Gilles Verlant's biography of Gainsbourg is the best and most recognized in any language. Drawing on numerous interviews and their own friendship, Verlant offers a fascinating look at the world of French pop culture from the 1950s-1990s, and the songwriter, actor, director and author who emerged from it.
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Gilles Verlant (11 June 1957 –
Gainsbourg: The Biography
MUSIC: COMPOSERS, CONDUCTORS, GROUPS
PUBLISHER TamTam Books
BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 8.5 x 5.5 in. / 400 pgs.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 7/31/2012 Active
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: SPRING 2012 p. 46
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9780966234671TRADE List Price: $24.95 CAD $33.95 GBP £22.00
AVAILABILITY In stock
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By Gilles Verlant. Translated by Paul Knobloch.
Gilles Verlants biography of Serge Gainsbourg is the best and most authoritative in any language
When Serge Gainsbourg died in 1991, France went into mourning: François Mitterand himself proclaimed him our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire. Gainsbourg redefined French pop, from his beginnings as cynical chansonnier and mambo-influenced jazz artist to the ironic yé-yé beat and lush orchestration of his 1960s work to his launching of French reggae in the 1970s to the electric funk and disco of his last albums. But mourned as much as his music was Gainsbourg the man: the self-proclaimed ugly lover of such beauties as Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin, the iconic provocateur whose heavy-breathing Je taime moi non plus was banned from airwaves throughout Europe and whose reggae version of the Marseillais earned him death threats from the right, and the dirty-old-boy wordsmith who could slip double-entendres about oral sex into the lyrics of a teenybopper ditty and make a crude sexual proposition to Whitney Houston on live television.
Gilles Verlants biography of Gainsbourg is the best and most authoritative in any language. Drawing from numerous interviews and their own friendship, Verlant provides a fascinating look at the inner workings of 1950s1990s French pop culture and the conflicted
Gilles Verlant
Belgian journalist
Gilles Verlant (11 June 1957 – 20 September 2013) was a Belgianjournalist, best known as a music critic and rock expert. He was also Serge Gainsbourg's friend and wrote his definitive biography. He died from falling down a set of stairs.
Work
Verlant published regularly in the following magazines:
Verlant, Gilles (2002). Françoise Hardy, ma vie intérieure. Albin Michel. ISBN .
Verlant, Gilles (2002). Balavoine. Albin Michel. ISBN .
Mazzoleni, Florent; Verlant, Gilles (2004). L'odyssée du rock. Hors collection. ISBN .
Lio; Verlant, Gilles (2005). Pop model. J'ai lu. ISBN .
Perrin, Jean-Éric[in French]; Rey, Jerôme; Verlant, Gilles (2009). Les Miscellanées du rock. Paris: Éditions Fetjaine / La Martinière. ISBN .
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Gilles Verlants biography of Serge Gainsbourg is the best and most authoritative in any languageWhen Serge Gainsbourg died in 1991, France went into mourning: Francois Mitterand himself proclaimed him our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire. Gainsbourg redefined French pop, from his beginnings as cynical chansonnier and mambo-influenced jazz artist to the ironic ye-ye beat and lush orchestration of his 1960s work to his launching of French reggae in the 1970s to the electric funk and disco of his last albums. But mourned as much as his music was Gainsbourg the man: the self-proclaimed ugly lover of such beauties as Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin, the iconic provocateur whose heavy-breathing Je taime moi non plus was banned from airwaves throughout Europe and whose reggae version of the Marseillais earned him death threats from the right, and the dirty-old-boy wordsmith who could slip double-entendres about oral sex into the lyrics of a teenybopper ditty and make a crude sexual proposition to Whitney Houston on live television.Gilles Verlants biography of Gainsbourg is the best and most authoritative in any language. Drawing from numerous interviews and their own friendship, Verlant provides a fascinating look at the inner workings of 1950s1990s French pop culture and the conflicted and driven songwriter, actor, director and author that emerged from it: the young boy wearing a yellow star during the German Occupation; the young art student trying to woo Tolstoys granddaughter; the musical collaborator of Petula Clark, Juliette Greco and Sly and Robbie; the seasoned composer of the Lolita of pop albums, Histoire de Melody Nelson; the cultural icon who transformed scandal and song into a new form of delirium. Shipping may be from multiple locat