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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:21 pm
by lucimay
(And Aliantha, if you're looking out for the pogues, expect more PUNK/celt than celt...!)
well but...well...its still celt innit? you can't get much drunker than shane mcgowan canya?
(ok well maybe keith richards can)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:44 pm
by stonemaybe
well but...well...its still celt innit?
Absolutely! But
generally, trad/folk/celtic is kinda 'nice' music, that you know you could play in front of your parents, or your kids - they may not enjoy it, but you won't offend.
The Pogues, however! Here are some choice quotes....
... from 'The Boys From County Hell'
We'll eat your fucking entrails, and we won't give a damn
...from 'Bottle of Smoke'
He came up on the left like a streak of light, like a drunken fuck on a Saturday night
Great music, great lyrics (in context, honestly!) but not your average 'safe' music!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:29 pm
by lucimay
heh.
i LOVE them!!! hahahaha!!!
got turned on to them from Ken Russel's film
The Lair of the White Worm!!
there's a scene early in the film where a band is playing at a party or in a bar or something and i liked it and asked someone who it was and they said The Pogues.
now bizarrely, when i just googled it, most sites say that WASN'T The Pogues but someone who just SOUNDED like them!!! hahahaha! duped by a silly ruse i was!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:36 pm
by stonemaybe
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:45 pm
by aliantha
And who'd-a thunk a bunch of drunken Irishmen would know the f-word?
MM, too bad you didn't see Flook! Dunno when they'll make it back to this side of the pond -- Sarah, the alto flutist, had a baby in February, and all their tour dates are in the UK and Europe for the next few months (NO, I'm not so geeky that I check their tour schedule, OKAY?? I have it e-mailed to me
). But if you get the chance again, give 'em a try. They're sort of trad-but-not-trad. I hear all sorts of influences in their stuff -- jazz, country, Middle Eastern, even a little New Age spacy stuff on the last album. Lots of fun.
Stonemaybe, thanks for the links! I think I borrowed a Four Men and a Dog CD from a friend awhile ago and liked 'em.
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:47 pm
by Chuchichastli
Enya's a terrific composer.
The Celts is indeed her earliest release - in fact, it was originally released as a BBC theme tunes tape for a 1980s documentary of the same name. She recorded it as a virtual unknown (particularly outside of Ireland) and in my opinion, it's her best and least commercial album.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:19 am
by matrixman
Yes, I saw that documentary - that's how I came to know Enya's music. I do agree that The Celts was her most cohesive album.
Unfortunately, she's fallen off my music radar. I haven't listened to her last couple of studio efforts. The last one I bought was The Memory of Trees, which was mostly forgettable, in my opinion.
If I want an Enya fix these days, I just put on the excellent Paint The Sky With Stars compilation.