‘Blow Up’
Serge Gainsbourg that nevertheless made no.2 on the UK chart. Now, her new 2020 album
‘Oh! Pardon, Tu Dormais…’ is tousle-haired songs of louche seductiveness, regret and memory which tell mesmerising tales.
Andrew Darlington listens…
Je T’Aime… Jane Birkin is a goddess.
‘It’s always circling around love, passion, and love at first sight that doesn’t last.’ She’s describing the subject matter of her album
‘Oh! Pardon, Tu Dormais…’ ‘Either the regret of no longer being in love, or the panic of being in this state – where we’re just afraid of losing, the domestic scenes at night when you see your partner sleeping next to you. You want reassurance. If you ask a very important question such as ‘do you love me?’ at 2 am, it’s by no means sure he’ll say ‘yes’ to you… and besides, that won’t be enough because it’s not only ‘do you love me?’ but ‘will you always love me?’ But your partner is half-asleep and n