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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: six degrees of Rockpile |
| Date | Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:09:20 -0400 |
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At 09:35 AM 7/15/2004 -0500, Michael Bennett wrote:
>Very impressive! I just thought of five obscure artists at random.
>However, I was curious what your source information was on Plastic Bertrand
>using the Elton Motello track -- I thought the Bertrand song came out first
>(and Ralph sure has some good info on that).
I can't find my copy of the book I thought I'd read this information in,
George Gimarc's Punk Diary, which is pretty reliable when it comes to
release dates. Unless I'm mistaken, "Jet Boy Jet Girl" came out in early
1978, a few months before "Ca Plane Pour Moi." I believe it was reissued
after "Ca Plane" became a hit, which may be why many people think the
Belgian version came first. But one of Ralph's helpful URLs has Elton
himself saying that "Jet Boy Jet Girl" was recorded first and Plastic
Bertrand used its backing track for "Ca Plane Pour Moi."
>I'd bet you couldn't connect the other four by the end of the day today, but
>I'm sure I'd lose that bet. Let's all chip in to get Stewart on Jeopardy --
>I think he could win $1 million.
It's been suggested, but I'm pretty sure I'd be one of those people who has
trouble with the button.
S
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