“
Do not mind dancing the Javanese we loved each other during a song
” ... It was in 1962. One sleepless night, Juliette Gréco invited Serge Gainsbourg to sip champagne at her place, at 33 rue de Verneuil (Paris 7th).
The bubbles helping, they remade the world.
A platonic love story is born in early morning limbo.
The next day, Gainsbourg, inspired by this magical moment, dedicated to his muse, to the great fortune teller, what will remain as his most beautiful song,
La Javanaise.
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I think I am a privileged author since Juliette sang to me
Serge Gainsbourg
Juliette Gréco will keep the secret of her genesis for a long time.
It was at the age of 88 that, in a vein of confidence, she delivered it in André Manoukian's musical program: “
Serge came home.
We drank champagne, we were still quite ... full of bubbles.
We were both alone, we listened to music and then I started dancing.
And I saw my Serge with widening eyes and I was there like a moth.
The next day, I receive a phone call from Serge who tells me can I come?
"
The seduced night owl had therefore returned home at dawn to write and compose what would become
La Javanaise
.
Almost half a century later, Juliette Gréco hadn't forgotten anything: "
The next day he arrived with his little piece of paper, and then he started playing the piano and then he sang it to me ...
" .
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La Gréco, seduced, will create it on the stage of the cabaret
La tête de l'art a
few months later, in March 1963. Serge Gainsbourg, without revealing the secret of his song, will admit, a few years later: “
I think I am an author privileged since Juliette sang to me and I think that there is not an author worthy of the name or at least having a little bit of literary attitude who did not wish to write for her.
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Juliette Gréco sings
La Javanaise
Serge Gainsbourg sings
La Javanaise
