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Scott Walker, the boundary-pushing artist who made his name as a member of ‘60s pop stars The Walker Brothers, has died aged 76 of cancer. After going solo Walker became infamous for his love of Jacques Brel, the iconoclastic Belgian chanson singer. Long before Marc Almond he sang Brel songs in English. On the Scott solo albums, supposedly still aimed at his teen fan base, Walker sung Brel’s theatrical songs about venereal diseases, selling opium and laughing from the afterlife at his own funeral.
Alone (Jacques Brel)
Amsterdam (Jacques Brel)
The impossible dream (Jacques Brel)
A short lived reunion of the Walker Brothers in 1975 yielded
No Regrets (UK hit 1976 peaked at No.7)
Influenced by Brel and film music his own compositions, became more and more cinematic.
Montague Terrace (in blue)
Scott Walker retells Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterpiece in just under 5 minutes.
The Seventh Seal From "Scott 4" (1969)
His later work became bleaker and more challenging:
Tilt
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