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Gill Smith

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Oct 13, 2009, 8:14:37 PM10/13/09
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Just discovered what a talented songwriter he was, having heard tonight's
BBC-R2 documentary on him and then checking out a load of his songs
(Elisa, Couleur Cafe etc. etc. etc) on Youtube

and to think all I knew about him was Je t'aime

didn't even know he wrote Poup�e de cire, poup�e de son!

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The dog from that film you saw

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Oct 14, 2009, 2:30:22 AM10/14/09
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i always liked 'lemon incest ' - a charming song he did with his daughter
(!) - has a nice video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-O5MZfsolg


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Gill Smith

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Oct 14, 2009, 6:19:53 AM10/14/09
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> "Gill Smith" <gill.sm...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:XpGdnf3qbOiJhUjX...@brightview.co.uk...
>> Just discovered what a talented songwriter he was, having heard tonight's
>> BBC-R2 documentary on him and then checking out a load of his songs
>> (Elisa, Couleur Cafe etc. etc. etc) on Youtube
>>
>> and to think all I knew about him was Je t'aime
>>
>> didn't even know he wrote Poup�e de cire, poup�e de son!
>>
>> --
>> http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
>>
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> i always liked 'lemon incest ' - a charming song he did with his daughter
> (!) - has a nice video too.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-O5MZfsolg

I thought I recognised the tune - one of Chopin's (etude/nocturne?)

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Cl.Mass�

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Nov 16, 2009, 5:19:35 PM11/16/09
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"Gill Smith" <gill.sm...@googlemail.com> a �crit dans le message de
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> I thought I recognised the tune - one of Chopin's (etude/nocturne?)

He sometimes used melodies from classical music. Like for _Babe Alone in
Babylone_ (Brahms)

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Cl.Mass�

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Nov 16, 2009, 5:41:39 PM11/16/09
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"Gill Smith" <gill.sm...@googlemail.com> a �crit dans le message de
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> Just discovered what a talented songwriter he was, having heard tonight's
> BBC-R2 documentary on him and then checking out a load of his songs
> (Elisa, Couleur Cafe etc. etc. etc) on Youtube
>
> and to think all I knew about him was Je t'aime
>
> didn't even know he wrote Poup�e de cire, poup�e de son!

La Javanaise
Je Suis Venu te Dire que je m'en Vais
La Chanson de Pr�vert
La Ballade de Johnny Jane
Les Sucettes
Harley Davidson
Ex-Fan des Sixties

The lyrics are on the same level.

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