La chanson de Jacky

Brel, Walker, Shuman, Momus (Currie), Almond

Etre une heure, une heure seulement
Etre une heure, une heure quelquefois
Etre une heure, rien qu'une heure durant
Beau, beau, beau et con à la fois
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)


If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
Mort Shuman (1936-1991)


If I could be him! For only an hour
If I could be him! Before his grand finale
If I could be me, if I could only be cute, cute, cute, absolutely banal!
Nick Currie (b.1960)


five versions here:

Jacques Brel -La chanson de Jacky (1965)
Mort Shuman &Wolfgang Knittel- Jackie-from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
(1968)
Scott Walker-Jackie-1967 (appears on Scott 2 LP, 1968)
Momus- Nicky (1986) 
Marc Almond -Jacky (appears on The Tenement Symphony LP,1991)

Bumper Burning Aquarium trivia points to anyone who can give me the connection between this song and our previous post, which was on Jules Bonnot.

Plastic Bertrand- Ca Plane Pour Moi; Elton Motello- Jet Boy Jet Girl 7" (1977)

Hands up if you can name Lou Deprijck's biggest hit.
In 1977 Lou Deprijck recorded his composition Ca Plane Pour Moi with the following line up:
Mike Butcher (aka Jet Staxx), guitar; John Valke, bass; Bob Dartch, drums. The anthem of hedonistic abandon was intended as the B side to Pogo-Pogo.
It was released by Plastic Bertrand in December 1977. But Plastic Bertrand was not a pseudonym or alter ego of Deprijck. He was a lip synching front chosen by the record company for his his punk image and received less than 0.5% of the royalties.
Also in late 1977 Alan Ward, singer with punk band Bastard released Jet Boy Jet Girl. He used the same backing track recorded by Butcher,Valke and Dartch. The record was released under the name Elton Motello, and when it was reissued in Britain in 1978 it was mistakenly believed to be the original on which Ca Plane Pour Moi was modelled.