Ça plane pour moi
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| "'''Ça plane pour moi'''" is a song released as a single in December 1977 by [[Plastic Bertrand]]. The song has the same melody as "[[Jet Boy Jet Girl]]", recorded previously in 11/1977 by [[Elton Motello]] with the same musicians which reached #39 in the USA. Three re-issues were edited backed with "Pogo Pogo" on A-side (77-78) then when the song reached the U.S. POP 100 'round May 1978, the said single was changed to "Pogo Pogo" as B-side. Same reference for all the re-issues. | "'''Ça plane pour moi'''" is a song released as a single in December 1977 by [[Plastic Bertrand]]. The song has the same melody as "[[Jet Boy Jet Girl]]", recorded previously in 11/1977 by [[Elton Motello]] with the same musicians which reached #39 in the USA. Three re-issues were edited backed with "Pogo Pogo" on A-side (77-78) then when the song reached the U.S. POP 100 'round May 1978, the said single was changed to "Pogo Pogo" as B-side. Same reference for all the re-issues. | ||
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| - | The lyrics are full of 1970s French [[slang]], and are very difficult to translate exactly into English. Even native French speakers disagree on the exact meaning. | ||
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| - | A rough translation reads: | ||
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| - | Wham! Bam! my cat Splash<br>lies on my bed with his tongue puffed out<br>by drinking all my whisky.<br>As for me, not enough sleep, drained, persecuted,<br>I had to sleep in the gutter<br>where I had a flash<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>in four colours | ||
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| - | Allez-oop! One morning<br>a darling came to my home,<br>a cellophane puppet with Chinese hair,<br>a plaster, a hangover,<br>drank my beer in a large rubber glass<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>like an Indian in his igloo | ||
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| - | This works for me, this works for me<br>This works for me me me me me<br>This works for me<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>This works for me | ||
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| - | Allez-oop! The chick***, what a gas!<br>what a vibration!<br>to be sent on the door mat<br>filed, ruined, drained, filled<br>You are the King of the divan!<br>she says to me in passing<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>I am the King of the divan | ||
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| - | This works for me, this works for me<br>This works for me me me me me<br>This works for me<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>This works for me | ||
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| - | Allez-oop! Don't mind, don't worry<br>Don't affect me<br>It’s not today<br>that the sky will fall on my head<br>and I'll be without glue<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>This life’s for me | ||
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| - | Allez-oop! my chick has gone away,<br>flew away, finally had enough, to break<br>the sink, the bar, leaving me alone<br>like a complete jerk<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>I've put my foot in it | ||
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| - | This works for me, this works for me<br>This works for me me me me me<br>This works for me<br>Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!<br>This works for me<br>This works for me, this works for me<br>This works for me me me me me | ||
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| - | The main [[hook]] in particular, is ambiguous: "Ça plane pour moi" means "It is gliding for me", which could imply that having his head in the clouds, or possibly being high on [[drugs]], works for him. Other suggestions are "It's all working out for me", "This works for me", "Everything's cool/groovy for me" or more loosely, "Things are going great" or even "I'm on cloud nine". | ||
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| - | The basic theme is a chaotic, drunken sexual encounter with a girl, told in retrospect. | ||
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"Ça plane pour moi" is a song released as a single in December 1977 by Plastic Bertrand. The song has the same melody as "Jet Boy Jet Girl", recorded previously in 11/1977 by Elton Motello with the same musicians which reached #39 in the USA. Three re-issues were edited backed with "Pogo Pogo" on A-side (77-78) then when the song reached the U.S. POP 100 'round May 1978, the said single was changed to "Pogo Pogo" as B-side. Same reference for all the re-issues.
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