Steve, this is the original version from 1994, written for Paddy McCalhum. Even in the video you can watch him playing the drum. Eight years later in 2002, Prefab Sprout performed this song again in a new restored country version included in the album "The Gunman and others histories", because Paddy is the author of the song.
This enlivens the hopeful, cinematic romantic laying just below the surface... No matter where I am, who I'm with or how I feel... As Jimmy sings "I wanna have it written on my tombstone, Here lies the boy that stole your heart," I simply melt!
Jimmy Nail my all time hero ..good singer and actor .. Always always wanted to go to Newcastle now we are going in a few months time ..can't wait .. Hopefully bump into Jimmy walking down the Tyne 🤞
jimmy nail great actor great singer loved auf pet watched it over and over. all the best jimmy thanks for the entertainment over the last 30 odd years!
dave it was written by paddy mcalonn the lead singer of prefab sprout you can do a google search on the record I'm sure you be able to find it. but its a great record
I have always preferred a man with a character face, my husband has a similar face to Jimmy Nail's, right down to the missing tooth. I couldn't be doing with a bloke who spends more time in front of the mirror than I do. Saw Jimmy live at Cambridge Corn Exchange some time back. Even with a streaming cold, he was brilliant.
I find this song kind of poignant and sad, the sunny Easter / Summer days of 1995, of people sadly no longer with us. The older man in the end playing the harmonica is a bit of a tear releaser of good old days, those characters are sadly long gone. Beautiful song. I love Jimmy and all the people's of the North of England. Sound, sound people. Here from an Irishman.
Paddy McAloon looks rather like Carl Wilson in this video. I prefer the Prefab Sprout version of the song to be honest, but Jimmy Nail's cover of 'Dragons' (also by Prefab Sprout) has a beautiful arrangement. I prefer it to Paddy's own.
I love all these songs and I am very pleased with the best music keep it country with you tube and country collection and see the best singers on videos
I remember hearing this as a kid and thinking I could not believe he song this, he kinda played a bit of a joker in his roles, but obviously has other talents.
kenny moore Paddy McCaloom on drums wrote this beautifull song in 1994 and included on the gunman and other histories album released for Prefab Sprout un 2002
Jimmy Nail was so good at the laconic laid back approach to the music scene also very good actor Spender etc and then seems To have dropped out the scene,reappeared recently in Sting musical but not much else ,our loss of a superb singer songwriter,actor and more importantly Northern Boy
The first CD i owned - i got a CD walkman for Xmas in 1993, my mum knew i'd need a CD to play on it and she knew i'd watched 'Crocodile Shoes' on the telly
I've just listened to an entire SLAYER album (sad I know; more for nostalgic curiosity than current adult interest !) Nice to hear proper music again now!
such a great song from jimmy nail, i think i would make one cool cowboy, the hero who wears the white hat, saves the town from the bad guys in the black hats. i am a good shot too.
