Been there. Done that. Got the T. shirt.
In 1976 though, to those of us who hadn’t ventured far out of Eastwood, the mere thought of Paris and the Champs-Elysees was very exotic. The chance of us meeting a university student called Jean-Claude at that time was pretty non-existant, although a few years later our 6th form french teacher, Mr Bradley, produced a bizarre frenchman called Pierre, who wore a mac and smoked a pipe, for us to practice speaking with. I think we spent more time giggling at him than speaking, didn’t we Mich and Deb?!
Back to Smokie and “I’ll Meet You At Midnight”, another Chinnichap composition. I never thought of Chris Norman as a linguist, but as well as rocking the neckerchief and feathercut look, he had a darn good stab at pronouncing “universite” in the french fashion. Mr Bradley would have been proud.
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