Il peut pleuvoir jacques brel biography

Immediately after Brel died in a Flemish extremist painted 'Brel is dead, hurrah!' on a Belgian viaduct. This graffiti serves to demonstrate that things between Brel and Flanders were not particularly well.

One of the reasons for the troubled relationship between Brel and his native country is rooted in the fact that he was a so-called Franskiljon

To understand the problem of being a French speaking Flemish in Flanders, a lesson in Flemish history seems unavoidable.

Jacques brel biography en francais

While fully explained in the book, I here limit myself to the following comparison: imagine being a USA based communist in , speaking Hutu while being Tutsi, speaking Serbian while being born and raised in Croatia, Japanese in North–Korea and so on.

Then imagine yourself being part of that minority, while having the desire to pursue a career in popular music. Against all odds you somehow manage to release a vinyl-single and are invited to an interview in your own province, which you g