celtic rock Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/celtic-rock/ Sun, 21 Nov 2021 17:23:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 The Waterboys “This Is The Sea” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-waterboys-this-is-the-sea-1985-today-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-waterboys-this-is-the-sea-1985-today-4 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:14:52 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3730 The Waterboys “This Is The Sea” 1985. Today, December 14th, is the birthday of The Waterboys’ founder Mike Scott (b. 1958). This Is The Sea was the band’s third album release and its most successful, peaking at #37 on the UK charts and the single “The Whole of the Moon” reached #28. Celtic-folk-alt-rock, the album falls on the “epic” [...]

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]]> The Waterboys “This Is The Sea” 1985. Today, December 14th, is the birthday of The Waterboys’ founder Mike Scott (b. 1958). This Is The Sea was the band’s third album release and its most successful, peaking at #37 on the UK charts and the single “The Whole of the Moon” reached #28.

Celtic-folk-alt-rock, the album falls on the “epic” spectrum, similar to vast-spaces sound of bands like U2 but with more wind (trumpets – nod to the obvious in “Trumpets” – and saxophone) and water (”This is the Sea”). Scott’s lyrics and vocals are urgent and the combination of it all kind of sums up Ireland in the 1980s.

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]]> 7640 Sinead O’Connor “The Lion and the Cobra” https://vinylfromthevault.com/sinead-oconnor-the-lion-and-the-cobra-released-2-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sinead-oconnor-the-lion-and-the-cobra-released-2-5 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:39:58 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3803 Sinead O’Connor “The Lion and the Cobra” released on this date, November 4th, 1987. My friend Susie first played this for me in late ‘87 or early ‘88 and I was blown away from the very first ethereal notes of “Jackie” and THAT VOICE. O’Connor has, of course, become controversial in subsequent years but this debut was awareness-shifting. Allmusic’s [...]

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]]> Sinead O’Connor “The Lion and the Cobra” released on this date, November 4th, 1987. My friend Susie first played this for me in late ‘87 or early ‘88 and I was blown away from the very first ethereal notes of “Jackie” and THAT VOICE. O’Connor has, of course, become controversial in subsequent years but this debut was awareness-shifting. Allmusic’s Stephen Erlewine writes about the album: an eerie, expansive sound heavy on atmosphere and tortured passion.

The only real danceable track, “Mandinka,” became a hit in the UK, peaking at #17 (and #16 in Ireland). It’s a great song, but I prefer the more mystical, soaring tracks like “Jerusalem,” “Troy” and my favorite “Just Like U Said It Would B,” which I would sing in the car (alone, thankfully) trying to hit all of her impossible goosebump-producing notes and lyrical inflections. I’m actually trying to do it again, right now as I write this, managing just as well as I did in the 80′s.

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