punk rock musician born in 1976. PLASTIC BERTRAND is the recording name of … Read Full Bio ↴punk rock musician born in 1976. PLASTIC BERTRAND is the recording name of Roger Jouret, a singer from Brussels, Belgium. PLASTIC BERTRAND is best known for the 1977 single "Ça plane pour moi" which was released just one month after Elton Motello's "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", which has the same backing track in UK. While credited to PLASTIC BERTRAND, the original recording "Ça plane pour moi" was sung by the song's producer, Lou Deprijck. PLASTIC BERTRAND has released ten albums since 1977 and represented Luxembourg in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest. Its debut album sounded closer to punk rock but just in the second album and the precedents Roger Jouret made songs more new wave, synth-pop or even a bit "disco" oriented and late 80s, he recorded even techno, house and electronic music.
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Le monde est merveilleux
Plastic Bertrand Lyrics

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Je vois des forêts, des océans
Des plages blond's et des poissons d'argents
je me dis tout d'mêm'
Le mond' es merveilleux

Je vois des lagons, des oiseaux blancs
Et des sourir's briller aux yeux des gens
Je me dis tout d' mêm'

Le mon'd est merveilleux

Bien sûr tout n'est pas rose
Il y a des gens qui pleurent
Et des soirs où se posent
Des oiseaux de malheur

Mais ce rêve inccessible d'un mond'
un peu plus doux
J'aimerais pouvoir le vivre avec vous

Je vois des anfants rir' et chanter
Ils sav'nt plus que j'n'en saurais jamais
J'me dis tout de mêm'
Le mond' est merveilleux

J'me dis tout d'mêm'
Le mond' est merveilleux

Overall Meaning

In Plastic Bertrand's song "Le Monde Est Merveilleux," the singer reflects on how beautiful the world is despite its imperfections. He describes forests, oceans, beaches, and silver fish, noting that the world is still wonderful. He also mentions lagoons, white birds, and the shining eyes of people who smile. To emphasize his point, he repeats the phrase "Le monde est merveilleux" throughout the song.

Although the singer acknowledges that life is not all happy, mentioning people who cry and birds of sorrow, he expresses a desire to live in a world that is a little bit softer, more gentle. The song ends with the singer observing children playing and singing, acknowledging that they know more than he ever will, yet still insisting that the world is wonderful.

Line by Line Meaning

Je vois des forêts, des océans
I see forests, oceans

Des plages blond's et des poissons d'argents
Blond beaches and silver fish

Je me dis tout d'mêm'
Nevertheless, I tell myself

Le mond' es merveilleux
The world is wonderful

Je vois des lagons, des oiseaux blancs
I see lagoons, white birds

Et des sourir's briller aux yeux des gens
And smiles shining in people's eyes

Je me dis tout d' mêm'
Nevertheless, I tell myself

Le mon'd est merveilleux
The world is wonderful

Bien sûr tout n'est pas rose
Of course, everything is not rosy

Il y a des gens qui pleurent
There are people who cry

Et des soirs où se posent
And evenings where land