
Georges Brassens
French singer-songwriter and poetWikipedia
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Georges Brassens".
Sep 30, 2026
80: Letterbox 4: Battle of the Scarecrows
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33:55Jordan CooperHOST
It's...
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33:56Dave FoxHOST
Georges Brassens.
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33:57Jordan CooperHOST
Georges Brassens.
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33:59Jordan CooperHOST
He is...
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33:59Jordan CooperHOST
I'm just going to read what it says on Wikipedia.
Benjamin Clementine isn't a jazz musician
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38:49Andrew FordHOST
The kind of songwriting that lies behind your songwriting is something that interests me.
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38:55Andrew FordHOST
There-- I mean, you've mentioned Paris a few times, and a singer like Georges Brassens, uh, for example, who also had a rather driven style on his guitar, is one of the kind of precursors that I hear in, in your work.
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39:10Andrew FordHOST
Am, am I barking up the wrong tree?
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39:13Benjamin ClementineGUEST
Certainly not barking up the wrong tree.
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39:15Benjamin ClementineGUEST
Um, you're actually right in the sense that I, I did discover Georges Brassens when I went to live in Paris for some time.
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39:23Benjamin ClementineGUEST
Brassens to Neil Ferré to Aznavour.
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39:28Benjamin ClementineGUEST
I even dis- I discovered Nina Simone in Paris, in fact.
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39:54Andrew FordHOST
Yes.