I love the way I laugh explosively before I’m aware I’m doing it. He is unique and very, very funny about awful things, mundane things and just real life.
@J Cridford Did you know that the small boy on the cover of U2's BOY album is the little brother of Guggi from The Virgin Prunes!? He is also on The Virgin Prunes' single "Moments and mine"!
I first heard an excerpt of this in a sample audio file that was included with an old Rio MP3 player. I was 11 years old at the time, so my much younger brain didn't get most of the jokes. I am 22 now, and I am laughing throughout this. Also, I am glad this wasn't mixed down to mono in the upload. Preserving stereo information is always appreciated!
OMG. . .Gavin this is full circle for me. I never knew you had covered this. My dad used to have Brel playing in the car when picking me and my sister up on weekends. And now, years later fighting my own custody battles regarding my own kids I hear this rendition of Brel by you, my hero from the rebellion of my youth from when my parents had just finished fighting over custody to me and my Sister. In 1983 I ended up squatting in North London goth glammed and working in Kensington Market. You all saved my soul and I spent many a night escaping to Virgin Prunes in the clubs. Love to you Guggi and David and so many thanks and hugs. Your rendition is particularly poignant as I'm half Belgian too.
As we all know Brel is well known for being multi nuanced with his poetry a mine field of split metaphors/infinitives etc and that's just the French so congrats on the translation. . .I've heard that a lot of people miss the satire and analogy and your translation sounds very authentic.
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