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In this Missing Persons report set to music, someone named Jane B. — whose description is a curious amalgam of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg — has disappeared, then is found dead.
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Month: January 2022
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Cargo culte
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In the closing track to Melody Nelson, Serge delivers an impromptu lesson on the so-called “cargo cults” of the South Pacific, speculates on the fate of Melody after her crash — and reveals that he’s been praying to the cargo cults himself.
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En Melody
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In the penultimate track on Melody Nelson, the titular heroine laughs manically over a maniacal instrumental — and then Serge delivers a brief voiceover outro explaining the circumstances of her death.
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In the fifth track on Melody Nelson, Serge brings Melody to a fancy underground brothel.
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Ah! Melody
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In the fourth track of Melody Nelson, Serge becomes jealous and threatening.
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Valse de Melody
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In the third song from Melody Nelson, Serge describes the change of perspective that Melody’s love has occasioned.
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Jumping all the way to the end of the story in this second song from Melody Nelson, Serge looks back on his relationship with Melody, reveals that she was 14 they met, and informs us that she is now dead.
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Melody
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Driving dangerously through a dangerous neighbourhood in this first song from Melody Nelson, Serge becomes distracted in contemplation of the hood ornament on his Rolls — and then hits a red-headed cyclist named Melody Nelson.
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Scenic railway
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Serge complains about his girlfriend’s obsession with rollercoasters.
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Ce mortel ennui
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Serge complains of the horrible boredom that overtakes him between bouts of lovemaking with his goonish companion — yet finds himself unable to leave her.