Today, I’ve been thinking about Gainsbourg. Following on from my last blog in which we fretted about the existential threat of getting cancelled affecting some of Boum’s repertoire, I wanted to focus on a controversial classic that’s been bothering me for some time now. Specifically, the song, ‘Comment trouvez vous ma soeur?’ ‘All the girls […]
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Recording in Rennes December 15th 2025 And we’re back from Rennes in Brittany where we’ve recorded some videos and recordings for an EP of Trenet songs. It went great! Here’s a sneek peek… Well actually that one was Marinella, but we’ve done some scintillating new versions of Trenet songs. The lovely people at the Studio
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A decade of changes So… after a 10 year pause for thought, Boum – especially us English ones – have become dimly conscious of what the lyrics of all these fabulous French Chansons are about! Often in the past, being attracted mainly by their exotic and mysterious musical delights, we would put on our ‘vie
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