Pourquoi Serge Gainsbourg a repris la Marseillaise ?

Pourquoi Serge Gainsbourg a repris la Marseillaise ?

Le chanteur a raconté qu'il voulait adapter La Marseillaise mais ne connaissant pas tous les couplets, il avait ouvert son Grand Larousse encyclopédique à la page Marseillaise découvrant qu'à partir du deuxième refrain, pour gagner de la place, il était marqué Aux armes, et cætera, ce qui lui donna alors l'idée d'un ...

Quand le virage se met à chanter origine ?

"Quand le virage se met à chanter, c'est tout le stade qui va s'enflammer…" Combien de fois l'a-t-il entonné ce chant ? Forcément, c'est lui qui l'a inventé. Lui, c'est Eric Jacomino, soldat de la Vieille Garde.

What was Serge Gainsbourg's most controversial song?

• Serge Gainsbourg: The Reggae Years In a career fueled by controversy, a single song written in Jamaica was his most controversial of all. Gainsbourg biographer Sylvie Simmons explains the circumstances behind Serge’s reggae version of the French national anthem. Octo By Sylvie Simmons

Is La Marseillaise a profanation?

• The reggae version of La Marseillaise, recorded by Serge Gainsbourg in 1979, was denounced as a profanation. Michel Droit’s polemic in Le Figaro perhaps falsified the interpretation of this song by emphasizing, partially wrongly, its provocative nature.

Was Gainsbourg's adaptation of the national anthem blasphemy?

• Other adaptations of national anthems, from La Marseillaise interpreted by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, to the Sex Pistols’ rendition of the British anthem, were not considered blasphemous. Gainsbourg was thus condemned to be perceived as a provoker in everything he did.

Why did Lerichomme and Gainsbourg have trouble speaking English?

• Gainsbourg and Lerichomme couldn’t understand their heavy Jamaican accents and the musicians had just as much trouble with French-accented English. At first, Sly and Robbie thought Lerichomme was the artist and Gainsbourg his manager, being the older of the two and wearing a suit.