Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?

Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: KEVINOAF
Date: 12 Feb 08 - 06:38 AM

yes he is precious and beyond the criticism of tasteless dorks ( critics are usually failed artists) nothing for me matches the RIDE ON album but more acknowledgement ought to have been given to the poetry of Bobby Sands on whose a lot of the lyrics rely heavily, The politics of this will no doubt light a fuse or two somewhere but britain has quite a lot to be ashamed of in its dealings with Ireland ___ I'm not Irish by the way !

Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 12 Feb 08 - 09:11 AM

There is an old Yorkshire saying, ' them as can, do, them as can't either criticise or teach. '

eric

Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: PeadarOfPortsmouth
Date: 12 Feb 08 - 03:04 PM

I can't weigh-in on his concert persona, since I haven't had the opportunity to see him in person. But since it seems like you're all in agreement (with the notable exception of GuestDK) that he is not precious, and this thread has turned into a love-in for the man, I wanted to add two words:

Me too.

I think he is a fantastic artist, great interpretator of songs and a decent songwriter himself. He is perhaps my favorite artist and without a doubt my single biggest influence. I probably wouldn't have picked up a guitar and started singing myself if not for his music. (I'll leave it to those who know me to decide if that's a good thing or not.)

Unfortunately, within the last week, I discovered that I've lost a cassette I had of a live performance he did for Claire FM back in the 90s. It seemed to be a warm-up to "Live at the Point" so now I'm going to spend money I don't have to buy that CD given the recommendations from Steve Shaw, Big Mick, et.al.

Thanks, gang, thanks a lot. :-)

Peter

Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: Andrez
Date: 06 Jun 16 - 05:46 AM

Just heard from a dear Irish friend that there is a new Christy CD just released recently. I've heard it involves remakes of older material and a couple of new songs. Has anyone heard it? What do you know or think of it? Is it worth getting?

Cheers,

Andrez

Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: Megan L
Date: 06 Jun 16 - 11:39 AM

I often wonder why anyone would pay for a cd that was predominantly a rehash of old material

Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 06 Jun 16 - 06:17 PM

Andrez, I don't know if these tracks are older material but here are some links for you for the CD Lily which came out on May 2016.

Lily 20th May 2016
Track listing

"Mandolin Mountain"
"The Tuam Beat"
"The Gardener"
"Lily"
"Wallflower"
"Oblivious"
"The Ballad of Patrick Murphy"
"Lightning Bird Wind River Man"
"Green Grows the Laurel"
"Lost Tribe of the Wicklow Mountains"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_(Christy_Moore_album) 
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"...We worked at different locations over the past 2 years..."
http://www.christymoore.com/news/new-album-lily/ 
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Review by Patrick Maginty 
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Subject: RE: Christy Moore - A bit 'precious'?
From: Andrez
Date: 06 Jun 16 - 07:55 PM

Many thanks for your info Freddy. One link led me to hear some snippets of the album and now I should probably go through my CD collection and look for the earlier versions if they exist and have a listen there. I might have to visit my Irish musician friend and have a listen to the album over there before committing my own $$

I don't necessarily mind repeats of old material Megan if they are done well or differently in some way or another. Moving Hearts and their 2007 Dublin reunion album (sadly minus Christy) or Van Morrison Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl 2009 might be a couple of good examples here.

Anyway thanks all for the info and your thoughts.

Cheers,

Andrez