7 thoughts on “It’s Been a Bad Day

  1. The only French rock and roll song that I know, but it’s so infectious that it can’t help but make you feel better. And Plastic Bertrand is kind of the antithesis of Françoise Hardy. Sorry, @glyph

    https://youtu.be/v98HEQvtpgo

    1. Great tune, with a really convoluted history.

      Plastic Bertrand is Belgian. He didn’t sing the song though, he Milli Vanilli’d it. The backing track is the same as a (slightly) earlier tune called “Jet Boy, Jet Girl”, with lyrics that as recently as 1989 could get you an FCC fine for obscenity if you broadcast it. Both versions have been covered multiple times (Sonic Youth, the Damned, Crocodiles et al).

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