She participated in various musical shows and recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Zagury and Sacha Distel, including "Harley Davidson", "Je Me Donne A Qui Me Plait", "Bubble gum", "Contact", "Je Reviendrais Toujours Vers Toi", "L'Appareil A Sous", "La Madrague", "On Demenage", "Sidonie", "Tu Veux, Ou Tu Veux Pas?", "Le Soleil De Ma Vie" (the cover of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life") and notorious "Je t'aime… moi non plus".
In 1952, she appeared on screen for the first time in Le Trou Normand. That same year, at age 18, she married director Roger Vadim, with whom she had been romantically involved for several years.
Although the European film industry was then in the ascendant, her personal rise was remarkable: she has been one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She and Marilyn Monroe were the icons of female sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s and whenever she made public appearances in the United States the media hordes covered her every move.
Her films of the early and mid 1950s were lightweight romantic dramas, some of them historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often with an element of undress. She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea (1955), Helen of Troy (1954), in which she was understudy for the title-role but only appears as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love (1954) with Kirk Douglas. Her French-language films were dubbed for international release. "She is every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris" said the film-critic Ivon Addams in 1955.
Vadim was not content with this light fare. The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally and he felt Bardot was being undersold. Looking for something more like an art-film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant.
The film, about an amoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a big international success. She may have had an affair with her co-star Trintignant, but this was more likely a pre-release publicity gimmick. The film is often wrongly described as her first film (it was her seventeenth) and to have launched her overnight, but it did help move her towards the cinematic mainstream.
It also ruled out a transition to Hollywood, where she was thought too risqué to handle. The Doris Day era was in still in full swing and even Jane Russell in The French Line (1953) had been thought to be going too far by showing her midriff. Erotica like Bardot's Cette sacrée gamine (That Crazy Kid, 1955) was considered fine at the box-office as long as it was clearly labelled "European". Bardot's limited English and strong accent, while beguiling to the ears of men, did not suit rapid-fire Hollywood scripts. In any event, staying in Europe benefited her image when the 1960s began to swing and Hollywood slipped into the background for a while, and Bardot was voted honorary sex-goddess of the decade.
Divorced from Vadim in 1957, she married actor Jacques Charrier (1959-62), by whom in 1960 she had her only child, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier from whom she is estranged. She once referred to her only child as "a tumour". The marriage was preyed on by the paparazzi and there were clashes over the direction of Bardot's career. Her films became more substantial, but this brought a heavy pressure of dual celebrity as she sought critical acclaim while remaining to most of the world a glamour model.
Vie privée (1960), directed by Louis Malle has more than an element of autobiography in it. The scene in which, returning to her flat, Bardot's character is harangued in the lift by a middle-aged cleaning-lady calling her a tramp and a tart was based on an actual incident, and is a resonant image of celebrity in the mid-20th century.
Soon after, Bardot withdrew to the seclusion of Southern France and is now known to have attempted suicide, but as the sexual revolution of the early 1960s gathered momentum her lifestyle began to seem more like the norm and the pressure lifted. Through the sixties, she was happy to appear in glossy star-vehicles like Viva Maria (1969), to dabble in pop music and to play the role of glamour model and icon. In 1965 she appeared as herself in the Hollywood production Dear Brigitte starring Jimmy Stewart.
Her other husbands were German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs (1966-69), and French right-wing politician, Bernard d'Ormale (1992-present). She has also had reputed relationships with many men including singers Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel. In the late 1950s, she shared an exchange she considered “croiser de deux sillages” with writer John Gilmore, then an actor in France for a New Wave film to have starred Jean Seberg. Gilmore told Paris Match, “I felt a beautiful warmth with Bardot but found it difficult to discuss things to any depth whatsoever”.
She is recognised for popularising bikini swimwear in early films such as Manina (Woman without a Veil, 1952) and in her appearances at Cannes and in many photo shoots. She even sported an early version of the monokini from time to time. Though this was not considered extraordinary in France, it was considered nearly scandalous in the US. The fashions of the 1960s looked effortlessly right and spontaneous on her and she joined Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy, in becoming a subject for Andy Warhol paintings.
In 1970, the sculptor Alain Gourdon used Bardot as the model for a bust of Marianne, the French national emblem.
Mentions of Bardot in music
The first song to reference Brigitte Bardot was "Gimme' that Wine" by vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross on the Columbia label in 1960.
Indie singer Jordan Galland also has a song called "Brigitte Bardot". In 1966, Harry Belafonte recorded "Zombie Jamboree" which has an entire verse dedicated to Brigitte Bargot.
Bardot has also been referenced in many other songs, including "I Shall Be Free" (Bob Dylan), "We Didn't Start the Fire" (Billy Joel), "Message of Love" (The Pretenders), "I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" (Elton John), "Warlocks" (Red Hot Chili Peppers), "You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie" (Allan Sherman), "You're My Favourite Star" (The Bellamy Brothers), "It's Not Enough" (The Who), "Contempt" (Silkworm), "Big Wedge" (Fish),"Brigitte Bardot" (Tom Zé), "Alegria, Alegria" (Caetano Veloso), "Loaded" (ZZ Top), "Brigitte Bardot" (Creature), "Bardot" (Marden Hill), "Shir Nevu'i Cosmi Aliz" (Yoni Rechter & Eli Mohar), "Smiles Like Richard Nixon" (The Bad Examples), "Bijou" (Stew), "Stratford-On-Guy" (Liz Phair), and "Brigitte Bardot T.N.T." (Pizzicato Five).
Je Manque D'Adjectifs
Brigitte Bardot Lyrics
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Il est délicieux
Il est agréable, incroyable, indomptable
Il est formidable
Il est élégant, caressant, amusant
Il est étonnant
Il est dynamique, athletique, magnifique
Il est fantastique
Je Manque D'adjectifs
Il est très normal, très banal
Au total pas phénoménal
Il est sympathique, ampathique et lassant
Ni bon ni méchant
Il est travailleur, gros mangeur, gros buveur
Il est sans saveur
Il est anodin, quotidien
Comme on dit, il est bien gentil
Il est, Il est... C'est incensé
Je Manque D'adjectifs
Il est ennuyeux, vaniteux, prétentieux
Il est fastidieux
Il est embêtant, fatiguant, obcedant
Il est énervant
Il est imbuvable, invivable, execrable
Il n'est pas pensable
Il est périmé, dépassé, congédié
Il est oublié
Il est, Il est... c'est incensé
Il est remplacé
Par un garçon qui est...
Merveilleux, prodigieux, prestigieux
Qui est délicieux
Qui est agréable, incroyable, indomptable
Qui est formidable
Qui est élégant, carressant, amusant
Qui est étonnant
Qui est dynamique, athletique, magnifique
Qui est fantastique
Qui est, Qui est... C'est incensé
Je Manque D'adjectifs
Oh oui
Oooh
Il est merveilleux
Alala
Agréable
Incroyable
Indomptable
Formidable
Elégant
Oh...
Je Manque D'adjectifs...
The lyrics of Brigitte Bardot's Je Manque D'Adjectifs showcase the singer's struggle to describe a man in her life using adjectives. The first stanza consists of positive descriptions such as merveilleux (marvelous), prodigieux (prodigious), prestigieux (prestigious), délicieux (delicious), agréable (pleasant), incroyable (incredible), indomptable (untamable), formidable (formidable), élégant (elegant), caressant (caressing), amusant (entertaining), étonnant (astonishing), dynamique (dynamic), athlétique (athletic), and magnifique (magnificent). These words indicate the singer's admiration and love for the man.
However, in the second stanza, Bardot describes the man less positively, and even negatively. She describes him as normal, banal, ampathetic, and lassant (tiring). She also notes that he is not good or evil, and he is a hard worker, big eater, and drinker. Bardot uses negative words such as vaniteux (vain), prétentieux (pretentious), fastidieux (tedious), and obcedant (obsessive), to further describe the man. In the end, the man is replaced by another, who is described using the same positive adjectives as in the first stanza.
Overall, the lyrics of Je Manque D'Adjectifs showcase the singer's struggle to express her emotions using words, especially when she doesn't have the right vocabulary to describe something as complex and as wonderful as love.
Line by Line Meaning
Il est merveilleux, prodigieux, prestigieux
He is wonderful, marvellous, prestigious
Il est délicieux
He is delicious
Il est agréable, incroyable, indomptable
He is pleasant, incredible, untamable
Il est formidable
He is fantastic
Il est élégant, caressant, amusant
He is elegant, gentle, amusing
Il est étonnant
He is surprising
Il est dynamique, athletique, magnifique
He is dynamic, athletic, magnificent
Il est, Il est... C'est incensé
He is, he is... it's insane
Je Manque D'adjectifs
I'm lacking adjectives
Il est très normal, très banal
He is very normal, very ordinary
Au total pas phénoménal
Not at all phenomenal
Il est sympathique, ampathique et lassant
He is friendly, apathetic and boring
Ni bon ni méchant
Neither good nor bad
Il est travailleur, gros mangeur, gros buveur
He is hardworking, a big eater, a big drinker
Il est sans saveur
He is flavorless
Il est anodin, quotidien
He is trivial, everyday
Comme on dit, il est bien gentil
As they say, he is quite nice
Il est ennuyeux, vaniteux, prétentieux
He is boring, vain, pretentious
Il est fastidieux
He is tedious
Il est embêtant, fatiguant, obcedant
He is annoying, tiring, obsessive
Il est énervant
He is irritating
Il est imbuvable, invivable, execrable
He is undrinkable, unlivable, detestable
Il n'est pas pensable
It's unthinkable
Il est périmé, dépassé, congédié
He is outdated, surpassed, dismissed
Il est oublié
He is forgotten
Il est, Il est... c'est incensé
He is, he is... it's insane
Il est remplacé
He is replaced
Par un garçon qui est...
By a boy who is...
Merveilleux, prodigieux, prestigieux
Wonderful, marvellous, prestigious
Qui est délicieux
Who is delicious
Qui est agréable, incroyable, indomptable
Who is pleasant, incredible, untamable
Qui est formidable
Who is fantastic
Qui est élégant, carressant, amusant
Who is elegant, gentle, amusing
Qui est étonnant
Who is surprising
Qui est dynamique, athletique, magnifique
Who is dynamic, athletic, magnificent
Qui est, Qui est... C'est incensé
Who is, who is... it's insane
Je Manque D'adjectifs
I'm lacking adjectives
Oh oui
Oh yes
Oooh
Oooh
Il est merveilleux
He is wonderful
Alala
Alala
Agréable
Pleasant
Incroyable
Incredible
Indomptable
Untamable
Formidable
Fantastic
Elégant
Elegant
Oh...
Oh...
Je Manque D'adjectifs...
I'm lacking adjectives...
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Il est merveilleux, prodigieux, prestigieux
Il est délicieux
Il est agréable, incroyable, indomptable
Il est formidable
Il est élégant, caressant, amusant
Il est étonnant
Il est dynamique, athletique, magnifique
Il est fantastique
Il est, il est c'est incensé
Je manque d'adjectifs
Il est très normal, très banal
Au total pas phénoménal
Il est sympathique, ampathique et lassant
Ni bon ni méchant
Il est travailleur, gros mangeur, gros buveur
Il est sans saveur
Il est anodin, quotidien
Comme on dit, il est bien gentil
Il est, il est c'est incensé
Je manque d'adjectifs
Il est ennuyeux, vaniteux, prétentieux
Il est fastidieux
Il est embêtant, fatiguant, obcedant
Il est énervant
Il est imbuvable, invivable, execrable
Il n'est pas pensable
Il est périmé, dépassé, congédié
Il est oublié
Il est, il est c'est incensé
Il est remplacé
Par un garçon qui est
Merveilleux, prodigieux, prestigieux
Qui est délicieux
Qui est agréable, incroyable, indomptable
Qui est formidable
Qui est élégant, carressant, amusant
Qui est étonnant
Qui est dynamique, athletique, magnifique
Qui est fantastique
Qui est, qui est c'est incensé
Je manque d'adjectifs
Oh oui
Il est merveilleux
Ah la, la
Agréable
Incroyable
Indomptable
Formidable
Élégant
Oh
Je manque d'adjectifs
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