| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5131 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Antipodes are in December, so it's OK to play Christmas songs. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Blue Christmas | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 198 Registered: 06-2005 |
Will be dusting off the wonderful Low Christmas album myself this weekend Padraig. Katy Kim - The Feast From Waterford, Ireland, pretty unique sounds on her second album, best Irish release this year IMO. She has also appeared with The Waterboys on his Yeats shows, don't know if she is Australia bound with them though. http://katiekim.bandcamp.com/track/the-f east-2 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5133 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's a great record Peter. One of my favourites. Some 90s Dublin musician (I can't remember if it was Dylan from Pet Lamb or Pat from Mexican Pets) once told me a great story about going to The Long Hall with the only member of Low who drinks. Listening to someone else from Dublin now though, Sinéad O’Connor's Mankinka. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2069 Registered: 10-2008 |
1000% - Fatima Mansions | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5140 Registered: 05-2005 |
Margot Smith - Hope | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2264 Registered: 09-2006 |
Merry Go 'Round - Kacey Musgraves One of the best country records I've heard in a good long while. And the bleakest view of the downside of smalltown life I've heard in a country song for even longer than that. Even has the temerity to say that (gasp!) there are some followers of Jesus who act like fascists. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 690 Registered: 10-2006 |
Angie - Rolling Stones Aha, so it's about heroin is it? Finally the lyrics start to make sense - I never knew it was almost wholly written by Keith. And Nicky H on piano again - I must remember to order that biog one day. I still recall Peel's review in Sounds when it first came out, saying he never thought he'd live to hear Jagger singing "ain't it good to be alive." Why I remember this, I have no idea. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5148 Registered: 05-2005 |
M83 - Steven McQueen | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5164 Registered: 05-2005 |
Winter People - Time Out Of Mind | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 632 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne - McCarthy brightening a cold grey day in Southern England | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5171 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's a great song about a hateful man Cosmo. Big Star - Winter Sky. A b-side from more than a quarter century ago which still has the power to raise the hair on my arms. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 696 Registered: 10-2006 |
Of monsters and men - Little talks Italy has just caught on to this song, so it's everywhere at the moment: I see on the net the group is compared to, er, M******s and S**, but I can't answer to that, it's just spankingly excellent pop. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 705 Registered: 10-2006 |
Joni Mitchell - Coyote Coyote's in the coffee shop He's staring a hole in his scrambled eggs He picks up my scent on his fingers While he's watching the waitresses' legs | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 639 Registered: 05-2005 |
BMX Bandits - Like the Morning Sun from the BMX Bandits in Space | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2094 Registered: 10-2008 |
The Go-Betweens - Ask | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 706 Registered: 10-2006 |
John Barry - theme from "Vendetta" Suitable soundtrack for translating an article about mafia organisational structure... | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 640 Registered: 05-2005 |
Love that Barry track Stuart, can still remember my mate Wayne playing it to me in 1976! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5176 Registered: 05-2005 |
Single Gun Theory - Motherland (Acapela Remix Edit) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2096 Registered: 10-2008 |
Robert Forster - The Circle | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5181 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Pursuit Of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 714 Registered: 10-2006 |
Van M - Magic time I've asked Santa for "Harmonica for dummies" this year. There must be ONE damn instrument I can learn to play. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5183 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stuart, I heard a great story recently about what Van's much abused band did with his harmonica when he wasn't around. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 715 Registered: 10-2006 |
Is it worse if I try to guess or if you tell us the story?? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1706 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'm curious, too, Padraig. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5186 Registered: 05-2005 |
They - allegedly - would pass said instrument up and down their anal passage before returning it to Van's haronica bag. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5187 Registered: 05-2005 |
Is that worse than what you would have guessed Stuart? By the way, I used to know the guy who plays guitar on the new Van album when he played with Limerick band Tuesday Blue in the 80s. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 716 Registered: 10-2006 |
The possibilities were several, I guess... Does Van suffer from chronic nasal congestion?? You'd think he'd catch on, otherwise... Hence the term, "Dirty-south blues harp" I suppose... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 717 Registered: 10-2006 |
What the hell do they do with his alto-sax? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5188 Registered: 05-2005 |
In case the Mayans are right... R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5209 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think the Mayans got it wrong... Life certainly still exists in Sydney, but I'm not certain about the rest of the world, given that no-one else is posting here! Anyway, song of the day now is David Chesworth Ensemble - Dark Light (featuring Robert Forster on vocals). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5214 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gary Clark Jr - Bright Lights | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5217 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (best Christmas song ever) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5222 Registered: 05-2005 |
Best non-Christmas song of the day: Cathal Coughlan - Eerin Go Braghag | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2112 Registered: 10-2008 |
Padraig, I know you wont have been at the Xmas sherry yet, and your spelling is always immaculate, so do you know what is Cathal's reasoning behind this title, rather than the more accurate Erin go Bragh? I have Cathal's Black River Falls album cued up for later on. For sheer songcraft and storytelling I reckon Fairytale of New York is not just the greatest Xmas song, its also the peak of Shane McGowans song writing career. Not my favourite Pogues song mind you, that would be The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn, The Body of An American, Streams Of Whiskey,Boys From The County Hell, Pair Of Brown Eyes, Transmetropolitan or A Man You Dont Meet Every Day | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5223 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think it's meant to be a critique of America and the Irish experience there. I've often thought the Irish actor referred to is Gabriel Byrne. But maybe not. Cathal Coughlan's wife is American as far as I know, so maybe it's somewhat auto-biographical. The deliberate misspelling is part of that critique, I would think (perhaps suggesting the US understanding of modern Ireland is shallow and superficial). But the song also mentions Mexico and touches on the supernatural! It had the head of a pig, with clear green eyes and the body of a donkey. It spoke to him. 'Don't be afraid' it said 'I mean you no harm'. It went on to explain how it was the sole survivor of a species whose existence has always been concealed by science, how it was in fear of its life from agents of the US government and simply had to escape to Mexico. It would guide him there if he would protect it. He agreed, unsteadily. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5229 Registered: 05-2005 |
Superchunk - Child's Christmas In Wales | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5231 Registered: 05-2005 |
Another song of the day: Richard Hawley - Silent Night | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5239 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nada Surf - Blankest Year | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1027 Registered: 04-2006 |
on the way home from the baltic sea driving on the 'Autobahn' and listening to the radio Wild Belle - Keep You http://wildbelle.bandcamp.com/ | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5245 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andreas, the closest I've come to that experience is listening to Trans Europe Express while on a train from Frankfurt to Munich. It was a sublime experience. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2117 Registered: 10-2008 |
My wife got me the new Kraftwerk book "Publikation" for Xmas. Didn't realise till recently that the Kraftwerk shows that are upcoming in London and Dusseldorf (the 8 night residencies, where they play each album in chronological order) only features one founder member from the golden period of the mid 70's, and that is Ralf Hutter. Given that the tickets are Ł60 per night plus all the usual add ons this seems a bit of a rip off. And I would hope that they would play more than the featured album on the night of each gig - eg Ł60 plus to see them play Man Machine for 40 or 50 mins and then walk off stage would seem like taking the piss! http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec /05/kraftwerk-eight-albums-tate-modern | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1117 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Ralph Hutter solo gigs crashed the ticket site for the London shows. I'm not sure it really matters if they just used the robots onstage or failing that the showroom dummies. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts- entertainment/kraftwerk-goes-acoustic-20 12121353169 | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1118 Registered: 08-2004 |
Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5247 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw Kraftwerk in Sydney in January 2003. It was one of the most thrilling concerts I've ever been at. There were two originals in the band then. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5248 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Go-Betweens - The House That Jack Kerouac Built (Live In London version) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5256 Registered: 05-2005 |
BMX Bandits - Serious Drugs (alternative version) |