Earlier this year, a book was published in France and Belgium on Plastic Bertrand�s career to date. The singer himself worked together with Belgian journalist Olivier Monssens and the result is a pleasant 250-pages biography, including 30 pictures, from the very childhood to nowadays.

Ça plane – délires et des larmes is the title of book. First of all, it refers to Plastic Bertrand’s first big hit Ça plane pour moi, released at the end of 1977, when punk music spread around Europe. Délires et des larmes is a pun phonetically opposing “délires” (frenzy) with "des larmes" (tears).

Some could have thought Plastic would not tell a lot on Eurovision. On the contrary, the man gives place to this experience along 16 pages, giving very precise details – such as the return of Italy and Greece in the competition as well as the name of the only act placing behind him: Seyyal Taner and group Locomotif. “I was really proud to get my four points from Portugal and above all by the UK. My closest friends felt so sorry for me but I personaly fulfilled one of my dreams”.

Plastic tells how his participation was made possible. He and his producer tried their luck with the only French-speaking country not selecting through a public selection. “It was the turn of Flemish to go for Belgium, and both France and Switzerland had planned a televised final. We managed to convince RTL by giving them the rights of the song, like it has always been in Luxembourg”. Ça plane – délires et des larmes, Edition du Rocher, costs 18 euros.