La chanson de Jacky

Brel, Walker, Shuman, Momus (Currie), Almond

Etre une heure, une heure seulement
Etre une heure, une heure quelquefois
Etre une heure, rien qu'une heure durant
Beau, beau, beau et con à la fois
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)


If I could be for only an hour
If I could be for an hour every day
If I could be for just one little hour
Cute in a stupid ass way
Mort Shuman (1936-1991)


If I could be him! For only an hour
If I could be him! Before his grand finale
If I could be me, if I could only be cute, cute, cute, absolutely banal!
Nick Currie (b.1960)


five versions here:

Jacques Brel -La chanson de Jacky (1965)
Mort Shuman &Wolfgang Knittel- Jackie-from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
(1968)
Scott Walker-Jackie-1967 (appears on Scott 2 LP, 1968)
Momus- Nicky (1986) 
Marc Almond -Jacky (appears on The Tenement Symphony LP,1991)

Bumper Burning Aquarium trivia points to anyone who can give me the connection between this song and our previous post, which was on Jules Bonnot.