The Gentleman Soldier

[Eyeball_Kid]

And I always think of Monty Python when I read you signature, Duke:
There is only one thing in the world worse than being witty and that is not being witty.

[The Duke of Ingmar]

And I always think of Monty Python when I read you signature, Duke:
There is only one thing in the world worse than being witty and that is not being witty.

Yes, and there is only one thing worse than playing squash together, and that is playing it by yourself.

I wish I hadn´t said that.

[dawson]

That would be spider singing with shane on the gentleman soldier

[Guest]

Nope. That's Shane doing the woman's voice and the man's voice. Spider does none of the vocals on that one.

[guest]

Hi there

Just wondering if i can get the music for the accordion part of the first verse of The Gentleman Soldier?

[body-of-an-american]

its shane, you can here the voice changing back into his in the middle of a word when its going back to normal voice.

[philipchevron]

its shane, you can here the voice changing back into his in the middle of a word when its going back to normal voice.

Acutely spotted, B-O-A. You should consider work in a recording studio. It's not glamorous to begin with (if it EVER gets glamorous) and most engineers begin as tape-ops, pro-tools operator or assistant engineer (like Steve Lillywhite, whose answer to "How do you get to be a successful record producer, Steve?" was always "Make the best tea in the studio". It's at least partly true also. Musicians get so accustomed to drinking terrible tea from so many sources that an excellent cup of tea will always win attention and rave notices while your superb "drop-in" may have passed without notice.

The most interesting tape op I ever worked with was Mariella Frostrup, who worked at Lombard Studios in Dublin in the late 70s and assisted me on "The Moon Is Puce" by The Atrix. We became social friends and it is a little known and uncredited fact that's me up there assisting the tape-op on ABBA's "Live At Wembley" recordings!

Mariella, a woman with a fascinating voice even at the age of 17, went on to become a hugely successful broadcaster on BBC Radio 4.

[body-of-an-american]

[Eckhard]

We became social friends and it is a little known and uncredited fact that's me up there assisting the tape-op on ABBA's "Live At Wembley" recordings!

Cool. That's "Who wants to be a millionaire" 1 Million question material.

Host:
"Who was assisting the tape-op on ABBA's "Live@Wembley"-recordings. Was it
a) Bjorn Ulvaeus
b) Benny Andersson
c) Ingvar Kamprad
d) Phil Chevron?"

Guest:

"May I please call the Medusa-Forum?"

[fluke]

You have met abba? That's legendary stuff.. Please tell us about it!!

[body-of-an-american]

i love this song

[darrencp22]

I was listening to some Pogues on the way to work this morning and realized how much I like this song. Anyone have any background to it's recording and when it was last played live? Who performs the characters in the song? It sounds as if it's Shane and Spider, but not completely sure.

[kmurray105]

I don't know when it was last played live but I do remember hearing it when they played at the Beacon Theatre in '89 or '90. Shane had to use a lyric sheet, but it was great. Shane sings the whole thing.

[Dead-Rabbit-Dan]

It is indeed a great song and Shane does do all the voices. He does a brilliant version with the Popes on the 'Live at Montreux 1995' DVD, which i'm sure you can find on YouTube. (Maybe someone has a link for it somewhere?) My old man thought for years it was Terry Woods doing the high pitched voices until he watched this DVD!

[fluke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMcTFQZbwnA

I used to play this song live. Loved the way the lyrics fit into the song..