Jimmy Nail tracks
W.L.T.M.
the song | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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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released on | ||
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album : | Tadpoles in a jar | track 7 |