Multi-coloured and elastic

Perusing (as is my wont) the famous birthdays today, I note that it is the centenary of the birth of telly's least likely sex symbol Jack Klugman aka Quincy; other ill-matched celebrants include Sergei Prokofiev, Russell T Davies, Sheena Easton, Mary Wollstonecraft, Anouk Aimée, Cecil Day-Lewis, Dame Darcey Bussell, Sandy Dennis, Ulysses S. Grant, Judy Carne, Casey Kasem, Ann Peebles, Michael Fish, Marco Pirroni, Anna Chancellor, Lizzo, and...

...the ill-fated Wallace Carothers. Who? I hear you ask...

Mr Carothers was none other than the inventor of Nylon, which gives me the perfect excuse to play a fave choon of mine for many decades [that, to my chagrin, I have never featured on this blog before!].

Whop the poppers out, girls - it's Hi-NRG time!

Marsha Raven - I Like Plastic

I've seen 'Gone with the Wind',
I've read Jane Eyre.
And Haydn's 5th Symphony,
Didn't have it for me.

Well, I've been to Spain
where Picasso lit the flame,
Seen the Colosseum at night,
Oh! but it never turned on my light.

Oh, but I like plastic
It's fantastic
Bend me
Shape me
I'm gymnastic
Lay some polyvinyl chloride on me now!

Oh I like plastic
I'm romantic
Multi-coloured and elastic
Lay some polyvinyl chloride on me now!

I wined on Chateau Margo and I passed on caviar
And the chef at the Savoy Grill;
He didn't give me a thrill.
Those hot summer nights when the Karma Sutra held sway
Oh we tried every page
But it had nothing to say, no no no.

Oh, but I like plastic
It's fantastic
Bend me
Shape me
I'm gymnastic
Lay some polyvinyl chloride on me now!

I tried the finest clothes
Pure silk down to my toes
But I've thrown it all away
They belong to yesterday

Oh, but I like plastic
It's fantastic
Bend me
Shape me
I'm gymnastic
Lay some polyvinyl chloride on me now!

J'aime le plastique
J'aime le plastique
I like plastic
Yes I like plastic.

An all-time classic. Love it!