Les Marylènes - Le Beau Tetard Sur Son Cigare - Vogue 107-45.V.159 EC - 1978

After Martin Circus released the Beach Boys 'Barbara-Anne' cover song 'Marylene', the band was accompanied by a dancing troupe called Les Marylènes. I read that they were backed by the band Bulldozer, which is basically a bunch of Martin Circus members anyway, but this is the best thing Bulldozer ever did if that's true.







A bad translation of the lyrics:

Hey hey! You see there on his cigar? 
Hey hey! You see what I see? The beautiful tadpole! 

More than a flashy slot 
Plastic jacket, helmeted, gloved, wolf eyes 
This boy makes tilt in our hearts 
When we see him tumble down on his chopper 

He is great, he pep, a star next 
There is extra super extra ... 

It is the king who defeated the union 
The President of the kingdom Shanty Happiness 
Oxygen from those who love fresh air 
Jam Fly girls leaving their mother 

He is great, he pep, a star next 
There is extra super extra ... 

Hey! Hey hey! Hey! Hey hey! 
Hey! Hey hey! Hey! Hey hey! 

Hey hey! You see there on his cigar? 
Hey hey! You see what I see? The beautiful tadpole! 

They say he drag his bike 
Too bad for us, we hovered a little too! 
Against a girl, we had a chance 
Against his machine, of course, is lost in advance 

He is great, he pep, a star next 
There is extra super extra ... 

The beautiful tadpole, it is great on his cigar! 
The beautiful tadpole, he pep, a star next.

Bulldozer - Bulldozer - RCA PL 37161 - 1978

Some members of Martin Circus formed a punk band. The songs on their two singles appear on their first LP, which is sometimes named  J'suis Punk due to the image of Adolf saying the phrase on the cover. It would probably be more suitably named J'suis Hard-Pop-Rock, but they name drop Sex Pistols in a song, therefore, punk!










Their second album is mostly blues rock but contains what might be their best song, Flip Integral.

Marie Marie - Do You Do You Brush Your Teeth - Vogue - 101 380 RKM - 1980

In 1979, Jay Alanski, together with the minds behind Plastic Bertrand/Elton Motello greatness Alan Ward, Mike Butcher and Lou Deprijck, worked with Teenie, a bilingual and very cool looking young lady, and recorded the same single twice, once in English and once in French. I assume these 50's ballads didn't take off, so they returned to the punk well with Do You Do You Brush Your Teeth. The song is beyond catchy, and Teenie really emphasized her British accent on this recording. Grasshopper, on the B side has interesting lyrics which I think are sung from the point of view of a grasshopper, but doesn't compare to the A side.

Marie-France - Déréglée - Romantik Records ‎- EDE 2 - 1977

Fascinating character Marie-France teamed up with Patrick Arondel and Hagen Dierks to record this punky single on the short-lived but incredible Romantik Records label. Patrick Arondel was an alias of Jay Alanski.