Elton Motello
Elton Motello are an English new wave band who are most notorious for their song, "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", which was actually written by Belgian band, Plastic Bertrand. Although Motello used Bertrand's original backing track, their version isn't a straight up cover; during translation from the original French to English, they changed the words to more raunchy, homosexual ones. It's great - really funny - and Motello's version was consequently covered by punk bands such as The Damned and Chron Gen.
"Jet Boy, Jet Girl" aside, Elton Motello released 2 albums (Victim of Time and Pop Art). AMC released a comp with the best songs from these albums.
 Jet Boy, Jet Girl 2001 AMC | *Jet Boy, Jet Girl *Victim of Time *Pipe Line |
Elton Motello is the name of the band but it's also the pseudonym of lead singer Alan Ward.
You can get the Jet Boy, Jet Girl album off CDBaby.
For good measure, here's The Damned's version of "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" and the original Plastic Bertand song, "Ca Plane Pour Moi".
*The Damned "Jet Boy Jet Girl"
*Plastic Bertand "Ca Plane Pour Moi"
Labels: 1978, Belgium, Elton Motello, Plastic Bertrand, UK
