Friday, June 19, 2009

Guy Béart

French 60s (and later) folk singer.





An early 60s Scopitone:



Bonus clip: Béart/Gainsbourg on-air fight on Apostrophes, 1986!



Béart starts speaking at about 1:37. Basically, Gainsbourg thinks songwriting is a minor art (compared to painting, architecture, poetry), Beart thinks there's no such thing as a minor art.

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