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Jane birkin serge4/4/2024 ![]() Their 1969 album "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg" included the highly controversial track "Je T’Aime.Moi Non Plus" which, though sung entirely in French, was banned by several radio stations. For over a decade, she was his muse, partner and lover of the pop-poet France still mourns like a favourite son. She departed (already a single mother after a year-long marriage to film (James Bond.) composer John Barry, and swiftly became a central figure in Paris society, replacing Brigitte Bardot as Serge Gainsbourg’s lover. A beloved star in her adoptive France, she fled ’swingin’ London almost 40 years ago, after causing a minor scandal in Britain as she cavorted with David Hemmings in Antonioni’s film, "Blow Up". And "as always, she finds herself comfortable in the twilit area between two styles, two languages, ever able to surprise and bewitch."įew could imagine that Jane Birkin, the long-limbed icon from the Swingin’ 1960s, would go on to forge a distinctive, rewarding career as an actress and interpretive singer for five decades. The English-born French singer, actress, activist sings her famous repertoire, long-dominated by the work of her late husband, Serge Gainsbourg. It’s 40 years since she fell in love with him, 28 years since they split up, 17 years since he died, and Paris has never let its most iconic couple separate. Jane Birkin will interpret songs of Serge Gainsbourg and others like Tom Waits, The Magic Numbers, The Divine Comedy, Cali, Caetano Veloso, Paolo Conte… ![]()
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