Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Celtic Connections

Personally I think this is a great theme. There have been so many outstanding acts over the years.
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66 comments:

  1. Archie MacPherson28 January 2015 at 13:40

    Frank McGarvey, Alan McInally and Frank McAvennie to name but 3.

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    1. Billy in Alloa28 January 2015 at 13:46

      Just don't mention Mo Johnston (;-)

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    2. norrie28 January 2015 at 14:17

      You just did.....

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    3. Adam from Rio28 January 2015 at 17:03

      Are they the Rum Punch Brothers?

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    4. Glen Miller28 January 2015 at 22:43

      You're thinking of Ron Bacardi and The Dipsomaniacs

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    5. MacK29 January 2015 at 19:46

      "Don't push me!" - Rambo.

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  2. gaie28 January 2015 at 17:04

    what were your Celtic Connections highlights, Norrie, out of the 597 gigs you went to?

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  3. Adam from Rio28 January 2015 at 17:22

    Quiet like on the other side is it no?
    Thought this would have been a biggie.

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    1. Billy in Alloa28 January 2015 at 18:22

      Martyn Bennett's popular 😋

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    2. gaie28 January 2015 at 19:37

      I forced myself to watch bits of that on the telly. Just for educational purposes. It was still an ear-ache.

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    3. MacK29 January 2015 at 19:56

      Quiet a lot of it is pish to be honest. Best highlight for me of CC over the years was seeing Dougie Vipond getting a knock back at the door of Festival Club in the Central Hotel.

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  4. Anonymous28 January 2015 at 19:10

    Personally I have nothing to contribute...I await the best concert you went to at The Edinburgh Festival / Fringe ;o) Jx

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    1. Anonymous28 January 2015 at 21:08

      k d lang, decemberists, josh ritter, Justin currie, villagers....

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  5. Scotch Git28 January 2015 at 22:23

    THURSDAY


    Long Distance Love     - Little Feat


    This is Carol's favourite. Her sons were the first to call me Scotch Git.


    Well, it was that or Sweaty Sock... >8-D

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    1. DC28 January 2015 at 23:30

      Why did Sweaty Sock want to call you Scotch Git?



      We should be telt

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    2. Sweaty Sock29 January 2015 at 11:28

      Is some Scotch Git taking my name in vain?


      We should be telt!

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  6. Adam from Rio29 January 2015 at 13:08

    Hey Git! Who's Irene Brownlee then?

    Thanks for the shout Billy. I suggest you get that Bryan Weazeley behind the FB bike shed and give him a right seeing to.

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    1. Billy in Alloa29 January 2015 at 13:14

      Agreed Adam!

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    2. Billy in Alloa29 January 2015 at 16:17

      Think he might be related to BB. Either that or Ron Weasley (;-)

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    3. Scotch Git30 January 2015 at 19:59

      Adam,

      No' got a Scooby. One of them thar athletic athletes y'all admire?

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  7. Anonymous29 January 2015 at 23:09

    ....look away if you don't like shocking admissions.....i've never been to a CC gig...not one....so i'm well placed to express an opinion....for a long time now i've been quite disillusioned with that kind of music and associate it with a narrowing of outlook in all its aspects...its restricting....an opinion borne out no doubt after spending a quarter of a century on the island peripherals of our small nation.....and watched with interest the careers of quite a few musicians who now grace the festival, having watched them grow from before their births....and emerged from that island....celtic music hasn't progressed or offered anything new since the golden era of silly wizzard and ossian...nothing will ever better planxty and for me reached its pinnacle three decades ago when liam o'flynn played the brendan voyage suite...it was interesting listening in the car to GIO tonight... the wish list of artistes for future CC's....dylan...neil young....in your dreams.....we can always make do with the director's own capercaillie and dougie maclean?...yes dream on....so i did and made venture into the booking site to see what arthur johnstone had to offer....arguably one of the great radical folk vocalists and as the front man of 'the laggan' produced the quite brilliant ' i am the common man' lp but that was then, now supporting arthur was david hayman an others....my fears that CC had become a political platform merely confirmed so i clicked back on to my twitter account @roketronnie [43 followers]....CC is moribund in a sea of denial and moving backwards certainly not forward....its for the middle aged middle class and lacking originality...celtic music is conservative in nature..its attempt to break out of that straightjacket comes up with the chilli pipers......dire....give me ellie goulding anyday....

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    1. gaie30 January 2015 at 07:33

      agree with a lot of that. Back later!

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    2. gaie30 January 2015 at 17:16

      well not the Ellie Goulding part for sure, but having scoured the programme over and over in search of something I really, really wanted to go to, and not come up with anything other than the two I saw, I think you're right about lack of anything new in Scottish celtic music. Mànran for instance seem to be a clone of Runrig from their early days - Runrig have moved on from that themselves - yeah, I know (assuming a correct guess as to who wrote the above ) you don't think that's an improvement, but I do and what's quite bizarre is that American band The War on Drugs, whose album featured in many end-of-year best-ofs sound not unlike Runrig on some of their tracks - e.g. Red Eyes.

      There are plenty of good Scottish indie bands making original and IMO fantastic music e.g. - yes, you can all laugh except maybe Billy - There Will Be Fireworks, Twilight Sad, Admiral Fallow, Owl John, Phantom Band -- but the celtic connection is indeed going nowhere - I see kids being educated in Gaelic and fed nothing but traditional Gaelic music or Runrig and Mànran and no question ever, ever as to the possibility of their not liking these - it does the language no favours at all. Let's all sit down and kid on we're bashing some tweed while singing a waulking song - that should being them in in droves.

      However, Celtic Connections is hugely successful and there's a buzz about it that draws you in. All credit for bringing life to Glasgow in January - I just wish there were more that I'd actually like to see.

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    3. Adam from Rio30 January 2015 at 18:18

      Never mind Gaie. All roads lead to Hampden Park this Sunday I hear.
      And to be perfectly honest what better place to be at this moment in time.

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    4. gaie30 January 2015 at 18:57

      Bruce or Bon Jovi?

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    5. Glen Miller30 January 2015 at 19:34

      Great use of the subjunctive in the last paragraph, Gaie.

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    6. gaie30 January 2015 at 23:08

      If only it were still taught.

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    7. Glen Miller31 January 2015 at 08:55

      It's as rare as the rhino.

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  8. Adam from Rio30 January 2015 at 16:45

    You're Hyperactive on the other side today Billy boy!
    I see the McCaff is back.I dont mind his lists nowadays but they are always so awful! Maybe its on purpose.
    Dont think the Liquid Entertainer will get her Max Bygraves wish though.

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  9. Scotch Git30 January 2015 at 20:42

    MONDAY


    White Album. What else?

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    1. Glen Miller31 January 2015 at 08:58

      There's not much on it. Did they not have this theme a few days ago?

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    2. Anonymous31 January 2015 at 22:31

      ..i'm slinging something in from stand-up one of the few albums that doesn't disappoint song after song.....for years i resisted that beach boy one...pet sounds...then i saw it for a fiver....good job i kept the receipt....

      cheers frae the dale

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    3. norrie2 February 2015 at 14:18

      Pet Sounds is the most over rated album ever in my very humble opinion

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    4. Glen Miller2 February 2015 at 15:38

      Surely that honour belongs to The Velvet Underground.

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    5. Glen Miller2 February 2015 at 15:40

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    6. Glen Miller2 February 2015 at 15:42

      Anyway you can get Pet Sounds (mono and stereo, which Brian Wilson couldn't understand, being deaf in one ear) for £3.99.

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    7. gaie2 February 2015 at 16:39

      I never did get the fuss about Pet Sounds either

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    8. Glen Miller2 February 2015 at 18:19

      There's still time.

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    9. Anonymous7 February 2015 at 22:33

      I love Pet Sounds...so there! Jx

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  10. Adam from Rio2 February 2015 at 13:11

    Slow day in the office for Billy AND Glen today I see.

    As its an album theme we can of course expect to hear the lesser played album tracks and not the singles released.

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  11. Adam from Rio3 February 2015 at 16:25

    Good to see you getting a bit aggressive over there Billy!
    Just make sure Mac's got yer back.

    Nobody giving George Melly a shout tonight I see. Shame.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNcz-MgTy3c

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdrywyZBKVs

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    1. Billy in Alloa3 February 2015 at 16:35

      They have now!

      Aggression now under control. I meant to escape from the office for a swim but that never happened.

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    2. MacK3 February 2015 at 16:55

      Oh I have Adam no fear.

      The day the music died & they've got costumes.

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    3. Billy in Alloa3 February 2015 at 19:15

      A lot of my comments have been tidied again!

      My attempt to get something that wasn't a single from Dexy"s thwarted by Geno again...

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    4. MacK3 February 2015 at 19:47

      Cyber men got mine! See how long it takes for the response to be "deleted."

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  12. Adam fro Rio4 February 2015 at 16:46

    You'll have been able to catch up with paperwork today then Billy.
    No "How about" s so well done.

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    1. Billy in Alloa4 February 2015 at 16:48

      How about that then?

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    2. Glen Miller4 February 2015 at 17:00

      No then, now then.

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    3. Adam from Rio4 February 2015 at 18:18

      Next thing is to reply "Not in the least bit interested" when they feel the need to tell us they are off to see Paddington.

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    4. Scotch Git4 February 2015 at 21:19

      .
      Best to grin and bear it...

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    5. Adam from Rio5 February 2015 at 13:08

      Good tune SG!

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  13. Adam from Rio5 February 2015 at 13:16

    Someone should enlighten Penny O Hara on FB what Pull Up to The Bumper is really all about.

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  14. DC5 February 2015 at 21:46

    What a graaaayyyyyttttt theme, it's realllly popular on the blog

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  15. Adam from Rio6 February 2015 at 16:27

    Hey Billy, I thought 200+ posts in a week and being first on the page every day would have been your big thing this week? :)

    Glen, I have been suitably impressed by your restraint today....

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    1. Glen Miller6 February 2015 at 16:40

      I've caught up now. sometimes I hate myself.

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    2. Billy in Alloa6 February 2015 at 17:26

      Ha ha very witty(;-)

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    3. Adam from Rio6 February 2015 at 17:37

      You'd better watch that Justin doesn't grass you up to the boss.

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    4. Billy in Alloa6 February 2015 at 19:38

      He's okay.

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  16. Scotch Git7 February 2015 at 07:40

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    So, what is YOUR spiritual age?



    I don't understand the question...

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    1. Glen Miller7 February 2015 at 12:05

      By law they have to be at least three years old.

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    2. Glen Miller7 February 2015 at 17:00

      Even better

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    3. DC8 February 2015 at 09:59

      I prefer 18 year olds, but they're expensive



      As long as it's a malt

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    4. Glen Miller8 February 2015 at 12:44

      No breathalyzer at sea - ask the captain of the Waverley.

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