Onto more 60s/70s music. Serge Gainsbourg is one of those artists I know I’ve heard somewhere and his influence is so pervasive across so many genres that it’s basically a base flavour. But I never followed him up until now (yeah I know it’s like not knowing the Beatles or something).
I couldn’t believe Bonnie And Clyde - that smart backing loop with the whoop sounds like something out of the 2000s not the 1960s. And listening to Histoire de Melody Nelson is like going “oh THAT’S where all the trip hop and… oh… oh wow it all started from here”.
But my god I’m glad I don’t understand the French lyrics. Between the awful treatment of women in his life, not crediting other artists (especially African sources) and the frankly vomit inducing hebephilia he’s definitely one of those artists I wonder how to separate the artist from the work.
Onto more 60s/70s music. Serge Gainsbourg is one of those artists I know I’ve heard somewhere and his influence is so pervasive across so many genres that it’s basically a base flavour. But I never followed him up until now (yeah I know it’s like not knowing the Beatles or something).
I couldn’t believe Bonnie And Clyde - that smart backing loop with the whoop sounds like something out of the 2000s not the 1960s. And listening to Histoire de Melody Nelson is like going “oh THAT’S where all the trip hop and… oh… oh wow it all started from here”.
But my god I’m glad I don’t understand the French lyrics. Between the awful treatment of women in his life, not crediting other artists (especially African sources) and the frankly vomit inducing hebephilia he’s definitely one of those artists I wonder how to separate the artist from the work.