dinsdag 3 juli 2007

Serge again


The godfather of this blog reappears, because new bands keep covering his songs! Take Stereo Total. They're known for doing coverversions of Serge-songs (Je suis venue te dire, Ex-fan de sixties, L'anamour), and on their very recent album Paris Berlin his Relax Baby Be Cool (from the Aux Armes-album) gets a treatment. Also on the new Stereo Total-album is a crappy sounding punkversion of Comme d'Habitude, the original French version of the Claude François-song that Paul Anka translated to the standard My Way.

Stereo Total - Relax Baby Be Cool
Serge Gainsbourg - Relax Baby Be Cool


Talking about punk: Lyon-based Deja-Vu did a great version of Serge's Qui Est In, Qui Est Out. Crank up the volume, for this is a bratty Britrock version. See video here.
If you listen to the original version, you're wondering why no other rockband ever got the idea of doing a cover. Qui est in is a song that hasn't been covered a lot (same goes for Relax Baby Be Cool), the only other version I know of is by Laurent Voulzy. Who discofied it. Ahem.
UPDATE: I stand corrected. Mick Harvey did a great version of Qui est in, translated in English.
UPDATE 2: And guess what; Stereo Total ALSO did a cover, in German.

Deja-Vu - Qui Est In, Qui Est Out
Laurent Voulzy - Qui Est In, Qui Est Out
Mick Harvey - Who is in, who is out
Stereo Total - Wer Ist In, Wer Ist Out
Serge Gainsbourg - Qui Est In, Qui Est Out
(clip)

4 opmerkingen:

  1. Mick Harvey covered Qui est "in" Qui est "out" on one of his Serge tribute albums with a great line about Pete Best. LOL

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  2. Merde, you're right! I will put it up there asap.

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