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The Kirsty MacColl web site
Strange Facts
This section is about Kirsty's video promos.
Matt
Dillon appeared in the Fairytale video. He
wasn't round the piano but if you notice the copper dragging Shane up the
stairs into the 'Drunk tank', that's Matt Dillon. when the video was
being filmed Kirsty never got to meet the actor and said she felt that The
Pogues had protected him from her! Source - GS
Notice how Matt loses his police hat somewhere between entering the house and reaching the top of the stairs.
Adrian Edmondson appeared in the video for Terry as
the hapless boyfriend thrown over for the Marlon-esque Terry. Accapella
group the Mint Juleps appeared as the choir at the end of
the video for A
new England, miming to Kirsty's multi-tracked vocal.
The video for Free world includes a still
from the video for the earlier He's on the beach. Kirsty
appears as a news anchor reporting on the story of the other Kirsty's missing
boyfriend.
Comedian Phill Jupitus has directed videos for Kirsty, as well as appearing with her in Billy Bragg's Sexuality video which he probably directed as well. The excellent video for Don't come the cowboy with me, Sonny Jim! was directed by Sarah Tuft. According to his autobiography, Motorhead rock god Lemmy featured in one of Kirsty's videos. She in turn has appeared in videos for Talking Heads (Nothing but flowers) and the Wonderstuff (Welcome to the cheap seats).
Some of the He's on the Beach video was shot
in Cornwall, specifically the beach footage at the cove (not the genuine
stock surfing footage). It's
actually Porthtowan on the North Cornish coast near Redruth, (the clips where
the main character is shown walking along
the beach, talking to the girls, being accosted near the picket fence and
going into the cafe). Source: SJ/JO
Kirsty hated the video for Days - it was supposed to be like Brideshead revisited, all historic looking and hand tinted. She particularly hated the white wig she had to wear, which was supposed to be tinted Kirsty colour but wasn't... She thought she looked good in the video for Cowboy though. Hamish MacColl is named as the artist on the picture frame at the end of the Days video, labelled "English Country Scene, 1902".
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