Serge looks like he's very touched by all this, but my drawing friend Hanco K. thinks that at that point, Serge was well aware of the parody he'd become: a man remembered for his drinking, smoking and stubble. Thát is what he's crying about.
Today I found an even more unsettling tribute to SG by kids. Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint Marc sing on their new album Le poinconneur des Lilas - a song about a ticketpuncher in the subway, and who gets so fed up by his job that he put a big hole in his head.
Unsettling, that's the word. Not the first time that a children's choir sang a Serge-song, Belgian Scala sang Marilou sous la neige. Odd choice too, but less unsettling than this version. French horror-directors might put it to good use, though.
Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint Marc - Le poinconneur des Lilas
i think that was awful rude ._.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenTruly mind-boggling. Serge appears to be a guest in some kiddies show. That by itself is pretty astounding. But the song interpretations also make you wonder about the mental health of the instigators. In a way, of course, the eternal agent provocateur had it coming and could have expected some sort of counter offensive by the mainstream, but to have it delivered by child soldiers is in very poor taste indeed.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenof course this is the worst show on french tv ... don't even remember that gainsbourg was once there !
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe children are basically singing that they still love the man no matter what provocations he pulls. It comes off more like a confrontational intervention than anything else. And yes, it's very tacky.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGetting anyone to stop drinking themselves to death (remember Serge is physically Russian) is not going to work with a few kids acting cute.
But again, didn't Serge provoke people in the same way?
To me it looks more like someone who has been having a hard time for the last months or so, working very hard too, and then - at the silliest of moments - he lets himself break down for a moment.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenTruly weird
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks for posting this. This made me extremely uncomfortably watching Serge break down. I can understand your friend's point of view.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGainsbarre was invited as special guest and the show consist with making a lot of surprises to the guest ... like school friends, far oncle etc ... And you are supposed to cry even once during the show.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou should know gainsbourg's extreme sensitivity, and he cryed a lot. Show him a picture of he's parents and he cryes.
The funny moment was with his policemen's friends. The police in Paris was used to drive home Serge when he was more than drunk. They became very close and have drinks together. These policemen were certianely his best friends.
I didn't read all the posts, but thre's an other french show where Gainsbourg say to Whitney Houston, in English, "I want to fuck you". You should see the face of Whitney ! And the speaker's translation for the public : "il vous trouve très jolie".
One of the best scene on french television ever !