jacques brel - [1966] - ces gens là - [english subtitles on screen] - REACTION - a normal family!

[@yanniccasaburo3948]

Cette chanson me donnera toujours des frissons, interprétation et écriture MAGISTRALES de Jacques Brel !

[@theglanconer6463]

So beautiful, so dark, so gritty and so much better than 99,9999999% of Hollywood 's storytelling.

[@frankemerson8584]

An incredible mix of realism, comedy and tragedy. Timeless masterpiece.

[@eliseprevost2233]

this is what we call a realistic singer "chanteur réaliste" who recounts real life events with all the positive and negative aspects . the lyrics are intense and the music that accompanies it is just incredible and the phrasing of the song is fascinating

[@sebastiendamarey6673]

Une fois on m'avait demandé de chanter "Ne me quitte pas" j'ai refusé, on ne peut pas faire semblant, cela demande de se donner à fond, là, tout de suite sans préparation ce n'est pas possible ! Jacques Brel vivait ses chansons à fond, il était malade avant de monter sur scène, je comprend ça !

[@podcasthastings9501]

I am French, and I wonder if an American can really grasp the incredible tragic depth of the text (even if the translation of the subtitles is rather good). It is both a desperate love song and a social painting of a shattering truth and cruelty. What is fascinating with Brel is that he always wrote his remarkable texts on the border of an illuminated beauty and a terrible horror in the human soul, a bit like a tightrope walker always on the verge of crashing to the ground.

[@MrAngelDevilSoul]

For me Jacques Brel is the best lyricist in french language. Nice reaction.

[@williamthelast1]

Agreed !! I could say the best lyricist in the music history !!

[@loupiat2173]

The translator did a good job too, congratulations.

[@carolinehouston6269]

moyen...

[@Ultimaginair]

Not that good but it's ok. :)

[@Deusvult66]

Il était belge comme moi🇧🇪. Merci de vous intéresser à la langue française. 👍👍

[@PIEbla84]

Amazing performance! And lovely reaction!!😊

[@caroledsd1243]

une de mes préférées aussi du grand Jacques. Je me souviens aussi avoir étudié cette chanson à l'école. One of my favorites from the great Jacques. I remember have studied this song at school.

[@Kollum]

I saw a suggestion for "la java des bombes atomiques" and I couldn't think of a better song to represent French culture !! One of my all time favorites

[@antinea45]

Il faut écouter sa chanson "les vieux amants" magnifique chanson 😊

[@fande...Angelina]

One of the best storytellers in the world ❤ It's like a film when he sings 😮 A french rock group, Ange, made a beautiful cover if you like to watch or hear They said on the disk: To Jacques Brel, We didn't dare take Frida from you 😢

[@LetsChillPage]

Hello Uncle D, 🌴🌞 As a child, I listened so much to all these incredible songs by the great Jacques in my parents’ car. Even though it wasn’t my generation, I loved his texts and his way of embodying the characters. I think that makes you demanding about art. The great French artists such as Piaf, Brel, Aznavour, Trenet, Ferré, Montand, Lama, etc., shaped the incomparable spirit of French song for the generations of singers who followed: Goldman, Cabrel, Balavoine, Berger, Fabian, etc. Besides, if we watch Lara’s performance for the first time when she sings “Je suis malade” (I’m sick), we say to ourselves, she’s remarkable; no one has ever sung like that before her! Well, that’s not true. It’s just that you don’t know the generations that came before her, lol. We could call it “The school of the French song” or, as we popularly say in France, “The old school.” In any case, thank you for taking the time to listen to all these beautiful titles that enchant the mind. Peace, folks. ☮👈😎

[@feralmario310]

merci de nous faire écouter ce merveilleux Jacques BREL !

[@jonathanpaternoster526]

Great job and choice D. You should try another from J Brel "au suivant". It's so powerfull about war.

[@bernardVERDIER-s4i]

Thanks for these great comments! I saw how much you appreciate Jacques Brel, however, in my opinion, you forgot one of his oldest and essential songs. for me, a masterpiece on the end of life which remains timeless today. this song is called "the old people". (but don't listen to it on a depressed day.)

[@Serge84500]

Oh oui, je ne peux que vous inviter à écouter cette chanson de Jacques Brel, "Les vieux". A chaque fois que je l'entends, j'ai les yeux à marée haute.

[@Tiisiphone]

"Ces gens-là" is said with the utmost contempt. Funny metaphors, but this story is a tragedy, since this family stands between him and his loved one.

[@williamthelast1]

They create Belgium !! But why ? To put Jacques Brel in the world !! I'm a quarter belgium !! He's my favorite singer, lyricist, actor. Thank you from France to sing our language so well !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@stephanevilboux1706]

Bonjour. Je vous félicite encore pour votre niveau en français et pour vos vidéos. Je suis d'accord avec vous. Le Grand Jacques est mon chanteur préféré. Et la concurrence est dure. Cordialement

[@thierrysanchez3161]

"Ces-gens-là" are the Thénardiers from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

[@natdel4442]

Il avait un sens aigu pour observer l'humanité ! (Avec "Amsterdam" qui a aussi des paroles extraordinaires) ce sont mes préférées Merci pour la réaction

[@maxharbig1167]

I think when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer he went to French Polynesia to end his days, Où sont les neiges d'antan? Leurs sont toujours avec nous.

[@gerardgross6354]

La version de cette chanson reprise par Bertrand Cantat du groupe Noir Désir est tout aussi sublime ...

[@jackylouloute4027]

My favorite song, I share this from my heart

[@martine2u]

One of my favorite songs. You could write a 500-page novel from this song. Masterful.

[@vincentbellamy]

Bonjour il n'y a rien à faire à chaque fois que j'écoute BREL j'ai la chair de poule, des frissons dans tout le corps qu'elle Poète est quel homme humble. J'ajoute un autre Artiste Le chanteur français Georges Brassens. Hello there is nothing to do every time I listen to BREL I have goose bumps, chills in all body that she poet is what humble man. Add another artist French singer Georges Brassens.

[@quaresma9003]

" La chanson des vieux amants" est ma préférée

[@coyote180467]

Wonderful song😍

[@laurentsalomonoriginals3438]

Merci infiniment pour cette réaction. J'adore Jacques Brel depuis toujours. Je me souviens du jour de sa mort en 1978, je n'avais pas tout à fait 12 ans. Je crois que c'est la première fois que j'ai vu mon père pleurer. J'avais une anthologie de tous les textes de ses chansons, et je les connaissais toutes. Un grand salut depuis la France.

[@jean-pierre8967]

chef d'oeuvre

[@musashimiyamoto586]

This was a TV recording. You should see his goodbye concert at the Olympia in Paris 1966 or some performances at Knokke. "Fils de", "La valse a mille temps", "Les bourgeois", "Le chanson de Jacky", "Le chanson des vieux amants", "Les flamands", "Mon plat pays", "Jef", "Le moribond" (which was the original of "Seasons in the sun" by Terry Jacks), "Au suivant", "La quete" or "Les bonbons" (hilarious parody). Clips of these can be found on KZbin. His performance, expressiveness, gestures, passion, poertry, music...I have never seen the likes of it again, probably never will.

[@chatnoir9242]

toutes ses chansons sont des merveilles... pour moi c'est "quand on a que l'amour"

[@madodomi5850]

I suggest 2 other songs less known but with beautiful text : "Mon père disait" and "Les bergers" both on KZbin with english subtitles.

[@svenpedersen9140]

I don't know how you do it man... I speak 5 languages fluently (you could argue about the fluent part) with french of course but I live in Luxembourg. We have 3 official languages that we learn here (french, german and luxembourgish). I learned english in school (and by myself... school level is never enough) and danish from my two parents (both danish). So I have seen multiple videos of you now and I can say that for an american you are well versed in french (not kidding)... not fluent but it impresses me somehow because (warning !! Stereotype !!) you really look like the american guy that doens't care about the rest of the world and here you are doing all those reaction videos... nice!

[@ludovic2409]

thanks you for your channel it seems you love france and our singers .. merci d'aimer peut être l'un des plus grand d’entre eux même si il est belge en fait ! au fait à de petites occasions il semble que tu parles bien français !

[@franny6591]

Thanks D, i love it. The lyrics... Beautyful and insane❤

[@cellevangiel5973]

This is not a comical song. But a very sad love song about Frieda. An impossible love. None of Brel's love songs end well. And he is a great poet.

[@micade2518]

It's about him being in love with a girl whose family is in the depths of human lowless. She loves him too but her family opposes their relationship.

[@electronlibre4163]

an amazing amazing song!!! Thanks

[@direlyon]

CHRONIQUE OF EVERYDAY LIFE....amazing song

[@gerardgalaxy35]

little mistake in translation: Frida is "as beautiful as the sun"....not as the son !!

[@stephanesebire4079]

Le plus grand de tous les temps...Brel

[@jpmb-hz3jo]

the best

[@pascalegratte547]

Il faut aussi écouter Jeff... Vous ne serez pas déçu... Je vous aime de plus en plus surtout quand je vois vos yeux un peu humides 👍

[@lauren86000]

écoutez la chanson " le diable" les paroles de Jacques BREL sont fantastiques Merci pour vos vidéos 👍

[@golgotisme]

I do love your reactions man, you should react to "la chanson de Jacky" from Jacques Brel

[@effer3]

Translation was good, worth noticing . You should try Aznavour who's a wizard with words too.

[@Titivivi13]

Bravo pour votre français. Écoutez Jean ferrat, la montagne.

[@michel2075]

Je comprend que vous aimez. Qui n'aimerait pas Jacques Brel et ses chansons...

[@didiertranchant3437]

J'apprécie énormément vos réactions aux interprètes de textes en français, aussi, j'ai une suggestion à faire, faites un tour chez un autre poète de chez nous, Georges Brassens, ami de Jacques Brel et lui aussi décédé, mais qui reste dans nos têtes par ses textes "plus crus" que Brel (moins poétiques) mais tout autant dans l'analyse des comportements humains et tellement d'actualité encore aujourdh'ui. Je vous mets un lien vers une vidéo sous-titrée en anglais d'une de ses chansons (il était lui aussi auteur, compositeur, interprète) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJjampRootx2aM0 Bonne écoute et à bientôt pour votre prochaine réaction. Merci pour ce que vous faîtes.

[@sylvielacouture7753]

Always incredible lyrics with Jacques Brel and an interpretation at the height of his powers. Always topical. I always listen to it with great pleasure and attention. In her “en toute intimité” concert, Lara Fabian masterfully interprets a Jacques Brel song, “Voir un ami pleurer”. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2TMdIOJmdp7iqM&start_radio=1

[@lllAstridddlll]

Au delà de cette démonstration , je tiens à dire que même pour un Français il est difficile de prononcer " que chez ses gens " à la vitesse qu'il le dit, c'est complexe , donc c'est une double performance ! En France on a des noms de rue , de quartiers , des salles de conférences , qui s’appelle jaques Brel en son hommage

[@andregarcia2936]

trop fort

[@burchidoaol3621]

The best way to make a fool of yourself in Belgium is to sing a Jacques Brel song when you're not drunk, to sing seriously as if you wanted to imitate him. Everyone will laugh at you and they will be right.

[@pierrebrld6883]

Il y a la version du groupe Ange que j'aime bien...

[@arthurflou4250]

not in the same register but you should try: Georges Brassens, Jean Ferrat, Aznavour, Nougaro. in comics that play with the words of the French language I recommend Raymond Devos.

[@blacksabbathf1986]

Magnifique

[@bessonnet]

Aznavour is not bad either with lyrics

[@pascalsettimelli449]

Favorite luck ❤

[@christianista]

He's belgian by the way :)

[@yannrousseau5437]

Bon goût monsieur l'américain 😉👍

[@philipchek]

Thanks to react about Brel with another song than "Amsterdam" or "Ne me quitte pas", which are more or less knowed in English versions but with so bad translations as the provocative style of Brel has always been deleted in the past English covers in the seventies. An even better, I would say tremendous, live performance in 1966 on stage, can be seen here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWeweHqebbyImdE.

[@fb4533]

4'49": "who is as beautiful as a sun" (and not "as the son").

[@adamzeggai5506]

great video man please check out his song "la chanson de jacky" and "jojo" two of his best poems

[@OlivierHaussaire-xw1db]

Hello 😂👌🖐️i french,if you lesson Brel reality song Master,the son "Jeff",is very good.... In usa j,you have poète singer Tom waits..in Europe,WE have Brel,les the music play🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎺🎺🎸🌟🙏🏻keep the faith from paris..

[@fredericmonney6564]

🙏😊👍

[@sandrinecozic7214]

Une de mes préférés, essayez " j arrive"

[@BlueDusk95]

Jacques Brel inspired Leonard Cohen to go and sing his own poetry, enough said.

[@jean-marcheitzmann6059]

you should listen to "Vesoul" enjoy first rap flow

[@feralmario310]

zevedsuoVvous devez aussi écouter Brassens !

[@itnow]

there is another live version on line even better than this one

[@fabrice9252]

The most incredible and powerful interpreter who ever was. Masterful. Magistral ! Simplement le plus grand ! Simply the greatest ! Note a mistake obviously in the translation: Et puis ...Il y a Frida qui est belle comme un soleil ( = beautiful as/like a sun and not 'as beautiful as a son' ...) May I advise 'Avec le temps' or 'c'est extra' by Léo Ferré for a next reaction video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHmalXpmpt6tr8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIfVpp-KqNpliZo Thank you! 👍👏🙏 ~~~~ With time ~~~~ With time... With time, goes... everything goes away One forgets the face and one forgets the voice The heart, when it does not beat anymore, it is not worth going And seek further, you have to let it go and that is fine. With time... With time, goes... everything goes away The other we adored, that we looked for in the rain The other that we guessed at the bend of a glance Between the words, between the lines and under the make-up Of a made-up oath which goes away to make its night With time,... everything fades away With time... With time, goes... everything goes away Even the nicest memories Ah! you got one of those mugs! At the Gallery I rummage through the shelves of death On Saturday evening when tenderness goes away by itself. With time... With time, goes... everything goes away The other whom we believed for a cold, for nothing The other to whom one gave wind and jewels For whom one would have sold one's soul for a few pennies In front of whom one dragged oneself like the dogs drag With time,... everything is fine With time... With time, goes... everything goes away We forget the passions and we forget the voice That would told you the words of the humble people 'Do not come back too late!', above all 'do not catch a cold!'. With time... With time, goes... everything goes away And you feel bleached like a stricken horse And you feel frozen in a bed of chance And one feels alone perhaps but cushy And you feel cheated by the wasted years So really, With time,... one does not love anymore. Léo Ferré (transcript Fabrice)

[@cellevangiel5973]

You might not have notices, but this is a love song. I think it is to complicated for you.

[@robertjaget5742]

Il faut ecoute serge regiani la java des bombes atomique

[@quaresma9003]

"Le petit garçon" & "ma liberté" sont dans ma play liste depuis des décennies

[@josephvargas6166]

écoutez "les vieux ".....vous allez pleurer , c'est sur ......

[@jonathanratel3150]

By far the best Brel song! ❤

[@tonyruffinetto7647]

Listen 'orly' jacques brel

[@YVESSENEGAL]

If you like Jacques Brel for his lyrics and his singing, you can listen this song : kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3KThn2lg7GAidE (Les Vieux Amants). Great great great song ! Sorry for my english, I'm just a little frenchy !

[@degardinlaurent9371]

Désolé monsieur cette chanson n est pas drôle

[@JuliettePertugues]

Hi D, I think you're not well adviced for french videos...

[@ReactionsbyD]

not sure what that means

[@musashimiyamoto586]

And to you I say "You are not well adviced for English". Come on, even if you don't speak the language well, use GoogleTranslate, for Christ's sake.

[@ambrenuance462]

chanteur gueuleur et en sueur qui fait mal aux oreilles. Destiné au public du 3ème, 4ème ou 5ème âge.

[@panchopolo-lx9uf]

Qd on a rien à dire, on se tait!!!!!!!

[@madodomi5850]

Vous êtes du genre à affirmer que Bach est ennuyeux et Venise est surfaite. Quand le talent est à ce niveau, la critique ne révèle que la bêtise du critique.

[@didierfaudry-oc8fh]

une chanson sympa aussi de jacques Brel' le pont de Varsovie'.