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Les Charlots was a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors,〔(【引用サイトリンク】The New York Times">title=Les Charlots )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】The New York Times">title=Bons Baisers de Hong Kong )〕 who were popular in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The group was active first from 1965 to 1966 as ''"Les Problèmes"'', under which name the made an album with the French singer Antoine. They renamed themselves ''Les Charlots'' and remained active from 1966 to 1997, then again briefly from 2008 to 2011 (as a duo). ''Les Charlots'' means ''"the clowns" or "the idiots"''〔(Definition of the word "charlot" ) on ''L'internaute.com'' : a person who lack of seriousness, a "clown".〕 rather than being a direct reference to Charlie Chaplin, who was generally called Charlot in France.〔(Charlot ) on ''Larousse.fr''.〕 Their light-hearted comedy style was influenced by the style of popular Italian group Brutos and by the anarchist humor of the Marx Brothers. The five members were Gérard Rinaldi (vocals / saxophone / accordion), Jean Sarrus (bass / backing vocals), Gérard Filipelli, a.k.a. "Phil" (guitar / backing vocals), Luis Rego (rhythm guitar / piano / backing vocals) and Jean-Guy Fechner (drums / backing vocals). Filipelli was nicknamed "Phil" as there were two "Gérard" in the group. Each member was easily recognizable : Rinaldi was the straight good-looking one with the crooner voice, Sarrus was the small one with the moustache and funny mimics, Filipelli was the tall blonde one who often found himself accidentally bare-assed in their films, Rego was the sarcastic Portuguese one and Fechner was the tall one a big bushy beard. == Creation of Les Problèmes == Rinaldi and Sarrus were musicians in various short-lived groups ("Les Rebelles" and "Les Tarés", for Sarrus) and they first met in 1963. They became friends and decided to form a rock band. In 1964, they were joined by Luis Rego, then in 1965 by Gérard Filipelli and Donald Rieubon on drums. In 1965, they became the backing band for French sensation, singer Antoine under the name of "Les Problèmes" ("The Problems") or sometimes "Antoine et les Problèmes" ("Antoine and the Problems"). They recorded two of Antoine's greatest hits, ''"Les Elucubrations d'Antoine"'' and ''"Je Dis ce que je pense, je vis comme je veux"'', two songs that they parodied years later as Les Charlots with, respectively ''"Contre-élucubrations Problématiques"'' and ''"Je dis n'importe quoi, je fais tout ce qu'on me dit"''. Basically, the group was to Antoine what The Band was to Bob Dylan. In 1965, while he was vacationing in Portugal (his home country), Luis Rego was imprisoned for a few months under the Salazar regime, for desertion and rebellion. During Luis' incarceration, Rinaldi wrote ''"Ballade à Luis Rego, Prisonnier Politique"'' ''("Ballad to Luis Rego, Political Prisoner"),'' a popular song that the group often played on stage. Rego rejoined the group as soon as he was released. In 1966, drummer Rieubon got drafted and left the band. He was replaced by Jean-Guy Fechner, brother of the group's manager Christian Fechner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Charlots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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