26 Sep 1986
| RECENT
revelations in these pages concerning XTC's use of the Swindon
Rail Works hooter on their new LP has brought a
response from, local outfit Boo To The Goose. Boo too, it seems, use the hooter on a gong called Steam Days, peiffied last year about the closure of the works. "We play Steam Days at live gigs - which is more than I can say for our XTC - and use the siren to start the song off," say Boo. "We've had many a compliment on how well the siren sets the song off and makes it all so haunting They had to concede that more people were likely to hear XTC's album than see Boo live, and they didn't wish to deny XTC's right to their Swindon heritage. But it's the manner in which the famous trio acquired the hooter blast that set the Goose cooking. I was deeply shocked to read that Dave Gregory sat in the comfort of his living room to record the siren off TV" buffed Boo singer Wilhelm The Moz. "We were not amused. For on one very cold January morning the Goose trooped down to behind St Marks Church to record that piece of history. "And if XTC don't mind we shall carry on using the siren in Steam Days through to eternity," he added. To be honest, Moz, I don't suppose XTC give a hoot. |