Elton Motello

[newwavepopman]

Whatever happened to this guy? I liked both of the albums he put out too.I don't think that either one has seen any light of day on CD either,which they should be.Loved of course his hit and the 12 inch of "Jet Boy Jet Girl" Liked the way that Plastic Bertrand did it as well.Motello covered some songs that other bands did originally,such as The Who's I Can't Explain,and The Small Faces Sha La La La Lee.They really weren't bad cover versions either.

His Pop Art album,although not the classic that his Victim Of Time album was,was still a very good album.Only on Pop Art he started going more towards the synthpop sound.Whereas on Victim Of Time he was much more guitar oriented,and the album wasn't all that poppy like Pop Art was.I believe that while Victim of Time,got some great reviews,when it came out,his Pop Art album got just mixed reviews.

I like the following songs alot by Motello.

Jet Boy Jet Girl
He's A Rebel
I Am The Marshall
Sha La La La Lee
Artifical Insemination
Apocalypstick
I Can't Explain
Pop Art
Victim Of Time
There are more but I forget the rest of the song titles from the Pop Art album.

[devildog]

I wonder what happened to him, too. I think a cd with both of his albums (a two-fer) is needed of this classic new wave artist!

[pilon]

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Elton mottello i'm fan in fact is became rich due to the royalties of plastic bertrant cover of jet boy jet girl

After this two Lp's is realised an great and entire surf music intrumental album in 1981 82 under the name of Dream Wires on a belgian label called Rkm records

Elton Motelle proved by this surf Lp' how it is a great guitarist

bye

pilon

[I. M. He]

I've got what I guess is a boot of Motello's two albums titled 'Elton Motello - The Genius of Alan Ward?' (2 cd's including the Plastic Bertrand 7", Too Much 7" and the 'Jet Boy Jet Girl' 7")
Here's the track list...

disc one:
Victim of Time LP (1979 - Attic Records [Canada])
Jet Boy Jet Girl
Victim of Time
I Am The Marshal
He's a Rebel
He's Crying
Pipe Line
Get the Guy
Tuttie Fruttie Alice
Teen Pimp
Sha La La La Lee
Artificial Incemination
Pogo Pogo
Apocalipstic
bonus tracks:
Jet Boy Jet Girl [1st 7" - 1977 / RKM Records (Belgium)]
Pogo Pogo [1st 7" - 1977 / RKM Records (Belgium)]
Pogo Pogo [Plastic Bertrand 1st 7" - 1977 / RKM Records (Belgium)]
Ca Plane Pour Moi [Plastic Bertrand 1st 7" - 1977 / RKM Records (Belgium)]
Silex Pistols [Too Much 7" - 1978 / Pathe EMI {France)]
Photo Photo [Too Much 7" - 1978 / Pathe EMI {France)]

disc two:
Pop Art LP (1980 - Passport Records)
Pop Art
I Can't Explain
Night Sister
Falling Like a Dominoe
Out of Limit
20th Century Fox
In the Heart of the City
Pocket Calculator
When All the Boys are English
Queen
Pay the Radio
Panic in the Classroom

Sourced from vinyl, but until something better comes along it's awfully nice to have.

-mk-

[pilon]

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Silex Pistols [Too Much 7" - 1978 / Pathe EMI {France)]
Photo Photo [Too Much 7" - 1978 / Pathe EMI {France)]

I dont have this 45 but know the silex pistols
it's a funny french sort of Punkploitation single with elton mottello playing guitars on , and two girl singing

great and funny and really rare french records
many researched by records collectors

For the french Punk and new wawe discography
take this web site


http://euthanasie.propagande.org/


Another great french Punkploitation or New wawe ploitation and really funny records

Are

Pierô

"Quelle époque épique et punk"
SP (Eurodisc - 911 197) 1979
Quelle époque épique et punk // J'ai un baobab dans la main.

And of course Alex et ses Lézards

Alex & les lézards
who have realeased this 45 singles


Paris //

"Dur dur"
SP (Polydor - 2056 844) 1980
Dur dur // Bonjour la plage.

"Maman je craque"
SP (Polydor - 2056 875) 1981
Maman je craque // Te mine pas (par devant par derrière).

"Martine"
SP (Tréma) 1981
Martine // A part ça, j'ai pas de problèmes.

"A la française"
SP (Tréma - 410.183) 1982
A la française // Cool-cool.

"Ca a le goût de l'alcool"
SP (Flarenasch) 1983
Ca a le goût de l'alcool // B.C.B.G.

bye

pilon

[randy]

Any news to if an official relaese of his tuff is in the works?

[Rubellan]

Victim Of Time was released on CD in Canada. I had it for several years, after discovering the great song Pop Art during my video collecting. As much as I tried, I could not really enjoy Victim Of Time on any great level, and sold it on eBay a couple of years ago. The Pop Art LP is much more appealing to me, though never released on CD.

There's currently a pricey compilation CD available, which can be found at cduniverse.com. It contains:

1. Jet Boy Jet Girl - (studio)
2. I Am The Marshal - (studio)
3. In The Heart Of The City - (studio)
4. Queen - (studio)
5. He's Crying - (studio)
6. Teen Pimp - (studio)
7. He's A Rebel - (studio)
8. Victim Of Time - (studio)
9. Artificial Insemination - (studio)
10. Night Sister - (studio)
11. Tuttie Fruttie Alice - (studio)
12. All The Boys Are English - (studio)
13. Pipe Line - (studio)
14. Out Cast - (studio)
15. Apocalipstic - (studio)
16. Pogo Pogo - (studio)
17. 20th Century Fox - (studio)
18. Getting Into Trouble - (studio)

I've not purchased it BECAUSE IT'S MISSING "POP ART"! How the hell did that happen?

Scott

[obs]

Here's <a href="http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=47B7A9046A5DDF0B" target=_blank>Jet Boy, Jet Girl (Club Mix)</a> from <a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/190150" target=_blank>Hardest Hits - Volume Five</a> for you to enjoy while you wait for a full CD release [:)]. Usual EAC + LAME V2 VBR quality.

[ben_at_work]

am i crazy or did the Damned do a version of Jet Boy Jet Girl.
Actually when i was younger i thought the Damned did it originally...

[Mathman]

The pricey import is down a reasonable price at CDBaby

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/motello

and is also on iTunes. But, no Pop Art

[firefall]

Indeed, Damned made a version of Jet Boy Jet Girl, being in the compilation ''Best of the Damned''(Another great album from the Damned).But the first cover was an idea of Captain Sensible and his dutch band Softies,when he was in Holland,after Damned first split in late 70s.

[ZLUGGO]

I' ve been a big fan of Elton Motello since 1980.
I' ve also been in touch with him personally through e-mails.
He is a very nice man. His real name is Alan Ward and he's working as a sound engineer in a recording studio in Bruxelles, Belgium.

Alan Ward is the man who wrote the original lyrics to the song "Ca Plane Pour Moi". Those lyrics are in English and the title of the original version of the song is "Jet Boy Jet Girl".
It has also been recorded by Captain Sensible & The Softies, Chron Gen and others.
However, the English lyrics were a bit too controversial, so new French lyrics were written by Yves Lacomblez and Roger Jouret (ex drummer of Hubble Bubble) had a smash hit with the French version, "Ca Plane Pour Moi". His stage name was, and is still Plastic Bertrand.
It's obvious that he has also once (prior to Hubble Bubble) been a member of Elton Motello (which was the name of the lead singer and the band as well).
I' m a big fan of Plastic Bertrand as well, I might add.

Anyway, Plastic Bertrand used Elton Motello's backing tracks for "Jet Boy Jet Girl" to record his French version of the song, "Ca Plane Pour Moi". The same is true about Plastic Bertrand's French versions of the songs "Sha La La La Lee" (originally a Small Faces song), "Get The Guy" ("5,4,3,2,1" and "Pogo Pogo".
Those songs can be found on Elton Motello's 1st album, "Victim Of Time" and Plastic Bertrand's first album "An 1" (the SIRE release of the album is called "Ca Plane Pour Moi").

Please, feel free to get in touch with me if you're a Motello or Plastic fan.

Ca Plane Pour Moi!

[randy]

Teen Pimp was always one of my favorites from him.