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

[@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.

[@yanniccasaburo3948]

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

[@Deusvult66]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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 !

[@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 !!

[@DVdplrh]

@@williamthelast1 et pourtant pas français , mais belge !

[@vincentmb238]

It's one of his song I love the most. I didn't see that version. Nice discovery. Thank's for the sharing :) I mean, the music, but also the react, the moment :)

[@PIEbla84]

Amazing performance! And lovely reaction!!😊

[@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. ☮👈😎

[@antinea45]

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

[@joemalone3099]

Tears in my eyes ..WHAT A LOST. such a GREAT Artist Performer philosopher Poet ...RIP GREAT Jacques

[@lilypochon3260]

There is an The Voice audition of a guy who sang this song so beautifully with so much emotion I think you should really check it out !

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@feralmario310]

merci de nous faire écouter ce merveilleux Jacques BREL !

[@roumiaou]

Merci et bravo.

[@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

[@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 😢

[@DVdplrh]

Je suis belge et chez nous , Jacques Brel , c’est un Dieu !

[@knatown5334]

Je suis francais, et chez nous aussi !!! Merci la belgique !!

[@endapian]

Brel, Brassens, Ferrat ...... how I love these three musical poets!!!

[@pictorelle]

Ferré... Béart... Barbara...

[@endapian]

@pictorelle Ferré moins, Beart musicalement moins recherché... Barbara d'accord mais chacun ses goûts.

[@loupiat2173]

The translator did a good job too, congratulations.

[@carolinehouston6269]

moyen...

[@Ultimaginair]

Not that good but it's ok. :)

[@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.

[@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 !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@raoulesque]

so many emotions

[@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.

[@coyote180467]

Wonderful song😍

[@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.

[@jean-pierre8967]

chef d'oeuvre

[@martine2u]

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

[@philippevalois381]

Des frissons...le génie à l'état pur.

[@quaresma9003]

" La chanson des vieux amants" est ma préférée

[@jackylouloute4027]

My favorite song, I share this from my heart

[@Razzodino]

Meilleure chanson de Brel. Quand j'étais petit, le vinyle tournait souvent chez mon père. J'espère qu'un patreon te fera également découvrir Boris Vian... Parce que si t'écoutes pas du Boris Vian, c'est comme si tu n'avais rien entendu de cette époque !!!

[@christianfrison6381]

Jamais un chanteur n a eu autant d expressions .a chaque fois il me remue les tripes

[@julienr8114]

Ferré est pas mal non plus. Mais effectivement Brel est un monstre.

[@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.

[@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❤

[@yvesmaelfait2419]

Les vieux is also a Brel masterpiece who deserves a reaction

[@dannykiller043]

Tres bon ton français!!!!

[@electronlibre4163]

an amazing amazing song!!! Thanks

[@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!

[@simonbaumhard1400]

Merci pour Lui ^^✓

[@linareddingthon]

he tells the story of a guy (probably him) who is in love with that pretty girl but her family is like he described and they will never let her go and leave with him and have a better and happy life with him

[@samahol]

A Belgium genius

[@thierrysanchez3161]

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

[@zigomar-4]

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

[@andregarcia2936]

trop fort

[@direlyon]

CHRONIQUE OF EVERYDAY LIFE....amazing song

[@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.

[@jonathanpaternoster526]

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

[@Titivivi13]

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

[@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.

[@maudsnina-s4i]

Quel génie !

[@jpmb-hz3jo]

the best

[@pierrebrld6883]

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

[@effer3]

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

[@michel2075]

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

[@lordscotman]

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

[@blacksabbathf1986]

Magnifique

[@rakuhel]

Le rap de l'époque était quand même bien meilleur que celui d'aujourd'hui ! Rap back then was a lot better than it is today!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@stephanesebire4079]

Le plus grand de tous les temps...Brel

[@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 👍

[@angeliquecatherine8504]

Un poète comme on n'en fait plus

[@christianista]

He's belgian by the way :)

[@bessonnet]

Aznavour is not bad either with lyrics

[@golgotisme]

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

[@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.

[@pascalsettimelli449]

Favorite luck ❤

[@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

[@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.

[@benjaminbondu1670]

You should try to listen ''la Valse à 1000 temps '' 🤗

[@yannrousseau5437]

Bon goût monsieur l'américain 😉👍

[@antoine1915]

someone send a link pf Noir Desir version now !

[@davecallaghanavecdeschiffres]

Il va vous falloir regarder sa filmographie maintenant: Les risques du métier L'emmerdeur L'aventure c'est l'aventure Mon oncle Benjamin...

[@sandrinecozic7214]

Une de mes préférés, essayez " j arrive"

[@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]

🙏😊👍

[@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

[@feralmario310]

zevedsuoVvous devez aussi écouter Brassens !

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@HabibAkili]

He is an ''orfèvre'' ..a Goldsmith of french words....and he was Belgian...this is one of his saddest songs other than the ones complaining about a chezting partner

[@didierfaudry-oc8fh]

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

[@josephvargas6166]

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

[@jonathanratel3150]

By far the best Brel song! ❤

[@Fed47]

cuit=drunked

[@tonyruffinetto7647]

Listen 'orly' jacques brel