zaterdag 23 september 2006

Bonnie & Clyde

It was 1967, and the Summer of Love had had immense consequences. Take the young, gorgeous French filmstar and the ugly, talented French songwriter. Her marraige was afloat, he fell for her mightily. Those two were Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg, whose working relationship developed into a love affair. Bardot was starring on tv in the Bardot-show, a kind of MTV clipshow avant la lettre. Serge wrote some of his best tunes for her, which were performed with lots of costume changes and outlandish backdrops. One of the songs Serge wrote for BB was Bonnie & Clyde, about the famous gangster and his moll. To get in the mood for tonight's Serge Gainsbourg tribute in the Amsterdam Paradiso, here's the original version, a lot of coverversions, a remix and MC Solaar's Nouveau Western, the first hiphopsong to sample Serge. It's interesting to hear how the different artists approached the 'monkeysounds' in the original. Some chose not to bother, others took the comic route (Addictive Larsen), or made subtle use - take Bout d'Chou's German version. My favourite one is Luna plus Laetitia's slow, sultry Bonnie Parker-version.
UPDATE: more versions added, by James Iha & Kazu Makino, by Luna (live-version), by Hbsk (check his site!) and by Steve Wynn & Johnette Napolitano. Merci á Franss, Jean-Luc and Emily.

Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde
Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde (English version) (merci á Euclide)
Addictive Larsen - Bonnie & Clyde
Steve & Heather - Bonnie & Clyde
Hbsk - Bonnie & Clyde
Luna & Laetitia Sadier - Bonnie & Clyde (Clyde Barrow version)
Luna & Laetitia Sadier - Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie Parker version)
Luna - Bonnie & Clyde (live)
Stereolab - Bonnie & Clyde (demo-version)
Wayne Horvitz & Robin Holcomb - Bonnie & Clyde
Syria - Bonnie & Clyde(Spanish version) (Italian version)
Bout d'Chou - Bonnie und Clyde (German version)
Mick Harvey - Bonnie & Clyde (English version)
Hopscotch - Bonnie & Clyde (English version)
Walkabouts - Bonnie & Clyde (English version)
Walkabouts - Bonnie & Clyde - live in Bruxelles (English version) (merci á Franss)
James Iha & Kazu Makino - Bonnie & Clyde (English version)
Steve Wynn & Johnette Napolitano - Bonnie & Clyde (English version)
Oh! Penelope - Bonnie & Clyde (Japanese version) (merci á Earthgoesaround)
Jon Auer - Bonnie & Clyde (instrumental version)

Matthew Herbert - Bonnie & Clyde remix
MC Solaar - Nouveau Western

If you have other versions, please send 'm to me!
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25 opmerkingen:

  1. Mickey23 september 2006 om 10:27

    OH MY GOD!!! IT'S CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER!!

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  2. Le Dude23 september 2006 om 10:29

    fantabulous!

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  3. Mickey23 september 2006 om 11:50

    Yeah, it's me again. Really, really, really thank you for all these cover versions of one of my favourite songs by Serge Guuzbourg -er, Gainsbourg. And for a dream that will probably never come true: a duet featuring Vanessa (from Vanessa And The O's) and Benjamin Biolay!!!

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  4. coates23 september 2006 om 12:14

    One of my favorite is the version of Baby Birkin on the CD "Classée X."

    Here is the tracklisting:
    1 Black...white / 2 Harley Davidson / 3 Mélo mélo / 4 69 année érotique / 5 Raccrochez, c’est une horreur / 6 Classée X / 7 Néfertiti / 8 Jane B / 9 Et même / 10 Dents de lait, dents de loup / 11 Di doo dah / 12 Bonnie & Clyde

    Came out in october 1998 on Dishy Records.

    Will send you other ones.

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  5. earthgoesaround23 september 2006 om 14:20

    I wrote a couple of times about Gainsbourg covers by Japanese artists on my blog, including a version of Bonnie and Clyde by Oh! Penelope here:
    http://earthgoesaround.blogspot.com/2006/06/monsieur-gainsbourg.html

    Btw, love your blog, I listen to every song you post!

    (oh, and I know one more version of B&C: Wonderwall by Oasis! :)

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  6. Guuzbourg23 september 2006 om 17:14

    Merci a tous. I know there are versions by Walkabouts and Steve Wynn. Anybody familiar with those? Can you send them to me?

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  7. Jim23 september 2006 om 23:46

    This made waking up in the middle of the night completely worthwhile: thanks!

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  8. Jean-Luc24 september 2006 om 00:39

    Hi.

    I'll mail you a version by Stereolab when I come back from my Sunday morning walk in the woods!!

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  9. Guuzbourg24 september 2006 om 03:18

    Walkabouts-version linked, as is Jon Auer's instrumental cover

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  10. ikiro24 september 2006 om 03:57

    Aha, so this is where those great soundscapes from Nouveau Western come from.
    Goldfish, got my wish.

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  11. coates24 september 2006 om 05:50

    Do you want more?

    1986 - Baroque Bordello
    1994 - Renegade Soundwave - (Mark Stent 7”mix) - (Mark Stent whistling guitar mix) - (7” instrumental mix)
    1997 - Guesh Patti & D’arche Joshua - Atlas, Coups De Cœur
    1997 - Wayne Horvitz & Robin Holcomb - Great Jewish Music
    1998 - Josiane Balasko & Patrick Timsit - Les Enfoirés 98
    1999 - (Good Luck Shore) sample - United Future Organization - Bon Voyage
    2000 - Pierre Alain Goualch - Exploring The Music Of Gainsbourg
    2000 - spoken by Maurice Garrel on 2 CD Portraits
    2006 - Nolwenn Leroy & Elie Semoun in the show "Gainsbourg pour toujours" as seen 30th march 2006 on France 2.

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  12. Anonymous24 september 2006 om 07:40

    American indie-pop band Luna also did a version on their 1995 album "Penthouse".

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  13. Anonymous24 september 2006 om 07:44

    mmkay, I'm blind, Luna is already on your list...

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  14. Guuzbourg24 september 2006 om 09:47

    coates, by all means, email those versions to me! guuzbourg(at)gmail.com

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  15. nadir24 september 2006 om 10:25

    i feel like i just died after finding this post.

    it is the best one ever, and i check in everyday.

    thank you
    thank you
    thank you.

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  16. Anonymous25 september 2006 om 08:45

    The Syria version is in italian language!!!
    And the male voice is belonging to the singer of Baustelle the italian greatest new band!!!
    They play a mixture of Morricone-Gainsbourg-Kraftwerk-esque infectious pop with mind!!!!
    Find their albums and listen to them a pure gem of great music.
    FAB4jski

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  17. Anonymous26 september 2006 om 04:49

    This is the link to the stereolab version mentioned earlier with info.

    http://www.thewolfhounds.com/stereolab.htm

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  18. André28 september 2006 om 01:04

    No thanks Guuz... ;)

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  19. Guuzbourg28 september 2006 om 01:29

    Thanks for the link to the Stereolab version - I've added the song to the post.

    (Did I forget to properly thank you, André?)

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  20. André28 september 2006 om 02:20

    (That's oke, glad to be of service)

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  21. designwallah15 oktober 2006 om 20:32

    I've got a version by Michele Richard and Denis Pantis on a compil called "Les années 60".

    I've got the Steve Wynn and Walkabouts versions. Please tell me what is the best way to send them to you.

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  22. Folie!11 maart 2007 om 15:28

    Hello!!

    Please i need de song the ballad of bonnie and clyde of kazu makino & james iha.

    i can`t findit in anywhere!!

    you can sendme the song?

    mi e-mail: dasanderei@hotmail.com

    Thanks!!

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  23. Mamont30 maart 2007 om 05:55

    Hi,

    could you make it available again,
    thank you,

    Alex

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  24. Patricio Carmanguí25 mei 2009 om 02:01

    bonnie & clyde (herbert`s fred & ging)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj5l57kZICc

    nice

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  25. Anonymous19 juli 2009 om 08:03

    loving bonnie & clyde from herbert...

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