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1-Les Bourgeois lyrics-
2-Le Caporal Casse-Pompons lyrics-
3-Mijn Vlakke Land lyrics-
4-Fils De lyrics-
5-Les Coeurs Tendres lyrics-
6-Fernand lyrics-
7-Les Vieux lyrics-
8-Jef lyrics-
9-Le Moribond lyrics-
10-Een Vriend Zien Huilen (Versie Herman Van Veen) lyrics-
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Top albums
1-Master Series-
2-Orly (Fra)-
3-Ballades & Mots D'amour-
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Jacques Brel biography
Jacques Romain Georges Brel was born on April 8, 1929 in Etterbeek, Belgium. He studied in a Catholic school. At 16, he founded a theatre band & wrote plays. Jacques left school in 1947 & worked in his family's shop. On June 1, 1950, he married Thérèse Michielsen. In 1951, his daughter Chantal was born. Jacques started writing his own songs & sang them in Brussels' cabarets. Noticed by Jacques Canetti, he signed to Philips & went to Paris. In 1955, he went to Montreuil, near Paris & met Georges... »


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Au Suivant by Jacques Brel
Etherdave | 28-06-2006 06:49 | category song discussion
Brilliant, impassioned, angry indictment of the treatment of young French soldiers by their own superiors... the young men are pushed one by one into an army brothel before being sent to die, as the regimental commander shouts "Next!...Next!... (au suivant!). I first heard this one on an old Barclay's LP when I was twelve and I was immediately hooked by the singer's style... »



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