the brel-man

many of my readers would recognize jacques brel. famous belgian poet and songwriter. he is famous with his song titles "ne me quitte pas" (don't leave me) as sung in the United States by one hit wonder Terry Jacks in the seventies; "Seasons in the Sun. he was a great poet talking about love, people, dire times and the flemish and the 'bonbons'. he was passionate. he was lovable. he was peoples man. he had a great voice that influenced many francophones in the 70's and 80's. he died of cancer and his legacy goes on and on...

our subject matter today is not his art however. in his concerts he did not only sing, he also acted in a very peculiar way to depict his feelings and actions that the lyrics suggested. his facial expressions and his hand movements were unique which exagerrate the emotions he conveyed. a good example should be the video below where he sings his famous song 'les bonbons' (Candies):


he was peculiar yes! but in turkey there is a tvshow host that I call the 'brel-man'. he has the same physical profile as brel (albeit shorter) and moreover the same attitute towards the camera. is he funny, I have no idea since what people laugh at here escapes me a lot but his pyrotechniques make me laugh anyways. today I wanted to add some fun to this blog. enjoy his shows title section below.