response 26 of 32:

Mar 14 18:35 UTC 2003

I love PCO.  I haven't listened to them in a long long time.

response 28 of 32:

Mar 18 05:46 UTC 2003

For 2003, the ritual St. Patrick's Day CD is "Music From The Four 
Corners of Hell" by The Woods Band.   Terry Woods (ex-Sweeney's Men,
ex-Steeleye, ex-Pogues) has revived The Woods Band name for a new
folk-rock assembly.   I've been describing this as sounding 
like The Pogues with a better lead singer; it's the same sort 
of bouncy Irish music for parties.  Half the album is traditional
songs, including a great raveup on "Finnegan's Wake."  Woods'
originals are pretty good, even when they're just straight ahead
rock songs without much folk influence.  The one lame song on 
the album is "Sea Of Heartbreak," a MOR ditty credited to 
Hal David.   (???)   I have no idea why this got included...
Anyway, with that one exception, I've been enjoying this quite 
a bit.

The other St. Patrick's observance was to (finally) open up a 
copy of "Sult: Spirit of the Music."  This was a Donal Lunny
soundtrack for a TV project about Irish music.  On one listen,
I really liked the instrumental bits, but I skipped over most
of the vocals.  I recognized Van Morrison.  Oh, one vocal track
I *did* like was Brian Kennedy on "Crazy Love," which I *think*
was a Van Morrison hit.

response 30 of 32:

Mar 18 18:25 UTC 2003

Web searching indicates that the song is originally Van Morrison's
from the classic 1970 album "Moondance," and Brian Ferry covered it.

response 32 of 32:

Mar 18 21:22 UTC 2003

How do we learn except by exploring?  I had no idea Brian Ferry 
had ever covered the song, until you mentioned it.