Jess, about the four-track Aznavour

what's the question?

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Oh. On some previous thread someone compared Jonathan Richman to four-track Aznavour (presumably Charles). My question is, which album(s) feature this, or was the comment an ambiguously-worded comparison? He's not known for spare arrangements, subtlety, &c., but did he bang out something cheaply anyway?

Auxilary question: what are the best Aznavour albums and songs (S/D, I guess, without the D)? I only have one record (Aznavour).

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No clue about the Richman comparison. That seems...well...odd.

Az has a decent Greatest Hits compilation that touches the highlights of his entire career.

My favourite Aznavour songs are probably La bohème, Les comédiens, Mes emmerdes, and Les deux guitares. "For me...formidable" has a substantial kitsch factor working in its favour if that's your thing. (Mistranslated, bilingual Sinatra-isms. Kind of like an inverted "Michelle" by the Beatles with a Cole Porter sense of humour)

But yeah, he's got a fairly particular style (romantic, stringsy, overblown) and I can't think of much in his oeuvre that strays significantly from that model. However, I'm not an expert on Aznavour, just a dabbling dilettante.

Link.

"Cuddlecore songs about blowjobs" = Moldy Peaches? But four-track Aznavour, possibly made-up thing. Third paragraph, last sentence.

You know, sometimes when you're making comparisons you use whatever's at hand.

Yeah. That scans as a hypothetical to me. If only, though. Imagine what it would be called.