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Plastic Bertrand: Biografia | Biography

Fonte: rockol.it

Plastic Bertrand è il nome d’arte di Roger Jouret, musicista originario del Belgio. Proprio qui incomincia la sua carriera come batterista del trio punk Hubble Bubble, che registra un album senza successo. Quando conosce il produttore/autore Lou Deprijck i due 

incominciano una collaborazione. Il primo risultato è "Ça plane pour moi" in cui Jouret canta un testo nonsense in francese; la canzone diventa un grosso successo in Europa e un culto in America.

L’artista prosegue a realizzare dischi in Europa, inclusa la hit "Sha-la-la-la- lee", cover di un brano degli Small Faces.

Durante gli anni Novanta continua a dedicarsi alla musica, incidendo l’album SUITE DIAGONAL (1994) con Jacques Lanzmann. Quattro anni più tardi ritorna sulle scene rimasterizzando i suoi vecchi successi per la raccolta uscita nel 1998 per la Universal.

Nel 2001 Bertrand va in tour europeo per diversi paesi, apparendo nello stesso periodo in alcuni programmi televisivi inglesi. L’anno successivo firma un contratto per l’album ULTRA TERRESTRE, realizzato in Belgio.

Nel marzo 2003 – per celebrare i venticinque anni di carriera – l’artista si esibisce a Bruxelles accompagnato dall’orchestra filarmonica suonando antichi successi e nuovi brani.

Nell’estate 2008 “Ça plane pour moi” viene utilizzato nei promo della popolare serie tv “Gossip Girl”. (17 dic 2008)

Source: allmusic.com

Plastic Bertrand was the alias of new wave prankster Roger Jouret, a native of Belgium who appropriated the sound and style of the new wave movement in order to give it a gently satirical poke in the ribs, while scoring several European hits in the process. Jouret began 

his musical career as a drummer for the Belgian punk trio Hubble Bubble, which recorded one unsuccessful album. When Jouret met producer/songwriter Lou Deprijck, the two struck up a recording partnership; Jouret emphasized his pretty-boy looks and punkish fashion 

sense. Their first effort, "Ça Plane Pour Moi" ("This Life's for Me"), is widely regarded as a New Wave classic for its gleefully deranged stupidity, with Jouret singing French nonsense lyrics in a cartoonish voice over basic three-chord rock & roll complete with saxophones 

and a falsetto vocal hook straight out of the Beach Boys or Four Seasons. The song was a smash in Europe and became a cult favorite in America; Plastic Bertrand continued to release records in Europe, including a U.K. hit remake of the Small Faces' "Sha-La-La-La-

Lee." Bertrandexperimented with seemingly every new wave fashion, including spacy electronics, disco, bubblegum pop, reggae, and spoken word raps, all with the same naggingly entertaining stupidity. He remained popular on the European continent and in 

Canada for several years, where audiences were more attuned to his largely French lyrics, but the novelty eventually wore off, and nothing was heard fromBertrand after 1982. Plastic Bertrand released several albums, all of which are difficult to find; a greatest-hits collection is also floating around.