Jimmy Nail tracks
W.L.T.M.
| the song | |
|---|---|
| title : | W.L.T.M. |
| written by : | Jimmy Nail |
| song copyright : | © 1999 Chrysalis Music Ltd |
| the performance | |
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| musicians | |
| Jimmy Nail | joint lead vocal (‘him’), backing vocal, harmonica |
| Guy Fletcher | keyboards |
| Neil Taylor | guitars |
| Marcus Cliffe | bass |
| Gary Husband | drums |
| Dave McCracken | programming |
| with : | |
| Eddi Reader (credited as Eddie Reader) | joint lead vocal (‘her’), backing vocal |
| Roddy Lorimer | flugelhorn |
| ? | strings and clarinet arranged by Nick Ingham |
| music | |
|---|---|
| key : | D major |
| time-signature : | 4/4 |
| tempo : | MM 92 |
| form : | i c V V C V V C M C P |
| lyrics |
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| provided for research and private study only (see above for copyright details): W.L.T.M. {him:} I’m looking for a lady with similar tastes and I would love to meet {her:} I’m looking for my knight in shining armour and I would love to meet {him:} and I would love to meet {him (reading):} “attractive, slim, intelligent, twenty-seven, |
| explanations | |
|---|---|
| N.S. | non-smoker |
| Monet | Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter |
| ‘A room with a view’ | presumably the 1908 novel by E. M. Forster or the film made from it by Merchant Ivory Productions |
| Cathy and Heathcliffe | the lovers in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights (1847) |
| GSOH | good sense of humour |
| 911 | one of the most popular models of sports car made by the German firm Porsche |
| Fred and Ginger | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Hollywood’s most successful dancing partnership in the 1930s |
| Ken and Annie | I am not clear whether these two names are local to this song or whether they refer to a ‘known’ couple (perhaps from a tv soap) |
| the recording | |
|---|---|
| personnel | |
| produced by : | Jon Kelly |
| recorded by : | Jon Jacobs assisted by Lee Phillips at Westside Studios, London |
| mixed by : | Jon Kelly assisted by Jon Jacobs (at Westside Studios, London?) |
| mastered by : | ? at ? |
| technical | |
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| track timing : | 5:18 |
| song timing : | 5:12 |
| recording copyright |
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1999 Warner Music UK Ltd |
| released on | ||
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| album : | Tadpoles in a jar | track 7 |
1999 Warner Music UK Ltd