These things always seem to happen while I’m travelling.
Specifically, I was in Niagra by the Lake in Ontario when I caught a bit of wifi on my phone and found that Roz had turned up the inclusion on the soundtrack of Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It”, a snippet of “Who Designed the Snowflake”. I spent a lot of the rest of the day, including while being sprayed with Niagra falls spray, trying to listen to it. The problem is that it’s very much a background piece, with talking over the top, and almost impossible to hear the music.
Especially in the shadow of the falls.
Now home I’ve run it through a little audio trickery and compression so you can hear more of it. It’s from “Total Snow”, and it’s a lovely song.
Is this the Spike Lee collaboration the pictures from a few months ago suggest is happening? Well my money is on it not being that. As part of the collaboration Paddy sent Spike and Cinque Lee a set of demo’s. At this time Spike was looking for music for his rework of “She’s Gotta Have It”, and I think he just liked it and included it. He also used “Mercy” which is in a similar vein. So I think this isn’t the end point. Also significantly it’s credited to “Paddy McAloon” rather than “Prefab Sprout” – this may be significant in that there are rumours “Prefab Sprout” have signed to Sony, and that would preclude use of the name.
In a jetlagged fuzz the day after Niagra I dreamt Paddy told me that the recording had been approved for release as a single. Let’s hope dreams come true, eh?
Thanks Tim, Frustrating not being able to hear it as a standalone track, we’ll wait and see. Has the feel of We Let The Stars Go with the production sound of Crimson Red.
well done Tim. Nice to know he’s included.
Discard my wishlist, my stocking’s full. Thank you so much for taking the time to work that up. Happy holidays!
I rarely feel like getting out the garden shears and cutting off someone’s gonads, but I felt like that with this chap talking all over Paddy. Gag the bloke!
So what are we trying to listen to? A demo from Paddy?
Is that the voice of Wallace Shawn, from Princess Bride?
It is indeed. Thanks for this. Whets my appetite, of course…
I know this is six months after the fact but Prefab going back to Sony? I suppose Crimson/Red did better than hoped (probably not sales wise) and it was Paddy that left Sony and not Sony ending it themselves.