Plastic Bertrand

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What's this doing here I hear you say! Because its magnificent. Ca Plane Pour Moi (Sire Records 1977) is as punk as they come and was a massive hit all over Europe reaching #8 in our charts. I still remember Pans People dancing to it like it was yesterday.

The Belgian Roger Jouret was first drummer in Hubble Bubble before ending up doing his own version of Elton Motello's song 'Jet Boy Jet Girl & Pogo Pogo' but with changed French lyrics by producer Lacomblez and under the name Plastic Bertrand. Plastic also released another single 'Sha La La La Lee' but the world had had enough by then.

By purist rules, its not allowed to even mention Plastic Bertrand. Yet this record was probably a lot better than a lot of so called punk records. Joe Strummer Mojo October 2001

However it is alleged that Plastic did a Milli Vanilli in that though Jouret fronted the act the actual singing on Plastic Bertrand records from 1976-1980 was done by his producer Lou De Pryk. Controversial stuff eh? Not really as a court case in 2006 settled that Plastic was indeed the singer.

Interestingly Yves Kengen bassist with Bastard from around that time says...

This is not true. It has all been done by producer Lou Deprijck, also singer in Two Man Sound, with studio musicians. The voice on the record is Lou’s. Then he took Roger off Hubble Bubble’s drumming seat because he had a “great image” and put him on the record sleeve with a fake safety pin on his cheek. When the song became a hit, “Plastic” made all the promos without receiving the royalties owed to the singer, which fell directly into Lou’s deep pocket. That’s the reason why of the trial.

I was a massive hit all over Europe reaching #8 in our charts. And even a number 6 in the USA.

Email May 2007

Whether he sang it or not 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' is faberoonie

Well there's the lyrics...to be honest it made more sense to me in French!!