Georges Brassens was a French singer and songwriter known for accompanying … Read Full Bio ↴Georges Brassens was a French singer and songwriter known for accompanying himself with his acoustic guitar. He wrote some extremely controversial, yet poetic songs. In doing so, he managed to change attitudes across France.
He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.
Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. He realized very early however that poetry in the 20th century could hardly put bread on the table and instead set himself to become a singer.
He is much less famous internationally than contemporaries like Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand, as much of the impact of his songs came from the lyrics, which proved difficult to translate into other languages. He loved the Middle Ages and used a great deal of Old French vocabulary, as well as many classical - ie., Latin and Greek - references. Few people, even in France, possess the background to fully understand his songs.
Yet he was at the same time a hugely popular singer and many of his songs still carry a lot of appeal and relevance. In this sense, he can be compared to Boris Vian, to Jacques Brel, and to a lesser extent to Serge Gainsbourg.
He was very sophisticated, yet at the same time used profanity liberally. While he wasn't politically engaged, he was nevertheless unambiguously a leftist, many of his songs carrying blatant and buoyant anarchist overtones.
While his music was initially quite primitive, the 1950's St-Germain-des-Pres influence quickly made itself felt and while subdued and - in his mind - always secondary to the lyrics, it became increasingly sophisticated - to the point that many of his songs have been covered and reinterpretated by jazzmen (see for instance this UK site: www.projetbrassens.eclipse.co.uk)
He died in 1981, but up to this date (2006) there are few French people - including most of those born since - who can't sing along to his most famous song, Les Copains d'abord ("Friends foremost") or his "Bancs public" ("Public Benches").
For those interested, this site carries a number of (quite good) English tranlations of his songs: www.brassens.org
He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.
Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. He realized very early however that poetry in the 20th century could hardly put bread on the table and instead set himself to become a singer.
He is much less famous internationally than contemporaries like Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand, as much of the impact of his songs came from the lyrics, which proved difficult to translate into other languages. He loved the Middle Ages and used a great deal of Old French vocabulary, as well as many classical - ie., Latin and Greek - references. Few people, even in France, possess the background to fully understand his songs.
Yet he was at the same time a hugely popular singer and many of his songs still carry a lot of appeal and relevance. In this sense, he can be compared to Boris Vian, to Jacques Brel, and to a lesser extent to Serge Gainsbourg.
He was very sophisticated, yet at the same time used profanity liberally. While he wasn't politically engaged, he was nevertheless unambiguously a leftist, many of his songs carrying blatant and buoyant anarchist overtones.
While his music was initially quite primitive, the 1950's St-Germain-des-Pres influence quickly made itself felt and while subdued and - in his mind - always secondary to the lyrics, it became increasingly sophisticated - to the point that many of his songs have been covered and reinterpretated by jazzmen (see for instance this UK site: www.projetbrassens.eclipse.co.uk)
He died in 1981, but up to this date (2006) there are few French people - including most of those born since - who can't sing along to his most famous song, Les Copains d'abord ("Friends foremost") or his "Bancs public" ("Public Benches").
For those interested, this site carries a number of (quite good) English tranlations of his songs: www.brassens.org
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@TheReborn1998
J'ai 15 ans et j'aprecie beaucoups georges brassens, c'est un vrai poete avec des textes magnifiques
@AlexMoby
Un grand conteur Georges Brassens. Personnellement, je trouve que ces chansons gardent une fraicheur incroyable.
@faouziafradet1817
Il y a fort longtemps, Margot m a ouvert les portes de votre univers si poétique et avec bonheur, je ne l ai jamais quitté. J y ai trouvé jusqu à votre départ une oeuvre sublime. Vous êtes le plus grand, Monsieur Brassens. Merci !!!!!!!!
@margotzobiri341
je tiens a dire que ce cher Georges, en écrivant cette chanson, ne savait pas à quel point ça fait mal un chaton qui mord un téton... de la part d'une Margot qui s'appelle ainsi grace à cette chanson et qui a trouvé un petit chat qui, quand elle dormait, a eu faim et savait très bien a quoi ça servait :')
@_marrgoot
je m'appelle Margot grâce à cette chanson aussi 😭
@quenellegaming
Est ce que tout les gars du village était là?
La je veux bien croire que ça fasse mal! 🙂
@genovirus9523
@quenellegaming j'ai ri, je confesse
@noellap3710
🤣🤣🤣🤣moi aussi j'ai ris. Mais je confirme, ça fait mal 🤐
@koenth2359
Pas pour rien il chante brave Margot.
@rookypoe
Whouah ! Je suis contente de savoir que je ne suis pas la seules jeune fanatique de Georges Brassens ! (J'ai 17)Et j'en écoute depuis mes 8 ans avec impatience avec mon grand-pere ♥