Prog Synch Listen: Horslips - Friday 23rd February @ 9pm

[kath]

it's so funny... my stones/rocks fetish. i grew up in a place that used to pave roads with oyster shells. a lil below-sea-level. reap knows. i have rocks all over the place. rocks i collected from other places.

what a lovely track, lots of byrdishness

[Nancy]

And now, the BEAST.

And now, WE ARE ROCKING!

[Spock!]

It may be brief, but Dusk is a cracker of an intro to Sword of Light, which raises the bar.

[C]

Listening to a remastered version on Spotify. Very robust sound.

Yes - it is a very well recorded album

Good clarity and sepaartion






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[Nancy]

I just LOVE that "angry swarm of bees" guitar tone. It's majestic.

[C]

LET'S ROCK!!






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[Nancy]

And those soaring vocals. A completely perfect song, one of my 50 favorite songs ever.

[kath]

Every thing is just so right.


Bought this album when I was sixteen. Many happy memories.

if only i had heard this at sixteen.

i consider myself lucky i was so steeped in all things tullan.

i've twirled on tables for less than this. had i heard it back then? ooooof. i would've ended up with more stitches and bone breaks than i did without it

[kath]

LET'S ROCK!!






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bouncebouncebouncebounce

[Spock!]

"angry swarm of bees" guitar tone. It's majestic.

Great analogy.

[Nancy]

The DRUMS!

[kath]

fanfucquintastic.

i keep hitting my keyboard a lil too robustly mwhahahaa

[kath]

i keep fighting the urge to clap

[Nancy]

This was released in 1976.

Jethro Tull's "Pibroch", which has many guitarly similarities to this song, came a year later in 1977. I would venture to say Martin Barre is a big fan of this song.

[Spock!]

Something sweetly majestic about Dark.

[C]

Yes I was in my early 20s when this came out (75/76??)- I bought it then - I already had The Tain

This album has so much going on.

I never tire of it

Full of music (and tasty concertina)







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[kath]

what a fucquin wonderfully enveloped side

[kath]

This was released in 1976.

Jethro Tull's "Pibroch", which has many guitarly similarities to this song, came a year later in 1977. I would venture to say Martin Barre is a big fan of this song.

yes... although i didn't even know of the existence of horslips when i bought songs from the wood the day it came out. was i 14? mwhahaha, might've still been 13, depending on exact release

[C]

what a fucquin wonderfully enveloped side

You are not wrong there sis

an old traditional theme here



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[Spock!]

The uplifting sound of The Warm Sweet Breath of Love has its sentiment nailed.