that village green in the opening clip is two villages along from me, Herbie's son is one of my best mates, but I've only met the man himself once in passing.
The crazy thing about the bassline from Wild Side is that years ago when sampling was starting to become a thing, one of the landmark cases was over a big hit over here called "Can I kick it" which used the bassline, Lou Reed's lawyers succesfully sued for thousands over it, yet not a penny went to Herbie, who only ever made £26 pounds for writing one of the most influential basslines ever.
the only serious royalty money Herbie made is for the song "Grandad we love you" which only the uk'ers of a certain age will remember