Jacques Brel
Ne Me Quitte Pas (Download)
Cat. No.: DDMETR243
Barcode: 0698458124388
Playing Time: Approx. 2 hours
Jacques Brel was
unique. An eccentric singer-songwriter who railed against the ordinary and the
mediocre in his life and in his art, his whole existence was about risk and
adventure. “Caution makes me sweat,” he once said, “I detest playing it safe.”
His vigorous performance style and provocative subject matter was sometimes
characterised as ‘violent’; he disagreed. “It’s not violence,” he said, “it’s
anger.” The source of his anger was the indolence, complacency and ignorance of
society. “Stupidity is awful,” he said, “it’s an evil fairy bewitching the
world. Stupidity is idleness. A kind of grease around the heart.”
The Belgian born
singer-songwriter, recorded almost exclusively in French and sold over 25
million records worldwide.