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others in case things got out of control. "We also used the busiest stations," reported producer/director Philip Davey, "as people are usually only on the train for two or three stops." For added security, Paul's assistant, John Hammel, Club Sandwich 80 accompanied his boss everywhere, walking around with a plastic bag so as to look like a regular passenger.
            Disguise, indeed, was the key to the masterplan. Permission to film was not sought from London Underground, because it was felt that the application may have become bogged down in red tape. So the filming was kept as unobtrusive as possible: no extra lighting was used - just the standard Underground illumination - and the various camera assistants kept their equipment packed into rucksacks so that they would not draw attention and, if they happened to be "in shot", would appear to be Tube passengers. The 'Press' music track, to which Paul mimed, Club Sandwich 80 was played from what appeared to be a standard ghettoblaster, tucked inside an Adidas sports bag with holes punched in the side.
            Clever use of editing gave the impression that Paul was traversing all over (or to be more precise, under) Club Sandwich 80 London. In fact, his scenes were shot solely on the Jubilee Line, between Charing Cross (the end of the line) and Swiss Cottage, with a stop-off at Bond Street. After Paul had left the relative danger of the Underground - the longer he stayed down there the more people would have "latched on" and followed him around - the crew kept on travelling, filming without their star attraction at South Kensington, Bond Street, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus and other stops on the Jubilee, Central, Piccadilly and Northern lines, going as far afield, indeed, as Mile End and Finchley. In all, the crew were down the Tube for four hours - and it only cost them 60p per person, the price of a ticket! Club Sandwich 80
            As for Paul, he seemed to be enjoying every moment, indeed although Philip Davey reckoned him to be "self-conscious at first" he soon relaxed. Hands in pockets, shirt sleeves rolled up and the tunnel breezes ruffling his hair, the camera caught him going up and down escalators, guiding a tourist (correctly, we assume), studying the map, Club Sandwich 80throwing coins into a busker's violin case and signing autographs, one of them straight on to a man's shirt. He also, of course, sang along to the music track, an act that must have taken no little courage in a crowded train carriage.
            That's not to say that Paul was given a bad reception by the passengers. On the contrary: the video's hundreds of unwitting - but certainly not unwilling - extras seemed delighted to be involved, some mugging to the camera, children and adults alike smiling. One woman even leaned over to plant a kiss, which took Paul quite by surprise. Indeed, the shooting of the 'Press' video clearly brought levity to an often drab place, lifting up faces from behind newspapers, tempting blank eyes away from the advertising cards, enlivening sullen faces. Like Oklahoma, the London Underground was never like this.
            As for Paul, he had his ticket to ride, and he cared.

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