Le grand Jacques !

Jacques Brel forever !

You should definitely watch his "Amsterdam" and "Ne me quitte pas" performances.

@PierreMAILLET-gs6xm

2 ай бұрын

Tout Brel est à recommander.

Jacques Brel est un poète un chanteur, un acteur, ... c'est toujours un bonheur de l'écouter souffrir

Ce gars était mort depuis une ou deux décennies avant que je le découvre. Et je suis toujours époustouflé par son talent. C'est probablement l'un des plus grand artiste francophone de toute l'histoire.

@lucwarnier

22 күн бұрын

Vous avez totalement raison , Brel est irremplaçable, ses arrangements musicaux étaient aussi de haute voltige ! Nous avons un certain Olivier Laurent qui chante Brel, quasi comme lui. Il vous visite à Montreal de temps en temps ...

@Fenrill06

22 күн бұрын

​@@lucwarnier Ce n'est pas tout à fait ça à mes yeux. Je ne suis pas un grand fan de musique. Je n'en écoute que lorsque je sors de chez moi pour ne pas entendre les "lamentations" du monde, ou lorsque je travaille la nuit pour ne pas me faire bouffer le cul par un loup (la plus grande meute de France est à 15 km de chez moi)... Ou alors quand j'ai des émotions trop fortes à extirper de ma tête. Lorsque je suis mélancolique, je prends ma guitare et je gratte quelques accords (horribles)... Lorsque je suis énervé, je me déchaîne sur ma batterie en refaisant des rythmiques connues à en faire trembler les murs de ma maison... Et quand je suis triste, je laisse mon cœur saigner sur des mélodies larmoyantes au synthé... J'ai aimé Brel car dans presque chacune de ses chansons j'ai (re)trouvé un moment d'émotion de ma vie.

@spartanrolv4553

10 күн бұрын

Il n’est pas “probablement”, il est !

Brel était et sera pour l'éternité un très grand artiste. Des textes magnifiques cruels de réalité sur la nature humaine.

He is a genius. I'am 62, and he give ever the sqme goose bomb as I was young.

Jacques Brel is the greatest ! Glad that you, from English Canada, discovered that. It's never too late. I am from Quebec!

@IJayReaction

9 ай бұрын

Lots of love and respect from Ontario to lovely Quebec!❤️❤️❤️🍁🍁👑👑🥇🥇

Jacques Brel is simply THE BEST french talking artist. He's the special one in think.

If you liked it you must absolutely react to his most famous piece which is "Ne me quitte pas", a song translated into many languages and interpreted by many international artists. Brel wrote real poetry and was an extraordinary interpreter, a point of reference for many singers of the 60s.

Jacques Brel exceptionnal and unique figure of the French songs! He is a real artistic performer and can be compared to the Shakesperean actors like Richard Harris, Richard Burton or Peter O'Toole (all of Irish origins) who owe their celebrity to USA. For French people, Belgians are our dearest direct cousins...Jacques Brel performed in the famous Don Quichotte, a famous musical show in Broadway and film (with Peter O'Toole) He created and sang "The impossible Dream" (La Quête" in French). Great creation full of philosophical meanings... He has always been gratefull to France and the French audience who launched his artitical career. His best friends were of course french artists. Died of a cancer in the french islands Marquises. A French national symbol as other artists (also of foreign origins). Also listen to "Le plat pays" or "Amsterdam" or "Les Flamandes"...

@florentchif4551

7 ай бұрын

I seriously don't understand why you used so many times the word French for a Belgian artist. And his career started in Belgium, not in France, and France has nothing to do with his success.

@NB-xq4qt

6 ай бұрын

@@florentchif4551 Richard Burton was Welsh.......

Honnêtement une des plus belles chansons de Brel en français. Il faut la ressentir. Amsterdam et Ne me quitte pas sont « juste » plus connues. This song is talking about the belgian life (really long time ago). This is the true mAsterpiece from Brel. Thank you for your Words, man. You feel it ;-)

Look "la fadette" "Amsterdam" "ne me quitte pas" 👍👍👍

La version proposée est un play black, ça donne déjà une bonne idée de la performance de Brel, mais c’est encore plus impressionnant en concert.

His song "Amsterdam " was nicely translated in English bye Mort Schuman (Who wrote sonngs for Elvis Presley) and became one of the best from David Bowie. "Ne me quitte pas " was sung by Nina Simone. J.Brel lived in the Maldives islands, piloting his own twin-motor plane to help people for free.

j'adore jacque brel is the best ♥

Toujours la chair de poule en écoutant cette chanson

Brel is the greatest performer ever.

@ecamstatus

5 ай бұрын

Je plussoie, et sans artifice, sans danseurs, sans lumières, sans fumée…..juste lui et son incroyable interprétation. Brel perdait plusieurs kilos à chaque concert.

@ecamstatus

5 ай бұрын

Et encore…..cette version est en playback. Écoutez une version en concert, ça scotche!

It makes me very happy to see an english person appreciates Jacques Brel and understands how deep he is

Incroyable humanité dans le texte, interprétation ...

It is one of his many love songs. And most of them don't end well.

Go into all his repertoire you will laugh and cry but mainly you will kneel in front of him

So many brilliant songs. We grew up with Jacques Brel in the Netherlands/Belgium. (You've trillions songs to go :) Cheers from over the pond my friend

Jay, your taste of art is incredible, unimaginable, behind expectation ❤️❤️❤️

Jacques Brel ❤❤👍👍👍

It is like a realistic painting. The Vermeer of singing ?

Hello Bro.I'm French and as a French I've to say that your reaction made me very happy.Jacques Brel was a real good singer,dead too young.As you can see in this video,on stage he was an amazing performer,he lived his own songs very intensly.I invite you to found his last record performed a few months before passing away,the title "ORLY" where you can listen to marvellous tracks,above all one of the best song in french (form me) "Les Marquises". In this record J Brel put his last forces and his soul, and the strength of the lyrics combined with a great musical orchestration made an unforgettable result.AMAZING!!!!!! I hope you read me and i send you kindly regards from South France. Soon to listen for a new reaction about french singers ,alot deserving your interest.

I love this song from brel love the performance also

He is the one and only, worth digging into his many songs. And if you want to discover him, you have a long way to go and discover.

Love your reaction...Brel IS the best!!!!! There s no more Brel today....😢

Pour moi la chanson et surtout l'interpretation de brel que je prefere, magistral

Love it! I recommend you watch and react to his song Jacques Brel - Mathilde You will be blown away! I consider it his best performance or let's say the best performance of a song ever on a live stage!

Did you hear about Johnny Halliday, one of our greatest French rockstar? Born in Belgium! His funerals were national and spectacular in Paris. As a hero! I doubt one Belgian came to his funerals...

Bonjour de la France..oui nos cousins les belges ont de grands artistes ..ds le même genre on n avait Leo ferre...

The song , LES VIEUX

The boss Jacques Brel !!!

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love your reaction :)

Bonjour J ai grandit en écoutant tous ces artistes poètes chanteurs comédiens et si vous allez faire un tour dans cette époque vous découvrez des trésors de textes et d interprétation..jacques brel décrit les mœurs de la société de l époque

Jamais égaler il ne sera une légende

Fernand Orly Les vieux La chanson des vieux amants La quête Quand on a que l'amour Ne me quitte pas Amsterdam ......................................

French song is often more about stories than Anglo-Saxon song. If you don't know Brassens I recommend it to you. He was a friend of Brel and is considered a poet and singer, musically very inspired by jazz.

Hey there, this song is about a simple employee (in love of Frida) which works in some big house owned by nobility people.. "Ces gens là" : "Thoses people" is about this nobility family seen and described by their employee..

le premier des rapeur francais

Dear Canada, Brel was almost unknown in Belgian when he started to make shows in a small cabaret. Just as Brassens, Ferré and others (born in Monaco) at that time... Other artists and actors born in Belgian or from any country from any continents became well-know since they performed in Paris. Just travel in Europe and ask anyone how many artists from abroad succeeded to flourish theit talents and became famous since they crossed the French frontier! In USA there is New York. In Europe here is Paris...

Brel performed in Montreal in 1967. I am astonished a Canadian did not know him.

@joaidane

9 ай бұрын

Most Canadians today were not even born in 1967! ;)

He’s very well-known in the francophone world. Such a clear, incisive speech and pronounciation. Powerful, isn’t it ? Thanks 🙏🏻 for your appreciation. I’m from Lille (a 1.800.000 inhabitants city, border town in top North of France, half in Belgium, a province named The Flanders where Jacques Brel is actually from. You should hear him in both versions of “Don’t leave me”, i.e. “Ne me quitte pas” (French) and in his mother-tongue (Flemish/Dutch) “Laat me niet alleen”. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaOsps5sYbnYe84.htmlsi=iO4nE4D1wfMrffaW

Brel le magnifique 🙏👍❤️

almost as beautyfull as Amstersam from Jacques Brel

Those People First of all… First of all, there’s the eldest He’s a complete pea-brain He’s got a big nose And doesn’t even know his name He’s Mr. Drinks-A-Lot Or rather, Mr. Always Drunk He does nothing with his ten fingers But it’s not like he can anyway He, who’s totally sloshed And thinks himself a king Who gets wasted every night With cheap, crappy wine But you’ll find him in the morning In the sleepy town church Stiff as an awning And white as an Easter candle On top of that, he babbles And he’s got a lazy eye I gotta tell ya, sir That with those people They don’t think, sir They don’t think...they pray! And then there’s the other one That lousy carrot-top He’s never even seen a comb And he’s a vile little worm Even though he claims He’d give the shirt off his back He got married to Denise A girl from the city Well, actually from another city And that’s not all - He goes and does his little business With his little hat And his little coat And his little car! He’d like to think he’s a big shot But he really isn’t at all You can’t play at being rich When you haven’t got a dime I gotta tell ya, sir That with those people They don’t live, sir They don’t live...they cheat! And then there are the other ones The mother who says nothing Either that or total nonsense From evening until morning Coming from her “saintly” face And in a little wooden frame She’s got Father’s mustache - He died when he slipped and fell And she watches as her herd Gobbles down cold soup And they make a big SLURP! And they make a big SLURP! And then there’s the little old one Who never stops shaking And they’re waiting for her to die Since she’s got all the dough They don’t even listen To what her poor hands are telling them I gotta tell ya, sir That with those people They don’t chat, sir They don’t chat...they count! And then, and then… And then there’s Frida! Who’s as beautiful as the sun! And she even loves me back! Oh, how I love Frida!! We even say to each other a lot That we’ll have a house With a bunch of windows And almost no walls And we’ll live in it And it’ll do us good to be there But it’s not a certainty It’s still a maybe... Because the others don’t want that- Because the others don’t want that! The others, they keep saying That she’s too pretty for me! And that all I’m good for Is slitting cats’ throats! I’ve NEVER killed a cat!! Well, maybe a long time ago… Or maybe I’ve forgotten… Or maybe they smelled bad. In the end, they don’t want that Sometimes when we see each other Pretending like they don’t say that on purpose With her teary eyes She says she’ll leave them She says she’ll follow me And so, for a moment Only for a moment… I do believe her, sir! For a moment… Only for a moment… Because with those people Sir, you can’t leave You can’t ever leave, sir You can’t ever leave Now it’s getting late, sir I need to go...back home

@armofgod77

4 ай бұрын

Il n'est pas facile de traduire Brel en anglais, ainsi que dans une autre langue, et même de le comprendre pour un francophone, car ses textes sont tellement profonds et évocateurs que peu de gens peuvent les saisir à leur juste valeur, mais toi tu as réussi à en faire une qui se rapproche le plus de l'original malgré tout. Bravo Monsieur!

Now you understand how brel is a genius. Try to listen "fernand" an unknown song : incredible

i think the point was sung from someone that's not living in poverty, dissing poor people, but he's in love with a girl from that same poor family.

It s all about Frida :))

🙏🥰👍✌️👏👏👏👏👏

In this song, Jacques Brel paints a guy who randomly talks to a stranger ("Sir") he has met in a bar, late at night. The stranger is the viewer. He talks about his desperate and failing love with the blonde Frida, who belongs to a very traditional family of Wallony. He first paints his disdain for this family ("ces gens-là", aka "these people"), and caricatures each main character in that family, all the perceived mediocrity of what seems to be a christian working class or middle class environment. Then (perhaps a bit drunk) he shows his passionate dream of leaving with Frida, but soon, he reminds himself that the Frida's family opposes their union. With that, he says farewell to the stranger and goes home.

It is good idea to discover Brel and other European artists but Brel alone will take some time, more than 80 songs. And there is more than just Brel, there is a whole world, outside the USA.

Jacques Brel = Génie... Point final. Non : cette chanson est avec "la chanson de Jacky" celle que j'adore le plus.

Les vieux . ❤❤

Sa dernière phrase "Il est tard, Monsieur, il faut que j'rentre chez moi"... laisse supposer que sa famille est comme celle de Frida. Chez Frida, on s'en va pas mais chez lui non plus. Nous ne valons peut-être pas mieux que ceux qu'on critique....

أما هذا الفيديو كنت البارح أذكرك كيف كنت تحبني في البداية ورأيت كيف كنت تنظر الي 😮😊

The only other performer of the same era that I know who could compare with Jacques Brel in terms of stage presence and intensity is James Brown. The most crazy thing about Brel is he had awful stage fright before getting on stage : he often vomited just before his concerts, but when getting in front of the audience he became possessed.

Brel était un homme de scène. il y a une version ou il brille de tout son talent d’interprète: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWqBqamhaLq7k9I.html C'est un de ses derniers spectacles. Merci pour ton regard, et tes commentaires.

On ne s'en va pas Mr. On ne s'en va pas. 😢

Song le port d amsterdam.

Please react to Leo Ferre "Avec le temps"

You really should watch a video or listen to a song by Eduth piaf, Jacques sang many of her songs, and you missed the important bit, Jacques is not French, he is a Flemish Belgian, look up his song callerd Marieke, and you will understand his background better!

You should listen to Joe Dassin, he was a real legend

@quaresma9003

10 ай бұрын

Sérieux, joe Dassin c'était d'la variét' à 2 balles

@quaresma9003

10 ай бұрын

Tu devrais plutôt lui conseiller lara Fabian.

@maryseelie8887

10 ай бұрын

Bonjour de la France..Joe Dassin une légende?? Du talent oui mais c pas comparable ..ds le style Leo Ferre...

@quaresma9003

10 ай бұрын

@@maryseelie8887 pour moi une vraie légende c'est AZNAVOUR (auteur, compositeur, interprète) .Dans la même catégorie je mettrai gainsbourg et balavoine sinon tous les genres Dassin, sardou, lenormand ou même goldman sont à un niveau inférieur

This is one of his many love songs. And they all end wrong. Brel.

React to PIERRE BACHELET / Elle est d'ailleurs MERCI

You should watch the same song from a different concert it’s more powerful

Jacques Brel, Léo ferré, Jean Ferrat, Michel Sardou, et bien d autres chanteurs français d une autre époque, les IRREMPLAÇABLES !!!!

@theRegis56

3 ай бұрын

Non pas Sardou SVP

Jacques Brel, comme certains des artistes de cette epoque, chantaient avec leurs tripes. Il ne mentait avec ces spectateurs. Bien sur pas d'autotune a l'epoque. STP fait d'autre reaction de brel.

It's "beautiful like the sun" not the "son"

هل موجود أنا عاقبتك هذا الصباح لأنك منعتني أفعل ما أشاء في صوري كنت أسلم عليك بالمحبة للا محدودة لإبني الذي أحبه ولا أراه فقط انت ناجح لأنك ترى في هاتفي كل ما أراه أنا أسلم عليك وأتركك للغداء والصلاة حبي الصغير

To properly understand that song one has to speak fluent French