La vie est presque belle- Life is almost beautiful. Benjamin Biolay (‘Novembre Toute L’année’) ‘Rose Kennedy’ (2001) is the spellbinding debut of Benjamin Biolay, an album like no other that holds a special place in this great French artist’s discography. The wonder and amazement starts with the fact that a young French musician records a …
by Blake Thomas
Before Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg’s muse was French pop princess Brigitte Bardot, and his work with her was a mutation of swirling chanson with slight psychedelic leanings. But when ol’ Serge turned his gnarled eye towards the Mod-era British model and actress, all bets were off. The two were like a perverse, twisted Sonny & Cher; but instead of warming hearts, they lit a dark fire, like some erotic demons possessed with sexual desire.
