The Gunman and Other Stories is the logical and glorious apotheosis of Paddy McAloon's ... more
long-standing fascination with the mythology of America. Previous Prefab Sprout records have offered varying degrees of homage to such American totems as Elvis Presl...
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The Gunman and Other Storiesis the logical and glorious apotheosis of Paddy McAloon's ... more
long-standing fascination with the mythology of America. Previous Prefab Sprout records have offered varying degrees of homage to such American totems as Elvis Presley, Jesse James, Frank Sinatra, Faron Young and Bruce Springsteen, but this is where McAloon well and truly rides off into the sunset.The Gunman&Other Stories, after all, is first and foremost a country record, albeit one that only McAloon could have recorded: fans may be reassured that the luxuriant arrangements and inventive instrumentation that might be expected are all present and correct. It starts with "Cowboy Dreams", previously a hit for popular groaning actor Jimmy Nail. It should go without saying that McAloon's reading of it is altogether more subtle; the wistfulness in his delivery of the "Yippee-aye-ay" coda is just about worth the price on its own. Elsewhere, McAloon serves up a space-age version of the standard "Streets Of Laredo", two perfect ballads that could and should be sung by George Jones ("When You Get To Know Me Better", "Blue Roses") and the finest rock&roll rural romance since XTC's "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" ("Cornfield Ablaze"). Meanwhile, closing track "Farmyard Cat", despite a close kinship with Rednex's "Cottoneye Joe" and Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song", manages to be curiously affecting.--Andrew Mueller
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Advantages: Literate lyrics, muscular melodies, awesome arrangements Disadvantages: Too much of a good thing?
on the subject. At the other end of the album, Scarlet Nights takes the viewpoint of someone looking back at the end of their life and finding peace.
These meatier songs are leavened by deliberately tantalising morsels. Inspired by the shorter songs on the Beatles' Abbey Road, they're designed to leave the listener wanting more.
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Elsewhere a whole slew of songs tackle McAloon's perennial themes of love and loss. Ever the romantic, on tunes like We Let the Stars Go and All the World Loves Lovers, he walks the precarious line between sentiment and sentimentality.
And I can see why many people think PrefabSprout stray over the wrong side of this line. On first hearing, the songs are sumptuous affairs, with producer Thomas Dolby piling on layers of synthesised brass, and Wendy Smith's angelic sighs wrapped around Mc ...
Advantages: Another enthralling story - You won't want to stop Disadvantages: Confusing at times due to changing places and characters
Another brilliant novel by Marian Keyes. She manages yet again to effectively bring the reader so close to her main characters, Gemma and JoJo's lives and famiies that you almost feel you're sitting in their lounge with them while they experience one drama after another.
A series of emotions will be felt when reading 'The Other Side of the Story' - bitterness, amusement, sadness, empathy and a need to step in and change the consequences.
Step into this book and you will feel like you're spying on the women's lives as Marian Keyes expertly reveals their deepest secrets, fears and desires as the story unravels.
If you like gossip, a traditional love story with a twist and a good old girly cry mixed in with some belly aching laughs, this one's definitely for you! ...
I did try and find a category for this in Music but there wasn't one and I cant figure out how to suggest one.
Sublime, quirky, brilliant, insightful...............just a few adjectives that describe the writing talent of our very own Paddy Mcaloon, the driving force and mainstay of the brilliant PrefabSprout, (isn’t that the greatest name for a band ever?).
A Life Of Surprises is a collection of the best tracks laid down by Paddy and his band. The CD has sixteen tracks and although many of you will be saying “Prefab who?” I bet that you will recognise more than a few of the tracks if you get the chance to listen to this album.
Probably.......well definitely the most famous and well known track by prefabsprout is the first track “The king of rock and roll”, everyone will have heard the chorus ...
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