Audio CD review:
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

Band: Serge Gainsbourg Title: Histoire de Melody Nelson Rating: Release Date: 22 February, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Melody 2: Ballade De Melody Nelson 3: Valse De Melody 4: Ah! Melody 5: L'Hotel Particulier 6: En Melody 7: Cargo Culte

Customer Reviews Gravel sans velvet I love this guy. . a story teller, a poet, a singer. Get Melody Nelson. And check out his talented daughter's (Charlotte Gainsbourg) work in film (Science of Sleep; Jane Eyre) and on disc (5:55). Get in Your Car and Drive I kept at it though and now I can't get away. Melody Nelson didn't do it for me right away. This album has a way of creeping into your existence and taking it over. I live in New York City so i don't have a car but for all of you that do, buy this album, get into it, and drive. Melody Nelson was made for late night drives. If you like this right away, good for you, if you don't then keep listening. UPDATE: Since I wrote the above I have been entrapped by this album. I cannot get away from it. This is one of the greatest albums ever. You haven't heard music fully until you've experienced this. I don't know anything like it and I don't think I ever will. Wow. The eerie slow play between the bass, drums, and guitar. The meandering talking of Serge as he leads you through this strange 28 minutes of love and lust. The strings and chorus. Oh the strings and chorus! Ahahahaha! Sweet infinity! I can see this being the album that takes over me life and leaves me for ruin. If you don't have this album, I'm sorry. If you have this album, I'm sorry. Why did it take so long for me to hear about this? What's wrong with the world?. Elaborate Eurotrash - best when not translated so as not to offend the bluenoses Serge, jaded and driving his Silver Ghost Rolls Royce, with its "Venus of Money of 1910 posed on the radiator," swerves off the road to find a "white skirt tied onto black pants" calling herself "Melody Nelson" with natural red curls. The recent Ballad of Congressman Mark Foley initiated these comments. Evidently Serge wants an English trophy to go along with his fancy English machine! Her age? "Quatorze automnes - Et quinze étés - Un petit animal. " Best not translated. Anyway, this stuff wouldn't pass muster in the USA today. I give "Melody Nelson" five stars for the beauty of its orchestral arrangements. Serge really knew how to get the groove out of his session musicians!! Check out "Requiem por un con" for further grooviness. Unfortunately this record is only 32 minutes long. . You can see a complete list of all Serge Gainsbourg discography, or go back to the Serge Gainsbourg tabs