C is for Cunt

Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour Un C…

Well, here C is for 'con', which is French for cunt.  To me 'cunt' has always been a powerfully offensive word, but in England people say it all the time.  "You cunt.  Don't be a cunt.  Oi, who's that cunt?  Hello, cunt.  Nice to meet you cunt.  Cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt."  You know, it's not dirty modern slang, it's a perfectly legitimate English word, a synonym for 'gash'--though I'll admit, 'gash' isn't the most charming word for a person's anatomy.

Anyway, this funky Gainsbourg track comes originally from a 1968 crime drama called Le Pacha.  Check it out on YouTube.  There's a cool scene of Gainsbourg recording it in the studio, as well as some weird experimental dance and lots of hippies shaking their hair with about the same level of authenticity as the punk rock episode of "Quincy".

Serge Gainsbourg in Le Pacha, HD, Long version

The scratching at the end of the Spotify track was added by Andy Smith for a nicely eclectic DJ mix album called The Document II.

«Je l’ai composé spécialement pour toi...»

Ding Dong Indeed

Surapon – Ding Dong

It's very hard to find out anything about Thai pop from the 60s.  There's probably a lot of information in the liner notes to Thai Beat a Go Go Vol. 2, but that's one disadvantage of being a Spotify bum:  What passes for liner notes is the odd review from allmusic.com, if it happens to exist.  All I know is that Surapon was also known as The Fox--or at least, that's what I assume since there is another track here credited to "Surapon alias The Fox".  (It's called "The Ghost of Catwoman".  Did you know that pee is Thai for ghost?)  The "ding ding dong" vocal riff sounds kind of like a whacked-out interpretation of Surfin' Bird (and all it's doo-wop predecessors).  I sure wish I knew what the lyrics were about.

There are four Thai Beat a Go Go CD's, apparently put out by Swedish garage rocker Stefan Kery of The Stomachmouths.  And there are other Thai pop compilations too.  Thanks to Jess for tipping me off to this weird world.