What tunes are you listening to right now?
Nov 22nd 2021, 4:16 pm
#1216
I have a comma problem
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
Originally Posted by macliam
Yeah, just a word to the wise, the head on Frankie Gavin! He can fill an entire room...... 
There's even a Muslim Imam from London, Muhammad Al-Hussaini, who sings "Sean Nós" style in near perfect Irish...... and one from closer to home (for you)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDBaIMFJC5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lITSIo98w
There's even a Muslim Imam from London, Muhammad Al-Hussaini, who sings "Sean Nós" style in near perfect Irish...... and one from closer to home (for you)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDBaIMFJC5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lITSIo98w
Nov 30th 2021, 12:39 am
#1220
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
Originally Posted by Siouxie
Good choice.
As is practically anything by Al Green.
Dec 6th 2021, 6:46 pm
#1221
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
A post I made earlier reminded me of this......
No, it's not quite what you think (except the first 15 seconds or so)..... after that Billy and Dick Gaughan launch into the version intended by its author, Jim Connell, who wrote the words in Co.Meath in 1889. This is to the tune of "The White Cockade", a Jacobite anthem. When and why this was replaced by "O Tannenbaum" seems lost in the mists of time... however, remember when you listen to the words that they were written by a socialist Irish subject of the British Empire during the reign of Queen Victoria - so any later connections could not be forseen....
No, it's not quite what you think (except the first 15 seconds or so)..... after that Billy and Dick Gaughan launch into the version intended by its author, Jim Connell, who wrote the words in Co.Meath in 1889. This is to the tune of "The White Cockade", a Jacobite anthem. When and why this was replaced by "O Tannenbaum" seems lost in the mists of time... however, remember when you listen to the words that they were written by a socialist Irish subject of the British Empire during the reign of Queen Victoria - so any later connections could not be forseen....
Dec 10th 2021, 2:04 am
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
Originally Posted by macliam
In memory, Steve Bronski, RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sARuFu-tc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sARuFu-tc
Dec 10th 2021, 7:07 pm
#1228
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
I had a cousin who played the whistle.... with Jethro and Focus he was sure his time would come! My "focus" was more Jan Akkerman
Last edited by macliam; Dec 10th 2021 at 7:10 pm.
Dec 10th 2021, 7:09 pm
#1229
BEfuddled
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
Dec 10th 2021, 9:59 pm
#1230
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Re: What tunes are you listening to right now?
Originally Posted by macliam
I had a cousin who played the whistle.... with Jethro and Focus he was sure his time would come! My "focus" was more Jan Akkerman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznS7X9BOxs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznS7X9BOxs
Focus 8 is a good listen, not that easy to get into, but worth it if you can last the pace.
