Le grand Jacques !

You should definitely watch his "Amsterdam" and "Ne me quitte pas" performances.

Ce gars était mort depuis une ou deux décennies avant que je le découvre. Et je suis toujours époustouflé par son talent. C'est probablement l'un des plus grand artiste francophone de toute l'histoire.

Jacques Brel est un poète un chanteur, un acteur, ... c'est toujours un bonheur de l'écouter souffrir

Jacques Brel is the greatest ! Glad that you, from English Canada, discovered that. It's never too late. I am from Quebec!

Jacques Brel forever !

He is a genius. I'am 62, and he give ever the sqme goose bomb as I was young.

Brel était et sera pour l'éternité un très grand artiste. Des textes magnifiques cruels de réalité sur la nature humaine.

Jacques Brel is simply THE BEST french talking artist. He's the special one in think.

The lyrics in French are more important than the tune itself. It is always theatrical while singing. Jacques Brel finished his life in the Marquises à French dependancy near Tahiti.

If you liked it you must absolutely react to his most famous piece which is "Ne me quitte pas", a song translated into many languages and interpreted by many international artists. Brel wrote real poetry and was an extraordinary interpreter, a point of reference for many singers of the 60s.

Jacques Brel exceptionnal and unique figure of the French songs! He is a real artistic performer and can be compared to the Shakesperean actors like Richard Harris, Richard Burton or Peter O'Toole (all of Irish origins) who owe their celebrity to USA. For French people, Belgians are our dearest direct cousins...Jacques Brel performed in the famous Don Quichotte, a famous musical show in Broadway and film (with Peter O'Toole) He created and sang "The impossible Dream" (La Quête" in French). Great creation full of philosophical meanings... He has always been gratefull to France and the French audience who launched his artitical career. His best friends were of course french artists. Died of a cancer in the french islands Marquises. A French national symbol as other artists (also of foreign origins). Also listen to "Le plat pays" or "Amsterdam" or "Les Flamandes"...

Honnêtement une des plus belles chansons de Brel en français. Il faut la ressentir. Amsterdam et Ne me quitte pas sont « juste » plus connues. This song is talking about the belgian life (really long time ago). This is the true mAsterpiece from Brel. Thank you for your Words, man. You feel it ;-)

Toujours la chair de poule en écoutant cette chanson

Le magnifique Jacques Brel !

La version proposée est un play black, ça donne déjà une bonne idée de la performance de Brel, mais c’est encore plus impressionnant en concert.

Ma chanson préférer ( Ces gens la ) je la ces par cœur.

Magnifique

Incroyable humanité dans le texte, interprétation ...

So many brilliant songs. We grew up with Jacques Brel in the Netherlands/Belgium. (You've trillions songs to go :) Cheers from over the pond my friend

Amazing …. ❤❤

j'adore jacque brel is the best ♥

Brel...Un grand. Quelles chansons. Il les vit.

Thank you Jay! You're a free spirit mind (pardon my english)

Bonjour d'Occitanie (France) Jacques Brel est un artiste qui vie la chanson, il y a une autre artiste qui était comme cela sur scène Edith Piaf. Peu de mouvements de déplacement, mais tout est dit. Cette chanson est la représentation de ceux qui ont tout (ou presque) et ceux qui n'ont rien, les deuxièmes ont le rêve les premiers n'ont aucun espoir, rêves (ils sont mort d'une certaine manière)

It makes me very happy to see an english person appreciates Jacques Brel and understands how deep he is

Brel is the greatest performer ever.

Jay, your taste of art is incredible, unimaginable, behind expectation ❤️❤️❤️

It is like a realistic painting. The Vermeer of singing ?

Jacques Brel ❤❤👍👍👍

His song "Amsterdam " was nicely translated in English bye Mort Schuman (Who wrote sonngs for Elvis Presley) and became one of the best from David Bowie. "Ne me quitte pas " was sung by Nina Simone. J.Brel lived in the Maldives islands, piloting his own twin-motor plane to help people for free.

He has the most heart felt performance.. obviously it's about his own words made about the scenes he lived with soul and spirit .. If you don't understand his lyrics, you better learn french, because it sounds as every genuine poetry uttered by the one most impacted by its content.🎉❤😮

The song , LES VIEUX

i think the point was sung from someone that's not living in poverty, dissing poor people, but he's in love with a girl from that same poor family.

Hello Bro.I'm French and as a French I've to say that your reaction made me very happy.Jacques Brel was a real good singer,dead too young.As you can see in this video,on stage he was an amazing performer,he lived his own songs very intensly.I invite you to found his last record performed a few months before passing away,the title "ORLY" where you can listen to marvellous tracks,above all one of the best song in french (form me) "Les Marquises". In this record J Brel put his last forces and his soul, and the strength of the lyrics combined with a great musical orchestration made an unforgettable result.AMAZING!!!!!! I hope you read me and i send you kindly regards from South France. Soon to listen for a new reaction about french singers ,alot deserving your interest.

Go into all his repertoire you will laugh and cry but mainly you will kneel in front of him

I love this song from brel love the performance also

It is one of his many love songs. And most of them don't end well.

He is the one and only, worth digging into his many songs. And if you want to discover him, you have a long way to go and discover.

5: 34 emotion

Pour moi la chanson et surtout l'interpretation de brel que je prefere, magistral

Love it! I recommend you watch and react to his song Jacques Brel - Mathilde You will be blown away! I consider it his best performance or let's say the best performance of a song ever on a live stage!

Bonjour de la France..oui nos cousins les belges ont de grands artistes ..ds le même genre on n avait Leo ferre...

Look "la fadette" "Amsterdam" "ne me quitte pas" 👍👍👍

Love your reaction...Brel IS the best!!!!! There s no more Brel today....😢

love your reaction :)

The boss Jacques Brel !!!

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Bonjour J ai grandit en écoutant tous ces artistes poètes chanteurs comédiens et si vous allez faire un tour dans cette époque vous découvrez des trésors de textes et d interprétation..jacques brel décrit les mœurs de la société de l époque

Jamais égaler il ne sera une légende

Try the incredible "Les vieux" -- how could he have known all of these things when he died at age 49?

Brel le magnifique 🙏👍❤️

le premier des rapeur francais

Did you hear about Johnny Halliday, one of our greatest French rockstar? Born in Belgium! His funerals were national and spectacular in Paris. As a hero! I doubt one Belgian came to his funerals...

🙏🥰👍✌️👏👏👏👏👏

Fernand Orly Les vieux La chanson des vieux amants La quête Quand on a que l'amour Ne me quitte pas Amsterdam ......................................

almost as beautyfull as Amstersam from Jacques Brel

Hey there, this song is about a simple employee (in love of Frida) which works in some big house owned by nobility people.. "Ces gens là" : "Thoses people" is about this nobility family seen and described by their employee..

French song is often more about stories than Anglo-Saxon song. If you don't know Brassens I recommend it to you. He was a friend of Brel and is considered a poet and singer, musically very inspired by jazz.

It s all about Frida :))

Brel performed in Montreal in 1967. I am astonished a Canadian did not know him.

C'est un monument Brel

أما هذا الفيديو كنت البارح أذكرك كيف كنت تحبني في البداية ورأيت كيف كنت تنظر الي 😮😊

He’s very well-known in the francophone world. Such a clear, incisive speech and pronounciation. Powerful, isn’t it ? Thanks 🙏🏻 for your appreciation. I’m from Lille (a 1.800.000 inhabitants city, border town in top North of France, half in Belgium, a province named The Flanders where Jacques Brel is actually from. You should hear him in both versions of “Don’t leave me”, i.e. “Ne me quitte pas” (French) and in his mother-tongue (Flemish/Dutch) “Laat me niet alleen”. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdWod89klrzWe58.htmlsi=iO4nE4D1wfMrffaW

Dear Canada, Brel was almost unknown in Belgian when he started to make shows in a small cabaret. Just as Brassens, Ferré and others (born in Monaco) at that time... Other artists and actors born in Belgian or from any country from any continents became well-know since they performed in Paris. Just travel in Europe and ask anyone how many artists from abroad succeeded to flourish theit talents and became famous since they crossed the French frontier! In USA there is New York. In Europe here is Paris...

Those People First of all… First of all, there’s the eldest He’s a complete pea-brain He’s got a big nose And doesn’t even know his name He’s Mr. Drinks-A-Lot Or rather, Mr. Always Drunk He does nothing with his ten fingers But it’s not like he can anyway He, who’s totally sloshed And thinks himself a king Who gets wasted every night With cheap, crappy wine But you’ll find him in the morning In the sleepy town church Stiff as an awning And white as an Easter candle On top of that, he babbles And he’s got a lazy eye I gotta tell ya, sir That with those people They don’t think, sir They don’t think...they pray! And then there’s the other one That lousy carrot-top He’s never even seen a comb And he’s a vile little worm Even though he claims He’d give the shirt off his back He got married to Denise A girl from the city Well, actually from another city And that’s not all - He goes and does his little business With his little hat And his little coat And his little car! He’d like to think he’s a big shot But he really isn’t at all You can’t play at being rich When you haven’t got a dime I gotta tell ya, sir That with those people They don’t live, sir They don’t live...they cheat! And then there are the other ones The mother who says nothing Either that or total nonsense From evening until morning Coming from her “saintly” face And in a little wooden frame She’s got Father’s mustache - He died when he slipped and fell And she watches as her herd Gobbles down cold soup And they make a big SLURP! And they make a big SLURP! And then there’s the little old one Who never stops shaking And they’re waiting for her to die Since she’s got all the dough They don’t even listen To what her poor hands are telling them I gotta tell ya, sir That with those people They don’t chat, sir They don’t chat...they count! And then, and then… And then there’s Frida! Who’s as beautiful as the sun! And she even loves me back! Oh, how I love Frida!! We even say to each other a lot That we’ll have a house With a bunch of windows And almost no walls And we’ll live in it And it’ll do us good to be there But it’s not a certainty It’s still a maybe... Because the others don’t want that- Because the others don’t want that! The others, they keep saying That she’s too pretty for me! And that all I’m good for Is slitting cats’ throats! I’ve NEVER killed a cat!! Well, maybe a long time ago… Or maybe I’ve forgotten… Or maybe they smelled bad. In the end, they don’t want that Sometimes when we see each other Pretending like they don’t say that on purpose With her teary eyes She says she’ll leave them She says she’ll follow me And so, for a moment Only for a moment… I do believe her, sir! For a moment… Only for a moment… Because with those people Sir, you can’t leave You can’t ever leave, sir You can’t ever leave Now it’s getting late, sir I need to go...back home

Les vieux . ❤❤

Now you understand how brel is a genius. Try to listen "fernand" an unknown song : incredible

Listen to Ne me quitte pas.

It is good idea to discover Brel and other European artists but Brel alone will take some time, more than 80 songs. And there is more than just Brel, there is a whole world, outside the USA.

Sa dernière phrase "Il est tard, Monsieur, il faut que j'rentre chez moi"... laisse supposer que sa famille est comme celle de Frida. Chez Frida, on s'en va pas mais chez lui non plus. Nous ne valons peut-être pas mieux que ceux qu'on critique....

Or quand on a que l'amour..

Jacques Brel = Génie... Point final. Non : cette chanson est avec "la chanson de Jacky" celle que j'adore le plus.

In this song, Jacques Brel paints a guy who randomly talks to a stranger ("Sir") he has met in a bar, late at night. The stranger is the viewer. He talks about his desperate and failing love with the blonde Frida, who belongs to a very traditional family of Wallony. He first paints his disdain for this family ("ces gens-là", aka "these people"), and caricatures each main character in that family, all the perceived mediocrity of what seems to be a christian working class or middle class environment. Then (perhaps a bit drunk) he shows his passionate dream of leaving with Frida, but soon, he reminds himself that the Frida's family opposes their union. With that, he says farewell to the stranger and goes home.

Song le port d amsterdam.

Brel était un homme de scène. il y a une version ou il brille de tout son talent d’interprète: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZx9eqqZnb25k6M.html C'est un de ses derniers spectacles. Merci pour ton regard, et tes commentaires.

On ne s'en va pas Mr. On ne s'en va pas. 😢

Please react to Leo Ferre "Avec le temps"

The only other performer of the same era that I know who could compare with Jacques Brel in terms of stage presence and intensity is James Brown. The most crazy thing about Brel is he had awful stage fright before getting on stage : he often vomited just before his concerts, but when getting in front of the audience he became possessed.

You really should watch a video or listen to a song by Eduth piaf, Jacques sang many of her songs, and you missed the important bit, Jacques is not French, he is a Flemish Belgian, look up his song callerd Marieke, and you will understand his background better!

You should watch the same song from a different concert it’s more powerful

You should listen to Joe Dassin, he was a real legend

React to PIERRE BACHELET / Elle est d'ailleurs MERCI

This is one of his many love songs. And they all end wrong. Brel.

Jacques Brel, Léo ferré, Jean Ferrat, Michel Sardou, et bien d autres chanteurs français d une autre époque, les IRREMPLAÇABLES !!!!

Jacques Brel, comme certains des artistes de cette epoque, chantaient avec leurs tripes. Il ne mentait avec ces spectateurs. Bien sur pas d'autotune a l'epoque. STP fait d'autre reaction de brel.

It's "beautiful like the sun" not the "son"

هل موجود أنا عاقبتك هذا الصباح لأنك منعتني أفعل ما أشاء في صوري كنت أسلم عليك بالمحبة للا محدودة لإبني الذي أحبه ولا أراه فقط انت ناجح لأنك ترى في هاتفي كل ما أراه أنا أسلم عليك وأتركك للغداء والصلاة حبي الصغير

To properly understand that song one has to speak fluent French