Mort Shuman - Amsterdam - 1975

Mort Shuman sings the English version of Jacques Brel 's masterpiece "Amsterdam" .. from the movie " Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris - 1975 " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_... ..
lyrics :
In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who sings
Of the dream that he brings
From the wide open sea
In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who sleeps
While the river bank weeps
To the old willow tree
In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who dies
Full of beer, full of cries
In a drunken town fight
And In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who's born
On a muggy hot morn
By the dawn's early light
In the port of Amsterdam
Where the sailors all meet
There's a sailor who eats
Only fish heads and tails
He'll show you his teeth
That have rotten too soon
That can swallow the moon
That can haul up the sails
And he yells to the cook
With his arms open wide
"Hey, bring me more fish
Throw it down by my side"
Then he wants so to belch
But he's too full to try
So he stands up and laughs
And he zip up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam
You can see sailors dance
Paunches bursting their pants
Grinding women to porch
They've forgotten the tune
That their whiskey voice croaked
Splitting the night
With the roar of their jokes
And they turn and they dance
And they laugh and they lust
Till the rancid sound
of the accordion bursts
And then out of the night
With their pride in their pants
And the sluts that they tow
Underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks
And he drinks once again
He'll drink to the health
Of the whores of Amsterdam
Who've given their bodies
To a thousand other men
Yeah, they've bargained their virtue
Their goodness all gone
For a few dirty coins
Well he just can't go on
Throws his nose to the sky
And he aims it up above
And he pisses like I cry
On the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam
In the port of Amsterdam

[@Oxymore2024]

Magnifique! Je suis sûr que le grand Jacques aurait aimé...

[@josephevivier1352]

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[@thomasdonau8]

It may not be a word for word translation from the French original, but is a very good effort at approximating the sense, feel, and atmosphere of the Brel French version

[@josephevivier1352]

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[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

bravo mort shuman d'avoir osé chanter une chanson de brel c'est excellent

[@MrJeanpou]

c'est Mortimer qui a fait connaitre Jacques Brel aux Américains, il ne faut pas oublier !

[@alanaliyev456GT]

La classe

[@franescauriza]

Bravo!!!

[@opensecret51]

Passionate!!

[@grossac54]

super rien a dire de tres grand chanteurs

[@andrewshawmodels8610]

Glorious.

[@josephevivier1352]

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[@mpeekay76]

I like this one better than Bowie's and I love Bowie's version. Nothing touches Jacques Brel's version though.

[@josephevivier1352]

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[@josephevivier1352]

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[@sskoog]

I would say Mort's rendition rivals even Jacques' original. And that's really saying something.

[@georgen9755]

They are waiting to swallow the moon , over the years .....This is......Traditional ........And tradition lives on
Sailor ......Weeps .............

[@thierrytouilleux9366]

Personne ne peut interpréter mieux que Jacques Brel

[@josephevivier1352]

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[@SmokeMyBlunt]

So strong.

[@fabreclaude9784]

Mort tu nous manque terriblement ! Mais bon tu as retrouvé ton copain Jacques. La bière elle est comment là -haut ?

[@birmingham0613]

Lightens up a very serious song.

[@vondumozze738]

As a former US Navy guy, I can relate, but it would have been the "Port of Subic Bay". I always enjoy listening to other interpretations .

[@puppyshoes2]

Rod McKuen's version was even further.

[@user-bz7tj2ny9k]

Best version after Brel

[@alanaliyev456GT]

Mort Shuman was almost a giant (6'6" minimum?? listed 6'4" on his License Driving at just 16 yo !)

[@josephevivier1352]

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[@artvandelay6421]

I'd be depressed too if someone ever poured me such a shithouse beer.

[@AccurateCrabLegs]

A spirited performance, but I prefer Clay Aiken’s version

[@alanaliyev456GT]

He was really totally drunked