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Excellent choice Martin , Tu ne regreteras rien by choosing these chansoniers , believe me
(Dans le port d')Amsterdam , La Vie en Rose , She , all top tunes
Do you remember Terry Jacques taking Brel's "Le Moribond " to the top of the charts as "Seasons in the Sun "?

Gilbert Becaud and Georges Brassens are conspicuous by their absences tho !

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merci, Ivan!
Sadly, I have no Becaud and only a handful of songs by Brassens on a cr*ppy tape somewhere.

It confuses people, as I speak no French, but I adore la chanson.
As a torch singer, Aznavour is criminally under-rated. Few can match him for passion and painful honesty.
'Yesterday, When I was Young' is one of my chosen funeral songs

Moved onto Barbara now, and thats when you know tears are gonna fall...

Ah, the hazy light of the torch.
Pass the absinthe, there's a good chap...

The Killers new album.

Dont really like it.

The CD is Pink with spots.

Many tracks have a brass & string section

Is this the Killer's Uvox?

I was quite pleasantly surprised by the new Killers album. We saw them at the Albert Hall three weeks ago and they played a fair chunk of the album; it didn't grab me immediately on the night, but now listening to the album I'm pleased with it as (for me) it has more instant impact than 'Sam's Town' initially did.

I don't think the orchestral or sax playing swamps the album. And no, it's definitely not in the 'U-Vox' category of album. Nowhere near, trust me.




EG

Perhaps I was being a little harsh but only 2-3 tracks really grab me on this album.

To be honest the live tracks played on Jules Holland made me buy it.

If you are a Killers fan you will buy it but may not be everyone's cup of tea.

I quite like 'Human' .. how does it compare?

'Sam's Town' was much more of a grower with me after 'Hot Fuss', and I think this may also be the case for the new album. There's depth to the writing, with more progression on sound and arrangments that differ from style to the first two albums (but that's not a bad thing I think).

I like the band, but I wouldn't say I'm a massive fan so I can see you point about Killers fans going for it and it not neccesarily being for others. Saying that, in this instance I'd recommend anyone not to judge it on first or even second listens. Given some of the stuff that's around at the moment it's an exceptional album that will stand the test over time.

All the best.


EG

Now listening to; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Organisation

Excellent . .excellent .. back to the dark winter months of 1980 ....ah bliss...