"I’ve always seen you walk straight but never see you fall" : Robert Charlebois discusses Serge Gainsbourg’s excessive alcohol consumption

Robert Charlebois talks about his relationship with Serge Gainsbourg with a big smile. On Monday, March 27, the Quebec singer took part in the show. keys to a lifePresented by Jacques Pessis Southern Radio. The 78-year-old artist has been invited to the “CharleboisScope” concert, which will take place on the Grand Rex stage in Paris on November 1.^thing and April 2, to celebrate his 60-year career.

During the show, Jacques Pessis asked Robert Charlebois about his relationship with Serge Gainsbourg. The two men were very close in the 1970s. Here’s an opportunity to recall the festive side of the “Gainsbarre” commentator, known for Quebec’s particularly heavy alcohol consumption: “He always took me to places where he greeted me with open arms. I don’t know who paid the bill but it must have been salty anyway! However, I saw that he didn’t always walk straight, but I never saw Serge fall! I don’t know what the secret was, but there is one, because it’s mathematically impossible for all those drinks to fit into the same little man!“

“After a very drunken evening, we returned home at about two or three in the morning.“, continues Robert Charlebois, citing an anecdote shared with Serge Gainsbourg: “He diverted traffic on the Champs-Élysées… But hey, crazy things we do. Then we went to his house. It’s not over, he asked us to continue. He started playing the piano without telling me. And there I see the notes starting to play my song. As they say, I was really made to the bone (the expression for drunkenness in Quebec, editor’s note). And it was like I had a heart attack there (…) But I didn’t drink anything, we just drank. And he stopped it by saying that it was a prototype that Yamaha lent him. I don’t know if it’s still on his piano, I wouldn’t be surprised if no one deleted it. Maybe I deleted it on the other hand and said, “Bah, you won’t do this to me twice again! »“

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