Ah Belgium, known for their waffles, Brussels sprouts, little peeing statues and Plastic Bertrand. Never heard of him? Well I bet you’ve heard this song before! It’s one of those fun songs you hear sometimes and you always wonder who it’s from. Then the song is over and you forget about it instantly, a sign of a good Poptastic song.
It’s his only hit outside of Belgium. Other than that I know absolutely nothing about the guy, but this song is still a whole heap of fun cramped into three minutes. My favorite lines are ‘I am the King of the divan’, because it’s one of the few things I understand and it makes me wonder what the rest of the song is about. If anybody knows, feel free to share. It’s from the early eighties and borrows a lot from existing punk songs, it even starts with a ‘Wham Bam’, but in French. Then he tops it off with a Beach Boy-type ooohooo. How can you not love that? It’s the kind of song you put in your ‘in case of emergency stash’, so you can put it on if a party threatens to die down and wham-bam! It livens up like magic.
Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
Filed under: Music, Poptastic Day
