Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson indie his early days navigating the

his early days navigating the Kansas City nightlife

he came of age among the prostitutes

songwriter and musician

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Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson indie his early days navigating theDarran Anderson (Author) Outside his native France, the view of Serge Gainsbourg was once of a one hit wonder lothario. This has been slowly replaced by an awareness of how talented and innovative a songwriter he was. Gainsbourg was an eclectic, protean figure; a Dadaist, pote maudit, Pop Artist, libertine and anti hero. An icon and iconoclast. His masterpiece is arguably Histoire de Melody Nelson, an album suite combining many of his signature