I could never say I have an all time favourite - thats why I dont get bored listening to this stuff...every day I listen to some different diddley, and it blows my mind in some way.
People are always going to disagree, thats the beauty of music!
mine HAS to be anything by beoga. they have a much more exciting approah to trad music than ANYONE! i would like to know how musicmad feels about that!
Mine is the "Magheraclone/Norland Wind/Royal Scottish Pipers Soc. /Gardez Loo/Donald" track from the Battlefield Band's Rain, Hail or Shine. An absolute Stunner. Incorporates all the emotions. tear jerking whistle slow air, to a heartbreaking scots song, to rampant reels and marching marches. Its Awesome i have to say.
Closely Followed by:
24th Guards Brigade at Anzio/The Melbourne Sleeper/MacRae's of Linnie
track 6 on lunasa's first cd or track 6 on mcgoldricks fused cd.
or anything with mike mcgoldrick,i havent heard a bad track by him yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice one Kris, I like that one too, great arrangement. Stefan is so right that there are so many and they change with mood and time. Also, the music is almost always better live, so I often don't focus on recordings or specific tracks.
When I read the query, however, the track that sprang to mind was Track 5 on Na Keen Affair. It starts with Tommy People's playing the first reel and Paddy coming in. I know I used to play it over and over.
I might have to say Lunasa's live edition of "Colonel Frasier." It's not typical Lunasa because it doesn;t have the bass/guitar backing (Which I find enjoyable, btw). Just pipes, flute, whistles, and fiddle. Amazing.
OR Davy Spillane's version of An Phis Phluich (although he calls it "Tribute to Johnny Doran.)
OR Paddy Carty's "Jug of Punch/College Groves" set. Even with the banjo.
'Fraid mine changes all the time. The ones that sounded great 20 odd years ago [thinking of the Bothy Band, Chieftains, Boys of the Lough, Paddy Taylor, De Dannan, Moving Hearts.................] still sound great but the recording quality, arrangement, style, etc have all moved on since then.
There's so much out there that I would be hard pressed to choose a fave -
"arrangement, style, etc have all moved on since then" ?? OOOH it really gets my goat when people say things like "arrangement, style, etc have all moved on since" the bothy band, It really really gets my goat. It really really really gets my goat
BTW, why give Michael back his goat? There has to be a lodge initiation going on somewhere in the world tonight, and I'm sure it needs the goat more than he does.
Mine changes alot as well, but since the day I first heard this track (which was ages ago) I've never gotten sick of it and it still sends shivers up my spine - I love it!
*Ramnee Ceilidh * Natterjack's * Conlagh's big day *- by Flook! on Rubai.
It's not bait Donough, I'm serious. These bands are made up of awesome individual musicians in their own right, and then they throw it all away and form a band that makes rubbish-sounding music with no rhythm or soul, dodgy chord choices and pukifyingly naff set arrangements. Why would you?
I'm not the snob! The snobs are the ones who expect us to swoon over them and gaze in wonderment and awe as they dazzle us with their 17-note crans and their triple-tonguers and their multi-layered harmonics, and their incredible ability to be able to string zillions of notes together at lightning speed, despite the fact that they're not making music.
Thats not being snobby Dow, thats being 'big headed' you on the other hand are absolutely being a complete snob! Just because you dont like the tune that some of us picked or the album youre all like ....'ugh, thats soooo bad, you have noooo taste' instead of constructivley saying something along the lines of 'My favourite track at the moment is off the James Galway album'.... just an example obviously - but I bet you love him and listen to his album all the time - that would explain why you have such *Bland* taste in tunes. hahaha
Bland eh? So supermarket jingles aren't bland?
Anyway, when did I ever say anyone on this thread had no taste? Must have missed that one. I just said that I don't particularly like most of the albums that have been mentioned. Sorry, is there a law against that? Excusez-moi for expressing a point of view. Let's be honest though. Some of the bands mentioned above are basically jazz. Now, I quite like jazz, right? So if we're going to have a discussion about jazz then I can contribute constructively, but youse have to make up your minds what genre of music you're talking about first.
Beebs I don't know why you can't just take a leaf out of musicmad's book and adopt an attitude of "for you trad heads out there you may disagree but I don't care I think its brilliant". I mean, I might not like it, but at least musicmad doesn't get all upset when someone has a different opinion of the album and act as though someone has insulted a dear friend. It's fine to like jazz, Beebs, don't be embarrassed, - c'mon, I like it too
It's not even about my boundary between trad and jazz, Donough. I mean, the Bothy Band were definitely trad, but I don't like that track that Michael mentioned much at all. Again, as individual musicians - fantastic, but as a band, nah. Don't know why people go on about them. Maybe it's a nostalgia thing for the oldies.
Even with your fanning, the flames won't last over here in the west because it's done nothing but rain here for the past few days. Might as well be back in Ireland.
Hmm. Lovely and sunny over here in Sydney. Have to go and get the washing in, and then do some work. Can't stay to argue with anyone for the mo, but I'm sure there'll be a few old folk-hippies won't like what I said about the Bothies, hahaha.
I'm expecting something along the lines of "they made the music what it is today and you young punks should damn well respect that", "if we didn't have bands like the Bothies make the sacrifices they have, we would have been taken over by Germany and we'd all be talking German... oh no, hang on, I'm getting mixed up, that's the war isn't it" etc.
Don't mean to frighten you, Dow, but this old hippie kind of agrees with you on the Bothy Band question. They had great moments - and I suspect a lot of these were live - but like most "trad" bands, in my opinion, less than the sum of the parts. I would rather listen to Kevin Burke or Paddy Keenan on their own for the most part.
If it hadn't been for the Bothy Band the Germans might not all be playing Irish music. Is that what you meant?
Just sneaked a quick peek at the thread now that my washing's in, expecting to have lots of howls of complaint from whingey old bearded hippies. Only one, heh. Maybe all the folk hippies have dug out their record collection and are listening to their bothy albums going "hmm, Dow's right you know, they're not as good as I remember them".
This question is too hard. If you've only got one all-time favourite track that's head and shoulders above the rest then maybe you haven't listened to enough music.
I have lots of favourite tracks but I wouldn't begin to separate them, e.g.
Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of the Red Hill (Bothy Band)
The Brady/Lunny track 23mice mentioned
Sporting Nell set (Deiseal - Sunshine Dance)
West Coast of Clare, Aragon Mill, Holy Ground, Bridget, James Connolly - Andy Irvine
The Wren's Nest - De Danann
O'Rafferty's Motor Car by Val Doonican. The arrangement leaves the Bothy Band standing in a cloud of dust. Five Reels and a Funeral doesn’t have car-horns and engine noises now, does it?
My favourite track of all time is the same as Michael Gill's - The Bothy Band set that includes Rip the Calico and Martin Wynne's #1. I've listened to a lot of music, but I find it easy to pinpoint this track as "my favourite" (to stick to the theme of the thread).
Pah!! to you too sir,
Delaney's Donkey was merely a cheap and tawdy attempt to cash in on the success and notoriety of Devanny's Goat. Even with the notorious bent disc jockey Riley pushing it, it never made it to the top of the top of the charts!
Now Paddy McGinty, an Irishman of note,
Fell into a fortune and bought himself a goat,
"Goat's milk!", says Paddy, "sure now I'll have me fill",
But when he brought the nanny home, he found it was a bill
I could go on, but I'm sure you see the beauty and wit of it already...
What gives me the tingle depends on my mood. Changes from day to day, hour to hour. Can't possibly say what's the best. My idea of hell would be having to choose only 8 tracks for BBC's Desert Island Discs. I once had a go and managed to narrow it down to 40 I couldn't possibly do without. But as I'm v. unlikely to be invited to be on that prog, it's irrelevant really.
Today's best track? untitled klezmer-type tune by my 2 elder kids playing fiddle/clarinet. Yesterday? Morning: O'Carolan's Welcome on the Lunasa album (sorry name escapes me) Afternoon: Paul McCartney singing "Somedays" on Flaming Pie album. As you see, not restrcted to ITM
I think we listen to something new every day, and every day, we find an awesome track which makes us think that this track is the best of all times. Today i heard about a wonderful piece played by McGoldring (i'm not fond of McGoldrick's style, i prefer matt molloy's or planxty's generation) with an alto G whistle.
I know i'll find something new tomorrow...
I've some tunes which can be in first positions: The Rocky Road to Dublin (The Chieftains, The Long Black Veil), Julia Delaney (Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts, Tin Whistles), The Ballintore Fancy % The Kerry Jig (Paddy Keenan, The Long Grazing Acre), The Morning Dew (Matt Molloy, Heathery Breeze)... Coronel Fraser (Jerry O¡Sullivan), Garech's Wedding (The Chieftains 10), Butlers of Glen Avenue % Sliabh Russell % Cathal McConnell's (Lúnasa), The Irish March (Planxty)...
I know they are a lot, but i'm not able to decide what's the best tune!
BEST ALBUM TRACK OF ALL TIME
BEST ALBUM TRACK OF ALL TIME
For me and I am sure for many other people out there it has to be
JAMES BROWNS MARCH SET ON FUSED, by Mike McGoldrick.
Just listen to those trumpets and the arrangements.
Great feel good factor.
One in a million.
however for you trad heads out there you may disagree but I don't care I think its brilliant
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by whysthat
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Poor Man's Fortune/ The Fiddler's Key/ The Blessings of Silver from te 2nd Trian album.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Henk Bos
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I could never say I have an all time favourite - thats why I dont get bored listening to this stuff...every day I listen to some different diddley, and it blows my mind in some way.
People are always going to disagree, thats the beauty of music!
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Hugo Chavez
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mine HAS to be anything by beoga. they have a much more exciting approah to trad music than ANYONE! i would like to know how musicmad feels about that!
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by teadalover
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It changes but at the moment im obsessed with a bill lamey LP I bought for 2 dollars.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by banana512
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Mine is the "Magheraclone/Norland Wind/Royal Scottish Pipers Soc. /Gardez Loo/Donald" track from the Battlefield Band's Rain, Hail or Shine. An absolute Stunner. Incorporates all the emotions. tear jerking whistle slow air, to a heartbreaking scots song, to rampant reels and marching marches. Its Awesome i have to say.
Closely Followed by:
24th Guards Brigade at Anzio/The Melbourne Sleeper/MacRae's of Linnie
from leaving Friday Harbor by the batties
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by aye
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Paul Brady and Donal Lunny on bringing it back home - Nothing but the same old story
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by eurbanjo
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track 6 on lunasa's first cd or track 6 on mcgoldricks fused cd.
or anything with mike mcgoldrick,i havent heard a bad track by him yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by fused
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Plains of Kildare from the Paul Brady/Andy Irvine album has to be up there - helped hugely by Kevin Burke on fiddle and Donal Lunny, too, if I recall.
but there are so many.....
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by kris
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Seamus Ennis playing "The Morning Thrush" on Return from Fingal. Gives me a shiver every time.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Hanley
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Nice one Kris, I like that one too, great arrangement. Stefan is so right that there are so many and they change with mood and time. Also, the music is almost always better live, so I often don't focus on recordings or specific tracks.
When I read the query, however, the track that sprang to mind was Track 5 on Na Keen Affair. It starts with Tommy People's playing the first reel and Paddy coming in. I know I used to play it over and over.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Jode
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"People are always going to disagree"
No they're not.
KFG
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by KFG
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I might have to say Lunasa's live edition of "Colonel Frasier." It's not typical Lunasa because it doesn;t have the bass/guitar backing (Which I find enjoyable, btw). Just pipes, flute, whistles, and fiddle. Amazing.
OR Davy Spillane's version of An Phis Phluich (although he calls it "Tribute to Johnny Doran.)
OR Paddy Carty's "Jug of Punch/College Groves" set. Even with the banjo.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by wormdiet
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'Fraid mine changes all the time. The ones that sounded great 20 odd years ago [thinking of the Bothy Band, Chieftains, Boys of the Lough, Paddy Taylor, De Dannan, Moving Hearts.................] still sound great but the recording quality, arrangement, style, etc have all moved on since then.
There's so much out there that I would be hard pressed to choose a fave -
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by breandan
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"The Morning Thrush" as played by Brian McNamara on "Piper's Dream" is the current favourite.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by octogreg
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Don't give a sh*t about recording quality, it's still that jig and 5 reels on out of the wind into the sun
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by llig leahcim
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I'd say
Lunasa - Otherworld - Dr. Gilberts
Kornog - Premiere - Jesuitmont
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by padre
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"arrangement, style, etc have all moved on since then" ?? OOOH it really gets my goat when people say things like "arrangement, style, etc have all moved on since" the bothy band, It really really gets my goat. It really really really gets my goat
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by llig leahcim
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There should never, ever, ever, ever, be an arrangement in Irish music. God forbid, or as they like to say here "NEVER"
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by bodhran bliss
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Give Michael back his goat!
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Bob himself
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This whole question is rather like asking a fellow if he's stopped beating his wife.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by sara g
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BTW, why give Michael back his goat? There has to be a lodge initiation going on somewhere in the world tonight, and I'm sure it needs the goat more than he does.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by sara g
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The Mountain Road Set(The world's end/Tommy Peoples/ The Mountain Road) in Dervish's Live at Palma.Superb.
# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Rafix
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Mine changes alot as well, but since the day I first heard this track (which was ages ago) I've never gotten sick of it and it still sends shivers up my spine - I love it!
*Ramnee Ceilidh * Natterjack's * Conlagh's big day *- by Flook! on Rubai.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by bb
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Hang on are we talking about best *jazz* album track of all time? In which case I'm going to have to go away and think again
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Don't like most of the albums that have been mentioned on this thread - swingless showoff celtowaft rubbaash.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Its right about now that Beebs comes along and swallows the bait.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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It's not bait Donough, I'm serious. These bands are made up of awesome individual musicians in their own right, and then they throw it all away and form a band that makes rubbish-sounding music with no rhythm or soul, dodgy chord choices and pukifyingly naff set arrangements. Why would you?
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Mark, you are *such* a snob. ;)
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Zina Lee
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Much as I'd love to argue the point, Dow....
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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I'm not the snob! The snobs are the ones who expect us to swoon over them and gaze in wonderment and awe as they dazzle us with their 17-note crans and their triple-tonguers and their multi-layered harmonics, and their incredible ability to be able to string zillions of notes together at lightning speed, despite the fact that they're not making music.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Thats not being snobby Dow, thats being 'big headed' you on the other hand are absolutely being a complete snob! Just because you dont like the tune that some of us picked or the album youre all like ....'ugh, thats soooo bad, you have noooo taste' instead of constructivley saying something along the lines of 'My favourite track at the moment is off the James Galway album'.... just an example obviously - but I bet you love him and listen to his album all the time - that would explain why you have such *Bland* taste in tunes.
hahaha
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by bb
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Let the games begin.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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Bland eh? So supermarket jingles aren't bland?
Anyway, when did I ever say anyone on this thread had no taste? Must have missed that one. I just said that I don't particularly like most of the albums that have been mentioned. Sorry, is there a law against that? Excusez-moi for expressing a point of view. Let's be honest though. Some of the bands mentioned above are basically jazz. Now, I quite like jazz, right? So if we're going to have a discussion about jazz then I can contribute constructively, but youse have to make up your minds what genre of music you're talking about first.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Trian, Kevin Burke, Seamus Ennis - Jazz!!!???
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by bb
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No, they're trad.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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I know.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by bb
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Beebs I don't know why you can't just take a leaf out of musicmad's book and adopt an attitude of "for you trad heads out there you may disagree but I don't care I think its brilliant". I mean, I might not like it, but at least musicmad doesn't get all upset when someone has a different opinion of the album and act as though someone has insulted a dear friend. It's fine to like jazz, Beebs, don't be embarrassed, - c'mon, I like it too
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Ok Dow so where do you draw the line? Does it exclude Paddy Carty, Brian McNamara, Flook, Dervish and/or Lunasa??
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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This isn't about disputing what you or someone else likes - its about your boundary between TIM and Jazz.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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"It's fine to like jazz"
It's even fine to admit that jazz is American music.
KFG
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by KFG
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It's not even about my boundary between trad and jazz, Donough. I mean, the Bothy Band were definitely trad, but I don't like that track that Michael mentioned much at all. Again, as individual musicians - fantastic, but as a band, nah. Don't know why people go on about them. Maybe it's a nostalgia thing for the oldies.
Ooh I'm really fanning the flames now
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Even with your fanning, the flames won't last over here in the west because it's done nothing but rain here for the past few days. Might as well be back in Ireland.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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Hmm. Lovely and sunny over here in Sydney. Have to go and get the washing in, and then do some work. Can't stay to argue with anyone for the mo, but I'm sure there'll be a few old folk-hippies won't like what I said about the Bothies, hahaha.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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I'm expecting something along the lines of "they made the music what it is today and you young punks should damn well respect that", "if we didn't have bands like the Bothies make the sacrifices they have, we would have been taken over by Germany and we'd all be talking German... oh no, hang on, I'm getting mixed up, that's the war isn't it" etc.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Dont forget to take your session uniform off the line as well so bb can iron it for you later on this evening.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Donough
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Don't mean to frighten you, Dow, but this old hippie kind of agrees with you on the Bothy Band question. They had great moments - and I suspect a lot of these were live - but like most "trad" bands, in my opinion, less than the sum of the parts. I would rather listen to Kevin Burke or Paddy Keenan on their own for the most part.
If it hadn't been for the Bothy Band the Germans might not all be playing Irish music. Is that what you meant?
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by kris
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If it wasn't for the Bothy Band we'd all be playing German music.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Phantom Button
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LOL @ kris, that is pretty frightening!
Just sneaked a quick peek at the thread now that my washing's in, expecting to have lots of howls of complaint from whingey old bearded hippies. Only one, heh. Maybe all the folk hippies have dug out their record collection and are listening to their bothy albums going "hmm, Dow's right you know, they're not as good as I remember them".
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Dow, are you a Mod or a Rocker?
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Phantom Button
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I'm a Mocker.
Nice try, Jack
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Don't like the Beatles either, come to think of it. What was all the fuss about?
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Dr. Dow
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Dow's right.
Again.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by showaddydadito
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This question is too hard. If you've only got one all-time favourite track that's head and shoulders above the rest then maybe you haven't listened to enough music.
I have lots of favourite tracks but I wouldn't begin to separate them, e.g.
Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of the Red Hill (Bothy Band)
The Brady/Lunny track 23mice mentioned
Sporting Nell set (Deiseal - Sunshine Dance)
West Coast of Clare, Aragon Mill, Holy Ground, Bridget, James Connolly - Andy Irvine
The Wren's Nest - De Danann
The list goes on...
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
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O'Rafferty's Motor Car by Val Doonican. The arrangement leaves the Bothy Band standing in a cloud of dust. Five Reels and a Funeral doesn’t have car-horns and engine noises now, does it?
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Ottery
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Pah!!
Delaney's Donkey won the half mile race, remember?
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Rudall the time
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My favourite track of all time is the same as Michael Gill's - The Bothy Band set that includes Rip the Calico and Martin Wynne's #1. I've listened to a lot of music, but I find it easy to pinpoint this track as "my favourite" (to stick to the theme of the thread).
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by ian clark
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Pah!! to you too sir,
Delaney's Donkey was merely a cheap and tawdy attempt to cash in on the success and notoriety of Devanny's Goat. Even with the notorious bent disc jockey Riley pushing it, it never made it to the top of the top of the charts!
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Ottery
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Yes, but that's because Mary-Anne McGrath was poking it and grabbing it and choking it.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Rudall the time
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I think this should probably stop right now..
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Ottery
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"Within You and Whithout you" - the Beatles, Sargent Pepper's
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Phantom Button
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Paddy McGinty's Goat is the pick of them
Now Paddy McGinty, an Irishman of note,
Fell into a fortune and bought himself a goat,
"Goat's milk!", says Paddy, "sure now I'll have me fill",
But when he brought the nanny home, he found it was a bill
I could go on, but I'm sure you see the beauty and wit of it already...
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by ampyjoe
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For my money, it's Matt Malloy's rendition of "The Mason's Apron" with the Chieftains. Gives me chills every time I hear it.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Ailin
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Bombay Calling/Bulgaria/Time Is - It's a Beautiful Day
KFG
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by KFG
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The Bothy Band's "Kesh Jig"
This tune has no doubt opened the door for many ITM players and listeners..
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by Chef Paul
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What about the Foxhunt from the Chieftains Live? It's like a trad symphony! I defy anyone not to think that is brilliant music
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by The Tune Composer
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. . . that slow air (with a gaelic name) on Planxty's 'Words and Music' album is a ''massive mover'' in my book
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by lisaniska
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What gives me the tingle depends on my mood. Changes from day to day, hour to hour. Can't possibly say what's the best. My idea of hell would be having to choose only 8 tracks for BBC's Desert Island Discs. I once had a go and managed to narrow it down to 40 I couldn't possibly do without. But as I'm v. unlikely to be invited to be on that prog, it's irrelevant really.
Today's best track? untitled klezmer-type tune by my 2 elder kids playing fiddle/clarinet. Yesterday? Morning: O'Carolan's Welcome on the Lunasa album (sorry name escapes me) Afternoon: Paul McCartney singing "Somedays" on Flaming Pie album. As you see, not restrcted to ITM
What's wrong with the Beatles anyway?
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by flying tigerpig
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I think we listen to something new every day, and every day, we find an awesome track which makes us think that this track is the best of all times. Today i heard about a wonderful piece played by McGoldring (i'm not fond of McGoldrick's style, i prefer matt molloy's or planxty's generation) with an alto G whistle.
I know i'll find something new tomorrow...
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by Gavolm
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The "O'Neill's march" bit in "Carraig Doon?" by Horslips.
And hundreds of slow airs by countless musicians.
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by bodhran bliss
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rosie finn's favorite / over the water to charlie / kid on the mountain by the bothy band
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by daiv
Re: BEST ALBUM TRACK OF ALL TIME
Or how about the epic half an hour set by Hayes and Cahill on Live in Seattle. That's one of the most innovative arrangements I've ever heard.
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by The Tune Composer
Re: BEST ALBUM TRACK OF ALL TIME
Hayes playing the least possible notes with the least possible effort, while Cahill fills the holes, as some would say. Excellent indeed.
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by bodhran bliss
Re: BEST ALBUM TRACK OF ALL TIME
I've some tunes which can be in first positions: The Rocky Road to Dublin (The Chieftains, The Long Black Veil), Julia Delaney (Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts, Tin Whistles), The Ballintore Fancy % The Kerry Jig (Paddy Keenan, The Long Grazing Acre), The Morning Dew (Matt Molloy, Heathery Breeze)... Coronel Fraser (Jerry O¡Sullivan), Garech's Wedding (The Chieftains 10), Butlers of Glen Avenue % Sliabh Russell % Cathal McConnell's (Lúnasa), The Irish March (Planxty)...
I know they are a lot, but i'm not able to decide what's the best tune!
# Posted on June 17th 2005 by mcbrain