- Source: Wide Eyed and Legless
- Source: Wide-Eyed and Legless
"Wide Eyed and Legless" is a song written and performed by Andy Fairweather Low in 1975. The track peaked at No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart in December that year. It had originally been published on Fairweather Low's album, La Booga Rooga, which was released earlier the same year. The track was produced by Glyn Johns.
In Australia, the track was issued with "Halfway to Everything" (another track from La Booga Rooga) on the B-side.
Wide Eyed and Legless: 1970-1997 was the title of a compilation album issued by Fairweather Low in 2004.
Personnel
Andy Fairweather Low – vocals, high string guitar
Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar
B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar (phased)
John Bundrick - electric piano (phased)
John David – bass guitar
Bruce Rowland – drums
Brian Rogers – string arrangement
Glyn Johns – cabasa, engineering and production
The track was a 1975 copyright to Rondor Music London Ltd
References
External links
YouTube video
Wide-Eyed and Legless (known in the US as The Wedding Gift) is a 1993 made-for-TV British drama film, directed by Richard Loncraine starring Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Sian Thomas and Thora Hird.
It is based on the 1989 book Diana's Story by the writer Deric Longden, who co-wrote the script with Jack Rosenthal. The film tells the story of the final years of Deric's (played by Broadbent) marriage to his wife, Diana (Walters), who contracted a degenerative illness which left her wheelchair-bound and in almost constant pain and which medical officials were unable to understand at the time, though now believed to be a form of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis. As Diana's health deteriorated, she encourages him to spend time with another woman whom Longden has met (the partially-sighted and legally blind novelist Aileen Armitage (Thomas)), to help ease his pain over her eventual death.
Title and home media
Wide-Eyed and Legless was the original title of the TV adaptation shown on BBC One whilst for the American release the film's title was changed to The Wedding Gift. The film was released on Region 1 DVD.
Cast
Jim Broadbent - Deric Longden
Julie Walters - Diana Longden
Thora Hird - Annie Longden
Sian Thomas - Aileen Armitage
Moya Brady - Sheila
Andrew Lancel - Nick
Anastasia Mulrooney - Sally
Frances Cox - Minnie Bonsall
Sequel
An award-winning sequel, Lost for Words, focusing on Longden's elderly mother Annie (Thora Hird) and her decline into dementia, after his second marriage (to writer Armitage) followed in 1999 and saw Hird reprise her role, whilst the other cast members were replaced.
Year-end lists
8th – Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-Statesman
Top 10 (not ranked) – George Meyer, The Ledger
References
External links
Wide-Eyed and Legless at IMDb
Lost for Words at IMDb
Archive of Deric Longden's official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Jim Broadbent
- World Productions
- Wide Eyed and Legless
- Wide-Eyed and Legless
- Julie Walters
- Aileen Armitage
- Amen Corner (band)
- Thora Hird
- Andy Fairweather Low
- Nashville tuning (high strung)
- Jim Broadbent
- Joanna McCallum
The Book of Fish (2021)
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