Le poinçonneur des lilas, song by Serge Gainsbourg, reprise JP

[Jean Pierre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRvFkDWQnk
In the video clip there are the French lyrics and translation

It's a song from...1958 by the great Serge Gainsbourg. 1958!..half of you probably weren't even born   

It's a time when the barriers at the entrance to the metro were not yet automated, and there was at every metro entrance (in Paris, but no doubt in every big city), an attendant who spent his day punching metro tickets.

Le Poinçonneur des Lilas' depicts the despair and monotony of everyday life, and resonated with audiences for its universal message and intense interpretation of alienation at work.

Magnificent song by Gainsbourg, in his early days

Mon ami Jean Paul, m'a fait une partie de guitare avec un swing manouche

and a saxophonist from Band in a Box provides the melodic counterpoint: Jim Clark.

Jim Clark is a strong presence in the Norwalk, Connecticut music community, playing tenor and soprano saxophones, flute and trumpet with his own trio and quartet as well as leading groups such as Plenty Celebration Horns O', the Chris Coogan Quintet, Jazz Connection Norwalk and Bookends. He is also a composer, arranger, musical director and performer with a presence on hundreds of recordings with his RealSax tracks, a service that provides custom recordings of brass sections.

Oh yes, for the video I used Chat GPT, free from the OPERA browser, for the first time.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

[Zoltan]

This is great and i like the story behind the lyrics too