Written by Jaques Brel, a great singer songwriter of North African origin who was brought up in Scharbeek Brussels. He rose to fame in Paris with the great artists of the day.
He wrote a lot of songs, many of these were used by other artists with great success.
A bloke I know (a big cheese in the music biz) reckons about ten percent of his favourite modern songs either came directly from, or were heavily influenced by this great man.
To see Brel at his best seek out a video of him singing 'Amsterdam' live in Bruges. It's in (heavily accented) French but you don't need to speak the language to get it.
fatnortherngit t1_iqzst5x wrote
Reply to TIL the song 'Seasons in the Sun' was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers by FarceMultiplier
Written by Jaques Brel, a great singer songwriter of North African origin who was brought up in Scharbeek Brussels. He rose to fame in Paris with the great artists of the day.
He wrote a lot of songs, many of these were used by other artists with great success.
A bloke I know (a big cheese in the music biz) reckons about ten percent of his favourite modern songs either came directly from, or were heavily influenced by this great man.
To see Brel at his best seek out a video of him singing 'Amsterdam' live in Bruges. It's in (heavily accented) French but you don't need to speak the language to get it.