12-07-2019, 20:26
VARIOUS - Brel - Ces Gens-Là
![[Image: R-13593717-1557150374-2712.png.jpg]](https://img.discogs.com/AMl-_P_2TaIqWPpk4w8iM1e80IE=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-13593717-1557150374-2712.png.jpg)
I was alerted to this album (which was released this year) by stumbling upon Marianne Faithfull's startling rendition of "Port of Amsterdam", so I'm listening to it all; a homage to Jacques Brel by various artists, including Ms Faithfull, Melody Gardot and Madeleine Peyroux. Lovely stuff so far ... those singers with whom I am familiar - Melody Gardot - "La chanson des vieux amants" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndp3TT48hfE, and Madeleine Peyroux with "Voir un ami pleurer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM8Q-hMr3ZE. Plenty I've never heard before, Françoise Hardy's son, Thomas Dutronc for one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PeAK2JPZfk.
And ... there have been quite a few covers of "Port of Amsterdam" - not least Bowie's - he was a great fan of Monsieur Brel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logGmozHfG4). This one is powerful, IMHO ...
![[Image: R-13593717-1557150374-2712.png.jpg]](https://img.discogs.com/AMl-_P_2TaIqWPpk4w8iM1e80IE=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-13593717-1557150374-2712.png.jpg)
I was alerted to this album (which was released this year) by stumbling upon Marianne Faithfull's startling rendition of "Port of Amsterdam", so I'm listening to it all; a homage to Jacques Brel by various artists, including Ms Faithfull, Melody Gardot and Madeleine Peyroux. Lovely stuff so far ... those singers with whom I am familiar - Melody Gardot - "La chanson des vieux amants" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndp3TT48hfE, and Madeleine Peyroux with "Voir un ami pleurer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM8Q-hMr3ZE. Plenty I've never heard before, Françoise Hardy's son, Thomas Dutronc for one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PeAK2JPZfk.
And ... there have been quite a few covers of "Port of Amsterdam" - not least Bowie's - he was a great fan of Monsieur Brel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logGmozHfG4). This one is powerful, IMHO ...
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