Although I've always enjoyed Jaques Brel's Ne me quitter pas I hadn't taken the time to translate the lyrics.

Wow! Heart-wrenching is the only word that can describe them. It's not just a love song, it's an all consuming passion which leaves the singer empty and bereft of his own existence.

Extraordinary

#chanson #love #lyrics #jaquesbrel

https://youtu.be/e0esAGxzP6Y?si=vustGWNfY7dnkBSo

Au printemps (English: In the Spring) is the third studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jacques Brel 3, the original record was released in 1958.

Collecting Brel ranks it 13/14 and writes:

Rating: 2.9 out of 5.

Though this album includes some of Brel’s best compositions (songs such as ‘Dors Ma Mie’, ‘Demain L’On Se Marie’, ‘Au Printemps’ and ‘Litanies Pour Un Retour’), what lets it down is the inconsistency – perhaps due to Brel switching between Andre Popp and Francois Rauber’s orchestras throughout the record. This lack of cohesion makes for a very disjointed listen, and tracks like ‘Dors Ma Mie’ – which utilise sophisticated string arrangements and swelling refrains – jar uncomfortably with simpler songs like ‘Le Colonel’.

https://collectingbrel.com/2018/11/29/jacques-brel-demain-se-maire/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJgPUfm1KMs

#JaquesBrel #chanson #belgianmusic #50smusic

Jacques Brel et ses chansons transl. Jacques Brel and his songs, later released as Grand Jacques, is the début album by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel.
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In her review for AllMusic, Amy Hanson called the album a "marvelous disc" and a "masterful collection of songs

she continued:

While Brel already has a strong sense of his lyric and arrangement, this kind of writing only comes once in a great while. But what is perhaps most interesting about Grand Jacques is how spare and minimal it is. These songs date to the years before Brel began working with longtime arrangers Gérard Jouannest and François Rauber, and therefore, the ... songs lack the sweeping orchestration that would punctuate the singer's later work. And that is the utter joy of this set. From the title track and the stunningly sparse "Il Pleut Les Carreaux" and on to the utterly provincial "C'est Comme Ca," this is unmistakably Brel. - Wikipedia

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXnvi9R5KvQ&list=OLAK5uy_k5DTR6KwVuX8WJ-FBta78LWPgtP1A_loM

Sie wissen es, Ihr wisst es - bei der DGI treibt uns seit je die Liebe zur #Kunst um. Der wunderbare #KlausHoffmann stellt sein gesammeltes Werk „Alle meine Lieder“ vor - in der #StabiBerlin - am 14.10.2024, 19 Uhr.

https://www.stille-musik.de/?kat=2

#dgiinfo #Chanson #JaquesBrel

Ted Tocks Covers

Seasons in the Sun

Originally posted on April 9, 2019

50 years ago today Terry Jacks was at #1 with ’Seasons in the Sun’. The song’s goes back to a French version by Belgian songwriter, Jacques Brel.

“We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone”

#JaquesBrel #TerryJacks

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/seasons-in-the-sun-todays-classic-song-its-lesser-know-french-origin-and-an-interesting-cover-musicislife-tedtockscovers-jaquesbrel-terryjacks-thekingstontrio/