He almost called Joelle Ursull's 1990 Eurovision entry "Black Lolita Blues" before she was like "NO. Bad Serge."Rob wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:17 amFor what it's worth, provocation was always the point with Serge Gainsbourgh.Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:13 am My '70s listening list includes Histoire de Melody Nelson, but I've heard it has some problems...
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Upon listening to it, my new complaint is, "And the portions are so small!"Rob wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:17 amFor what it's worth, provocation was always the point with Serge Gainsbourgh.Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:13 am My '70s listening list includes Histoire de Melody Nelson, but I've heard it has some problems...
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You can try "L'homme à la tête de chou" now. Another concept album about another woman. More dark, more sex, more suave sweat with some grandiose nuggets.Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:28 pmUpon listening to it, my new complaint is, "And the portions are so small!"Rob wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:17 amFor what it's worth, provocation was always the point with Serge Gainsbourgh.Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:13 am My '70s listening list includes Histoire de Melody Nelson, but I've heard it has some problems...
And "L'enfant assassin des mouches" for Jean-Claude Vannier, the arranger.
And all their collaborations in film music "La horse, Les chemins de Katmandou, Cannabis, etc."
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I've heard of Vannier - he conducted for Monaco at Eurovision one time. Great arranger, pretty meh conductor.Romain wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:47 pmYou can try "L'homme à la tête de chou" now. Another concept album about another woman. More dark, more sex, more suave sweat with some grandiose nuggets.Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:28 pmUpon listening to it, my new complaint is, "And the portions are so small!"
And "L'enfant assassin des mouches" for Jean-Claude Vannier, the arranger.
And all their collaborations in film music "La horse, Les chemins de Katmandou, Cannabis, etc."
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Ah, ze French, zey are a funny people... If Charlotte ever writes a memoir, that will be a doozy. What a life she has had!Nick wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:24 pm Serge Gainsbourg (whose music I love) once recorded a duet with his 12 year old daughter called "Lemon Incest" in which the lyrics describe the mutual sexual attraction between a man and his daughter. The music video featured a shirtless Serge laying in bed with his daughter, who was wearing only a shirt and panties.
The single peaked at #2 on the French charts.
I've always loved that talk-show clip of Serge and a young Whitney Houston, where he very matter-of-factly leans towards her and says he wants to fuck her. (He initially says it in French, and the host tries to offer a more diplomatic "translation" to Houston, but Serge, being a man who wants to get right to it - to quote Mulholland Dr. - indignantly corrects him.)
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Dude Looks Like A Lady in today’s culture comes off a bit as anti-trans and macho bullying.
And of course, when you learn Delia’s Gone is perhaps not entirely fictional.
And of course, when you learn Delia’s Gone is perhaps not entirely fictional.
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Thinking that’s a bad thing was a bit less mainstream, no?
There’s also all those 80s normalized racism songs like Turning Japanese.
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I remember the song being associated with Mrs. Doubtfire and did not find it offensive in that context.
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I’ve never felt like Dude Looks Like a Lady was anything other than just a silly song. Of course I’m not trans but it’s not a hateful song, I don’t think at least.
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Fairytale of NY has topped our Greatest xmas Song List for the last 3 years straight right? Didn’t Kirsty get killed around the xmas season too ironically? That’s why it’s kind of cringe for me to listen to but not as much as Wham’s even ironically titled Last Christmas. Which leads me to the song Father Figure by George Michael. I don’t personally feel it’s as creepy as other people did especially after he came out of the closet so I guess it’s more the listener’s homophobic undertones that get in the way of what I thought was a personal highlight of his.
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Can't believe the thread has gone this long with no mention of "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss)"
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I feel like that song was always intended to be disturbing, and it was immediately protested in its own time, so I don't think it's any different today than upon release.Father2TheMan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:06 pm Can't believe the thread has gone this long with no mention of "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss)"
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Maybe we should do a post on the OLDEST most inappropriate songs sometime soon like from those old timey blues singers like Lucille Bogan. Those songs are always a riot to listen to
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Coon songs:
George W. Johnson - The Whistling Coon (1891)
Ada Jones - If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon (1907)
George W. Johnson - The Whistling Coon (1891)
Ada Jones - If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon (1907)