Gainsbourg is first and foremost a name.
The man is called Lucien Ginsburg, the artist is baptized Gainsbourg to avoid the bad memory of anti-Semitic professors.
Gainsbourg is then music:
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… Heady, slamming and provocative tunes that have revolutionized French song.
Gainsbourg, finally, is a character.
A delicate gesture, an ironic tone and a scandalous personality.
We thought we knew everything about him.
In an exciting biography, published by Éditions Passés Composites, Marie-Christine Natta shows another facet of the singer, dandy, worthy heir of Baudelaire, Aurevilly and Wilde.
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LE FIGARO.
- You are
the author of a biography of Baudelaire
and you draw a parallel between the singer and the poet. How is Gainsbourg a dandy?
Marie-Christine NATTA.
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It is by its original elegance, which does not follow any fashion.
That of Gainsbourg is based on an alliance of opposites: luxury and cheapness, illustrated…
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