Of all the celebrities featured in the Jukebox since it began, Brigitte Bardot must surely be one with the most songs written about her. So much so, I've no chance of squeezing them all into one post.
It's ironic then that I know very little about Bardot beyond her iconography. Despite being quite the cinephile in my younger days, I'm not even sure I've ever seen one of her films. Clearly I need a crash course in Bardot. Let's see what I can learn from her many, many fans...
Let's start with another Wild Thing - Mr. Chip Taylor. He usually knows what he's talking about...
And the moving pictures move in sexy ways
These days
Son, lay low
Don't go...
To see Bardot
If I heed Chip's warning, this post won't go any further.
Maybe I'll ask Chrissie Hynde...
When love walks in the room
Everybody stand up
Oh, it's good, good, good
Like Brigitte Bardot
Let's see what a Big Jessie thinks of Ms. B...
And if you use your...use your 'magination,
Baby, I dance jus' like Brigitte Bardot.
Next, a California band who are obviously Francophiles...
Summer nights in Saint-Tropez
All the charlatans game play
I saw Brigitte Bardot
In a blue shuttered window
What about old Grumpy Pants? What has he got to say for himself?
Well, my telephone rang it would not stop
It's President Kennedy callin' me up
He said, My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?
I said my friend, John, Brigitte Bardot!
Everyone's got an opinion on this lady - even the fleas!
Well, the doggie went to see a show
And there he saw Brigitte Bardot
The naughty flea said, "What a feast!
She really is a delicious beast."
From a Flea to a Fish...
The surgeon checks your plastic on the telephone
A Casio concerto entertains you while you hold
Your credit rating's good for a Madonna or a Bardot
A Dali or Picasso for his wall
And what about the Ants?
What had passed the night before
Room 1206 on the floor
Beautiful, his Bardot
And though he's spoiled
She likes him so
And Lloyd, of course, loves his old movie stars...
Julie got a facelift you know she's only 33
Jesus, may I give thanks to Brigitte Bardot
From Lloyd to Laurie...
Brigitte Bardot's toes
Turning the taps on the bubble bath
Carrie Fisher’s gold bikini
Diane Keaton’s laugh
Audrey Hepburn in her pyjamas
Anne in 'Day of Wrath’
Oh, they are nothing
Oh, they are nothing
But just Technicolor stills
Passing cinematic thrills
Oh, yeah, you are the one for whom I reserve chills
...to Little Feat...
She used to model as a child
With Bardot's looks and Gigi's laughter
Enfant terrible creation
Of a sockless adman's mind
Liz?
And I was pretending that I was in
A Galaxie 500 video
The stewardess came back and checked on my drink
In the last strings of sunlight, a Brigitte Bardot
'Cause I had on my headphones along with those eyes
That you get when your circumstance is movie-sized
Is that enough for today?
One more?
How about Mr. Gedge... and Terry de Castro?
You don't have to flirt with everyone just because you can
You're like Brigitte Bardot in 'And God Created Woman'
You know exactly what I mean
Your behavior borders on the obscene
In terms of jukebox tunes, Brigitte Bardot is the gift that keeps on giving.
More of these next week.
So many tunes! Such a beautiful, memorable figure (in both senses!) but I really wish she hadn't ended up so right wing.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lovely song by the Pearlfishers, 'Battersea Bardot' if you come across that (or perhaps already have it lined up!)
Already on my list, C.
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