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Did you know that Plastic Bertrand was not the actual singer of that song?

 

Yep read it somewhere,here..what a bloody drama it turned into.TLDR for most but what a ripper track IMO:

In 1977, the manager of Hubble Bubble, Bernard Schol, introduced Roger Jouret to Lou Deprijck, who had just written the music for what would become two songs, "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" with English lyrics, and "Ça plane pour moi" with French lyrics. The French version became an international hit for Jouret, launching him as a solo artist under the new stage name of Plastic Bertrand.

In addition to being the song's co-writer and producer, Deprijck always maintained that he provided the vocals for the original recording, and the question remains controversial. In 2006 the Brussels court of appeal, upholding the decision of a lower court, found that Bertrand was the sole interpreter of the song.[3] In 2010 an expert opinion produced for another case suggested the 1977 vocalist had a picard accent, like Deprijck's.[3] This did not, however, alter the 2006 ruling, and media statements by Deprijk to the effect that his claim to be the singer had been "recognised by the justice system"[4] were ill-founded.[3] (All of the proceedings between 2006 and 2010 arose from disputes between the record company AMC, which owned the catalogue of Plastic Bertrand's Belgian label RKM, and Deprijck, whom it believed to be making inappropriate use of the material. Deprijck never took the question of who sang what to court himself.)[5][3]

In an interview prompted by the 2010 episode, Bertrand appeared to admit that he was not the vocalist,[6] but in a follow-up interview the next day he denied this, saying he was being ironic and had been trapped, and threatening legal action.[7] This echoed a similar incident in the 1990s when Bertrand seemed to tell journalist Gilles Verlant that he was not the singer before quickly retracting.[8] Since 2010, Bertrand has consistently said that he is the performer on the original recording, and this remains the position in law.[9]

The song was recorded with the engineer Phil Delire for RKM/Vogue at Studio Morgan in Brussels. The English version, "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", with totally unrelated lyrics by Alan Ward — soon to become Elton Motello — appeared around the same time. Both recordings featured the same core group of session musicians.[10]

If you're going to have a one hit wonder you may as well make it a ripper:

 

Unfortunately not for me ! Like a spam ...

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You are right and you have to know that is the very first vinyl record I ever bought. In fact that was my mother for me because I have 7 years old at that time

 

Awesome

 

What do you 355 experts think about this one. Seems like it has had a full go over since imported. Does anyone know more history on the car, if it attended club events, the owner etc (haven't called them yet)?

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1995-ferrari-f355-berlinetta-manual/SSE-AD-13012710/

 

Gunna?

 

I'm pretty sure the owner of the car is a forum member, @michaelz

 

Thanks, checking out some of his posts now!

 

Looks pretty good to me

 

The unfortunate part of nearly all vidoes pertaining to performance cars driving, is the unnecessary inclusion of annoying artistic muzak.

 

For the classic enthusiast,dropped $5 or 6K yesterday.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1979-ferrari-dino-gt4-manual/SSE-AD-17113579/

 

Anecdotally, nothing is selling, regardless of price.

I think it will take at least 2 interest rate reductions to get some confidence back into the Aussie economy.

 

Good value.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1997-lamborghini-diablo-vt-manual-awd/SSE-AD-18500702

 

A red over black Diablo VT was parked behind the pits at Phillip Island in 2023, with "For Sale $250K" on it.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same car.

 

Incredible !

 

Yep that's why I don't have anything on the market ATM.

 

And only one pic,he's really keen to sell.

......and a full description as well:
"This 1997 Lamborghini Diablo has a strong 362.0kW 5.7 litre engine!. 7500 km on the clock only. Get off the mark from 0-100km/h in 4.1 seconds!.

FEATURES THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE:
- Front power windows
- 17" alloy wheels
- Climate control air conditioning
- Power steering"

 

Yep, very few red ones here.

 

Popped in to have a look at this. Interior was nice, seemed well looked after but noticed quite a bit of rust. Seat rails, various screws, some underside components I could see, rest were covered and would need a better inspection on a hoist. Car had a PPI done but didn’t mention anything wrong…!

Owner won’t accept anything under 300k. Dreams are free…

 

Too true

 

Unless it’s an air cooled G series 911. My old 3.2 has sold this week. I was at Autohaus Hamilton last week and they sold a 911Sc with 300k km and in shabby condition for $160k. They sold the exact same car a year ago when i bought mine for $130k

 

Have heard this from dealer friends as well. The special cars are still selling quickly, but even they are quite flat on price growth.

 

Yes, the Magnus effect is still in full force.

Problem is, Magnus will end up being as cool as herpes.