Bourgie Bourgie

[discohunter]

All here of course will know this track. I know it via John Davis Orchestra. My question is, what does Bourgie Bourgie mean?

discohunter

[Leatherman]

All here of course will know this track. I know it via John Davis Orchestra. My question is, what does Bourgie Bourgie mean?

discohunter

Jean Paul Bourgie was a famous French male model is the late 70's. He was well known for mixing with the jet set and royality in France. He epitimised all that was glamourous and decadent about the era. I read in a Nick Ashford intereview that the song was written about him.

[KBallenger53]

Hey, let's not forget Ashford & Simpson's version on their "Send it Album". Lovely instrumental!!!

'NUFF SAID

[remicks]

Jean Paul Bourgie was a famous French male model is the late 70's. He was well known for mixing with the jet set and royality in France. He epitimised all that was glamourous and decadent about the era. I read in a Nick Ashford intereview that the song was written about him.

This is such great information. Love the song ....and knowing this helps make more sense of it ... :icon_biggrin:


everybody wants to be .................... (Jean Paul) Bourgie Bourgie :icon_cool:



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[Cdnbob]

I love this song too. How many versions were released in the day?

[Salsoul1975]

I love this song too. How many versions were released in the day?

I know of three versions:

Ashford & Simpson
John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
Gladys Knight & The Pips

My favorite out of the three is A&S's instrumental version.

[Cdnbob]

I know of three versions:

Ashford & Simpson
John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
Gladys Knight & The Pips

My favorite out of the three is A&S's instrumental version.

Mine too with JD&TMO coming a close second.

[Tim Tam]

Hi,

without knowing the story I had always assumed "Bourgie, Bourgie" was a colloquial version of bourgeois/bourgeoisie.

I have to say though that I don't think the Gladys Knight and the Pips take on "Bourgie, Bourgie" is getting enough love. While it may not be Disco it is a terrific version of the song.

Cheers,
Tim Tam

[the disco kid]

for me it's the original instrumental version by Ashford and Simpson, I don't like the lyrics that came later, so I don't care for any of the other versions.

[KBallenger53]

for me it's the original instrumental version by Ashford and Simpson, I don't like the lyrics that came later, so I don't care for any of the other versions.

TOUCHE'!!! I'm with you all the way with that, disco kid!!! Try running it with Love in C Minor. Not Cerrone's, but the one by the Heart and Soul Orchestra. You won't have to play with the pitch control as much. It's a nice mix!!!

'Nuff Said

[kdavid13]

Hi,without knowing the story I had always assumed "Bourgie, Bourgie" was a colloquial version of bourgeois/bourgeoisie.

For years I thought it was a fancy way of saying Boogie Boogie !!!
:icon_lol:

[markydefad]

I agree with TDK that the lyrics kinda cheapen/coarsen [my opinion] the beauty of the music---I've often thought that was why Ashford & Simpson released the instrumental version only...

and I always assumed it was a reference to "bourgeois/bourgeoisie" as in the Jeffersons' "movin' on up"............

I never heard of that French male model and I was alive and paying attention in the Seventies.

[Salsoul1975]

When I heard Gladys Knight & The Pips' version with the lyrics for the first time, I knew the definitive version was the instrumental. They lyrics kind of kill the song, and Gladys Knight & The Pips recording it was not a great idea, considering their disco output wasn't all that successful and they had already jumped the shark musically by the mid '70s.

[paul]

I never heard of that French male model and I was alive and paying attention in the Seventies.

:icon_biggrin::icon_biggrin::icon_biggrin: You were paying attention too huh...I like that :icon_biggrin:
I never heard this Bourgie story before and assumed it was some cutesy way of saying bourgeois!

The A&S version is simply too well done for it not to be my favorite.

[PierreConstantin]

From the Urban dictionary:
Stemming from the French word bourgeoisie. Pronounced "boo-zhee"

Someone who is class-conscious, with educated and discerning tastes, and interested in enjoying the finer things in life. It is definitely not high-class, aristoratic, snooty, or snobbish. “Bourgie” is as much an idea, and a state of mind, as it is an attitude towards enjoying good food, good friends, and good conversation, everyday. It evokes a mood of simple elegance, casual yet sophisticated—modern.
"Check out old girl in the Mercedes. Isn't she from 82nd and International (Oakland)? Oh I guess she's bourgie now!"

If I remember well, A&S say is more a Southern word.

I don't think there is a model with the name Jean-Paul Bourgie.

[BrunoRepublic]

Indeed, a Google search on Jean-Paul Bourgie turns up no relevant matches other than this thread.

My vote goes to it meaning "bourgeois".