The magnificent neighbors thus present the works of the two neighbors in a 5CD box set addressing the themes dear to their authors: love, friendship, injustice, the passage of time, and death. Each CD begins with excerpts from interviews that illustrate the positions of the two artists. The songs of the neighbors intertwine to recreate this discussion, this imaginary dialogue they might have had on these subjects. Did you know that Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel were next-door neighbors? Their two apartments were on the twelfth floor of 5-19 rue Émile-Dubois in Paris — Brel at staircase G and Brassens at staircase D. One cannot help but endlessly dream of these two magnificent neighbors crossing paths in the hallway, visiting each other on a whim to listen to works-in-progress, sharing a plate of pasta, quietly laughing at the hit parade's bloopers. So even when we think they diverge, their sensibilities sometimes bring them together, and their works navigate in nearby waters. Brassens professes that there are only five song themes: love, friendship, injustice, the passage of time, and death. The reading grid is not very different for Jacques Brel, who shares with his friend a conviction that no song is worth writing if it says nothing. Their works tread the same paths, even if they do not sketch the landscape with the same pen.
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