30 Songs Of Ireland - Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: Another version to buy!

...guitar then “Sweet Thing (reprise) starts with the line “ If you want it boys get it here thing, hope boys is a cheap thing” the tempo has slowed again this slowing down allows Bowie to sing the lines “It’s got taste, it’s got claws, it’s got me, it’s got you” on the word “you” Bowie he elongates the word and holds it this a signal for cymbals to be hit and a grandiose vamping piano, thudding drums and more phased guitar and a feedback riddled mellotron sounds this neatly fits into the guitar intro of “Rebel Rebel”. Rebel Rebel (4.30) this track in the days of vinyl was the end of side 1, blasting away in the rubble of Hunger City one of his last hits in his personal vision of hell. The song “Rebel Rebel” is basically a re-write of the 1972 track... Read review

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Advantages: Dense and rewarding pop music
Disadvantages: You might not like your rewards to be dense

...accurate, yet somehow slightly unsatisfactory. Lead singer/guitarist/songwriter James Mercer tends to write words to evoke a mood rather than convey a literal meaning; tossing off metaphors and similes like Mark E Smith and Stephen Malkmus' busker brother. But he has something else too; a wonderful grasp of melody. It's often said that the bizarre thing about Shins songs is that they sound like the greatest thing in the world while they're on, and yet you can't remember them properly five minutes later. Normally this would be a minus, but for this band it works; it means the songs somehow keep surprising you a little even on repeated plays. Maybe the reason the tracks are so hard to pin down is the sheer amount of melodic and lyrical ideas on show in each just overloads the listener; Mercer usually stacks more tunes (be they vocal melodies... Read review

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Advantages: Great music
Disadvantages: Street credibility is not even on the cards!

...The Saw Doctors hail from Ireland and consist of: Davy Carton; vocals and guitars Leo Moran; guitars and vocals Pearse Doherty; bass guitar, vocals and whistle (yes a whistle!) John Donnelly; drums and vocals This album also has Derek Murray on keyboards, accordion, guitar and banjo! Also a variety of people playing instruments such as mandolin, hammond organ, synthesisers, accordion, saxophone and percussion! This should give you an idea that this music is real music with plenty of instruments - something a bit different to the norm! The 17 songs on this album come from the Saw Doctors first three albums to be relased in the UK; If This Is Rock and Roll I Want My Old Job Back, All The Way From Tuam and Same Oul Town. GREEN AND RED OF MAYO ******************************* In August 1990 the Saw Doctors went out... Read review

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