WATERLOO
ROAD
JASON CREST
SONGWRITERS:
MICHAEL ANTONY DEIGHAN & MICHEL WILSHAW
PAROLIER:
PIERRE DELANOË
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: LES
CHAMP-ÉLYSÉES
RECORD: PHILIPS
RECORDS
GENRE: PSYCHEDELIC
POP
ANNÉE: 1968
Jason Crest (formerly The
Good Thing Brigade) were an English, Tonbridge, Kent based psychedelic pop group,
active from around 1967 to 1969. Despite releasing five singles on Philips from
1967 to 1968, (including a cover of The Move's "(Here We Go Round) The
Lemon Tree"), the band were never commercially successful and disbanded
towards the end of the 1960s when their contract with Philips expired.
However, the singles
"Black Mass", "Turquoise Tandem Cycle", "(Here We Go
Round) The Lemon Tree" and "Place in the Sun" have all appeared
on the Rubble collection of British psychedelia and freakbeat, and the band
garnered a modest cult reputation.
Jason Crest's fourth
single, "Waterloo Road" (1968), reached number one in France when
French singer Joe Dassin covered it under the title "Les Champs-Élysées".
I
was walking down a street today
And
I saw a girl along the way
I
asked to where she's going
And
she said "Come with me"
She
took me down this avenue
Where
we met some friends she knew
And
there we start and stopped awhile
And
passed the time away
Down
the Champs-Élysées
Down
the Champs-Élysées
Friday
night, Saturday
Any
night or any day
You'll
find what you're looking for
On
the Champs-Élysées
Sitting
in the small café
We
heard the street musician play
Some
waltzes on his accordeon
All
night long
He's
playing sound wheezy
But
the melody was so easy
Now
we all got up and join the man
We
sang this song
Down
the Champs-Élysées
Down
the Champs-Élysées
Friday
night, Saturday
Any
night or any day
You'll
find what you're looking for
On
the Champs-Élysées
Now
the birds are cheeping
And
we all feel kinda sleepy
The
morning sun has risen and
The
moon has gone
But
still the feeling lingers
And
still I hear the singers
As
I walked along the avenue
And
sing this song
Down
the Champs-Élysées
Down
the Champs-Élysées
Friday
night, Saturday
Any
night or any day
You'll
find what you're looking for
On
the Champs-Élysées.