Still Up For Some More Music, I Hope.

[Jesper Hvid]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Amazing how such a tormented man could write such amazing songs. Shane MacGowan = genius.

He didn't. It's trad. arr. Ewan MacColl.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Amazing how such a tormented man could write such amazing songs. Shane MacGowan = genius.

He didn't. It's trad. arr. Ewan MacColl.

Made famous by the Dubliners in the sixties.

[Jesper Hvid]

The Dark Satanic Mills of William Blake. It wasn't socio-political, it was spiritual. But MacGowan's version is probably the best. I don't see, however, why anyone would kiss him, by the factory wall, or anywhere else, quite frankly.

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Pagey took this with him from The Yardbirds, so the "modernization process" had already taken place, before The Zep. Chris Dreja told me a bit about this 10 years or more ago, when The Yardbirds played around here, it was a crucial moment in rock.



This is the one that made all the difference, tho. Best opener for any rock album, ever. I never thought of the intro/ostinato to this song in visual terms as a sprouting plant, but it occurred to me, recently. "Robert Plant" is a coincidence. Either way, it was a defining moment, and the birth of something that ended in Hard Rock/Heavy Metal. Pagey once in connection with a guest appearance said he liked HM, because it "wasn't nice". Some Kerranggg! issue, which I've thrown away. The irony was, it was a Bon Jovi concert. Haha, time flies on strange wings.

[John]

Amazing how such a tormented man could write such amazing songs. Shane MacGowan = genius.

He didn't. It's trad. arr. Ewan MacColl.

Indeed it is. I meant to post a few more tunes - A pair of brown eyes and A rainy night in Soho as well. They were both written by Shane.

But the point remains. A hugely talented songwriter.

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[Antonov]

[John]

Then on to Monte Carlo to play chemin de fer
I threw away the fortune I made transplanting hair
I put my last few francs down on a prostitute
Who took me up to her room to perform the flag salute

Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig
And headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig?
And fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide
Looking through the want ads sipping Fosters in the shade

I opened up an agency somewhere down the line
To hire aboriginals to work the opal mines
But I attached their wages and took a whopping cut
And whisked away their workman's comp and pauperized the lot

Bloody legend, Warren Zevon. Mr. Bad Example is a barrage of lyrical brilliance.

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[Antonov]

[John]

That heavy, driving riff from Lifeson, pushing the entire song forward, is absolutely fantastic.

[Jesper Hvid]

That's brilliant, and one of the rockingest thing I've ever heard from them. Must get that album, nearly forgot about them, and Saga, altogether. Thanks!

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Saw them in the beginning, someone recommended this pile of shit band to me, around 1993, or so. Biohazard, Sick Of It All, Bad Arseholefinger, all that shit, it sucked then, and carries ever on, in an unending journey of utter suckitude. Pantera caused all this, and they suck too. Stop shouting!

Here's a fucking one man army.



Dr. Heathen Scum.

[John]

That's brilliant, and one of the rockingest thing I've ever heard from them. Must get that album, nearly forgot about them, and Saga, altogether. Thanks!

It's a brilliant album, there's at least 5-6 songs on that album that I'd put alongside their absolute best songs.

Give these three a whirl as well:







And from the Snakes and arrows album:



Saga.... Haven't listened to them in ages. Gotta look them up again.

[Antonov]

although I realise it features sax and violins, I would appreciate it if this post were not to be reported.

[Everso Biggyballies]

I think this is the wrong thread. This thread is for music.
Needless to say it wont be getting a 'like/thanks' from me.

[theracer120]

Oh boy Antonov's posting meme music.

[John]

Oh boy Antonov's posting meme music.

And they were at it again last year.