Musician and songwriter Plastic Bertrand did not sing on his hit single Ca Plane Pour Moi, an expert linguist has told a court in Belgium.

He spent three months comparing the 1977 punk hit to a 2006 cover version by producer Lou Deprijck - and decided it was the same voice on both.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10787037

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

Ca Plane Pour Moi was actually based on this earlier recording by Elton Motello, using some of the same musicians and with more acceptable lyrics.

Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl

I tried to find a version of the song released by Richard Thompson on his 6-CD boxset but could only find this cover version by The Boss Hoss...

Guess which one is Kerry Katona!

when the presenters and guests knew how to dress for an evening on the gogglebox.

Happy weekend viewing 8-}

What's My Line clips:

A Tribute to the Late Kirsty MacColl:

At O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London. Sunday, 10 October 2010

Alison Moyet + Amy Macdonald + Andrea Corr + Billy Bragg + Catherine Tate + Clare Maguire + David Gray + Eddi Reader + Ellie Goulding + James Walsh + Johnny Marr + Kim Wilde + Phill Jupitus + Omar Puente + Shane MacGowan

http://www.ents24.com/web/event/2040799/A_Tribute_to_the_Late_Kirsty_Mac...

I have no interest in this hyped-up, drugged-up "sport" of pedal pushing and my immediate concern was for the poor bloody mutt that was going about it's business when these lyra-clad juggernauts decided to mow it down.

While casting around on YouTube I see this is a fairly regular occurence. Does the RSPCA know? Ouch.

Embedding disabled by request but just double click on the image above to be taken to the page on YouTube.

According to a scribbled message on an outdoor blackboard if I was to walk into one of my locals I would see a "LIVE BAND every Sat"

Mmm. Would I want to see a dead band? I wondered to myself if there might even appear the message "Band miming here tonite". After the last Massive outing in Chester at the Boathouse pub there should be a sign reading "DJ putting a donk on a Coldplay CD for nobody in particular".

Is it me or am I getting too old for this malarkey?

Another reason to dislike Charlie Brooker.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10275290.stm

TV host Konnie Huq and Screenwipe presenter Charlie Brooker are engaged to be married, her spokeswoman has confirmed. Former Blue Peter presenter Huq - the new host of The Xtra Factor - has been dating Brooker, 39, for several months.

Huq, 34, recently said in an interview that she was in a relationship with a TV screenwriter called Charlie and that "he is definitely a keeper". "Is he 'the one?' Yes, but then I say that about everyone I date. Two weeks later, I've changed my mind."

So there is still hope for the rest of us then.

In case you missed the memo, Lin Yu Chun is the Taiwanese answer to Susan Boyle.

Up early and dabbling with Spotify. It's bloody annoying when the group/track you want is missing. Well this track is playing but it's their only track on Spotify. In fact it's the only track by The Headboys on CD - the LP has never been issued on CD and annoyingly I only have the cassette version and still love it.

http://open.spotify.com/track/7fTda8VcVFVRxcofCaQH39

C'mon whoever owns Polydor. Let's have it out.

Any more lost recordings? Bunk Dogger where are you?

Only just discovered the fact that Clint Eastwood is 80 today...what is left of it. Happy birthday Clint, or Dirty Harry, as I fondly remember him. I know most memorable phrases off by heart.

However Play Misty For Me is not the best film to show throughout the night at a student protest sit-in to boost morale and encourage the occupation to the following morning. After the scary bits most students drifted back to their digs, too afraid to look over their shoulders in case a knife-wielding maniac was going to leap out on them!

I did not know about the search thingy. Luckily I file the e-copy away for reference as my days of keeping old magazines are over. Any chance of doing this for all past issues? Only for subscribers of course.

Not stalking The Word bods honest. I was actually scouring YouTube for this old clip with Kate Bush. Some of the young 'uns will not remember those smooth interviewer chaps from 28 years ago. Wonder whatever happened to them.

Favourite film clip. Before the days of the internet I hovered over a VCR to record this clip for posterity. Now it takes 10 seconds to find it on YouTube...

Favourite breakfast cereal - Weetabix.
Eaten every day, except when I eat straw brickettes (Oatibix).

Favourite David Bowie single. The Prettiest Star.

Admire the mighty talent on show with this delicate instrument...

If you were glued to the box last night to witness the unveiling of the 2012 Olympic mascots on the One Show you would have uttered one of these phrases, "I like them" or "what a f**king waste of money!"

I am in the former camp, for Wenlock and Mandeville were "born" in a steel works in my home town - actually it's a steel fabrication plant just around the corner but what the heck. I do think they should have been given more Boltonian names though, like Reebok and Dibnah.

In this clip on Newsnight, Jeremy Paxman can hardly contain his enthusiasm - UK viewers only. Warning: contains Stuart Hall.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8693607.stm