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Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

It’s 2009, also know as The Future.
 
So, this is possibly the perfect opportunity for me to go back in time to 1969 when Peter Sarstedt’s song “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?” was number one for six weeks in the UK charts.
 
Being born in the Eighties I wasn’t around for this songs first outing and I luckily managed to skip it a second time when Right Said Fred covered it in 2006. However, I was well and truly captured when the original made another appearance via the soundtrack to the (brilliant) film The Darjeeling Limited. Here is a list from wiki to explain all the references:
 
  • Marlene Dietrich: husky-voiced German actress and singer
  • Zizi Jeanmaire: French ballerina
  • Balmain: French designer of elegant fashions
  • Boulevard Saint-Michel: street in the Latin Quarter famous for bookshops
  • Rolling Stones: popular English rock and roll band
  • Sacha Distel: French crooner
  • Sorbonne: University of Paris
  • Picasso: Spanish pioneer of modern art
  • Juan-les-Pins: fashionable beach resort on the French Riviera
  • Saint Moritz: fashionable ski resort in the Swiss Alps
  • Napoleon brandy: especially fine aged brandy
  • Aga Khan: World-travelling Islamic leader and racehorse owner

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