The last song of the French Pop Week that has taken over the blog in the last week (and that has, according to the traffic figures, spectacularly failed to capture the public's imagination), this is a song by France's most famous rock star, Serge Gainsbourg. Notorious in this country for his sex-centred view on music, his biggest hit here was banned from radio play for being overly sexual - even nearly 50 years later, it is still pretty edgy. He threw himself into an astonishing number of genres, from his beginnings as a crooner, through bubblegum pop and even (misguidedly) into reggae, and has now long been regarded as one of the most influential artists in the world. A biopic of his life came out last year, and it's well worth a watch.
Serge Gainsbourg – Qui Est "In" Qui Est "Out"
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