“Can we listen to Serge Gainsbourg’s songs 30 years after his death without feeling guilty?” the question recently resurfaced in the French press. Among other things, it was about the music video for Gainsbourg’s song “Lemon Incest”, in which Gainsbourg lies topless on a bed next to his half-naked daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, who was only 13 at the time. Charlotte sings “Your kisses are so sweet” and “The love we will never make together is the most beautiful, the most powerful, the purest, the most intoxicating, the rarest, the most disturbing.” The song caused a major scandal when it was released in 1986, with Gainsbourg being accused of glorifying incest. Gainsbourg later explained that it was just a provocation.
Serge Gainsbourg’s home opens: witching hour in Paris – culture
