Serge Gainsbourg
Songs on Page One
60s 70s there are many standardissue personae to which an aspiring rock star might be drawn but one has always been cooler darker and sexier than all the rest it is that of the artist who singlemindedly pursues his creative muse while embracing the full panoply of selfdestructive decadent badboy behaviour heavy drinking frequent drug use committed womanising a general fuckyou attitude to both public and media a casual disregard for society's sacred cows and taboos and a selfbelief bordering on the messianic for three turbulent decades serge gainsbourg heroically exemplified all of the above and much more he wrote and directed four controversial movies he published a scurrilous novel his records were often denounced as obscene and he was perpetually embroiled in scandal whether for turning up drunk on a tv show and offering to fuck fellow guest whitney houston recording a reggae version of 'le marseillaise' burning a 500 franc banknote on primetime tv or making a decidedly queasy video with his 13yearold daughter charlotte to promote their single 'lemon incest' summarising his approach to life and art he said without controversy it would all be very boring and for me provocation is oxygen this el edition comprises his shockingly brilliant debut album a live track from the same period transmitted on radio france and fine versions of songs from this momentous first album recorded with commercial success by parisian comtemporaries michle arnaud and jean claude pascal
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