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Radio 6 Music,4 mins
"Cherished, absolutely cherished" - Jane Birkin on the worldwide legacy of Serge Gainsbourg
Radcliffe and MaconieAvailable for over a year
"When Serge died Fran莽ois Mitterrand wrote: 'We've lost our Apollinaire, our Baudelaire.' Serge changed French songwriting forever." Jane Birkin joins Mark and Stuart to discuss the music of Parisian songwriter, actor and film-maker Serge Gainsbourg and her relationship with him. Jane previews her forthcoming concert at The Barbican Centre and introduces tracks from her first album in 9 years, which features reinterpretations of Gainsbourg's songs. Their worldwide hit single Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus was released in 1969, the same year the film Slogan was released - the film which brought Jane and Serge together for the first time.
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