I can't believe that it's already 13 years since this guy died.
But then, 2009 now seems like a foreign country whose borders have been re-drawn and the name of its capital re-spelled for spurious geopolitical reasons.
The music over the course of Alain Bashung's career was quite eclectic. My sole complaint with his recorded output was that his covers of English-language songs were of lame Anglophone hits.
How the American music industry got Europeans to swallow that Dylarreah, I have no idea.]
(Bashung was pals with Gainsbourg – c'mon.)
At any rate, if you've never heard Alain Bashung, do so – and stop telling me that I should check out Scott Walker.