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Re: (TV) (OT) Top 100 Irish albums
Keith Allison wrote:
In message <004f01c534b6$d1744f40$db1f90d4@joeslaptop>, Joe Thornton
<joe.thornton@gmx.net> writes
Horslips? Wow, Keith, that's a blast from the distant past. They had
real talent, but I feel that somehow they didn't find the groove they
were seeking, straddling the worlds of rock and folk. So I doubt that
any of their albums are worth tracking down, even if there were gems
here and there...
"The Book Of Invasions" is definitely worth a listen.
"The Tain" is also pretty good, though probably not quite as good as
"the Book of Invasions" - I have both amongst my neglected vinyl. There
is, however, something of Jethro Tull about Hthem and (though I remain
very fond of Horslips), for me, that isn't a good thing.
I'm right with Jay and his enthusiasm for Inflammable Material. I
consider it to be a strong candidate for the very best debut album ever.
If there was a special prize for the start of your debut album then it
would certainly be a winner; if you can't imagine that blistering,
nasty, nasty riff and Jake Burns' throaty shout at the start of Suspect
Device then you *need* to go and spend the money and buy the album.
Its one of those albums I can play in my head. It's burned into my
consciousness and it was one of the things that made me who I became. I
was a 13 year old boy living in Northern Ireland when Inflammable
Material came out (I'd already seen SLF by that point) and it provided
me with a very compelling argument that *anger* was the appropriate
response to the fucked up abnormality that they and I lived in. I wasn't
the only person affected thus. Growing up where and when I did wasn't a
lot of fun, but I feel privileged to have grown up with punk and to have
seen the point made so powerfully that it's good to say that everything
is a load of shit when everything is a load of shit.
Tangentially: it's a shame that John T. Davis's Shellshock Rock film
isn't more widely available.
http://www.trakmarx.com/2004_04/05_shellshock.htm
Anyway, that;s enough from me for tonight.
take care
padraig
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