The first track from ‘Histoire de Melody Nelson’, Serge Gainsbourg’s Magnum Opus. A very abstract, stream-of-consciousness composition on all fronts. At least that’s the impression it gives. The strings dive in and out, the bass furtively underlays it all and the guitar embellishes with electric flourishes. The total effect is a mesmerising one that condenses swinging London into a French man’s packet of ciggies. The sixties really happening in the seventies of course.
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