''Still Crazy'' is the soundtrack album from the 1998 music-comedy film, ''
Still Crazy
''Still Crazy'' is a 1998 British comedy film directed by Brian Gibson (his final film before his death in 2004). The plot concerns a fictional 1970s rock band named Strange Fruit, who, after being split up for two decades, are persuaded to get ...
''. The fictional band from the film perform some of their songs on the album.
Chris Difford
Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze.
Musical career
Born in Greenwich, London, Difford has written l ...
of
Squeeze fame won an Ivor Novello award for his lyrics.
Track listing
# "The Flame Still Burns" - Strange Fruit with
Jimmy Nail
James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show '' Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' ...
- (
Jones /
Frederiksen /
Difford)
# "All over the World" - Strange Fruit - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford)
# "What Might Have Been" - Jimmy Nail - (
Ballard / Difford)
# "Brian's Theme" (Acoustic) - Steve Donnelly - (
C. Langer)
# "Dirty Town" - Strange Fruit - (
Lynne /
La Frenais)
# "Stealin'" -
Billy Connolly
Sir William Connolly (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish actor, retired comedian, artist, writer, musician, and presenter. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the Scots nickname the Big Yin ("the Big One"). Known for his ...
- (Arr. Connolly)
# "Black Moon" - Strange Fruit - (
Pratt / Vyse / Difford)
# "Live for Today" -
Hans Matheson
Hans Matheson (born 7 August 1975) is a Scottish actor and musician. In a wide-ranging film and television career he has taken lead roles in diverse films such as '' Doctor Zhivago'', '' Sherlock Holmes'', '' The Tudors'', '' Tess of the d'Urb ...
- (C. Langer)
# "Bird on a Wire" - Strange Fruit with Jimmy Nail - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford)
# "Ibiza Theme" - 22.33.44 - (C. Langer)
# "Scream Freedom" - Strange Fruit - (Jones / Frederiksen / Difford)
# "A Woman Like That" -
Bernie Marsden
Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as " Fool for Your Lovin ...
- (Lynne /
Vela /
La Frenais)
# "Dangerous Things" - Strange Fruit - (Langer / Difford)
# "Brian's Theme" (Reprise) - Steve Donnelly - (C. Langer)
Strange Fruit
The band "Strange Fruit" on this record consists of:
*
Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with '' The Illuminatus!'' in 1977. There he ...
(lead and backing vocals)
*
Jimmy Nail
James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show '' Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' ...
(lead and backing vocals)
*Steve Donnelly (guitar)
*
Morgan Nicholls
Morgan Daniel Nicholls (born 18 March 1971) is an English musician, member of English pop band Senseless Things and best known for performing with Muse, Gorillaz, The Streets and Lily Allen. He has released one solo album under the mononym Morg ...
(organ, except on 1)
*
Guy Pratt (bass, except on 1)
*
Michael Lee (drums, tambourine)
*On track 1,
Steve Nieve
Steve Nieve ( "naïve"; born Stephen John Nason, 21 February 1958) is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello's backing bands the Attractions, the Imposters and Madnes ...
plays keyboards and Charlie Jones plays bass.
*
Clive Langer
Clive Langer (born 19 June 1954 in Hampstead, London, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards.
He usually works with Alan Winstanley. He composed the music for the films '' Still Crazy'' and '' ...
plays additional guitar on 2
*
Paul Carrack plays additional Hammond organ on 5
*
Steve Nieve
Steve Nieve ( "naïve"; born Stephen John Nason, 21 February 1958) is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello's backing bands the Attractions, the Imposters and Madnes ...
plays additional Hammond organ on 7
*Alan Dunn plays accordion and Bob Loveday plays mandolin and violin on 11
*
Simon Hale
Simon Hale is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist.
Life
Hale was born in Birmingham, England in 1964, being dually raised there and in South Manchester before moving to London, where he studied popular music at Goldsmiths College, Uni ...
plays piano on 13.
1998 soundtrack albums
Comedy film soundtracks