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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvd2GZUSrW0 Je voudrais pas crever], by Serge Reggiani, singing the saddest poem of Boris Vian, "I'd hate to snuff it." Vian died 39. You never think one can actually read a poem aloud, let alone sing it. Reggiani does just that, he lets you hear a poem with a resonance that does not come from the sound of his voice. | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvd2GZUSrW0 Je voudrais pas crever], by Serge Reggiani, singing the saddest poem of Boris Vian, "I'd hate to snuff it." Vian died 39. You never think one can actually read a poem aloud, let alone sing it. Reggiani does just that, he lets you hear a poem with a resonance that does not come from the sound of his voice. | ||
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+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXV-1ZebdBs Le bal perdu], by Bourvil. [[Guillemin]], who said that Bourvil was extremely clever as well as a very nice person ("très gentil"), counted "Papa Joue Du Trombone" among his favourite songs. In a very different style, this sad song counts as one of my heart-breaking composition, interpreted better than anybody-else could by a master of ridicule and comedy. | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysm50WmOplA&t=0m10s À quoi ça sert l'amour], a vibrant interpretation by Piaf in her old age with her young and beautiful husband, Theo Sarapo (Lamboukas), to what is and what makes love, in a touching dialogue that manages to appear more authentic than ludicrous. | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysm50WmOplA&t=0m10s À quoi ça sert l'amour], a vibrant interpretation by Piaf in her old age with her young and beautiful husband, Theo Sarapo (Lamboukas), to what is and what makes love, in a touching dialogue that manages to appear more authentic than ludicrous. | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuUXJ6RfIik la complainte du phoque en Alaska], by Michel Rivard (beau dommage). It is as sad and deep as it is burlesque and ironic. It tells the story of a seal who went to pursue a career in a circus, coming to the agonizing conclusion that "''it's not worth to leave one's loved ones, to spiral a ball on one's nose''"~<wz tip="Ça ne vaut pas la peine, de laisser ceux qu'on aime, pour aller faire tourner des ballons sur son nez.">(fr)</wz>. | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuUXJ6RfIik la complainte du phoque en Alaska], by Michel Rivard (beau dommage). It is as sad and deep as it is burlesque and ironic. It tells the story of a seal who went to pursue a career in a circus, coming to the agonizing conclusion that "''it's not worth to leave one's loved ones, to spiral a ball on one's nose''"~<wz tip="Ça ne vaut pas la peine, de laisser ceux qu'on aime, pour aller faire tourner des ballons sur son nez.">(fr)</wz>. | ||
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+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neoT7S2CWl0 À regarder la mer], by Alain Barrière. This is to popular music what [[Carmina Burana]] is to classical music. An explosion. This sensation that someone found something that is so good, it can only work, and you can only exaggerate it and over-perform it. "Qui ne me comprend pas, ne comprend pas la mer" <wz tip="Who does not understand me, does not understand the sea.">(en)</wz>. | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pisOAiBVNVk Foule Sentimentale], by Alain Souchon, one of the artists from my childhood whose compositions didn't grow old and retain something more than nostalgic memories. | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pisOAiBVNVk Foule Sentimentale], by Alain Souchon, one of the artists from my childhood whose compositions didn't grow old and retain something more than nostalgic memories. |
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As a representative of minimalism, I was initially thinking of Tiersen with a piece such as La Maison or La Démarche. I finally settled for The Deutsch Mark Is Coming (from Good Bye, Lenin!) until I finally decided to pick one from the real master of the genre, Philip Glass. More about this choice can be read in my blog.
I wanted a Bossa Nova in my list, reflecting my love for the Brazilian language (not Portuguese but how it is pronounced on a continent where it found enough space to sing and resonate). There are many enchanting songs and Garota de Ipanema is surely their best representative. The song is even good when sung in English. But it's only with the Brazilian expression that it becomes alive.
The composition from Buarque does not fall in this category, but appeared to me superior in all aspects as the symbol for how Brazilian music speaks to me.
Especially if you don't know them: