Een paljaske van ne vent - The Strangers

The Belgian band The Strangers have appeared on this blog before, and most of their singles I own are covers of Eurovision songs. This one is no exception, and it's the oldest one of the lot: 'Een paljaske van ne vent' is a version of 'Puppet on a string', the song with which Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. 

This song turns the original idea of the lyric around: while the woman in the original version is a 'puppet on a string', in this song the man is a 'clown of a guy', because he is suppressed by his wife. He comes up with an idea to hook her up with another man but the same night she comes back, the other man by her side. As always, the song is probably better understood by those who speak the Antwerp dialect.

My collection: 7" single no. 7326
Found: Discogs.com, received 17 September 2024
Tracks: 'Een paljaske van ne vent' / 'Een plat tangoke'