Draft:La Complainte des filles de joie
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Comment: Discogs is not a reliable source. See also the the notability guidelines for songs. S0091 (talk) 18:07, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
| "La Complainte des filles de joie" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Georges Brassens | |
| from the album Le temps ne fait rien à l'affaire | |
| Released | 1961 |
| Studio | Studio Blanqui, Paris |
| Label | 2:40 |
| Songwriter(s) | Georges Brassens |
| Producer(s) | Jacques Canetti |
La Complainte des Filles de Joy is a song by French singer-songwriter Georges Brassens. It appears on his album Le temps ne fait rien à l'affaires and was released as a single in 1961.[1]
Composition[edit]
The song addresses the theme of prostitution.[2] The singer places himself from the point of view of prostitutes, evoking the inconveniences of this activity - public contempt, police persecution, fatigue and foot problems, dirt or ugliness of clients, loneliness - and concludes that these despised women are no different from others and deserve compassion and respect.
Reception[edit]
On June 16, 1976, Georges Brassens received the support of the collective of Paris prostitutes, via a letter thanking him for "his songs which help us to live".[3]
Joël Favreau, Brassens' accompanying guitarist from 1972, relates this event in his book Quelques notes avec Brassens. After a concert in Roubaix, Brassens was given a standing ovation as he left the concert hall by the collective of prostitutes in question. There were several dozen of them who had waited a long time for him at the exit to applaud him.
References[edit]
- ^ "Georges Brassens - La Complainte des filles de joie". Discogs.
- ^ Tinker, Chris (2005-01-01). Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel: Personal and Social Narratives in Post-war Chanson. Liverpool University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-85323-768-6.
- ^ Joël Favreau (2017). Quelques notes avec Brassens (in French). L'Archipel. p. 53. ISBN 978-2-8098-2188-8.