Cause and Effect presents:

Serge Gainsbourg was a terrible person who made a lot of incredible music. He was like a French jazz rock Bill Cosby in the 60’s, basically. With the help of local rapper dogfriend, Noah Page will dive right into exactly what was so messed up about this guy.

He was tremendously influential though. And we’re find his footprints all over Beck, Portishead, and Regina Spektor, among the many other eccentric artists who came after him.

Contemporaries of Serge like the weirdo favorites Can and Brigitte Bardot also round out our show. Bardot was actually married to Gainsbourg for a while, and Serge’s daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, has also created music and had an acting career along the same lines.

But most importantly, we’ll try to figure out why and how such an awful person, who has done such terrible things, could still be so beloved. Spoiler alert: the music is really good. Compare to Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, etc.

Playlist:

    Time: June 23 - 9:16:26 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg, “Couleur Cafe”

    from Initials B.B.

    Mercury - 1968

  • Time: June 23 - 9:19:26 am
  • Axelle Red, “Sensualite”

    from French Soul

    Music & Roses

  • Time: June 23 - 9:21:00 am
  • Can, “Vitamin C”

    from Ege Bamyasi

    Spoon Records / Hostess - 1972

  • Time: June 23 - 9:23:00 am
  • Beck, “Soul Suckin' Jerk (Reject)”

    from Loser - EP

    DGC - 1994

  • Time: June 23 - 9:29:00 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg, “Le poinconneur des lilas”

    from Initials B.B.

    Mercury - 1968

  • Time: June 23 - 9:31:00 am
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Just Like a Woman”

    from I'm Not There

  • Time: June 23 - 9:37:00 am
  • Beck, “Paper Tiger”

    from Sea Change

    Interscope - 2002

  • Time: June 23 - 9:39:00 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg, “Requiem pour un con”

    from Monsieur Gainsbourg Originals

    Verve Forecast Records - 2006

  • Time: June 23 - 9:41:00 am
  • Regina Spektor, “Real Love”

    from Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur

    Warner Bros. Records - 2007

  • Time: June 23 - 9:55:00 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg, “La chanson de prévert (Featuring Alain Goraguer and Orchestra)”

    from L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg

    Columbia - 1961

  • Time: June 23 - 10:06:00 am
  • Brigitte Bardot, “La Madrague (Antis Remix)”

    from La Madrague (Antis Remix)

    Daxa production

  • Time: June 23 - 10:08:00 am
  • Dogfuck, “delusion”

    from Delusion - Single

    self-released - 2017

  • Time: June 23 - 10:11:00 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg, “Lemon Incest”

    from Initials SG

    Universal / Fontana / Hip-O / Universal International - 2009

  • Time: June 23 - 10:14:00 am
  • Portishead, “Glory Box”

    from Dummy

    Go Beat - 1994

  • Time: June 23 - 10:17:00 am
  • Can, “Sing Swan Song”

    from Ege Bamyasi (Remastered)

    Mute - 1972

  • Time: June 23 - 10:22:00 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, “Je T'aime Moi Non Plus”

    from Histoire de Melody Nelson

    Mercury - 1971

  • Time: June 23 - 10:25:00 am
  • Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You”

    from Whitney: The Greatest Hits

    Arista - 1995

  • Time: June 23 - 10:28:25 am
  • Brigitte Bardot (produced by Serge Gainsbourg), “Bonnie and Clyde”

    from Show

    Disc AZ - 1968

  • Time: June 23 - 10:31:25 am
  • Beck, “Minus”

    from Odelay

    DGC - 1996

  • Time: June 23 - 10:33:56 am
  • Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, “Ballade de Melody Nelson”

    from Histoire de Melody Nelson

    Mercury - 1971

    Cause and Effect    June 23rd, 2018

Posted In: Music, Music Shows