Plastic Bertrand and his historic European pop punk crossover chart topper hit "Ça plane pour moi"

It is 'FOLK' is it not ?

Consider this; Plastic Bertrand is Belgian.
That's in Europe where we all know 'FOLK' was invented long times ago by hairy Celtic Tribes,
and maybe even before that by them stinky Neanderthal cavemen songsmiths.

Now then, "Ça plane pour moi" translates in BABEL FISH as: "That planes for moi"

Every clever cultural scholar would immediately recognise the clear reference
to one of the most significant 'FOLK' songs ever "Plains of Waterloo"

Which is the one Napoleon might even have hummed when he lost due to painful piles.

And since forever then the French sing "Chansons".

Which is what Plastic Bertrand did in the 1970's in Belgium.

Keen observers would obviously know that "Chanson" translates as something
Franco Belgian for something like 'song for smelly grandads and not cool teenagers'

which is without doubt 'FOLK' at it's most purest.

Now here is where modern forensic science proves the proposition no doubt, don't argue.

Plastic Bertrand did not sing on his own records !!!

It was some other boring foreign European type in a cardigan pretending not to be him
while much more handsome monsieur Plastic signed autographs and rogered all the dolly bird groupies on his behalf.

Yes that is right !!!, the real singer was content sitting in the studio with his pipe and slippers feeling smug
that he did not have to do all that fame nonsense.

That is 'FOLK' at it's most modern best.

Anonymous songwriterers passing and gifting their songs to other better looking people
and then on to complete fugly strangers for all time immoral

That unknown 'FOLK' singer songwriter record producer hero deserves the highest 'FOLK' medal we can honour him with
even if he is a Belgian.

It is as 'FOLK' as anything we can ever cherish in a mouldy old book or on BBC4 telly.



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