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Georges Brassens Was A French Singer And Songwriter Known For Accompanying Himself With His Acoustic Guitar. He Wrote Some Extremely Controversial Yet Poetic Songs. In Doing So He Managed To Change Attitudes Across France. He Was Uncompromising When Composing His Songs. His Tactical Method Of Addressing Issues Was Profound And Often Humorous Making Him A Unique And Effective Figure In The French Community. Brassens Born In 1921 In The Small Mediterrenean Port Of Sete Wanted To Be A Poet. He Realized Very Early However That Poetry In The 20th Century Could Hardly Put Bread On The Table And Instead Set Himself To Become A Singer. He Is Much Less Famous Internationally Than Contemporaries Like Charles Aznavour Edith Piaf And Yves Montand As Much Of The Impact Of His Songs Came From The Lyrics Which Proved Difficult To Translate Into Other Languages. He Loved The Middle Ages And Used A Great Deal Of Old French Vocabulary As Well As Many Classical - Ie. Latin And Greek - References. Few People Even In France Possess The Background To Fully Understand His Songs. Yet He Was At The Same Time A Hugely Popular Singer And Many Of His Songs Still Carry A Lot Of Appeal And Relevance. In This Sense He Can Be Compared To Boris Vian To Jacques Brel And To A Lesser Extent To Serge Gainsbourg. He Was Very Sophisticated Yet At The Same Time Used Profanity Liberally. While He Wasn't Politically Engaged He Was Nevertheless Unambiguously A Leftist Many Of His Songs Carrying Blatant And Buoyant Anarchist Overtones. While His Music Was Initially Quite Primitive The 1950's St-Germain-Des-Pres Influence Quickly Made Itself Felt And While Subdued And - In His Mind - Always Secondary To The Lyrics It Became Increasingly Sophisticated - To The Point That Many Of His Songs Have Been Covered And Reinterpretated By Jazzmen See For Instance This UK Site Www.Projetbrassens.Eclipse.Co.Uk He Died In 1981 But Up To This Date 2006 There Are Few French People - Including Most Of Those Born Since - Who Can't Sing Along To His Most Famous Song Les Copains D'abord "Friends Foremost" Or His "Bancs Public" "Public Benches" . For Those Interested This Site Carries A Number Of Quite Good English Tranlations Of His Songs Www.Brassens.Org read less