― zappi (joni), Thursday, 13 April 2006 12:49 (twenty years ago)
― jodias of sunhillow (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 April 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)
― emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)
― amateurist0, Thursday, 13 April 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)
― David Orton (scarlet), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)
The later albums are lighter/less wearying/less electric. Some of the songs are memorable, some endearingly clumsy and even poppy.
― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 13 April 2006 23:21 (twenty years ago)
"the time has come" and "sing a song for you" are rare diamonds of beauty. and i'm not a traditional folk fan usually,but this is pure and unique beauty.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:10 (eighteen years ago)
the self titled debut is also AMAZING
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 1 January 2010 19:29 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr16W2wStXQ
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 1 January 2010 19:42 (sixteen years ago)
http://epicscotland.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Creative-Portraits/G0000jJGhgqcW9PY/I0000GKY9.J.LFxE
― henri grenouille (Frogman Henry), Sunday, 13 November 2011 06:30 (fourteen years ago)
this is goodhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b07syrrs
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 September 2016 16:18 (nine years ago)
the quality of this is A+:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLv1C3TbWE
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 August 2020 05:19 (five years ago)
hadn't seen that before - beautiful!
was wondering what programme it was taken from and then billy connolly appeared at the end of the clip. US ilxors might not know who he is - he's actually a super famous scottish stand-up, but he was a musician before that and was in the humblebums with gerry rafferty. wasn't actually aware of this factoid about the humblebums, some serious folk-rock cred here:
In 1969 Rafferty became the third member of a folk-pop group, The Humblebums, along with comedian Billy Connolly and Tam Harvey. Harvey left shortly afterwards, and Rafferty and Connolly continued as a duo, recording two more albums for Transatlantic Records. A 1970 appearance at the Royal Festival Hall, supporting Fotheringay with Nick Drake earned a positive review from critic Karl Dallas, who noted that all three acts showed "promise rather than fulfilment", and observed that "Gerry Rafferty's songs have the sweet tenderness of Paul McCartney in his 'Yesterday' mood"
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Thursday, 6 August 2020 12:56 (five years ago)
Connolly talks a fair bit about Rafferty and Nick Drake on the Adam Buxton podcast. It's a great interview.
https://play.acast.com/s/adambuxton/ep.114-billyconnolly
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 August 2020 19:27 (five years ago)
Briggs is glorious. Her version of Thorneymoor Woods slays me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTaZSv27_k
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 August 2020 19:30 (five years ago)
was wondering what programme it was taken from and then billy connolly appeared at the end of the clip. US ilxors might not know who he is - he's actually a super famous scottish stand-up
I think US ILXors will know who Billy Connolly is.
― Udo Starmer (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 August 2020 19:32 (five years ago)
On a certain level. Connolly had a flash of fame over here in the late 80s on TV via Head of the Class but mostly is known for various movie appearances -- the John Brown/Queen Victoria film for instance -- though the standup has gotten some increasing traction here and there IIRC. Possible I'm missing something. An old girlfriend was Scottish and therefore I learned a lot re his standup work.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 August 2020 19:34 (five years ago)
"... and one more thing, Big Yin"
https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/9333102/800full-columbo%3A-murder-with-too-many-notes-screenshot.jpg
― Udo Starmer (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 August 2020 19:43 (five years ago)