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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 9, 2015 13:55:48 GMT
Anybody heard of him?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 14:38:51 GMT
Yup. And his daddy.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 9, 2015 15:05:28 GMT
I know of his Daddy but not him. Famous in certain circles? Have to say I've never heard of him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 15:12:51 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 9, 2015 15:16:16 GMT
Can't listen to this at work. I'll take your word for it.
Guess he's well know in the Gallic regions.......
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 15:18:29 GMT
I think he's equally known as a race car driver...
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 9, 2015 15:35:33 GMT
Another subject I know zilch about.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 17:41:12 GMT
His career never really took off. Since he was raised in Los Angeles by his mother, he thought he would have an American career, but it never happened. So then he moved to France and took advantage of his father's notoriety. But the talent just isn't there. Now that he is almost 49 years old, he has about reached the age where his last option will be to open a B-list celebrity restaurant.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2015 7:34:23 GMT
The reason I ask is that yesterday I was asked to get an insurance quote for somebody with an £80,000 BMW but they couldn't divulge his name unless the quote was good. The quote was good and amid much excitement they gave his name - David Smet! What an anti-climax! Nobody had ever heard of him and when we googled that name it became David Hallyday and we were still none the wiser.
I think he has an inflated opinion of his own fame....
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Post by bjd on Apr 10, 2015 8:17:27 GMT
I wonder why his father didn't officially change his name? He started at the time when French "pop" singers thought they should have English-sounding names and Jean-Philippe Smet obviously didn't cut it. Despite many older French thinking he is an international celebrity, I had never heard of him before coming to France, and I still don't think much of him -- the father, Johnny. I have never heard the son and wouldn't have been able to name him. Opening B-list celebrity restaurants in an £80,000 BMW? Why not a stretch limo?  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2015 10:17:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 18:44:32 GMT
Those headlines must all be dated April 1st.
However, I am quite sure that he has no lack of money to spend. He has co-signed quite a few songs with his father, so I'm sure the royalties he gets are quite substantial.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 16, 2015 15:55:14 GMT
Picked up his business today.
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