Georges Brassens
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[Edit]One of French pop's most poetic songwriters, Georges Brassens was also a highly acclaimed and much-beloved performer in his own right. Not only a brilliant manipulator of language and a feted poet in his own right, Brassens was also renowned for his subversive streak, satirizing religion, class, social conformity, and moral hypocrisy with a wicked glee. Yet beneath that surface was a compassionate concern for his fellow man, particularly the disadvantaged and desperate. His personal politics were forged during the Nazi occupation, and while his views on freedom bordered on anarchism, his songs expressed those convictions more subtly than those of his contemporary, Léo Ferré. Though he was a skilled songwriter, Brassens had little formal musical training, and he generally kept things uncomplicated — simple melodies and spare accompaniment from a bass and second guitar. Along with Jacques Brel, he became one of the most unique voices on the French cabaret circuit, and exerted a tremendous influence on many other singers and songwriters of the postwar era. His poetry and lyrics are still studied as part of France's standard educational curriculum.
Georges Brassens was born in the small Mediterranean town of Sète, France, on October 22, 1921. His deeply religious mother encouraged him to play the mandolin, and taught him some of the Italian folk songs she'd grown up with; intellectually, however, Brassens wound up taking after his staunchly anti-religion father. Around age 15, Brassens met Alphonse Bonnafé, the literature teacher who first introduced him to poetry (and would later write the first Brassens biography in 1963). Brassens soon spent his free time writing poetry and song lyrics, the latter of which he typically set to popular melodies of the time. He also formed a small musical group called Jazz, which played local functions with Brassens as the drummer. Unfortunately, Brassens was expelled from school in 1939 after inadvertently getting mixed up in a jewel theft on campus. He first went to work for his father's masonry business, then went to Paris in 1940 to live with his aunt and work at the Renault car factory. In the meantime, he learned piano and wrote some of his first original compositions.
When Nazi troops arrived in Paris that summer, Brassens returned to Sète for a few months, but found it difficult to remain there. He was back in Paris by year's end, and despite the Nazi occupation, he managed to publish two short poetry collections in 1942. In 1943, Brassens was conscripted into the S.T.O., a mandatory work service program that forced him to go to Germany; there he met Pierre Onténiente, a fellow Frenchman who would become his lifelong friend and (in his successful years) private secretary. After a year in the S.T.O., Brassens returned to Paris on a two-week leave; rather than go back to Germany, he went into hiding at the home of a couple, Jeanne and Marcel Planche, whom he would later immortalize in song. Without much else to occupy him, Brassens spent his days composing songs and writing music, eventually teaching himself the guitar based on his prior experience with the mandolin.
In 1946, after the war had ended, Brassens published the first of a series of articles in the anarchist journal Le Libertaire. The following year, he also published his first novel, La Lune Écoute Aux Portes, and met Joha Heiman, the woman he would love — and write about — for the remainder of his life (oddly, they never married or even cohabited, as Brassens continued to live with the Planches until 1966). Brassens wrote much of his finest early work during the next few years, but found it difficult to place his material with anyone on the Parisian cabaret circuit. His luck started to change in 1951 when he met singer Jacques Grello, who helped him find performers for his songs; however, none proved especially popular with audiences at first.
In early 1952, Brassens auditioned a selection of his material for female cabaret star Patachou, giving a late-night performance that dazzled the small audience present. Though Brassens had never considered himself a singer, Patachou convinced him to try his hand at performing himself. A bass player present at the audition, Pierre Nicolas, quickly joined Brassens in support, and would serve in that capacity for the remainder of the singer's career. Brassens was an immediate hit on the cabaret circuit with both audiences and critics, and with Patachou's help, he met Polydor exec Jacques Canetti, and landed a record deal. His first single, "Le Gorille," was released later in 1952, and stirred up controversy with its strong anti-death penalty stance; in fact, it was banned from French radio until 1955.
In 1953, Brassens released his first LP, La Mauvaise Réputation, and played his first major concert at the Bobino Theatre, to which he would return often in the years to come; he also published a second novel, La Tour des Miracles. He won the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque de l'Academie Charles Cros in 1954 for his EP Le Parapluie, and spent much of the year touring Europe and northern Africa. He released several more LPs over the remainder of the '50s, during which time chronic kidney ailments began to affect his health, resulting in periodic hospitalizations. Nonetheless, he continued to tour regularly, and made his film debut in 1956's Portes des Lilas; he also set some of his friend Paul Fort's poetry to music.
Brassens' early-'60s LPs included strong works like Le Pornographe, Le Mécréant, and Les Trompettes de la Renommée. In 1964, he wrote the hit theme "Les Copains d'Abord" for the film Les Copains, and issued an album of the same name. His prolific writing pace of the '50s slowed considerably afterward, due in part to health problems and personal tragedies (both his parents and the Planches had passed away by the end of the decade). These experiences informed his increasingly morbid lyrical outlook, typified by his 1966 LP Supplique pour Être Enterré à la Plage. However, the remainder of the '60s was not all unkind to Brassens; he was awarded the Grand Prix de Poésie de l'Academie Française (the highest national poetry award) in 1967, and took part in a celebrated three-way radio interview with Jacques Brel and Léo Ferré in 1969. Also in 1969, he returned with the new album La Religieuse, which featured his new second guitarist, Joel Favreau, the third musician to hold that chair (the first two were Victor Apicella and Barthelemy Rosso).
Brassens spent the early '70s working on several film soundtracks, and performing several well-received concert series at the Bobino Theatre; he also issued a new album, Fernande, in 1972. Weakened by his kidney problems, he embarked on his final tour in 1973. He issued one further LP, Don Juan, in 1976, and gave a series of farewell concerts in early 1977 at the Bobino. Brassens would return to the studio on several other occasions as a star guest for others' recording sessions, but by 1980, his kidney problems had worsened into cancer. He passed away on October 29, 1981, in the village of Saint-Gely-du-Fesc, at his doctor's home, and was buried nearby in his hometown of Sète.
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD10)
Artist: Georges Brassens, Jean Bertola
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD5)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Aux Trois Baudets, 1953
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD10)
Artist: Georges Brassens, Jean Bertola
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD9)
Artist: Georges Brassens, Jean Bertola
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD9)
Artist: Georges Brassens, Jean Bertola
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Interprète ses dernières compositions / Interprete ses dernieres compositions
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Intégrale Des Albums Originaux / Integrale Des Albums Originaux
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop
Title: Chante les chansons poétiques / Chante les chansons poetiques
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Integrale Des Albums Originaux (CD3)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Chante Les Chansons Poétiques N°1 / Chante Les Chansons Poetiques N°1
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop
Title: Master série : Brassens, vol. 2 / Master serie : Brassens, vol. 2
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD12)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD2)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: World Music, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic, Folk
Title: Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons (CD1: J'ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Acoustic
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD11)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons (CD5: Mourir Pour Des Idees)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Integrale Des Albums Originaux (CD2)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Integrale Des Albums Originaux (CD1)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous - Integrale Edition 91 (CD6)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Georges Brassens chante Bruant-Colpi-Musset-Nadaud-Norge
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons (CD3: Le Temps Ne Fait Rien à L'affaire)
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Le gorille - Chansons pas pour toutes les oreilles
Artist: Georges Brassens
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Collections
Title: The French Songbook, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Doux Souvenirs De La Chanson Francaise
Genre: World Music
Title: French Superstars Vol 3
Genre: World Music
Title: Echoes of France, Pt. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: I Love Paris: The Notre-Dame session
Genre: Pop
Title: Mega Chansons D'Amour CD 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Radio 2 De Topcollectie - Franse Klassiekers (CD4)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: La Vie Est Une Chanson Vol. 3 (CD1)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Reines D'Un Jour
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Vive La France Vol. 2 (Disc 1)
Genre: Heavy Metal, Orchestral, World Music, Pop, Acoustic
Title: St Germain De Prés
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: French Classic Chanson Collection
Genre: Electronica, World Music, Pop, Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic
Title: Chansons Francaises De Legende. Vol. 4 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Chansons Francaises De Legende. Vol. 4 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Chansons Francaises De Legende. Vol. 4 (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: L'Amour & The City (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Le Coffret De Noel
Genre: Jazz
Title: Les 100 Titres Cultes De La Chanson Française (CD1)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Les 100 Titres Cultes De La Chanson Française (CD2)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Les 100 Titres Cultes De La Chanson Française (CD3)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Les 100 Titres Cultes De La Chanson Française (CD4)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Les 100 Titres Cultes De La Chanson Française (CD5)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Spirit Of Chansons Françaises (CD1: Les Éternels)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Spirit Of Chansons Françaises (CD2: Les Légendes)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Spirit Of Chansons Françaises (CD3: Les Inoubliables)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Spirit Of Chansons Françaises (CD4: Les Grands Succès)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Putumayo World Music - Putumayo Presents French Café
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50 Ans De Chanson Francaise: 1914-1964 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: 25 Putumayo Albums (French Café)
Genre: World Music, Ethnic , American Folk
Title: Echoes Of France Volume 2 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Pop
Title: Echoes Of France Volume 2 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Pop
Title: French Songs - 100 Hits (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: French Songs - 100 Hits (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: La Vie En Rose - 100 Best Of French Songs (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: La Vie En Rose - 100 Best Of French Songs (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Les Beaux Jours Du 45 Tours (CD1)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Les Beaux Jours Du 45 Tours (CD2)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Légendes De La Chanson Francaise (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Partie 18 - Chanson Française. Mes Favoris (CD2)
Genre: World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Acoustic, Folk
Title: Chanson Française Mes Favoris 2015 (Partie 17) (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Blues Jazz, Rock, World Music, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Acoustic, Classical
Title: Magnifique The Icons Of French Music (CD1)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Magnifique The Icons Of French Music (CD2)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Souvenirs De Paris 2016
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Of Tres Chic
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: Studio France 2018 (CD1)
Title: Studio France 2018 (CD2)
Title: Souvenirs De France / 37
Genre: Pop
Title: Souvenirs De France / 33
Genre: Pop
Title: Souvenirs De France, Vol. 25
Genre: Pop
Title: Souvenirs De France, Vol. 29
Genre: Pop
Title: Souvenirs De France, Vol. 30
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Mes plus grands succès : Patachou / Mes plus grands succes : Patachou
Artist: Patachou
Genre: Pop
Title: Putumayo Presents: French Café / Putumayo Presents: French Cafe
Artist: Putumayo
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Les grands crus français, vol. 4 / Les grands crus francais, vol. 4
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Les grands crus français, vol. 3 / Les grands crus francais, vol. 3
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music
Title: Les grands crus français, vol. 2 / Les grands crus francais, vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop