SONG OF THE DAY
“Love Is A Game For Two To Play” by Francis Macdonald (Wedding Daze, Nettwerk Productions, 2007).
WHERE I HEARD IT
Why NBC cancelled Mercy, I’ll never know. The soundtrack alone was enough to keep the show on the air, but I loved the characters (except Sonya) and the plots too, to boot. Fair thee well, show. The title of the episode this song is from is awesome – “Can we about the giant elephant in the ambulance?“.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– Francis Macdonald is a drummer and sometime member of British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub and used to play with BMX Bandits and Eugenius.
– He is no relation to keyboard player Finlay MacDonald who also played with both bands.
– Francis Macdonald has recorded a solo album called “Sauchiehall & Hope – A Pop Opera” under the pseudonym “Nice Man” and “The Art of Hanging Out” as “Nice Man and the Bad Boys”.
– He runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow and manages lots of other bands, such as Camera Obscura and Attic Lights.
– Other artists he has worked with include: Kevin Ayers, BMX Bandits, Kim Fowley, Robert Forster, Dan Penn, Alex Chilton, John Herald, Chip Taylor, Ben Vaughn, Laura Cantrell, Kate Rusby, Camera Obscura, Belle & Sebastian, Looper, Future Pilot AKA, The Hermit Crabs, The Pastels, Radio Sweethearts, Michael Shelley, Cheeky Monkey, Frank Blake,Speeder, Astro Chimp, etc.
– Francis has produced a (currently unreleased) Jerry Lee Lewis album.
– He provided the music for the British comedy feature film Zemanovaload starring Ed Byrne.
– His music has also been used in MTV’s Real World and Queer Eye For the Straight Guy.
– He wants to keep writing songs while working on music for tv/films/adverts.
Interesting choice!