I dug out a few of Brigitte Bardot's Serge Gainsbourg collaborations yesterday, by way of marking BB's 83rd birthday. Then I headed over to YouTube to check out some footage from the period, kicking off with familiar clips for 'Comic Strip', 'Harley Davidson' and the fantastic 'Bonnie and Clyde', all from 1968, before heading back to 1963 for a groovy 'L'appareil à Sous' - at face value an innocent enough little ditty, although it's worth remembering that things are rarely the way they seem when it comes to Gainbourg's lyrics. My big discovery was a video for 1968's 'Contact', possibly my favourite of the Gainsbourg penned Bardot songs, which for some reason I'd never bumped into before. Far out!
Friday, 29 September 2017
Joyeux Anniversaire Brigitte
I dug out a few of Brigitte Bardot's Serge Gainsbourg collaborations yesterday, by way of marking BB's 83rd birthday. Then I headed over to YouTube to check out some footage from the period, kicking off with familiar clips for 'Comic Strip', 'Harley Davidson' and the fantastic 'Bonnie and Clyde', all from 1968, before heading back to 1963 for a groovy 'L'appareil à Sous' - at face value an innocent enough little ditty, although it's worth remembering that things are rarely the way they seem when it comes to Gainbourg's lyrics. My big discovery was a video for 1968's 'Contact', possibly my favourite of the Gainsbourg penned Bardot songs, which for some reason I'd never bumped into before. Far out!
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6 comments:
Amazing how much things can change in 5 years, from L'appareil to Contact.
Bon anniversaire, Brigitte!
That video for Contact is really striking, very Barbarella-ish, great stuff.
Sparkly! I'm not sure if the set and costume designers should be praised or pounded. Anyway, BB is a treasure.
What C said! - Thanks for sharing.
The Contact video is new to me too- and very good.
Saw a clip of him recently when he said to Whitney H live on a chat show that he would like to f@#k her. A jaw dropper, you shud be able to see it on you tube if that is your thing.
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