THE MASTER OF MODERN SONG

Jacques Brel artistic influence without borders

For Meeting Benches art embraces any creative expression. The images created by Dastilige Nevante are also designed to stimulate the imagination. As a place where people unite through a passion for art, catering to a global community Meeting Benches attracts artists and art lovers from around the world, inviting them to sit and immerse themselves in the allure of creativity without racial boundaries, religion or gender. If you want to know about the international music scene, you can type https://meetingbenches.net/category/musica/. The beauty of music is a universal treasure. Through notes, harmonies and melodies, music can touch our souls, evoke deep emotions and connect us with the sublime.

Music is a song of the Soul, a language without words, an art without borders. Dancing in the ether like light butterflies, its notes bringing with them emotions, memories and desires. Everything happens when a piano tells stories of passion and melancholy, or while the guitar strings vibrate in the echo of the deepest feelings. Like a nocturnal traveler crossing the universe, the wooden bow of the violin traces invisible paths and the human voice rises like a wave, bringing with it the sweetness of a kiss or the sadness of a goodbye. Music is a bridge between the visible and the invisible, an embrace between time and eternity. So, when you listen to a symphony or sing a song, remember that you are part of a greater harmony that connects you to all that is beautiful and immortal. Jacques Brel, for example, uses seven phases in one of his songs, Don’t Leave Me, which in successive order are: shock, denial, anger/bargaining, sadness, resignation, acceptance and finally reconstruction. However, at the end of the song, he seems to stop at the fifth stage, resignation.

His influence extends beyond linguistic and geographical boundaries. The man who managed to sell over 25 million records worldwide had grown up in an austere home and had shown talent in reading and writing. That Belgian singer and actor, Jacques Brel, known for his theatrical songs and considered a master of modern song, spent most of his life in Paris. His songs were influential for Scott Walker, David Bowie and Frank Sinatra. Besides music, Brel was a successful actor and also directed two films. In 1950, Brel married Thérèse Michielsen, but also had a romantic relationship with actress and dancer Maddly Bamy, until his death in 1978. Now, that man seduced by the beauty and simplicity of Hiva-Oa, Marquesas of French Polynesia, where he spent the last years of his life, rests in the Atuona Cemetery, a few steps from the painter Paul Gauguin, along the southern wall of the cemetery.

“Ne me quitte pas“, a song written by Jacques Brel in 1958, is not only one of the Belgian artist’s most famous songs, but has inspired numerous reinterpretations during the twentieth century. Its text is a poignant invocation from the lover to his beloved, in which the man desperately asks not to go away. Brel uses poetic metaphors to express her pain and his sadness. The song has been covered by many artists and in several languages. Some of the best-known versions include that of Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Dalida, Ornella Vanoni and Maria Gadú. Each of these interpretations added a personal touch to the poignant request not to be abandoned. If you want to listen to this exciting song, we recommend listening to Sting’s version.

DON’T LEAVE ME – Don’t leave me. You have to forget. Everything can be forgotten. Who already runs away, forgetting the time of misunderstandings and wastes of time, knowing what to do. Forget those hours that sometimes killed the heart of happiness. Do not leave me. I will offer you pearls of rain from countries where it does not rain. I will dig the earth until after my death, to cover your body with gold and light. I will make a dominion where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen. See upcoming pop shows, buy tickets for your favorite artists. You might also like it. Do not leave me. I will invent crazy words for you that you will understand. I will tell you about these lovers who saw their hearts set on fire twice. I will tell you the story of this king who died because he could not meet you. Do not leave me. We often saw fire erupting from the ancient volcano that we thought was too old. It is said to be scorched earth. Give more grain than a better April, and when the evening comes so that the sky burns, the red and the black do not marry? Do not leave me. I won’t cry anymore. I won’t talk anymore. I’ll hide there watching you dance and smile, and listening to you, sing and then laugh. Make me become the shadow of your shadow, the shadow of your hand, the shadow of your dog. Do not leave me.