Epilogue

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Honestly, according to Odile's own words, the half year of showcasing they had experienced at the professional level with "Vélomoteur" just "cooled them off". Therefore, true to themselves, they chose not to make a career of what was just a hobby to them.

More than ten years later, what have they turned into?

Tony Truant (formerly a guitarist in the band The Dogs), writes in his liner notes for the compilation C'est complet: "Nowadays those delightful young ladies have all become respectable family mothers. But they're probably ready to step on tables to dance with their offsprings and let the good time roll".

In 1999, Philippe Manœuvre and François Bergeron devote the first issue of their documentary TV series "Babylone Yé-Yé" to the so called "one hit wonders", artists who made one big hit and only one. On that occasion they interview Odile and Isabelle, asking them the question everybody longed to ask: after their huge hit with "Vélomoteur", what did they do with all the lolly?

Answer:
- We invested it. We didn't blow it, we didn't buy a Ferrari...

(Correcting themselves: - No. We can't put it this way. It does not sound like rock'n'roll. How could we rephrase that...)

Odile, with a granny voice: - But that's the truth. We used it to buy our homes, for our children's sake.

Isabelle, shrieking with laughter: - Damn! How embarrassing!

Pictures from the TV documentary series "Babylone Yé-Yé" (1999)