The songs of Georges Brassens (1) with English translation

Ninety of the best-known songs of Georges Brassens with videos of Brassens performing the songs and English translations - also textual and biographical comments

Monday, 16 March 2009

Mourir pour des idées- a deeply felt song where he pleads for tolerance and restraint

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Mourir pour des idées A heartfelt poem against those who propagate suicidal ideals. Brassens tells us that after the hostile response h...
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La Tondue - His disgust at the reprisals after the Liberation of France

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After the liberation of France from the Germans, there was a period when groups of people in France took the law into their own hands and...
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009

La chasse aux papillons

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La chasse aux papillons Brassens is usually pessimistic about the permanence of human love but in this merry, bawdy song he suggests tha...
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008

La non-demande en mariage

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The title of this song: “The Non proposal of Marriage” suggests a cynical view of the relationship of a man with a woman. In fact, the song ...
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