Jacques Brel - Bergen 30/05/1964

A great writer with a unique style and a wonderful gift for poetic imagery. the Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel sang mostly in French but also in Flemish, the English versions of his songs do not do him justice and offer a watered down taste of his talent. Edith Piaf said ' He goes to the limit of his strength because, through his singing, he expresses his reason for living and each line hits you in the face and leaves you dazed.' Well said , a unique talent.
This is a famous concert from Bergen in the Netherlands May 30th 1964

Set List:
01 Intro
02 Le Dernier Repas
03 Les Fentres
04 Les Toros
05 Les Vieux
06 Mathilde
07 Les Bonbons
08 La Fanette
09 Les Bourgeois
10 Jef
11 Le Plat Pays
12 Le Moribond
13 Les Bigotes
14 Madeleine
15 Outro

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http://www.mediafire.com/?woay95lkl0gzkne

And a couple of you tubes of songs that aren't on the disc;

His most famous song, unlike the English translation honest, desperate, sad and beautiful. A young man desolate.
'Ne Me Quitte Pas'


and the first song of his I ever heard, the Brutal, incredible, powerful, (with an English translated idea of what he was singing)
Dans le Port d Amsterdam


A force of nature, Jacques Brel.