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Philippe Clay=Jacques Brel?

posted 17 years ago by wilmawilcat
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When I first heard the singer at the Zodiac, he reminded me of Jacques Brel; of course, he doesn't look like Brel. But I wondered if he was supposed to represent Brel. I'd never heard of Philippe Clay, but he has about a hundred credits here at the IMDb, over five or six decades.

[–] Beau_Buffet (340) a year ago

He was slim like Brel, but Brel wasn't into beatnik stuff at all. And his energy on the stage was very different, not "mimey" at all, with a lot of power and drama.