Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg
Born: Apr 2, 1928 in Paris, France
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Died: Mar 2, 1991 in Paris, France
Genre: Rock
Styles: Cabaret, French Pop, Foreign Language Rock, Baroque Pop, French Rock, Jazz-Pop
Biography: Serge Gainsbourg was the dirty old man of popular music; a French singer/songwriter and provocateur notorious for his voracious appetite for alcohol, cigarettes, and women, his scandalous, taboo-shattering output made him a legend in Europe but only a cult figure in America, where his lone hit "Je T'Aime...Moi ...Read full biography
Histoire de Melody Nelson
Released: 1971
Label: Universal Japan
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You don't need to speak a word of French to understand Histoire de Melody Nelson -- one needs only to look at the front cover (with its nearly pornographic portrait of a half-naked nymphet clutching a ...Read full review
L' Homme a Tete De Chou
Released: 1976
Label: Universal Japan
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Even tolerant music fans shudder inwardly at the mention of the concept album, a largely prog rock genre that spawned many of the greatest aesthetic indiscretions of the '70s. L'Homme à Tête de Chou (The ...Read full review
More Serge Gainsbourg albums: Main Albums (21), Compilations (72), DVD/Video (10)
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