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Ça plane pour moi - Plastic Bertrand

May 01, 2023 • Tom Thompson, Tyler Ralston • Season 3 • Episode 3

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Parlez-vous français, y'all? This week, join les garçons as they take a trip to Belgium where they rock out to Plastic Bertrand's unique 1978 hit (along with its evil English twin). Along the way, they examine the unlikely connections between punk and surf music, marvel at the wonder of the wah wah, and bring closure to a 50-year misunderstanding between two guitar legends. As if that weren't enough, Tom finally becomes "experienced" and the boyz get into a complicated Ménage à trois with none other than Brigitte Bardot..or was it (gulp)...the Singing Nun? No square heads allowed on this one, you cheeky monkeys!

Songs:
Plastic Bertrand -Ça plane pour moi
The Singing Nun - Dominique
Bridgette Bardot - Je t'aime...mon non plus
REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It
Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl
The pUKES - Jet Boy Jet Girl
Mina Mercury - Jet Boy Jet Girl
Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Dick Dale - Mr. Eliminator
Link Wray - Rumble
Link Wray - Ace of Spades
Cramps - Sunglasses After Dark
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Sex-O-Rama - The Money Shot
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Pete Drake - Forever
Grupo de Experimentación Sonora - Cuba va!

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