Friday 18 April 2014

Coeur de pirate: Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais

A great cover of the Serge Gainsbourg classic by Coeur de Pirate.

There's a strong argument that Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais was Gainsbourg's last really great song. I don't know if I'd totally agree, but it's certainly possible. It is an outstanding piece of work.

The interpretation by Coeur de Pirate shows how well Gainsbourg's work stands up to the test of time, and how different artists can add their own style to his work, bringing out both something new in the original song and bringing out something in the artist too.

One thing that I love about Gainsbourg is that despite listening to his music for decades now there still seems to be much still  to discover. He covered  so much ground in his career that there are all kinds of interesting areas that I'm still finding out about. His films, his soundtracks, his acting...before we even get to the dusty corners of his discography.

Coeur de Pirate's most recent release was a soundtrack collection for the Canadian TV series trauma earlier this year, an album of cover versions of songs by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Tom Waites and Amy Winehouse.

Her 2011 album Blonde reached the top five in France.

More recently she's composed the soundtrack for a video game entitled Child of Light, her second major release in what look set to be a busy year for her.

This video's been around since 2011, I'm just surprised I've not heard it before but sometimes with the best will in the world and an open pair of ears I miss out on hearing some great material when it first appears.

 No excuses now, this deserves a listen.


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