Chanson pour l’Auvergnat Édition Limitée Vinyle Vert

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georges brassens
SONG FOR THE AUVERGNE
1965, PHILIPS
43 years after his death, the bard of Sète remains a reference of French folk, capable of delivering with his friendly voice salty texts like the famous "Gorille." Here, we also discover other lesser-known but equally provocative tracks, like the astonishing "Nombril des femmes d’agents." Death also looms over "Le Testament," a cheerful text where good Georges dares this terse and deadpan formula: "I left life without resentment / I will never have a toothache again / Here I am in the mass grave / The mass grave of time." The music is still as simple in appearance, an acoustic guitar, sometimes two, accompanying the singing voice of this monument of song who, between two original and daring compositions, covers Victor Hugo ("La Légende De La Nonne") and Verlaine ("Colombine").