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RFCalifornia

(440 posts)
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 08:58 PM Oct 2021

Serge Gainsbourg - Yay or Nay?

Look there are a lot of levels to this

Serge was Jewish, and showed up during the first day of Vichy Jewish Registration to register himself

This is badass

At the same time, he took up with Brigette Bardot, who was a noted Vichy-supporting Nazi

And yet he didn't connect beyond sex with her

But he was what the #metoo (and I) would describe as "Gender Violent"

He sexually violated Whitney Houston ON NATIONAL FUCKING TV

With his words -- BUT THAT STILL COUNTS

In fact, it may be the worst

But at the same time, he did some amazing musical things

I am torn as whether I should toss him to the pyre or accept it as the part of a time and place?

Please tell me


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viva la

(3,189 posts)
1. Have you seen the salacious video he did with
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 09:03 PM
Oct 2021

His daughter? Things were wild back then, but even then it was.... offensive.


I am not going to link to it. You can Google "Lemon Incest" but the title tells it all.

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
5. Yup, just read about the daughter.
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 09:07 PM
Oct 2021

Fucked up is right.
However, she seems to have survived it and has an Israeli-French partner and three kids.

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
3. Considering Bardot was 6 years old at the rise of Vichy France,
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 09:06 PM
Oct 2021

I don’t really see how she could have been a Vichy supporter of the Nazis.
Serge was 12 at that time.
Not sure what you meant with that.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
9. Can I say some people are assholes and I dislike them at a personal level
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 09:18 PM
Oct 2021

but consider their music to be a different matter?

Ryan Adams, for example, seems very much like not a good guy when it comes to females ... but I love a ton of his earlier music, and always will.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
11. He sang "Je t'aime" with Jane Birkin, which will always have a special place...
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 08:42 AM
Oct 2021

....in the heart of a kid going through puberty, though.

I knew nothing of his personal life.

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