Does anyone know who sings the song about the worm in the ball scene? It's fantastic.
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monkeybutt
It's amazing.
shareIt is one of the best songs ever in any movie. It has a nice beat and you can dance to it. I wish they would put out a soundtrack for this movie with that song on it.
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I love that song too. In fact, it's stuck with me since I saw the movie several years ago. If anybody knows where it can be found recorded, please let me know.
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"The Lampton Worm" appeared on a compilation CD of traditional songs from the North East. It came out about 3 years ago, sorry I don't remember the name. Anyway, the song was sung by none other than the most famous Geordie on the planet Sir Bryan Ferry! Very good and eh, funny it is too.
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wow thank you all so much for this info!!! i loved this song so much that i used to just audiotape it from the VCR.
shareI think you'll find Bryan Ferry is a Mackem, and not a geordie.
shareBluehorses do a Welsh version as the secret track on their album 'Dragon's Milk and Coal'
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thought he was from Durham, a Southerner.
It's a Durham song and legend of course.
So far I've found 2 versions of "The D'Ampton Worm."
1) The Tossers from "Communication and Conviction"
2) McCavity's Cat from "The Genever Convention"
The Tossers version sounds a good bit like the version in the movie, as I recall. (Been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I've had the song for several years.)
The English folk-rock group Spriguns Of Tolgus (later shortened to just Spriguns) did a version on their early 1970s album "Jack With a Feather". It's a more produced (less Pogues-sy) version than I remember the version in the movie being.
shareI assume by now you found your answer, but that song stuck with me as well and it is my favorite movie.. seriously.. it has everything and well enough done to watch.. also, Amanda Donahoe and Ken Russel.. but. the song..
it's a long story about the song and movie.. it's a movie based on a novel, based on a song based on a legend. the song is an old traditional written before Bram Stoker (Dracula fame) wrote his novel. Must have heard of the song/legend. It's in the public domain .. you get print it for free somewhere , can't remember, but it's poorly written and lots of gaffs. But Russel made the movie, I suppose based on the novel,. though his movie is better, holds together more. The movie version of the song has four lines in it, though I found 2 more in an old (1700's) songbook. An old band of mine played the 4 verses and I think somehow it's still on soundclick.com, look for "the Dublin Overs" ... I have the other 2 verses from the old songbook if anyone wants them... or I can send an mp3 -- jayhear at yahoo
Some good info on the worm, the song, its origins, plus its lyrics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm
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Here's the youtube link of the actual movie version of the song. It was the best part of the movie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDcWgbUrAzI
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It is a pretty neat song and scene.
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The ball scene is now on YouTube and the original words to the song are on Wikipedia with translation from the original dialect.
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