Whitney Houston and Serge Gainsbourg

With the death of Whitney Houston at the weekend, I thought I'd give an airing to the wonderful clip of her appearance with Serge Gainsbourg.

A young Whitney Houston was appearing on the show Champs élysées in 1986 to promote her album, and met with Serge Gainsbourg after she performed Saving All My Love for You.

Michel Drucker finds himself in the middle of an interesting international diplomatic situation, with Gainsbourg at his most erratic and Whitney Houston finding herself the subject of his attentions.

I don't know how well she knew Gainsbourg or his reputation, I suspect little given by her reaction.

While Gainsbourg was very much in the last stages of his career, Houston's star was rising, and while not yet the megastar and icon she was to become, her talent was there for all to see.

For all I love Gainsbourg, he really comes across as an oaf in this incident. It's a pity Whitney wasn't able to give him the French equivalent of "in your dreams, old guy!"

It's wonderful to see Whitney Houston as the young singer with the huge talent, rather than dwell on her later problems.


Serge Gainsbourg vs. Whitney Houston by glst81