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Jane Birkin's 50-year-old voice was clearly coquette and breathable as the muse of her late partner Serge Gainsbourg.
Birkin invigorated the legendary music of the French composer by singing accompanied by a complete orchestra – a format that would have pleased Gainsbourg, who often brought classical motifs.
Birkin, who took his "Gainsbourg Symphonique" Saturday night at the giant summer festival in Quebec City, the Quebec City Summer Festival, explained to AFP some memorabilia songs: [19659004] – "I love you … me either" –
When Birkin met Gainsbourg in 1968, the singer-songwriter was heartbroken from a failed romance with l & # 39; cinema icon Brigitte Bardot. Birkin, a young actress from England, had just arrived in France after the divorce of composer John Barry
"I love you … me neither" – which means, awkwardly , "I love you … I" – became infamous for its racist character, including recorded moans of erotic pleasure. The song was banned on radio in several countries and even condemned by the Vatican.
Gainsbourg had written the song for Bardot, which he dubbed "the most beautiful love song you can imagine," in 1967 and had imagined it as a duet. But in 1969, he ended up registering with Birkin.
Birkin, who had a strong English accent in French, says that she was not surprised when Gainsbourg invited her to sing because he was afraid to team up with one. many actresses eager to collaborate with him, like Mireille Darc.
"So when he asked me to sing it, after Bardot, I understood correctly," she said. "I did it, but an octave higher, but not intentionally, happened like that."
"It gave him a choirboy side that he liked so much, of course, he was transposed to our relationship – he was 40, I was 20, but we both acted younger.
"He also liked that I was English Even the fact that I was married to John Barry, the James The composer of Bond, it flattered him a little, so that he was leaving Bardot "
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Gainsbourg wrote the song for Birkin before she even asked him to sing" I love you … me either, "she recalls. Chopin, the song – which appeared in front of B "I love you … me either" – became Birkin's introduction to his listeners
"It's funny to sing it again. 50 years later, "said Birkin, 71, recalling the line," Age: between 20 and 21 years. "
" It makes me smile a little, people crack when I hear that. "[19659016] -" The Chic Underwear "-
In 1983, Gainsbourg and Birkin had been apart for three years but he was still writing songs for her.Birkin said that she remembers him intensely when she Sings "The Stylish Underwear."
"It's the most beautiful song about the separation you could ever have," she said. "It's probably my favorite because all that is He's in it, it's really him. "
" There is a great modesty in all his songs that he wrote about the separation, Serge never stopped to write about me until the end. "" Lost Song "-
In 1987, Jane was involved for seven years with director Jacques Doillon with whom she had a daughter, Lou [19659020] "Eternal questions gnawed at me, whether she was more French or English, and about aging," she said. "Serge refused to write me a song on this theme and said to me:" You will never grow old. "
After Birkin told Gainsbourg how she hummed a melody of Edvard Grieg in an ad, the author wrote him a song based on" Peer Gynt "of the Norwegian composer. insisted on choosing the theme
"It's strange to sing the pains of someone else, who knowingly asks you, and no one else, to sing them … Serge was crying during the recording and I was singing the best could and as high as possible to make an impression. "
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