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Brel La Mort [Reel Time]

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Uploaded by on May 27, 2006

My death is like
a swinging door
a patient girl who knows the score
(2m49s B+W Kodak Silus Jubb)

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  • who is singing this? is it bowie? never heard studio version.

  • Scott Walker

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  • The english lyrics are a lot softer than the original version.

    Not quiet as meaningful as Brel.

    I know: it has to rime. It's probably really hard to translate such genius.

  • it´s from the gregorian requiem chant "Dies irae, dies illa"

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  • mais cette vidéo mais..... mais c'est de la merde

  • This version is performed by SCOTT WALKER. It is Bowie's version which is similar to that one, not the other way round. Bowie is a great fan of Walker, he even produced a documentary about him. This version here is older than the one made by DB.

  • @kaligula11

    right - on this theme i prefere the anglo-versions, too

  • I have just heard the other day a piece by Franz Liszt, that I am almost convinced strongly inspired Brel. Does anyone know?...

  • Brel's original verision is very different. The version here is similar to David Bowie's cover. I must admit that of all those three versions Brel's original is the weakest.

  • i can't find the jacques brel version anywhere on youtube? is it here?

  • The intro is from Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, right?

  • You can find La Mort on the Phillips LP Jacques Brel 3 which turns up on Ebay or on collections of early Phillips songs on CD. Also the Oeuvre Integrale.

  • it's La Mort

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