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The best Georges Brassens songs

The top 3 according to 29 votes from people: Les Passantes · La Mauvaise Réputation · Les Copains d'abord. (Updated Nov 6, 2022.)

For the centenary of his birth, the Brassens songs people still hum, from La Mauvaise Réputation to Les Copains d'abord.

gilles_bruxelles · · 14 items · 29 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original

Top 14

  1. 1

    Les Passantes

    1972. To a poem by Antoine Pol; first for Profession Spectacle.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  2. 2

    La Mauvaise Réputation

    1952. The portrait of the nonconformist.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Les Copains d'abord

    1964. An ode to eternal friendship.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    Chanson pour l'Auvergnat

    Perhaps the best known of all.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  5. 5

    Le Gorille

    A famous satire long banned from the radio.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    Je me suis fait tout petit

    1956. Love that makes you humble.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète

    His last will in song.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux

    To a poem by Aragon.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    Les Amoureux des bancs publics

    Lovers kissing in the park.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Le Parapluie

    A meeting in the rain.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    La Traîtresse

    1961. Jealousy turned inside out.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  12. 12

    Les Sabots d'Hélène

    Tenderness for simple people.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  13. 13

    Mourir pour des idées

    1972. An ironic mistrust of causes.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    La Chasse aux papillons

    A lovers' walk.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 2

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