Heartland Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 In 1988 the folk and pop group Fairground Attraction had a song called Perfect. They produced a video where the band went along the Regents Canal on a narrow boat with Metropolitan on the side. On Saturday, a DJ at the Station, Stechford showed this video. Is it known what the narrowboat was ? The video shows the gas holders and Islington Tunnel Worthington Worthington Worthington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Barnham iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) Most likely John and Sue Yates' then boat Barnham, which was painted in the livery of 'Metropolitan and Midland'. Their current boat, Buckden, carries the same livery. Edited February 6, 2023 by David Mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Heartland said: In 1988 the folk and pop group Fairground Attraction had a song called Perfect. They produced a video where the band went along the Regents Canal on a narrow boat with Metropolitan on the side. On Saturday, a DJ at the Station, Stechford showed this video. Is it known what the narrowboat was ? The video shows the gas holders and Islington Tunnel Worthington Worthington Worthington 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 You can see the name Barnham clearly at 2.23 in the video. And I'm pretty sure that is John Yates steering in the closing shot in Limehouse Basin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 All that 'rain', yet none falling on the cut. And Sunshine in the final seconds. Not to mention the drummer using 'brushes' and symbol in the wet, not a single beat from the engine in the tunnel, but full on singing. Clever bit of editing. Bet the filming took all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, Derek R. said: Bet the filming took all day. Would have taken about a month if they had filmed the bits in the order they appear in the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Fascinating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 On the few occasions my wife was being filmed for one of Rolf Harris's Animal Hospital programs, it took half a day of repeated filming to get what appeared on screen for six seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 When they used our boat for a film they hired it for 3 days. Total time in the film about 30 secs and about 20 secs on the credits. But as they say working with animals never good. Putting sheep on straw bales in an open hold caused many retakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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