First Time Reaction Jacques Brel Ne me quitte pas (SO DEEP! WOW) | Dereck Reacts

[@alexislebienheureux1459]

If you want to understand who he was, you need to watch live performances... He was living his songs and do emotional. Thank you Derek!

[@cendymoi]

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[@theoberthod8406]

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[@theoberthod8406]

This live is so emotional

[@bertrandronge9019]

So much more emotion in the live version

[@magaliehadjisotiri9255]

Jacques Brel, God of lyrics. He was a real, real poet. Love him ❤

[@HattoriHanzo62]

in my opinion "ne me quitte pas" has the best lyrics of all time

[@heinedietiker4943]

David Bowie said, that nobody had such a great impact in him like Jaques Brèl.

[@mikewilson3581]

He blew Scott Walker's mind as well. Definitely changed Scott's life.

[@michaellaporte4951]

Bowie covering Brel's "Amsterdam" on the Pinups album and "My death" on the Ziggy Stardust concert was what introduced me to Brel, and I immediately fell in love. He's absolutely a poet without parallel, completely wonderful.

[@belgium_dc2295]

Eh m'fi ya pas d accent sur le e

[@christophe77700]

It is almost impossible to choose a song from Jacques Brel's repertoire. They are all magnificent.

[@BlueJoneleth]

Thank you!!!!! I love Brel. :D One piece of advice though, Jacques Brel is an artist that really shined in live performances. His studio recorded songs are excellent but his live versions are phenomenal.

[@MedusaLegend]

Well, he mimics most of his songs.

[@monniem888]

So true ! He delivered his soul on his live performances.

[@selenewonderland]

This isn't just a song it's a work of art. His live interpretation is pure perfection.

[@JoelleClercCBrito]

Hi Dereck! As next song from Brel, I would suggest "Le port d'Amsterdam" or "Quand on n'a que l'amour".

[@ryogadesiris3674]

Ho yes, Amsterdam is very powerful kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4uThnp9q8dnqbM

[@NarvykFR]

La valse a mille temps est pour moi sa meilleure musique

[@vijayvideos2688]

Oui la valse a mille temps est exceptionnel

[@jamesdodger5588]

What an unusual but great choice to do a reaction to. Jacques Brel was a legendary songwriter and performer but I am sad to say his songs and performances seem to be lost in the blandness of modern song. So pleased you reacted so positively to him.

[@janosfernandez945]

It's one of the most emotional songs ever written and Brel's delivery is just out of this world. Most people can't hear it without crying...

[@tiggergutt70]

Best singer ever singing the best ever written song in french.

[@reynaldparisel3852]

Brel : "Orly" ; "Amsterdam" ; "Les bonbons" ; "La valse à mille temps" ; "Jaurès" ; "Bruxelles" ; Ces gens là" ; etc., etc.

[@topolou8175]

Mon chanteur préféré

[@romainhancisse5319]

la valse de varsovie, vesoul, madeleine, mathilde, les marquises, et quand on a que l amour!!!!

[@pierredjpierre6632]

A voir aussi dans le port d Amsterdam de Brel... magnifique !

[@syllb7234]

The live performance is incredible...

[@klipfelguillaume9506]

Yes Jacques Brel. I love this poet. Thank You. "Amsterdam" or "Ces gens là" in live. Very good. Thank you

[@didiervaneylen4635]

Ah la gloire nationale^^. Sa meilleure performance live est pour moi "le Port d'Amsterdam," je te le conseille.

[@marinop7090]

Do you know Francis Cabrel ? His song "je l'aime à mourir" it's so a beautiful song

[@mikewilson3581]

Brel deserves a great documentary. Something that will bring his music and life to a wider American audience.

[@annedunne4526]

Jacques Brel made me want to learn French. I think his renditions are incredibly beautiful.

[@leffetpapillion]

le grand grand GRAND Jacques Brel !! merci Dereck

[@quentincaraux8843]

From Jacques Brel, you must try 'la valse à milles temps', probably one of his best with the one you just covered.

[@NarvykFR]

On est d'accord la dernière fois j'ai suggéré cette chanson je me suis fais limite insulter par un malade mental qui a plus de 2k commentaires sur sa chaîne ptdr

[@FlavetteLaLavette]

la valse à mille temps est un chef d'oeuvre par ses jeux de mots mais pas certaine que ça soit compréhensible pour les non francophones!

[@MedusaLegend]

@@FlavetteLaLavette, il ne suis pas les paroles en direct de toute façon. Mais il est parfaitement capable d’apprécier la prouesse technique.

[@veroniquemathez8051]

A Legend !!! Such talent 💖

[@SkyLumen]

Amsterdam on live Olympia one of the most. You'll be blown away

[@tommylundholm9146]

My favorite Brel song is Quand on n'a que l'amour it so much emotions. Yes you get the song of you understand french. My heritage is french.

[@dina-ys6xf]

Magnifique 🇧🇪💪🏼✨ other song of him : la chanson des vieux amants 💕

[@arkasonus7678]

Ah oui, magnifique cette chanson 👌🏻 Ma préférée, je pense.

[@yolandeclaes3399]

Magnifique... La plus belle chanson d' amour... By such a unique artist and poet 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪

[@alexallart8162]

You really need to check "Amsterdam" live version....a must!

[@reynaldparisel3852]

Forcément en live (Olympia), vu qu'il n'existe aucune version studio...

[@pignonMZ6]

This is a tough song to react to, I think you did good nonetheless. The truth is you actually need to understand French to catch the beauty in those verses, because musically it's minimalist at best. Think of it like a Bob Dylan song, the core subject of the song would survive a translation but not the poetry. Brel was a popular poet from Belgium, someone the masses could relate to, and with Piaf, Brassens and Aznavour, perhaps one of the most consequential francophone singer to ever live. I think you were very wise to react to 80s or even 90s French singers, they were heavily influenced by American culture and the poetry slowly died in those years. However, reacting to Brel or even Gainsbourg will require a good command of the French language and for Gainsbourg a decent grasp of French/British/American literature (Bowels, Poe etc.). To give you a good example of the issue at hand at one point in this song Brel says "le rouge et le noir ne s'épousent-ils pas?" which is (horribly) translated "Don't black and red blend together", the translator decided to switch the colours, instead of red and black he/she writes black and red and this tiny mistake ruins the verse. The Red and the Black is a novel by Stendhal that all French schoolboys and girls study, a tragic love story that fits the song perfectly but that reference is lost in translation.

[@jean-francoisribauville9065]

Stendhal has nothing to do with this. You have to take de verse entirely: "Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir Ne s'épousent-ils pas ?" Red and black are the colors of the sky in the evening, just before the night. They marry together like a man and a woman.

[@valerieh84]

Hello my friend, as a translator, I feel compelled to stand up for my colleagues here. Switching the colours red and black in the English version is not a mistake, it simply sounds a lot better. Every worthy translation of this text which I have seen will do it. You see, our job is not only to convey meaning but also the aesthetics of the text in the best way our target language will allow. We wouldn’t want to give the impression that Jacques Brel writes poorly! So we make certain choices and here, we choose style over certain cultural references that will most likely be lost on the audience. If needs be, we can add translators notes to our work, which may or may not be published depending on the support. But I am pretty sure that they are not lost on the translators 😉 PS: love how KZbin turned Pauwels into ‘bowels’, I think he would love it!

[@warrenpeece9624]

@@jean-francoisribauville9065 While I agree about your view on the meaning, "Le rouge et le noir" obviously pertain to Stendhal's masterpiece, for a precise writer like Brel it is intentional. It is a reference and a possible double entendre.

[@sophiegoarin2903]

ouf ! merci ! vous avez exprimé pile ce que je pensais mais que je suis loin de pouvoir écrire en anglais 😁👍

[@jean-francoisribauville9065]

@@warrenpeece9624 Maybe the connection is precisely too obvious. And above all superficial. Julien Sorel is a proud and ambitious young man, manipulative and hypocritical when needed. His overweening pride leads him to death and he faces it with dignity. Exactly the opposite of the man in Brel's song.

[@MedusaLegend]

Yeah! Yeah! He started Jacques Brel!!! I so love this guy. He is not just singing. He is living his songs, he tells stories, and with such poetry. Stromae was already great at this but here is THE master. Next, you must listen to "Quand on a que l'amour (here in Belgium, we hear it at quarter of our weddings), "la valse à mille temps" (the ultimate singing challenge, and it personnally makes me travel back in time), "Au suivant" (the funniest), "Dans le port d'Amtserdam" (the song that summerize his whole style), and "Le plat Pays" (his description of Belgium).

[@BlueJoneleth]

Good Choices! :D I'll add "Ces Gens-la" to the list, although that one is best with subtitles.

[@lemniscate4065]

Also, vesoul, ces gens-la, madeleine, les vieux 😊

[@MedusaLegend]

@@lemniscate4065, Vesoul is also super fun. anyway, Jacques Brel is the only singer who makes me laugh when I hear his songs. This is just the way he sings...

[@lemniscate4065]

@@MedusaLegend actually, none of his song are funny, the lyrics are always sad. Although some song look funny, but the lyrics…so sad…😭

[@MedusaLegend]

@@lemniscate4065, I still laugh to « les bonbons », « Vesoul », « Au suivant », Mathilde… i am into « humour noir ».

[@patriciacloix71]

Wouah le très grand Jacques OMG émue larmes toujours en écoutant ce grand poète artiste mythique grand merci Dereck 🙏😱😢💖👍👏

[@elvirilio4717]

Great, was waiting for a long time for Brel

[@geedeetheone]

"je suis une soir d'été " de jacques brel is great too. Brel was a so good singer.All emotions in voice.

[@karimaliege1051]

Jacques brel is a king!!!!!!!!!! Some say that Stromae sing a little like him :)

[@truus5653]

You really need to see his live performances , that has much more inpact . Great reaction !!

[@stephanievantielen5615]

Neither you like him or not. There's no way in between. He's what I call a true artist.. One of the biggest artist Belgium ever had. Thank you grandma for letting me know him!

[@lalicornejacqueline8271]

Monsieur jaques Brel , un grand monsieur.Un monstre de la chanson française. Quoi dire de plus ?

[@sebastienotaku1317]

Jacques Brel, the legend. Thank you for that reaction, Dereck. Now that you have discovered him you have to see him on stage. It's another level. The song that I would like to recommend to you is "La chanson de Jacky". If you watch live version, you will see how he was a monster on stage. He was really singing each time as if it was his last performance. So impressive. So, if you react again to him, choose a live performance, please. Thank you.

[@gillesprados7505]

Whao an iconic belgium singer : the Best for words....studied at university.

[@lied1484]

Dear Dereck! How beautiful, isn't! Also here in the Netherlands this is a Classic, with a capital C. Although long time known, it always brings tears on my face. And can I just say that I really love your versatile channel wich spans countries & times. Thank you 🤍

[@jeanphilipperondeau1070]

You just touched everest.

[@gillescoustou4273]

Agree with you Derek. Very good analyse words are Thery important too.. 🎹😍 thank you

[@glambertini4709]

I love Jacques Brel, he was an exceptionnel performer, able to make you cry or laugh. He's still a major inspiration for many current singers, for his lyrics and above all for the strengh of his performances. Many singers regulary try to cover his songs (during concerts for instance) but very few manage to match the emotion he gave off ;)

[@fluffy9592]

This song is a real masterpiece! The lyrics are so beautiful and deep. You should have commented the live version as Brel’s performance was so emotionally charged. He was one of the greatest french speaking artists and a fellow Belgian 😊! But I have to admit that still to this day I feel like crying hearing this song. Especially if I have an off day. You should comment La Bohème from Aznavour. Amazingly beautiful song. Impossible for me to listen to it without shedding a tear!

[@ponfed]

I am so glad you got to Jacques Brel.... he is a genius...I think you might get in a rabbit hole if you like this.

[@valerieh84]

Now you are a bona fide connoisseur of ‘la chanson francophone’: RESPECT, DERECK! In France ‘Ne me quitte pas’ is regularly voted as the best song in French ever. There is a more recent cover by Wyclef Jean (of Fugees fame, who is Haitian, i.e. a French speaker) as well as a classic version by Nina Simone. Also regularly touted as the most popular song in France, there is ‘Mistral gagnant’ by Renaud, with a beautiful cover by Cœur de Pirate and another one by Vanessa Paradis and Maxime Le Forestier.

[@romainbarrier628]

Jacques brel je te recommande la valse à mille temps👍

[@laukushi]

I think about a treasure in my family. My grand father saws brel at Lille for his farewell's tour. Brel dedicated him personnaly his vinyl pocket. After all this time, he always have it.

[@jm53gripsou]

This song IS one million Time better in live.

[@bardoubruno498]

He have to watch live version each time, text is strong, but the acting is wonderfull !

[@mlomarechal6877]

"Quand on a que l'amour" une autre magnifique chanson sur l'amour et le partage qui me bouleverse à chaque fois que je l'écoute.

[@brieucderrien1367]

On french music you have a lot of poetry, and Brel one of the master. You know why Jim Morrisson was on France

[@vania1917]

My fav song of his is 'Ces gens-là' (Those people.) Its a fantastic performance, here for the camera. It comes with english subtitles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2Ldk3eEiNOFipY Brel verbally eviscerates a group of individuals, displaying a stunning hatred and contempt for them and then the song makes a big turn and we find out why he hates them so much and we learn a bit more about the narrator's character.

[@mabo4165]

Goosebumps !!!!

[@RubberDuckTrucking]

yes, Ces gens-la is also my favorite song of Brel, hope he reacts to it

[@Frederic1406]

Impossible to chose one song by that top singer, his songs were poems and theatre. I would really love for you to react to "Mathilde", I really love this song, the lyrics and interpretation are so interesting!!!

[@BugBug81]

So many of Brel's songs became huge classics, most of those songs are like little stories that he was telling, so beautifully written... His stage performances were famous, he was giving everything on stage, try have a look at the song "Amsterdam" (he never registered it on an album, there's only the live version) it is a very powerful performance, so impressive. So many artists covered his songs, many of them in English too like David Bowie or Nina Simone (who even sang "ne me quitte pas" in French), Celine Dion, Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, Marlene Dietrich, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Nirvana, Frank Sinatra, Sting, Barbra Steisand... They all sang Brel's songs ! He's like a national monument for many people in Belgium.

[@snazzydray]

I absolutely love that you reacted to Grand Jacques ! You should definitively react to Amsterdam, another of his classic songs, which has been covered by David Bowie (Port of Amsterdam) and Marianne Faithfull to name a few as well as been translated in many languages!

[@awagny9026]

Hi Dereck, thank you so much for this magnificent song, i love Jacques Brel, he sings another songs, the most beautiful was "la chanson des vieux amants", its an emotional song, "le port d'Amsterdam", "ces gens la", "les bourgeois", "quand on a que l'amour", "la valse a mille temps", "les vieux", its a splendid songs of Jacques Brel.

[@jeanaymart130]

Dereck, just hear "Amsterdam" and "Vesoul", both in live version: you will be exploded !

[@TheZapan99]

Dereck should react to Jacques Brel "La Quête" that is part of the musical he wrote on Don Quixote. Probably one of the most vocally spectacular stage performances from Brel.

[@betessauvages4786]

"Amsterdam" , "quand on a que l'amour" , "la chanson des vieux amants " by Jacques Brel !

[@dropzone9639]

" I'll be the shadow of your shadow." Desperate for her to stay......tears....

[@tonybarruk2]

Great video, thanks! An important thing about traditional French "Chanson" is that they're not so much songs, as poems set to music (Brel's words always came first, then he would write the accompanying music), which sounds like mere semantics, but it's key to Brel's delivery, where it's close to a spoken word performance... A really interesting "double-bill" for you would be Brel's "Le Moribund", compared to Terry Jacks' 1974 worldwide smash cover version "Seasons In The Sun" (which he originally produced for The Beach Boys, but they rejected it, so he released it himself.) Jacks' own lyrics are a million miles away from Brel's, and his follow-up single was a version of "If You Go Away"... For me, the best current interpreter of Brel's work is Marc Almond (formerly of Soft Cell) - he did a whole album of new translations of Brel's songs (called "Jacques") which were approved by Brel's widow, but his biggest Brel hit was "Jacky" (AKA La chanson de Jacky) which you might enjoy...

[@RommerskirchenFrank]

Classic... did you notice the similarities between him and Stromae? Both are from Belgium... and Stromae is decades afterwards... but the same sadness, same tune, same deepness... 🤍

[@MedusaLegend]

and they both had a burnout and stopped their carreer early.

[@grandcoune6297]

Comparing Brel to Stroame..... really? REALLY? Bande de sagouins!

[@TheKhalamar]

Dancing to Stromae is easier though 😁

[@danieldeldaniel3919]

this one is more than legendary

[@cassyvandenbosch3064]

Hi Derek! Try : " Ces gens-là" from Jacques Brel if you can the live version wonderfull! 🥰 Love from Belgium🇧🇪💕

[@jean-louisgillet1225]

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[@believeitornot2650]

That's what I was going to suggest...

[@danielblaze4112]

I like all of Jacques Brel so this song is approved by me !

[@edwinf8328]

This was my first time listening to this artist's version. His version was great. Never heard a male singer sing this song. Dusty Springfield's version was my first introduction to this piece. Like you said the song has been covered by other artists. I happen to like Dusty's version. Even Cyndi Lauper made an excellent version. Take a listen. Enjoy.🎶

[@Jamzy-gi3ft]

Jacques Brel was one of the greatest performer of all time. No joke !

[@fabianrondelet8154]

Nooooooo Derek! to appreciate jacques brel it is imperative to see his performance. his talent was in interpretation. you have to see it live!

[@SlackSlackSlackSlack]

Live performance of Brel are the one to watch😁

[@lilaladdada]

Oh no way it’s Jacque Brel no cover he is unique incredible thank you so much 🌹🌹🙏( he is burning every time is sing and the lyrics oh god is just poetry we learns it at school ..)

[@minik746]

Derek, you are the best because you can feel Jacque Brel'sand talk about Brel's emotions. I am not not English speaking so I hope you understand what I am writing.

[@ludovicgasparini5896]

Derek, I agree with all the suggestions in comments. I would just add that you should listen the same song in concert ! You might make a new video only for that. You can listen to Jacques Brel, but watching him is a total experience !!! Enjoy !

[@dreasbn]

This is not just music this is art. Knowing songs of Jacques Brel is basic knowledge for life. Like Edith Piaf, Juliette Greco, Barbara, Charles Trenet, Charles Aznavour, Brassens, etc… it’s not that you have to love them dearly but one should know about them and their most famous songs and work of art, lyrics, style etc.. Jacques Brel: Quand on n‘a que l‘amour et Amsterdam sont indesponsable…

[@TristanaPalmer]

What a pity you don't have the live version, when he sings it, he lives it and that is so.....

[@edmondzobarentrer8056]

hi Dereck. really a big thank you for listening, feeling and analyzing this wonderful song.

[@kilowen_3297]

More of Jacques Brel: -Quand on n'a que l'amour -La valse à mille temps -Amsterdam ("ne me quitte pas" made me literally cry 😢)

[@HectorRojas-he8g]

Wow...impresionante

[@sergepetiteau765]

Brel, one of the greatests.

[@nephesh2331]

you should have seen him on concert, you would have seen all the power and how he is so present on stage

[@jacquesdemolay2699]

Next songs could be: - Amsterdam (live version) - Les Marquises - La valse a mille temps - Quand on n'a que l'amour

[@2Johnp]

Brel, just wonderful singer and songs from an other age... 🥰🥰🥰

[@gen8622]

Le port d'Amsterdam ! 👍

[@myuudee]

Love this song ♥️

[@didierminard5989]

Il y a tant de meilleurs chansons du grand Jacques

[@Jules__Jules__Jules_Jules]

Hello from France, I recommend one of the greatest singers that we have known Léo Ferré and his song: les anarchistes

[@arkasonus7678]

Finally available 👍🏻 To understand the song, you can find an interview of him (with Brassens and Ferré). Most of people think it's a love song. But it's more about how a man can humiliate himself and be a coward. Jacques Brel is one of the greatest French speaking singers of all time.

[@samuelparent1908]

Le grand Jacques !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@js-tz9bu]

I don't know if a non-french speaker can really like this song as much as we do

[@franckkif5986]

brel its the master of words

[@zeeldaazoonk]

Beautiful sad love song and I cried

[@LucasGaudichon]

This song is a masterpiece of emotion. I don't know thousands songs which are so emotionnal. One I recommand you is Mon Dieu by Edith Piaf. Sadness is sometimes so beautiful.

[@BlueJoneleth]

Johnny & Jacques were good friends. Jacques died relatively young of cancer at the age of 49 back in 78. Johnny sang several of Jacques' songs, especially when he came to Belgium as an hommage to him.

[@nellywouters5939]

Un grand chanteur, auteur compositeur.J'adorais le voir chanter sur cène, car il jouait c'est chansons au paroles superbes...🙏😞😥👍👌🌈🌏💔💝💖💝

[@chrisgraham5186]

Probably the best known version of this song (in the US and UK) is the barely recognisable "If You Go Away" by Terry Jacks, singing Rod McKuen's English translation, but in a more up beat pop single way. (McKuen translated a lot of Brel's songs and Jacks had another bigger hit with 'Seasons in the Sun', which was McKuen's translation of Brel's 'Le Moribund').

[@JollyGraham]

He deserved much more appreciation. If he had sung in English he would have been a super star. I love so many of his tracks/performances. Dusty Springfield did a great version of this song and David Bowie did a wonderful live version of his song `My Death’.

[@Frederic1406]

But Jacques Brel is a supermega superstar. No-one has such a cult respected status as he has inthe French speaking world.

[@TheJoaquimhock]

The instrument at the beggining is the Martenot waves.

[@reynaldparisel3852]

Les ondes Martenot étaient à la mode à l'époque

[@HattoriHanzo62]

in my opinion this is the best lyrics of all time

[@funkydoc13]

"La valse à mille temps , le port d'amsterdam,quand on n'a que l'amour. mais surtout faut que tu decouvre nino ferrer ;)

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

At one point, Jacques Brel decided to leave his Belgium/French life, gave everything up (including his wife and children), bought a boat and went to live in the South Seas (similarly to Marlon Brando). When I first heard Stromae's Formidable, I heard Brel......

[@kevinSTOLIAR]

as a french, the best french song and the sadest too. Nina Simon sang the same song and it was amazing listen it

[@dropzone9639]

Such a talented man. This song is absolutely beautiful. If you transcribe the words in English it is so passionate about his love for this lady who was leaving him. We all should have someone to love us like her loved her. Magnificent! RIP Mr Brel!

[@chucku00]

The sound in the intro is made by an "Ondes Martenot", a synth ancestor that was conceived in 1928. Here it was used with its ring ribbon and its expression controller that allows glissandi, somewhat like a theremin but with more precision.