Serge Gainsbourg

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(1928-1991, France)   |   |   |   |   |   | 

( fr ) Serge Gainsbourg (April 2, 1928 - March 2, 1991) was a French poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's varied style and individuality made him difficult to categorize. Although famous in France for many years, he did not achieve his first No. 1 album until 1979 when he released Aux Armes et caetera more than twenty years after his music career had begun. But since the 1980s his legacy has been firmly established.

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Serge Gainsbourg as sampled by The Beatnuts
The Light in the Attic reissue of Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson has garnered some heady praise, including a 10.0 and Best New (Old?) Music status from Pitchfork. I don’t claim to be at all familiar with Gainsbourg’s work, but when I listened to the album, the opening bass line to the first song, En [...] [Read more]
some time ago on So Much Silence  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Our guide to the
« Previous Our guide to the Serge Gainsbourg resurgence The true masters never go away, but there's no denying that Serge Gainsbourg is experiencing a posthumous resurgence of late, one that rivals his Gitane-perfumed popularity in the mid-1990s. This go-round, the emphasis is on Out moments more than pop tracks. Here's a Playlist guide to the latest touchstones.Serge Gainsbourg, Aux Armes ... ----------Aux armes et cætera(Universal, 1979; 4 Men With Beards, 2009)Gainsbourg went t [Read more]
23 days ago on San Francisco Bay Guardian  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
The Kills Wreak Havoc at Our Office
“I had no idea what we were going to do with all of this stuff,” confesses Mosshart, the lead vocalist for lo-fi rock's answer to Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, whose love for painting and photography was passed down from her art-teacher mother. “Skulls represent rock,” says Hince, the mock-snarl on his face summoning a young Alice Cooper. “It's so cliché but true. When you go to a bar in a different country, just go to the one with the skulls on it.” The w [Read more]
24 days ago on BlackBook Magazine  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Go mad for Fujiya & Miyagi
The trio - David Best (guitars and vocals), Steve Lewis (synths, beats, programming), and Matt Hainsby (bass) - commendably stay away from lyrical themes that have been done to death. Using old synths to punctuate their beautifully-observed anecdotes on romantic triumphs and disasters, heroes and villains and the world at large, their rhythms palpitate to produce modern symphonies like no-one else. [Read more]
24 days ago on Galway Advertiser  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Soan | A Nouvelle Star Is Born
Tonight, all of France will be tuned into M6 for the final round of “Nouvelle Star,” the Gallic version of “American Idol” that?s captured the hearts not only of the French public but also of the fashion press. French television is already infamous for high-concept game shows and indefatigable talking heads, and fittingly les françaises have taken to “Nouvelle Star” like flies to blue cheese. But Soan, one of the two finalists tonight, is nothing short of a ph [Read more]
26 days ago on New York Times  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
The Apprentice - Season five, The Final
Should it be Yasmina, the restaurant-running half-Iranian entrepreneur of a rock-hard gaze and don't mess with me attitude. Managing to be both mousey and steely at the same time, like a tiny house-pest wearing armour, or perhaps injected with industrial strength adamantine, Yasmina: Mouserine. Though there was a slight problem with scented oil pricing at the beginning, and the sums in her accounts in the interviews, she managed to keep her head down and her shit together for the middle part of [Read more]
28 days ago on guardian.co.uk  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Scarlett does Brigitte
canada.comjobscarshomesobituariesJump to: canada.com, Newspapers, TV, Radio--canada.com--HomeNewsSportsEntertainmentGamesHealthLifestyleTechnologyTravel --NEWSPAPERS--National PostVictoria Times ColonistThe Province (Vancouver)Vancouver SunEdmonton JournalCalgary HeraldRegina Leader-PostSaskatoon StarPhoenixWindsor StarOttawa CitizenThe Gazette (Montreal)DOSEVancouver Island NewspapersVANNET Newspapers --TELEVISION--Global TVGlobal NationalGlobal BCGlobal CalgaryGlobal EdmontonGlobal LethbridgeG [Read more]
some time ago on The Gazette (Montreal)  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Pop: Scarlett Johansson Break Up; Josh Brolin Cheating (Photos
*An Eclectic Mix Is: Original analysis and coverage of news, pop culture, politics, the crime beat, the DC Journal, sports, entertainment, breaking weather and the issues of the day. [Read more]
some time ago on National Ledger  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Friday Morning Coffee.
The State Gaming Control Board ...... should get the General Assembly to amend thestate's slots casino law to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of investigative agencies in sharing backgroundinformation about casino owners and employees, Auditor General Jack Wagner said Thursday Confusion over how a slots casino license was awarded to the owner ofthe Mount Airy Casino Resort, and ensuing controversy, has damagedpublic confidence in the Gaming Board and its vetting process, Wagnersaid [Read more]
some time ago on Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Rodolphe Tessier to Auction a 700-lot Ensemble of Objects Owned by
There will also be manuscripts, letters, correspondence and modern illustrated books, including a signed copy of Serge Gainsbourg's Marie Lou (est. [Read more]
some time ago on Art Daily  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
?Spider-Man? Actress Commits Suicide
At the time of her death, Gordon had two films in post-production in which she starred: 1) Serge Gainsbourg (a heroic life), where she plays British [Read more]
some time ago on TheCelebrityCafe.com  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
ICC prosecutor wins the argument
The peace versus justice issue is at the heart of my conversation with Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Argentine lawyer who in the summer of 2003 became the first ever prosecutor of the world's first ever permanent international criminal court. Over the past six years he has led investigations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and other parts of the world, to a mixed reception. In 2005 the UN security council sent him the poisoned chalice that is Sudan, which he has pursued with vigour, cu [Read more]
some time ago on U.TV  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Scarlett Johannson to Release Album With Pete Yorn
The album was produced by electronic artist Sunny Levine and is inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's work in the '60s with Brigitte Bardot. [Read more]
some time ago on Hollyscoop  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
A visit from the muse of French New Wave
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Skip directly to: Search Box, Section Navigation, Content.Text Version.@import url(http://samples.fairfax.com.au/netstrip/templates/netstrip-20060911.css);@import url(http://fdimages.fairfax.com.au/cui/netstrip-20080723.css);NEWS | MYCAREER | DOMAIN | DRIVE | FINANCE | MOBILE | RSVP | TRAVEL | WEATHER network map | member centre  [Read more]
some time ago on The Age  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Scarlett to release second music album
The album is inspired by French singer Serge Gainsbourg's 1960s recordings with singer-actress Brigitte Bardot and will hit the stores this September. [Read more]
some time ago on Times of India  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Gainsbourg crowned in Cannes for 'Antichrist' shocker
She gives all that it is morally possible to ask of an actress, and then some, wrote French newspaper Liberation, displaying a fierce and destructive force, as opposed to the conventional Charlotte, so gentle and fragile. [Read more]
some time ago on AFP  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
The winners of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival are...
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some time ago on Examiner.com  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Lucy was Love Struck!!!
Videos Lara Wardrobe Cam & Look For Less Videos Covering Hollywood Like Only Ross Can Photos Celebrities Catching Rays CHALLENGE: Who's Under That Cap? Photo Gallery Lollipop, Lollipop Tweets Read the latest news from the field...   [Read more]
some time ago on TheInsider.com  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Titmuss bad, Toksvig good
Gwyn Topham guardian.co.uk, Sunday 24 May 2009 13.30 BST You ask kids today what they want to do, complains Clive James, and they just say they want to be famous. Not for being good at anything ? Byron was a celebrity who deserved it, he says ? just to be famous.It's a familiar refrain, and one with a certain poignancy from James, who seems to be wanted to be remembered as more of a literary figure than simply as the famous Clive James, who a large crowd have come to see at Hay. On [Read more]
some time ago on guardian.co.uk  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Iggy Jazz/Blues
The controversial French author's 2005 novel -- which loosely inspired the 62-year-old punk icon's new song cycle -- is about death, sex, the end of the human race and some other pretty funny stuff, quips Iggy in a media release. More specifically, it chronicles the final years of a provocative, cynical and misanthropic entertainer and libertine named Daniel, whose yearning for a more meaningful existence leads him to a Raelian-like cult where he (along with his loyal dog, Fox) eventually ach [Read more]
some time ago on Edmonton Sun  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
Britons set to scoop awards at Cannes
Already famous in France for a 2008 Playboy shoot in which she appeared naked in homage to the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's album Histoire de Melody Nelson, flame-haired Cole has impressed French film critics. Agnes Poirier, who writes for the Nouvel Observateur, said: It was astonishing to watch her. I'd known her only as a model and most models can't act, but Lily really can. She has a very unusual, almost old-fashioned and cinematic face - she might have a great career in front of her. She re [Read more]
some time ago on guardian.co.uk  (Serge Gainsbourg) 
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