๐ธ As part of a show dedicated to Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, Canal+ invited Placebo in March 2006 to perform Ballad Of Melody Nelson on their show ๐ณ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ธ After the performance, you will discover a ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, made by Emma De Caunes, that I translated for you ๐
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| Photo credit: Nigel Crane (main photo), rest unknown |
๐ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ! ๐
(PS: I would like to give special thanks to Christophe Kris and Marti ๐ )
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โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: Good evening Brian.
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: This is my gift to you. It's Melody's cuddly toy.
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: Melody's Noddy ?
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Yeah.
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: Is it Melody's Monchhichi or Noddy ?
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Melody's Monchhichi.
(๐๐: ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ '๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ'. ๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ )
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: I was wondering, especially in relation to Monsieur Serge, when you were a young teenager in Luxembourg, how did you discover Gainsbourg ?
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: My favourite period was the Melody Nelson period, Cabbage-Head Man. It was when he started to be inspired by American and English music and the Beatles and things like that. And that it became a little bit more rock.
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: And that's why you chose that song that you sing on the Gainsbourg revisited album and tonight with us ?
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Well it's particularly because of the Melody album and really it's an album that was very important to me at one point in my life, that I listened to on repeat every day and I was obsessed with it, so it was natural for me to do the Ballade de Melody.
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: On the album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited you also put your voice on Requiem For A Jerk.
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Requiem Pour Un Con yeah.
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: I think you stole that one.
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Well, I did it without being asked and then I sent it. I was given the instrumental and I recorded it and I sent it to Mr Kosten from Faultline and said "Come on, use me !
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: So you're a lot on this album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited.
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: What's interesting about Requiem pour un con, Requiem for a jerk, is that I did a duet with Franรงoise Hardy without ever meeting her. That's modern times, that's technology, modern technology and I think that's really cool.
โพ ๐๐ข๐ข๐: Thank you very much Brian.
๐น ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Thank you.
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| Photo credit: Nadav Kander |
๐น Even though there's an extremely suspicious morality to that album. That's what's interesting too, this taboo love story.
โ๏ธ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท (๐ธ0๐ธ๐ท)
โฆ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
โพ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป: Thank you ! Gainsbourg is difficult to cover. His world is very strange. But maybe it's easier for us to cover this song than for the French. We are probably less intimidated by its importance. The opposite would be true if we were to sing a Johnny Cash song.
โ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ - ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ00๐น
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| Phptp credit: Kevin Cummins |
๐ธ La Musicale was a music television show presented by Emma De Caunes. The show premiered on 3 December 2004 on Canal+. It has hosted artists such as Amy Winehouse, Iggy Pop, Alicia Keys, Tom Jones, Seal, Robbie Williams, Muse, Texas, The Strokes for performances and duets.
๐ธ For this special edition, Jane Birkin, Grand Corps Malade, Miossec, The Rakes, The Kills, Dionysos or even Carla Bruni were gathered to pay a tribute to Serge Gainsbourg.
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๐ธ The original song was released in 1971 on the album Histoire De Melody Nelson. The narrator tells the story of his love for Melody. The protagonist falls in love with Melody, a 'lovely tomboy' who does not know what love is. The Ballad of Melody Nelson shows her fragility but also her youthful energy which becomes necessary for her lover.
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