It s realy emotional to see someone who don't speak French but be touch with the song of Jacques Brel.....thank you so much

he was already dying of cancer during this. the greatest song ever written.

L'un des plus grands interprètes de tous les temps, si ce n'est le plus grand !!!

I'm French but his is the best Belgian love song ever written... kidding the best love song ever written in French...It transcends language the emotion is so RAW..

Jacques Brel "Ne me quitte pas" is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. one of the most beautiful love songs ever written

The best song in french ever written. Anthologic.

one the the greatest song ever written by one of the greatest singer ever ...

Jacque Brel song “J’arrive” is truly one of the biggest gut punch. You see he died quite young, he wrote that song when he knew he was dying. He’s imagining his friends, family and lovers at his funeral, chrysanthemum is the traditional flower at a funeral. A big recommend

For me this is one of the most beautiful love songs ever. Jacques Brel finally left France (in fact he was Belgian) and took his boat to French Polynesia and lived there until his cancer caught up with him. He has a fantastic song book, well worth looking into. Thank for publishing this song.

Jacques Brel is the Best of the Best of french speaker singer and poet!

I think this is one if the most beautiul songs ever written. The lyrics are so poetic. They had Rod McCuen translate his lyrics to English, but they always fell short. The other song most known to Americans is Seasons in the Sun. The French title is something like Le Moreband. Again the French is much better.

Wicked. Thank you for playing Jacques Brel. My God he could sing.

This was the guy who said. Talent does not exist. It’s just hard work.

Thiss song is a real thing! 🥺😭

I love his poetic style, that is my favorite song from him.

Un chanteur tellement puissant des textes à en perdre la tête 🥰

It’s a true life story. He wrote it for his mistress who wanted to leave him. The man was already married with 3 kids and didn’t want to divorce the mother of his children. This is him begging for the woman he truly loves.

This is arguably the most beautiful video of the most heart wrenching song of my native Belgium's number one musical monument, Jacques Brel (pronounced Jacq, by the way without 's'). I've watched it countless times ( and will many more) and always get a lump in my throat and now, having been away from my lovely country for many years, a massive tsunami of homesickness every single time. Thanks for this and your kind words. Deeply appreciated. By the way, you might want to check out songs like 'Ces Gens-lá (Those People) and 'Mon Plat Pays' (My flat Country,) of which he also has a version in my native Flemish (Mijn Vlakke Land). I consider it to be one of the most beautiful homages to my native Flanders, the northern, Flemish speaking half of Belgium. Have a nice day

Yeah, the greatest strength of Jacques Brel is his ability to give so much emotions to his songs. And that’s why it’s better watching his live performances. Now try to watch « Amsterdam, ces gens-là, au suivant, la valse à mille temps (my personal favorite), quand on a que l’amour, le plat pays ( or « de vlakke land » he sang it in Dutch too).

Thx, French songs very often have a depth, an intensity, a universal truth that is not found elsewhere. There is really something special and at the same time common, still universal in the culture of France/Belgium

this is one of the most beautiful lovesongs ever

I love your reaction it's an utterly beautiful song and he is the best performer in the world in my view

Jacques Brel, trust me, the best of live artists try to emulate him - back in the 70s, none could, this was him at his most calm - great vid !

Belgium have Royalty too! 👑

This was a massive hit in English as "If You Go Away" recorded by everyone including Neil Diamond.

quel chanson d amour wow

Uno de mis cantantes favoritos y en especial esta canción terrible y emocionante... un tema universal y eterno. Amo esta canción. One of my favourites singers and one of the best songs ever, such a emotional and strong song... eternal and universal love. Gracias por esta reacción

@wantstofly Well like many of us, I thought initially that these lyrics were inspired by a romantic breakup. Yet a while back, I had heard on the French radio waves a recorded interview of Brel denying that version and explaining that the song was written for a good female friend of his who was dying. Fast forward to a few days ago, I found an article in the French press saying that in fact that the song was for 'Miche' his wife. The article was published in Gala on October 25, 2018, title: 'Jacques Brel a bien chanté "Ne me quitte pas" pour son épouse et non pour sa maîtresse'. When Brel left his boring managerial job at his dad's cardboard factory to find fame as a singer in Paris, he also left his wife (Thérèse Michielsen, 'Miche') and his two (or three?) daughters behind. Brel was a sensitive and tormented man so I would not be surprised that these lyrics were written out of guilt and remorse after all. Could have he twisted the plot to get his pain out..? We will never know. Ita missa est -

Jaques Brel - beautiful important man - Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris - great album - and HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY today.

We studied his songs at school.

thank you for this pearl, the high performance of your reaction and your beautiful analysis !

Aaaah - - - 'Grand Jacques'! I have many favourite songs by Brel, including Mon Enfance, Quand On N'a Que l'Amour, Marieke, La Chanson de Jacky, Mathilde, Au Suivant, Les Vieux, Le Plat Pays, Amsterdam, La Chanson des Vieux Amants, Jef, La Valse a Mille Temps, Madeleine, Le Tango Funebre, and J'Arrive. (My apologies to French speakers that I have omitted the accents; I don't know how to include them with my keyboard.)

Such a beautiful song of love and loss😪😪😪 he is singing from his soul❤❤

Wrtiting from Paris. Nina Simone made a cover of this song. Very beautiful too. I don't know which one I prefer. God bless them two and I hope they meet each other in Heaven

Thank you for your beautiful reaction

We have so much powerful singers in our little country : Jacques Brel, the greatest, Stromae, the most known and my little favorite Loic Nottet (His song Mr/Mme is incredibly touching and deep...)

Very wise introduction song to Jacques Brel man... i am jealous you still have So Much to discover from this Major Artist and French repertoire in general. This song and the unique interpretation is giving me goosebump every time as well... it is not a bad thing at all :-)

He didn't write this song for a female lover (as one could think from the lyrics) but for a female friend who was dying of cancer. This is a love song but the other kind of love.

Brel, Stromae, same country (belgium) same singularity, we have one like them at eatch generation, In belgium we dont have quantity but we have the quality (like our beer )😉

Juste magnifique.

Yes my friend, beautiful. Love in one song, forever.

Un géant qui m'a si souvent bouleversé, tu es près du seigneur et dans nos cœurs 💕 pour toujours

Jacques Brel avait dis que c'était une chanson liée sur l'absence comme la séparation yles décès ect..donc a ne pas enfermer dans un contexte d'un rapport entre un homme qui rappelle à l'ordre la femme qu'il la quitter

Coisa mais linda

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This song is about cowardice, not about love. Brel himself would despise the character he was playing.

Thank tout for tour reaction. Very great artist

We was an actor too !!! don't forget it !

+1 for referencing !

He didnt want to sing this song first because he thought that it was a shame to tell all that stuff to a woman that it was "dégradant" in french for a man to Say all that stuff , and finally it was one of his greatest success , for me not the best far from that but , one of the most known ( sorry for my english lol long Time didnt practice it 😅)

I remind an American artist called Scott Walker who tried to adapt his songs to English. No link with the politician, actually, he was a member of the Walker Brothers band. He died a few years ago. You should check for "Mathilde" or "Jackie" songs from Scott Walker (originally made and sung by Jacques Brel).

I have lived here born in 79 and race or color never was a thingwe where al a gang and friends.

Jacques Brel dit le Grand Jacques est belge . Amitiés à vous tous amis anglo-saxons 🇨🇵

I now what he's thinking : "this is not a yellow submarine"

Do not leave me.i ll offer to you tears of rains from a country where it never rains. We often see fire from a 🌋 that we though it was die.

If you go awayyyy

Brel wrote all his songs, hundreds. He was unique. And his love life was a disaster.

He’s from Belgium like Lara fabian

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Excellent. I also recommend "Alertez les bébés" (Jaques Higelin) is also amazing

Love how sensitively you react to this classic song from 1959. In French the name Jaques, or Jack, is not pronounced Jax because the "s" is silent, yeah, crazy French grammar. By the way, I invite you to listen to Wyclef Jean's rendition of this song, at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ba54damcya7dgok.html, who, being a French speaker from Haiti, can understand the lyrics and the depth of this Belgian song, and gives it his own intensity, throwing in a bit of English here and there!

Garou "L'Adieu" Live Bercy" is very good and because Im from Québec you should watch Dédé Fortin "le répondeur" The KZfaq title is: "Les colocs le dernier show". The singer André Fortin killed himself ( suicide )not long after that performance

I've love this song for over 15 years Nina Simone does it beautiful as well ❤️‍🩹

Jacques Brel is from Belgium…and who else is from Belgium ? The great Lara Fabian !! Now you know where she is comming from !!! Cheers,

It's one of the greatest songs on emotional abuse and psychological domestic violence. This man (but it could be a woman) has been emotionally enslaved and now the abuser is blackmailing him or her. Nina Simone did a wonderful cover of this song from a female point of view.

Brel mistress left him, because He would not leave IS wife ans kids. He was deeply in love and wrote the song after she broke up with him.

It's a pleasure to see what foreigner think of our french culture, that's not the only side but it's one of the most beautiful part of our country

Merci

Jacques Brel wrote this song when Suzanne Gabriello left him.

merci

for knowledge purpose in french most of the time e at the end of a word is most of the time said as a short "eu" and when there is an S in the end of a word it's mostly not said it's most of the time the sign of plural but there is too some word that have it naturaly like the "pas" that mean "not" in many case more or less for the title ( language can't be translated literaly) ne= don't/ me=me/ quitte= leave/ pas= not! it's mostly a word by word translation like i said no language can be translated literaly after the way it's said have too a meaning the meaning of his in this song is "please" so it's "don't leave me." said to be understood "please don't leave me."

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Hi .Nina simone sang this song . In reality he wrote the words of this song for show how a man is ridiculous when he s in love 😏 You should listen and see more of brel. A real killer. He stop the music cos he was dead every time he sang. Too tired.

C'est la beauté du français...that's the beauty of French language 💜💜

This is not a love song, but a prayer in out most despair. Brel did not like to sing it, I think you can see why. Brel was not good in love songs, they always ended wrong. But he was indeed very talented as he wrote and composed all his many songs.

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Great reaction, as usual.....Rod McKuen, the American poet, translated the French lyrics, which became If You Go Away, into English. The song has been covered countless times, everyone from Sinatra to Shirley Bassey, Neil Diamond, Dusty Springfield, Barbra Streisand, etc. This is Angelina's rendition: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qaqFmtuot5q2in0.html

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Le plus grand...

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It meant more if it is the dying Neanderthal and Earth are negotiating his future.

I can’t listen to this ! I know French . It makes me cry and think of my mother who taught me the beautiful French language . Though I speak 5 languages I just can’t listen to this song !!!!!

Brel est boulversant dans ses interprétations... La langue française permet d'écrire des textes poétiques qui transcende la réalité....

Ray Charles was a huge fan of this song kzfaq.info/get/bejne/euCknNB1udC5f6c.html

Great singer, great actor, a legend ! Not my favorite song, i prefer "Jaurès", "Bruxelles", "Orly", "Amsterdam", "Ces gens-là", "Mathilde", "Les remparts de Varsovie", "Les bonbons", etc.

Brel was a rebel 'avant la lettre'. He was a great performer but didn't liked that image of him. Performing and being succesfull, actualy killed him along with his cancer... A very strange and pretty sad story...

Wanna know an anecdoct guys? Jacques brel always sue so much cause he didnt wanted to sing!!! What a waste for europe imagine....

I think Nina had the same vibe and intensity in her songs, I recommend her performance @ Montreux Jazz Festival kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8yPaM9i3rqvfo0.html

Not french il belgium

Pourquoi tu as arrêter d'écouter les musiques françaises ?

Pas la voix. Les tripes !!

Hi bark! Qu'est-ce que ça fait ici ces vieilleries. Franchement quelques Français sont vieillots ici.

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