{"id":33299,"date":"2025-10-09T00:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=33299"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:17:51","slug":"mr-jacques-brel-how-can-bambi-go-to-sleep-without-honouring-his-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/mr-jacques-brel-how-can-bambi-go-to-sleep-without-honouring-his-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Jacques Brel: how can Bambi go to sleep without honouring his memory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MusicHeart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28287\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MusicHeart-1.jpg 611w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MusicHeart-1-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Forty-seven years ago, like today, Mr. Jacques Brel took his last breath (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/8v9ptm6e\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/8v9ptm6e<\/a>). Thanks to the <em>Orchestre symphonique de Qu\u00e9bec<\/em>, we learn that Brussels-born Brel was a remarkable pilot who adored the Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois French language (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ytntkw2m\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ytntkw2m<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a brief musical tribute, this post shares three of Mr. Brel&#8217;s superb songs, which are performed below by himself and by two of Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s most beautiful voices, Ms. Isabelle Boulay and Ms. Marie-\u00c9laine Thibert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Mr. Jacques Brel for having existed. May his memory be eternal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0esAGxzP6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Isabelle Boulay.- Ne Me Quitte Pas.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/exRY8s5Q3fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jacques Brel - Amsterdam (Live officiel Les Adieux \u00e0 l\u2019Olympia 1966)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Z0UGGvb4sQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Amsterdam - Isabelle Boulay\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ndyAOL0ga28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La qu\u00eate - Jacques Brel - (Avec paroles)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g1Gf3LogQBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La qu\u00eate\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASllsbp-WRA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29790\" style=\"width:238px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heart.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heart-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-seven years ago, like today, Mr. Jacques Brel took his last breath (https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/8v9ptm6e). Thanks to the Orchestre symphonique de Qu\u00e9bec, we learn that Brussels-born Brel was a remarkable pilot who adored the Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois French language [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33303,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33299\/revisions\/33303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}