OK here's the story.
Harry's Game was a tv drama over here (in the 80's I think), with the theme song done
by Clannad (who also did the theme to a Robin Hood series, which was their most famous
track). Saltwater uses the vocal line from Harry's Game in full, but rather than just
sample it, the boys got the original singer (whose name I forget) to re-record it for
them in their studio. The words are the same, the tune is the same, but it is a
rerecording to fit better into their track. This is why the Saltwater cover says
"Chicane featuring [insert name] of Clannad".
Simple really... :-)
But I had no idea that there was an enya/clannad link - is that true???
Adam.
On Mon Jun 7 15:27:06 BST 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
> Hang on.... The Theme from Harry's Game? That's a Clannad song, I have it at
> home.
>
> Very nice, mellow stuff in the style of Enya (I say in the style of, since I
> can't remember whether she was still with the band when they recorded
> Harry's Game)
>
> I know that's not very helpful, but at least I can say that Clannad's the
> band to look for, maybe you can find a sample on the net?
>
> I suppose I could try sampling it and emailing to you, but I'm not sure if I
> have the facility to these days. I'll see who I can talk nicely to.
>
> And nobody had better speak ill of Clannad, either, good stuff to mellow out
> to... {:^)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: matthew koehler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 1:44 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: SS: non ss - saltwater/Happiness Happening
> >
> >
> > >In fact, I thought it relied too heavily on other releases,
> >
> >
> > woe betide they that speak ill of chicane... ;-)
> >
> > someone at work to whom i lent the cd said that 'saltwater' sounded a lot
> > like the theme from 'harry's game' (or 'harry's theme' or something?) can
> >
> > anyone help a yank who is not au fait with beeb references?
> >
> >
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