American music from the period but with that nice French twist. Refreshing an eye opening.
French
La grenouille mange le pamplemousse! Seriously tho, not my bag. Dunno why it's here.
I refuse to listen to the French if there isn’t enough snooty guffawing and accordions.
This was the Frenchest thing I’ve ever consumed. I wish I was alive in the 60s cuz apparently you didn’t need much talent to become popular or remembered.
What a waste of time
Nah
Makes me self-conscious about my understanding of French. I blame the YouTube 'polyglots' - if they're 'fluent' in 6 months why aren't I after 15 years?
No one makes me listen to a French man
#122 - Knew of Brel from a Sabina song ("cuando en un si bemol de Jacques Brel, conocí a Mademoiselle Amsterdam") but never listened to him. Clearly unique. Bit too dramatic for my taste.
Impressive voice, not for me
French cocktail lounge music. Not my thing.
It’s kind of hard to rank an album without being to understand one of the main aspects of the artists talent (being his lyricism) as it is in French. However, I can appreciate the passion he puts into the vocals and the theatrical instrumentation. I can also see how he influenced artists like Leonard Cohen (with the way he delivers the vocals in a poetry-like manner) and Bowie (with some of the way the songs sound. Because of this it is easy to say it is ahead of its time and influential but for personal enjoyment-wise it was decent at best. It was short though which I can appreciate as it doesn’t overstay its welcome. Favourites: none really. Overall, 5/10.
It was fine, but I am writing this review 12 hours later and don't remember the album. Low 3.
I cannot understand much of what he's singing but I enjoy the performance and his passion as he vocalizes
Competent
This is #day441 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… all right, here's some chanson. I appreciate this record being on the list, though at times it felt a little too French for me. I'll land on a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day442.
No va
Not my vibe
J'ai un tour d'eiffel pantalons!
Closing your eyes and pretending you’re sat in a courtyard in south France drinking bottles of red on a warm clear night really adds to the experience
alright. french
I played a lot of video games when I was a kid and subscribed to Nintendo Power Magazine, but I never remember seeing anything about a game called Olympia 64. Good soundtrack, though.
The no-holds-barred intensity of Brel's performance on this live album shows his absolute commitment to his art. However, not having any familiarity with this particular genre, it all sounds overly theatrical to these ears, but griping about that might be akin to complaining that opera singers sing in high-pitched voices.
Completely new to me. Spotify has an 8 track album, but wikipedia has 15. Apparently 8 is the original, and 15 is a reissue. I'm gonna listen to the 8. I've had some long albums recently, so I'll take the under half hour option. Track 1: I don't speak French. Won't even bother trying to understand. Won't look at the lyrics. Just vibes. He likes to trill those r's. A gradual builder. Kind of wish I could see what he is doing. Interesting. Track 2: So, apparently, this style is lyrics-focused. Not understanding the language, I feel like I'm missing a key ingredient. He seems to be singing with a lot of expressiveness. I like the instruments. But my mind is wandering. A bit languorous. Track 3: Awesome. Felt like a scene from L'Atalante. Track 4: Kind of stopped paying attention. Track 5: There are two things taking me out. One is the lack of lyrical understanding. I won't carp on that anymore. The other is, I personally prefer to hear a studio album first, and I prefer to watch live albums than just listening. Track 6: Other than Track 3, I probably won't playlist any song. Not active music for me. Definitely background though. Track 7: Nevermind, this one also gets playlisted. Track 8: Yup. Good background. Overall: Good background music. Nothing bad. Nothing great. I feel like I like the ability to fully enjoy it. So in my limited capacity, it's okay. 2/5.
Didn’t understand a word but this guy had some serious heart in his voice, I quite enjoyed this.
It sounded kinda good but a whole album was way too much kinda good.
i didn’t hate it.
Nope.
Jacques Brel is a name I hadn't heard of before. From what I gather, he was a Belgian singer and actor, often considered a master of the chanson, which is a form of lyric-driven French song. Apparently, he had a profound influence on several big-name artists, including David Bowie, Scott Walker and Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy. I was curious what his music was like. I will say for this live compilation of his 1964 performances at the Olympia Hall in Paris, I can hear the genuine bravado in Jacques's charismatic performance amidst the orchestral ensemble. The manner in which he belted and elevated his voice with such poise and eloquence in his dialect is quite impressive. Not to mention the humorous lyrics, which after translating come off as cheeky and mildly crass, certainly made me chuckle. Yet, I'll admit I wasn't particularly blown away from these live performances. It's clear that Jacques was the focal point, as François Rauber's orchestral arrangements don't offer much in the way of intriguing passages or distinct melodies outside of a few exceptions such as "Amsterdam" and "Les jardins du casino". A case could be made that those later artists who were influenced by Brel were able to expand and improve upon what he started as a performer, while offering more memorable compositions. In a way, Jacques Brel was a trailblazer, and this Olympia 64 live compilation serves as a testament to his genius.
Franc Sinatra
Whether or not it is condensed, Jacques Brel always elicited genuine passion from the songs crafted for him and this live performance from the Olympia in 1964 is a perfect example of such brilliance. As designed, this snippet of a full night leaves you wanting more, an imagined moment in time of ravenous, often humorous revelry. Favorites: Amsterdam, Les vieux, Le plat pays, Les timides, Le dernier repas, Les Toros Avec Final.
I’ve been learning French for months now so this was a treat, I’m still very new but I was able to pick up a few phrases. All that aside this was an enjoyable listen
A very dramatic sounding live album. Pretty good.
Boff! How sophisticated am i, i thought as i drew upon my gauloises and sipped my Pernod. Merci jacques et merci 1001 albums generator for that feeling…
Different language, but good vibe. I liked the live aspect
oui oui fav track: "les plat pays"
If this were in English, I'm certain I would still hate it.
listened while crafting a pierrot clown costume :0)
i have thoughts on this but can’t word them rn idk why
Just purely epic and awesome bro literally sounds like he is in the studio while performing live its amazing Fav song: Les jardins du casino
literally and figuratively do not understand this. not a fan of this singing style
I have no idea what he’s saying but I feel like I am in a swank Parisian night club sipping absinthe by candlelight. The cigarette smoke twirls around my head like wisps of intrigue in the air. I know the first song is about finding romance in Paris. I am assuming everything he’s saying along the same vein since it was 1961. He was a French swagger of Sinatra or Martin during the same time period. Based on vibe, I like it. That’s about as far as I can go.
Random thoughts: * I actually have heard of Jaques Brel before thanks to our French exchange student, Rose. :) * I can't understand a word he is saying. lol * Susan listened and was translating some it for me. It was particularly interesting. * I enjoyed this but it will not be something I couldn't live without or will likely pick up again except when I want to feel French. Which will happen with a baguette, cheese, and a bottle of wine some night.
This was pretty cool, he's a super emotive vocalist. I haven't heard much by this guy, but he seems he has a lot of projects more beloved than this one. I'll have to listen to some of his other stuff. 3.5/5
Whenever I listen to French music I feel the need to use an accent like Blacque Jacque Shellacque. In all seriousness though, I didn't understand a word but I feel like Jacques had the audience eating out of the palm of his hand. Music transcends language, always has, always will.
15.10.25 klo 9, hima, varvas, qobuz -- ei tää nyt ollukaan niin kauhee ku aattelin.
Culturally important etc. Glad Bowie & Walker did my listening for me though.
Fairly enjoyable
Interesting - enjoyed it - would never have found and listened to this without the 1001 album generator
I couldn't understand anything he was singing about here. It was almost like he was speaking some language entirely different from English!! :-)
Banger
J'ai pas écouté le bon live parce que relou à trouver sur Spotify mais c'était grave bien j'ai beaucoup aimé, ça m'a redonné envie d'écouter plein de vieilles musiques du style
Eh? As a live album, Olympia 1964 did not wow me, or interest me much at all. The album being in French and capturing popular music of France in the sixties is about the highlight for me. Jacques Brel at least had the decency to make a short album, though the production left a lot to be desired.
I didn't really enjoy this all that much. The genre is called "Chanson", which I had never heard of before. It was kind of like French opera, but not even that fully describes it. Still, it was very lyric-driven. That said, I think opera would have been preferable. The recording for this was pretty crappy too, making for a subpar listening experience.
It sounded like he was a good story-teller. I don't speak French so this obviously I only understood the musical parts. It sounded French. Whatever that accordion does is the most quintessential French sound. Anyway, it was an interesting listen.
Interesting once I looked up the artist found how many were influenced by his work. It isn’t something I would choose to listen to but am glad I did.
This makes me feel classier than I actually am and listening to the live album transports me to a classic European concert, I love that I’ve not heard anything album like this yet in this list and I love how it makes me feel.
Oui
Cool addition to the list, but it still didn’t grip me the way I hoped it would. Wanted to like it more than I did.
Well that's the most french thing ever commited to tape. Quite enjoyed it for what it is, very authentic, definitely seemed to use a key stage 3 vocabulary most of the time so I had some idea of what he was banging on about. Good for the list but obviously not converted to the classic french crooner genre.
Ne me quitte pas is an amazing, sad, mournful song. On a different album though. I don't know any French, so the content of the songs here largely passed me by, and the atmosphere was sorrowful throughout. Funereal. Struggled with an entire album of this.
Never heard of this guy, don't really like the style of music, and my french is not good enough to understand the meaning of any of it..... Makes it very difficult to give a fair review of! The live recording sounds terrible too, perhaps unsurprisingly. Not for me, sorry Jacques, which is mainly my problem, not yours. 1.5
3 - cool album
French Sinatra
Aged well
Loved the first song. The emotion and style of unguarded singing...very cool. Unfortunately, after that it pretty quickly lost its novelty for me. Glad it's on here, though. Refreshing to get something so different.
It offers very little musically, I don’t really like his voice and while I’m sure the lyrics are probably good if you understand them, I’ve just got to work with what I’ve got which is very limited French and therefore I couldn’t enjoy this one much. 2 stars
not bad for being french
3.5 for the French Dean Martin.
Glad I got to listen to it, but I can’t say much about it. I enjoyed Brel’s voice and the backing was pretty sweet. It just didn’t stand out too much since most of it sounded all the same. I’ve only got high school French so I couldn’t make out most of it so just an alright listen.
Dès que j'entends Brel, j'ai les larmes aux yeux, larmes de rubis, rouges comme le sang, qu'il fait battre à tout rompre dans mes veines, larmes de cristal comme la pureté à l'état brut que me provoquent chacun de ses mots , larmes de pluie comme la nostalgie qu'il me communique. Il ne chante pas, il habite chez ses chansons. Ses chansons qui me font tourner la tête, qui me font danser qui me font voler. Tristes, gaies ou désabusées ,dès qu'il ouvre la bouche, je vois des perles, des diamants s'échapper de ses lèvres. Qu'il évoque la vie ordinaire et elle devient sacrée, les grands sentiments chantés par lui se parent d'atours précieux qui seuls vivent dans un univers onirique, dans de fastueuses chimères. La banalité des vies qu'il dépeint devient au contact de sa voix, une fresque... Cet homme est le seul à nous offrir des tableaux dignes d'un grand maître. Amsterdam, ses bas fonds, ses marins qui dégueulent ,grâce à son phrasé brut et élégant à sa véracité, à son mystère,toute laideur est effacée et laisse place à un grand spectacle émouvant, qui nous secoue les tripes, nous fait trembler de bonheur. " Ces gens là" du haut de leurs belle assurance frappent à ma porte, je les entends, je les vois, rigides et menaçants. Brel chante et sa voix bouleverse toutes mes certitudes. "ne me quitte pas " "quand on n'a que l'amour " comment ne pas être submergés d'émotions si intenses, extrasensorielles, qu'elles font mal! et comblent d' euphorie à la fois, nos sens à fleur de peau. On peut les écouter les réécouter à l'infini grâce à cet alchimiste, on revisite chacune d'entres elles comme à la première fois. Brel n'est pas mort, Il habite toujours dans la rue de ses chansons... Les jours d'été quand les persiennes s'entrouvrent, au détour d'une ruelle, d'un jardin, la voix du grand Jacques s'élève pour ceux qui l'ont tant aimé...
You really need to double check here, whether this is by an actual French person, or an incredibly racist impression of a French person. It's the former, but I now know who inspired every terrible accent in 'Allo 'Allo. Anyway, the songs are quite bad, the singing is extremely stupid, but it's short, and sometimes that's enough.
French 🤢
Beautiful singing. Interesting songs. But unless I learned French and really soaked in this stuff for a long time, this just isn’t going to resonate with me.
I don’t speak French, so it feels unfair to rate an album that is so heavily lyric based. Best Song: Amsterdam 4/10
Horrible. annoying.
Très français. Deux croissants s'il vous plaît.
I don't feel very strongly about most French chansons. I feel this would have been nostalgic for my grandparents, but I didn't grow up on it.
What a wonderful album. If I would understand it better this probably would've been even better.
I had never heard of Jacques Brel. I’m not sure why he would make this list.
This feels like weird little guy territory knowing nothing except what i heard on this album. This very traditional style of singing and song writing does not hit for me but if someone was playing one of these songs on a boom box in a subway tunnel, I'd feel very french. 2.5
live albums are rarely good and this isn't an exception. i bet this slaps in belgium tho
Well, he's definitely got a lot of passion. This wasn't bad at all but I don't think I'd relisten, so the 2.5 has to get rounded down.
Never heard of this genre before. Don't think I'll listen to it again but I kinda liked it
This is something. I don't like live albums, I've said it before. I feel like about 1/10th of this album was applause. That detracts from the album itself. There's some interesting things in this, but it's so short and so full of applause breaks it just felt like a slog. 2/5
Fine but I'm not really the target audience here.
Interesting
Amsterdam
No entendí nada pero estaba bonito
Not gonna lie, this bored me as I found most of the songs sounded the same. Best songs were Amsterdam and Le Pays Plat. 2.5
One of the more salient aspects of this live album is the prevalence of the vocals. I think they overshadow the actual instrumental by quite a bit. I also think the clapping by the audience is also perhaps a bit too loud and can be distracting. The songs themselves are alright, they do not standout too much but they aren't bad either.
Not for me.
I spent my whole day listening to French music. Really enjoyed.
Sounds like show tunes.
Great album and performance. Makes me wish I knew French though.
I would like to say I appreciate this enough to understand why it is on this list, but I just can’t get there.
Another nice surprise and reason why I enjoy this exercise. Definitely a record that I would’ve not discovered otherwise, and an example of one that thrives due to the atmosphere being captured live. I just don’t think it would’ve translated as well in the studio. Makes me wanna open a bottle of wine and go listen to my Serge Gainsbourg records.
Enjoyable. Didn’t understand a damn word of it but it was a nice change of pace. Hearing French reminds me of a Damien Rice song called The Professor and la Fille Danse in which he starts singing in French towards the end. And it’s beautiful. For me Jacques is a little harsher to my American ears but I still thought it was quite pretty. I’ll finish it off with some French wine and cheese… 2.75
Def an album that benefits from being a live recording. I’d like to go to France now. Or maybe I shall just drink some wine and eat a baguette. 2.75/5
It bored me. The kind of singing is too theatrical.
Je ne suis vraiment pas un fan de chansonniers. Le chanteur (et le texte) a trop d’importance et les instruments traités comme de vulgaires accompagnateurs. Si je veux du texte, je vais lire un livre. Quand j’écoute de la musique, je veux de la musique, pas quelqu’un qui me chante des textes avec un peu de musique dans le background pour faire joli. Ceci étant dit, j’aime bien l’oeuvre de Brel. Pas au point de l’écouter fréquemment, mais une de temps en temps, ça le fait. Les mélodies sont superbes et sa voix plaisante. En gros, pas pour moi.
This is a great instance of why I'm this generator-- to find music I haven't heard and maybe wouldn't have found on my own. It was fun to learn more about this style of songs (chansons) and to read all about Jacques Brel's interesting life. The music itself, though not my style, was interesting and his performance breath-taking. It would be much different seeing the power of voice live. Very old-world and operatic, like a classically trained singer at the height of his craft. As pretentious as it sounds, I'd like to get his music on vinyl since I think it will sound good with the warmth and crackling.
OK
Por efeito, foi um ótimo lembrete do quão sortudo eu verdadeiramente sou de falar português, e do quão maravilhosa a língua portuguesa é quando se trata de trovar canções. O Francês é um idioma bonito, pelo menos eu acho, mas ele não chega nem perto de ser tão melífluo quanto o Português para o propósito específico do canto. Eu queria que essa lista fugisse mais do anglo-centrismo tão comum na cultura popular, e que apresentasse mais álbuns de outros idiomas. Dessa maneira, eu amaria dar uma nota bem alta pra este disco só por sua linguagem… Mas não dá. O álbum simplesmente não me pegou, não me fez efeito nenhum. São canções que obviamente possuem um foco no seu conteúdo lírico, mas eu não o entendo. Não pense que eu tenho algum viés negativo com bandas não anglicanas. Não tenho! De fato, eu até mesmo busco traduzir as letras e tento cantá-las quando gosto muito de uma música ou de uma banda de outro país. Um exemplo claro é a banda soviética Kino. Adoro eles e eu busco sempre entender e cantar suas letras russas. Mas o som de Jacques Brel não me deu esse impulso em momento algum. Mesmo se fosse em Inglês, ou até mesmo em Português, o disco não teria me agradado. Ele não é o tipo de vocalista que me agrada, e suas canções mais se assemelham a peças de teatro musicais do que música popular. 1.5/5
I don't mind this, but it's not something I would ever just pop on, and there's nothing in here I'd ever re-visit. It's quite dramatic at times, which I kind of dig. But of course it's in French, I have no idea what he's singing about, and it's all a bit old-timey. This might be quite generous considering it's not my cup of tea, but I'm giving it a 3.
Ihan ok ei ehkä niin mulle.
Uh, English please. WTF would this site think I want to hear this?
Dude can sing really well but the clapping after each song was too much.
Jacques Brel, _Olympia '64_ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I thought _Good God, more jazz??_ But no, definitely more along the lines of French folk balladeer. What would this sound like if he wasn't speaking incomprehensible gibberish? Well, Leonard Cohen obviously. Man, this is great cigarettes and coffee music. This would be the soundtrack to my life as I cross bridges with _mon petit ami_ on chilly morning walks. Even the opener, Port d'Amsterdam (though to Anglais-speaking ears, words that sound like a pet rodent) conjures images of sailing and coastlines full of mystique and bustling Euro towns and music and art that are simultaneously evolving independent of/ influencing/ being influenced by American folk and bohemian culture. I'm honestly shocked I never heard of the man before. Recommended.
Like the worst acting from the 1920’s - 1950’s, but its music so it only assails one sense.
Maybe it's the language barrier, but I don't hear much "musicality" in Brel's voice. It sounds poetic, sure, maybe even appealing, but not particularly melodic. I mean, I love Bowie, but I can take it leave his version of Amsterdam - it just seems a bit "quaint" to me. This album strikes me as a lot of very wordy stuff (in a language I only partially follow) and it seems that is where the appeal lies, rather than in the musical inventiveness. Sorry, this just doesn't do much for me.
The rhyming is entertaining. Vibes, immaculate. No notes.
You're watching a Romcom, and the scene when the two love birds hit it off begins. In the background, you hear this upbeat "fancy" music sung in a language you can't understand as they begin dancing, and flirting with each other. That background music is this album. Favorite Track: "Amsterdam".
I have no idea what he's saying, but this is good.
Charismatic and powerful voice makes for a cool listen. Something different from much of the rest of this list.
No.
I quite like the it! His voice is very nice, very Le Vie En Rose. I also just love music in other languages (French for this one). Just vibes
Uhm. Mr. Jacques "Strap" Brel has a decent enough voice, but I think this album is just a little bit too froofy-goofy for me. Fave song: - Tango funèbre (only because of those silly ass noises this man is making. What in the French hell)
Це мегастиль.
Good 4.1
This album is a bit like oysters. If you can put up with it you'd probably fuck anything.
This style of music, the "chanson", supposed to tell a story and to be theatrically performed. Unfortunately, like I imagine many people on this site and reading this book, I don't speak French! I can only judge it on the bombastic nature of the performance and the musical quality. Thankfully, both of those are fairly good. His voice is powerful and you can hear how he enunciates every word and changes the force of his voice when things get more emotional. So from a purely technical standpoint, it's good, and it's a style which I know really nothing about. It's not as interesting to me as some of the other non-english language styles we've had on here, but it's exactly what I would imagine would be in the soundtrack to any film or tv show set in France during the 60's and 70's. Subconsciously it must have some sort of cultural staying power.
Worst N64 game ever.
Generally don't like life albums but will make an exception for this. After Brel now waiting for Serge Gainsbourg to show up on this list because both of those artist are a lot more important and influential than a lot of the American and British dross that made it onto this list.
Livealbum, men som Scott Walker-fan sette eg egentlig pris på Jacques Brel
God I hate live albums.
Nothing about this screams “you must hear this”. Maybe it’s the instrumentation, maybe it’s because the lyrics are in French, but it just all sounds expected and uninteresting.
It’s kinda whatever, I would have liked it a lot more if it was more jazzy, and I feel like you kind of need to understand the lyrics if they are so central to the songs and I can’t. The instrumentals are fine I guess, just everything else is so low down you can’t really hear it. It’s not bad really, and some of the parts are really good. Favourite songs: Les jardins du casino, le dernier repas, les toros avec final. Overall around 5/10
19/08/2025 I couldn't appreciate this as it was not a language i understand. Spotify listeners: 1.1 million.
Oh man, this is SUPER French, huh? At least it doesn't seem problematic like the last French-speaking album we had. I have no complaints here. I didn't understand much of anything, but you can't deny this guy Jacques can belt it. Solid 3.
This might be the most French sounding thing I have ever listened to in my life. The album cover did not inspire confidence, but honestly this wasn't a bad listen. Was it a great listen? No. But I can understand why someone's grandparents might have gone out of their way to hear him sing. He's got a deep power to his voice that comes through clearly on Amsterdam. He also sounds like he would be the snootiest of individuals -- something about the inflection of some of the delivery just makes me think he would be insufferable. In any case, I can't knock this, but I also wouldn't buy it. 3 / 5.
Oui Oui
C'était une super chanson. Et va te faire foutre Kev, ce nerd sur la pochette ne me ressemble pas du tout.
This nerd on the cover kinda looks like James. Ooooo we're going super French here. Can't understand anything this dude is saying. It's pleasant enough but nothing that really bumps it up. Sounds like it should be in an old timey French film.
Different, I liked the playfulness and some of the chord progressions were pretty inspiring. But it’s hard to really connect with it when everything is in French.
This is a hard one to rate. It's definitely a unique listening experience, and doesn't overstay its welcome, but did I really like any of it? Not that much. It's good music, still. French is a lovely language and this dude's voice is certainly pleasant, but there's obviously a barrier since I imagine that this music is very lyrically driven!
J'ai aimé cet album et je ne l'aurais probablement jamais écouté en dehors de ce défi. Je ne suis pas sûr de le réécouter un jour, mais je suis content de l'avoir écouté une fois.
J'aime le français, un peu!
Aggressively French. This is just very, very stereotypically French. I mean, it's so French. It's fine, but I don't know when I would ever listen to it apart from trying to set an atmosphere over a candlelit dinner.
Not my thing I guess
Não percebo nada de francês, não oiço música em francês (por norma), mas é impossível não ser tocado pela intensidade destas músicas.
Maybe fitting for a French themed cooking sesh
Fun! The album displays some of the flaws of any live album (e.g., audience noises), but Brel’s distinctive voice is the focus. I don’t have enough French to relate that well to the lyrics (my bad), leaving me to relate to the vibe and Brel’s energy. Within *those* strictures (again, my bad), the album isn’t quite essential.
Cantante francés en directo??. Merece mi respeto pero prefiero sus canciones posteriores en estudio.
Loved everything but the awful French sax
Pros: rolling French Rs are never not funny to imitate, album is under half an hour. Clearly a talented chanteur. Cons: not really for me, no thanks.
Very compelling and fun Belgian music (sung in French) - I thoroughly enjoyed!
This is the first Jacques Brel music I’ve listened to, possibly because everything is in French. He gets credit for being passionate about his singing, and he might earn a higher rating if I understood the lyrics. The music is ok, but too theatrical for my taste.
French tops Portuguese in our non-English count once again! What a thrilling competition. Désolée, I've never heard of this man. However, he'd fit right in to the ancient Eurovisions I'm watching! The sound quality is not great -- what is this, a live album recorded in a can???! -- but it makes me a little emotional anyway (because I love Eurovision! And 'Amsterdam' sounds like Greensleeves, which is a very sad song. OK, turns out it's literally Greensleeves. Well, good.) 'Les Vieux' is surely copying 'Grandfather's Clock' (the saddest Children's Favorites song of all time). Also as a proud Delawarean I appreciate that 'Le Plat Pays' is about liking your stupid, flat country. Highlights: 'Amsterdam', the triple rhyme time line "l'ombre sombre de leur ombre", when he said "À mon de[rnier repas]" I thought he said "Amande" 🥺
Fr*nch
It's so funny how good France is at all culture except for music. Art, philosophy, film, literature, architecture, photography, fashion, food: they're up there with the greats - the course of 20th c culture passes through Paris and its colonies. But Daft Punk/Air aside, they're total duds musically - so much so that their best guy, French Sinatra, is Belgian! Maybe they're too addicted to their own language to really let music do it's thing. That's why Chanson and Hip Hop have been their preferred genres, poems set to music. Anyway, this album is a pretty fun one - a great expressive voice full of drama delivering the verses with full force, accompanied by loungey piano, cafe-ass accordion, some light bass touches. It has a very cartoony animated feel to it contrasting the lyrics' dark take on modern life and love.
French but actually pretty good.
Despite being Canadian, my French knowledge isn't great so this review isn't about the lyrics at all. They could be amazing, or they could be terrible...I have no idea. If this album was just "Amsterdam" then it would have been a 5-star album! Amsterdam kicks off the album with a ton of energy...which from there the album can't recover from. The rest of the album (minus the last track) is much slower. I feel like building up and putting Amsterdam at the end would have made this a much more enjoyable experience. 2.5/5
Lyrics gotta lyric and HS French wasn't quite enough
This is basically Ne me quitte pas 8 times in a row. It’s a fun musical style for a little bit, but you don’t really need this many songs for it
O álbum não me pegou muito, apenas. Os vocais são bons, mas o conjunto em si não me satisfez tanto
Just a French taunter. He could well be singing “I’ll fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberry. You English pig dogs” Never forgiven us for destroying the French fleet in 1940. 1/5 3/8/25
struggled to vibe with this but tbf, i don't speak French
It's an albumful of French songs in a style Wikipedia describes as "lyric-driven" so it's pretty rough out here for me Good thing I can just listen to the album and hear the fun and the flair in it, it comes across as very... playful, maybe Decent variety and he's got a lot of character
I wanted to like this, but I just didn’t. Maybe I need to sit with it more, but not this time.
"The Elvis Presley of French Pop." Je n'aime pas du tout ça. Le jeu trop emphatique et le manque total de charme ne sont pas mis en valeur par la mauvaise qualité de la production. Le public est enthousiaste, alors peut-être que je passe à côté de quelque chose à cause de la traduction (ou plutôt de l'absence de traduction).
Je ne suis pas qualifié pour noter cela, mais je n'aime pas ça.
Is this French or something?
quite a change of pace
Chansons and particularly Brel should be listened to live, so I don't mind this being another live album. This doesn't change the fact that this is still not my music.
Can fuck with some french music.
7/10
Lots of emotions in his voice.
I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. It's still in French and I don't know that I'll return to it probably for that reason. But a lot of the emotion really came through anyway which surprised me. Standouts Amsterdam Les Toros Avec Final 4/5
Biased because I love David Bowie and he often talks about what a big influence Brel was on him. I haven’t ever actually listened to Brel though I love Bowies covers of Amsterdam and My Death. This album wasn’t a relisten for me but I did like two of the songs a lot
Seems nice
I may not speak French but I can feel the passion in his voice. Beautiful recording.
Definitely not my music normally, but found it interesting nonetheless; more so than expected. Some of the chansons feel cliche, but liked Le Plat Pays en Amsterdam.
Absolute impressive, but - sorry - not my taste
This man seems to be very passionate about his singing, and I respect that.
Another winner for me here. I wish I was fluent in French to have any mucking clue what Brel is saying here, but there's an undeniable power in his voice and performance - super charismatic, emotional and evocative. The music swings between heavy and playful and Brel matches both well. The actual album offered here is the 28 minute version but I was inspired enough to check out the full version and it's just as good. Two spins of the short and one of the long confirm this is a more than worthy inclusion here even without a translator. I was not at all surprised to see an absolutely massive list of people who claim him as an inspiration on his Wiki page and see he was covered by everyone from Scott Walker and Bowie to Westlife. Bowie's cover of the opening track here 'Amsterdam' is excellent. I'd almost say Till Lindeman from Rammstein got some swagger from this lad. Brel would kill it with a flamethrower too.
Ok. Of its time.
Some good storytelling (well, as far as I can tell with my rusty French skills), and some really intricate arrangements. But some of the lyrics are very "rhyme, or I have ways of making you rhyme", and musically, it's kind of same-y as the lyrics/storytelling takes center stage.
Muy expresivo e intenso. No entendía nada pero me transmitía mucho
It was ok
Feels like it’s kind of off limits for a 1 because I don’t speak French But know that I was close
This is a pretty good record to have on while you’re preparing a pasta dinner for the family. I’m not sure if there are many other scenarios in which I’d listen to this, but it was enjoyable.
Overly dramatic and stagey delivery, not to my liking. Not very interesting.
A really good live.
Not my favourite genre, but undeniably a classic. I prefer the crispness and clarity of his voice in the studio recordings to the raspiness of the live performance, but that's to be expected.
Great voice with real emotional grit. Amsterdam is a strong opener. Dramatic big band production. Le Plat Pays has beautiful strings. Overall a good dinner party sort of album elevated by Jacques powerful vocals and inflections.
## Olympia 64: Jacques Brel’s Theatrical Masterpiece of Life, Death, and Defiance Recorded live at Paris’ legendary Olympia hall in 1964, **Jacques Brel’s *Olympia 64*** stands as a volcanic eruption of chanson artistry. This album—originally an 8-track 10" LP, later expanded to 15 tracks—captures Brel at his performative peak, blending razor-sharp lyricism, orchestral grandeur, and raw emotional intensity. Below, we dissect its enduring power and complexities. ### 🎭 **I. Lyricism: Poetry as Social Scalpel** Brel’s lyrics merge poetic elegance with savage social critique, delivered through vividly drawn characters: - **Satire of Bourgeois Hypocrisy**: *Les Bourgeois* mocks the self-satisfied middle class ("*Comme ils sont orgueilleux quand ils sont plusieurs!*" / "How proud they are in their pack!"), while *Les Jardins du Casino* dissects hollow decadence in casino gardens . - **Mortality’s Shadow**: *Le Tango Funèbre* turns a funeral into a macabre dance, exposing mourners’ false tears. *Les Vieux* ("Old Folks") juxtaposes tender imagery with a ticking-clock piano motif, underscoring aging’s cruel inevitability . - **Youthful Folly & Pathos**: *Les Timides* ("The Shy Ones") ridicules bumbling lovers ("*ils rougissent et reculent*" / "they blush and crawfish"), while *Au Suivant* exposes the dehumanizing loss of virginity in a military brothel—a metaphor for systemic exploitation . - **Existential Epics**: *Amsterdam* (only available live) is a hallucinatory descent into sailor’s depravity, building from whisper to roar. *Le Plat Pays* ("The Flat Country") paints Belgium’s bleak landscapes with startling tenderness . ### 🎻 **II. Music & Orchestration: Theatrical Fury Meets Nuance** **François Rauber’s** arrangements fuse urgency and sophistication: - **Dynamic Range**: *Amsterdam* begins with sparse accordion, swelling into a storm of brass and strings mirroring the song’s descent into chaos. *Les Timides* uses staccato piano to evoke nervous flirtation . - **Genre Fluidity**: Waltzes (*Le Plat Pays*), tangos (*Le Tango Funèbre*), and martial marches (*Les Bourgeois*) create a kaleidoscope of moods. Theramin-like **Ondes Martenot** (e.g., *Sur la Place*) adds eerie textures . - **Vocal Performance**: Brel snarls, whispers, and soars. In *Mathilde*, his voice cracks with desperate longing; in *Les Bonbons*, he minces through a predatory suitor’s dialogue . ### ⚡ **III. Production: The Electricity of Live Captur** - **Audience as Co-Conspirator**: Crowd reactions are pivotal—applause erupts mid-*Amsterdam* before the orchestra resolves, heightening the song’s cathartic release . - **Spatial Authenticity**: Minimal post-production preserves the venue’s acoustics. The mix balances Brel’s voice against Rauber’s orchestral surges, ensuring lyrical clarity amid crescendos . - **Legacy of Reissues**: Original brevity (30 mins) weakened impact; 1988/2003 expansions added essentials like *Mathilde* and *Jef*, cementing its status . ### ⚖️ **IV. Themes: Life, Death, and the Human Comedy** - **Class Warfare**: Bourgeois hypocrisy, proletarian struggle (*Jef*), and the absurdity of social hierarchies (*Les Bourgeois*). - **Mortality’s Grip**: Funeral tangos, last meals (*Le Dernier Repas*), and the relentless "tick-tock" of aging . - **Romanticism vs. Cynicism**: *Ne Me Quitte Pas*’s desperate devotion contrasts *Les Bonbons*’ predatory seduction . - **National Identity**: *Le Plat Pays* immortalizes Belgium’s "flatlands" with conflicted pride . ### 🌍 **V. Influence: From Bowie to Punk and Beyond** - **English-Language Adoption**: **Scott Walker**, **David Bowie**, and **Nina Simone** covered Brel, translating his intensity for new audiences. Bowie called *Amsterdam* "a masterpiece of decadent storytelling" . - **Theatrical & Musical Legacy**: *Cabaret* (1972) and punk’s sneer owe debts to Brel’s blend of satire and raw emotion. **Nick Cave** cites *Le Tango Funèbre* as inspiration for *Let Love In*’s morbidity . - **Chanson’s Evolution**: Artists like **Stromae** and **Serge Gainsbourg** inherit his narrative boldness and social critique. ### ✔️ **Pros & Cons at a Glance** | **Aspect** | **Pros** | **Cons** | |-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **Performance** | Brel’s vocal dynamism (growls, whispers, roars); orchestral precision | Over-theatricality may alienate modern listeners | | **Songwriting** | Lyrical depth; fusion of romance, satire, tragedy | *Les Jardins du Casino*/*Les Bourgeois* feel repetitive thematically | | **Production** | Immersive live energy; audience synergy | Original LP’s brevity omitted key tracks (*Amsterdam* was later added) | | **Accessibility** | Emotional transcendence beyond language barriers | Non-French speakers lose nuance (e.g., wordplay in *Les Timides*) | ### 💎 **Conclusion: A Timeless Volcano of Song** *Olympia 64* is not merely a concert recording—it’s a manifesto of human contradiction. Brel’s genius lies in making the universal intensely personal: love, death, and societal farce collide in a 48-minute explosion. While language barriers and theatrical excess may challenge some, the album’s emotional honesty and musical audacity cement its place among the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . As one reviewer noted: "You can create your own stories from Brel’s passion [...] It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage" . **Essential Tracks**: *Amsterdam*, *Le Plat Pays*, *Les Vieux*, *Au Suivant*.
Pleasant enough, I wouldn't necessarily switch away I don't think, but I wouldn't say I particularly enjoyed it.
This is a very random album to end up on this very English-biased list. Overall, it didn’t really work for me.
No idea what he's saying, but was a surprisingly enjoyable listen.
Another one that just isn't really for me. I didn't think it was bad, but I didn't feel like I could appreciate it fully without more info and context. On its own, it was vocal heavy, instrumentation light, and a live performance. The lyrics were in French, so I didn't know much of what was sang. All that added up to me feeling a bit left out. The vocalist was lively, so that was a plus. He was emotive and clear, using emphasis to tell his stories. Even without understanding him, I could feel his passion come through. I'm guessing he put on a bit of a show at the concert performance as well. It felt almost more like listening to a musical soundtrack than a concert. I want to be fair, and I do think it was a decent listen. None of the songs struck me as bad. I just know I am missing out on some of what makes it an addition to this list, and it's not a style I usually seek out. For my experience, I can't say I thought it was more than fine. Overall: 2.25/5
Loved this
6/10… french pop / chanson
Hard to rate this one… I really enjoy world- and foreign music, and often (across the board) treat the vocal performance instrumentally. For albums with little instrumentation, the vocals would need to pick up the slack both with quality but also lyrically. But with a sparse backing and a foreign language, there is almost an absence of lyrical weight, and solely phonetic and tonal/pitch to be judged. Brel is a fantastic singer and holds his own, I only wish I understood the translation. 3.5/5
I guess I can see how some people might be into this. It’s more of a vocal performance? I can’t imagine being in this crowd and enjoying it that much. The band is decent, though.
cool album. jacques brel has an iconic voice and this is a pretty decent performance of his classic chanson style. the album is tres francais, so if you're not into classic french music, you're probably in for a bad time. i still think it's a nice album, even if you consider it background music. but to me, it's more than background music. it's a classic example of what french music can be.
Just too dull for me
Obligatory 3 star rating for live albums, which of course, shouldn't be included on this list.
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. I had never heard of this guy and had no idea what to expect when starting this up. Based on the cover I figured it was jazz, but it was more a cross between a Sinatra and Neil Diamond. Other than the sound of the crowd which was very loud at the beginning of the record, the rest sounded really good for a live record from 1964. Not something I would have chosen to listen to on my own, but not bad either. I guess that’s the whole point of the list.
Very theatrical, pretty good, -1 point for being a live album
I can see myself in the 60s smoking a cigarette drinking some wine and seeing this live
Didnt understand, did feel
Bad
I really expected a lot of this, but I feel underwhelmed at the end? All very samey.
Idk what he's talking about, but it sounds like a good time. 3.
Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
Theatrical French singing
Good fine alright!
This album was absolutely beautiful. A quick listen. Haunting vocals. This is the kind of shit I'm looking for with this list. I will definitely return to this record time and time again. Really wonderful stuff.
Very, very, French.
I headd someone here call him a French Leonard Cohen, and I totally hear that, but I also hear a lot more in his voice. It's compelling and I wish I could understand French because I've also heard he has outstanding word play. Eitherway, this album is great and I liked it a bunch. Amsterdam is my favorite.
Hørtes ut omtrent akkurat som forventa, med applaus. Ikke så ille, men ikke helt min greie.
So I put this on and it turned my wife into a wild sex beast. This guy croons. Nice!
Not very good at singing plus he's saying absolute nonsense. (1.5*)
It's something
On one hand this was pleasant enough, on another it wasn’t anything that interesting or worth writing home about, not to mention live albums are not generally my cup of tea, (I also don’t think live albums should be included because there will be glaring omissions but that’s another complaint) I also feel very confident I could’ve died without hearing this and not feel any different
Good live album by a great performer.
Interesting for sure
The cheering and clapping is rather loud but the music was somewhat nice.
Had to speed listen to this one; even at 30 seconds per track, that’s five minutes of my life. I’ll never get back. There really should be a way to rate zero.Any more albums like this and I’ll ask to get my money refunded.
This was a great surprise!
French sounds great in song, although it seems he talks more than sings. but man a lot of this kinda blurs together, live crooning is fine, but I can only take so much warbling and mandolin and strings. Whimsical here and there but unremarkable.
I mean… not good right? It all just blended together. His singing was weird and seemed to not carry a tune. His voice didn’t sound very good. The music was forgettable. I listened to it on a drive and it repeated once it finished and I didn’t notice until halfway through because none of the songs stuck out. Feel free to remove this one off the list
28 min felt like an hour. lyric heavy music over sparse instrumentation when you don't understand a word of french kinda feel like you walked in to the wrong place. it is probably important to french music but it is hard when the music don't really do much and the language barrier makes it pretty inaccessible.
Je n'ai apprécié aucun des morceaux
Listened while mowing the lawn. Just not my style but the guy has pipes
This is only good if you’re French and then only for nostalgia. Nothing interesting or different
Bonjour, it's like deja vu, my chauffeur said it's like belle epoque with Grey poupon in baton rouge. Pairs well with chicken cordon bleu and a baguette. Merci
Ok an older French singer. Dude sings with emotion that's for sure. Alright I read the wiki before finishing the album, I don't usually do this. Turns out he is a Belgian man singing songs that sound aggressively French. It feels like he is moving across the stage with his mic and a baguette swinging the bread around like he is going to assault someone with it while smoking a cigarette. No clue what the lyrics are. Doesn't stop me from enjoying it. Dude seems like he would be a good showman.
classic and light french pop music from the 60s.. well, i say it's light but it's quite the opposite in terms of mood. is this the french equivalent to frank sinatra? it's giving a similar energy, at least. this is a very theatrical album, brel really performs in such a electric and dramatic way, singing each lyric with passion when he's on stage. life and death, violence, and a unabashed flair that this guy only can do. it's.... something alright. i can't get used to this sound at all. the uber-european sound paired with the dramatic lyric material and way he sings... it doesn't click with me at all. at times it sounds like stereotypical french music, one song having a few "hon-hon-hons" here and there.
Yeah not that exciting.
2/5
#609. Not gonna lie, I only listened to the first song. I'm sure someone that cares that I'm mispronouncing the word croissant could explain why this is important, but honestly I probably wouldn't listen anyway. 2/5: not my jam
Didn't expect to like it, loved it. 4.5 stars.
You Tube Music link didn’t work
very french
Me not understanding a word: "Oui, this is poetry!"
Maybe if I was French I'd understand this more, but it's just not that interesting
That was very French. I enjoyed this album even if I didn't understand a word Monsieur Brel sang. I probably would have enjoyed it much more were it not a live album, in this instance I don't think hearing the audience reaction added much to the experience (except for one moment where the audience began rhythmically clapping). Other than that: more of this, please. Favorite track: "Les timides"
I wasn't expecting this one, amazing singing!
Hmm, not sure what to call this, a French crooner? It’s okay, not really my thing. The instrumentation was fairly interesting.
Another Tower Records bargain bin find. This isn’t really a 1001 album that you should hear. Feels like a Tom Waits situation. The songs are probably better when someone else covers them. Also less accordion please and thank you.
Listens: 4 Standout Tracks: Amsterdam Amsterdam is a crazy strong opener. I was blown away by both the power of the song itself and the audience's reaction to it. Totally the highlight of the album. Other than that, its short, sweet and to the point. I would give it a 4 if I understood French and could better appreciate the lyrics. 3.5
I don't normally listen to this sort of thing but I really enjoyed it.
Fun album, I like how hype the crowd is. I do not understand French though
I was hoping to get past the language barrier on this one despite Chanson being a lyrics focused genre. Sadly I was unable to, Jacques gives an emotive performance but the melodies within the songs sadly left me dry. I understand why a figure like Jacques belongs on this list and I can appreciate him from a distance but this album wasn't for me.
Turns out this is an amazing album to bike to. Unfortunately didn't understand a word of it
Glad I listened to this, it is a great vocal performance. I do feel like I would have enjoyed it more though if I was better at French. I recognized the Tango song, but everything else was new to me.
Very French. They sound like Tom Leher, a bit, except that I can't understand the jokes. 1.5/5
5/28/25. Wish I understood French but enjoyable songs. You can tell a colorful story is being told through his voice in front of nice insturmentation and compositions.
Nah
Die ersten Chansons, oder? Gott, ich liebe die französische Sprache und hoffe das es Edith Piaf auch in diese Auswahl geschafft hat. Von mir gibts 4 Sterne weil es mich an tolle Frankreich Urlaube und lange Autofahrten erinnert :-D
Amsterdam ein Banger, ansonsten schön anzuhören.
Hab kein Wort verstanden, aber klang nett
Really liked the first track, rest of it was good i guess but not my cup of tea
A fun puce of cultural history. I think that even non-French speakers can appreciate some of the wordplay, just from the sounds of the words. Not an album I’m dying to listen to again but I don’t regret spending a day with it.
i wish i knew french
I was living in Louisville. A whole thing happened but it vanished into the ether. Then this guy I knew from school came to me and said my mother sent him and she wanted me to come live with them. Them being my mom, dad, sister nice and nephew and a whole other cast of people from my past life. Steve brought me to this vast farm and when I say vast I mean big. So big that some areas were x9vered in snow while some where desert but mostly it was a wet, chilly wooded area. There were lots of shacks and train cars. Some abandoned same with a relative living there but the whole thing was ran by my mother. My dad was there and he was being his bossy angry self but my mother was in charge. They made money selling weed and implications of other things. Steve being my guide sand sometimes my sister. They morphed throughout. All their accents had changed too. They all talked like Boomhauer but in a human way. It was made clear to me it was very important to my mom that I come live there but I needed $560. I thought that was odd and infuriating plus I didn't have it. So I trekked across this wet cold forested area on dirt trails that were so wet my feet would sink. Sometimes I got lost. Once in the distance I saw a huge convenient store, the kind you only see when your on vacation in the middle of nowhere. I made it to my mom's shack. She was busy running something, things, kind of ignoring me my youngest nephew and dad was with her. Dad was being aggravating. I told her that I didn't have 560$ and the whole thing felt like a trap. I feel like some other lies were involved, like I was hiding something. She sat down in front of me and I started to talk to her but she kept nodding off like she was high on heroin. She was almost seemingly ignoring me finally she noded forward I told her I didn't have the money and she hugged me in the best hug. You could feel the love of mom and it lasted a long time. I looked around and we were on a blue sowing machine and the room itself was blue once but the paint chips were coming off. I just closed my eyes hugging my mom. I could feel how much we had missed each other. When I opened my eyes I was hugging myself on my couch.
Ive never been a huge fan of this guy. His music isnt for me but he was super influentila to David Bowie who i do like so extra points for that Favourite: None Least Favourite: Le plat pays
Its in french and very generic of music of the time why the hell is this here?
Not my cup of tea. 2/5
Yeah, no. This must be French or Italian. Not my cup of tea. But not the worst on this list. 3/5.