He was born in Brussels of a French father and Ukrainian mother. At the age of nine, he became a singer and drummer in the Buffalo Scouts Band, a group he formed with the Boy Scouts, who performed covers of Rolling Stones songs. He later formed a band called The Pelicans who performed at parties, later changing their name to Passing the Time, extending their act in bars, clubs and at festivals along the Dutch and Belgian coast.
In 1977, Plastic Bertrand started his solo career with the hit single "Ça plane pour moi", his most fmous hit to date, composed and written by the Belgian Lou Deprijck. He toured Canada, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Europe and the USA, becoming one of the few French-speaking artists to appear in the Billboard chart. This song 30 years later continues to show up on TV shows & commercials. He was voted on MTV as one of the artists most wanted to make a comeback.
On a trivia note: Plastic Bertrand became a Scrabble enthuist & almost defeated the World Champion in a match.
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
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ReplyDeleteBon, là, je vais avoir du mal à ne pas intervenir...
ReplyDeleteVous êtes sûr de vous là ?? De votre choix je veux dire ??? Parce que Plastic Bertrand, c'est pas vraiment le premier chanteur français qui me serait venu à l'esprit (ni le deuxième non plus d'ailleurs !!^^)..
Surtout qu'il est belge et pas français(notez que je n'ai rien contre les belges, j'habite tout près de chez eux, et je me gave de leur chocolat mais j'aime bien.. euuhhhh... "faire ma chiante" ??? Please don't translate that, it's not politically correct at all)
Good night.. euhhh.. Day...^^
That's true, but from what I was reading he was a hit in France, as well as the U.S.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't even try to translate the song, as many people have said it doesn't really make any sense, & is very open to interpretation.
It is a real abstract song.
ca plane pour moi was in fact a cover of "jet boy jet girl" done by belgian elton motello. bertrand changed the lyrics as the original was about a teenage homosexual affair. that's probably why they're nonsense. motello was part of a proto punk band called "bastard" who also numbered Brian James, later of the damned. the damned later released a cover of jet boy jet girl under the name captain sensible and the softies.
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