tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post3895891360611244779..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Top 102 Albums⁺. No 36. New Skin for the Old Ceremony.Séamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-39360287320574594162013-03-22T10:38:59.416+00:002013-03-22T10:38:59.416+00:00Our local pub's dog was 'Tramp'.
He a...Our local pub's dog was 'Tramp'. <br />He always growled at ugly women.<br />His judgement was much admired.<br />We'd sit out in the summer with him.<br />As the ladies walked by he'd occasionally growl.<br />Of course we'd all try and quieten him by shouting out 'Tramp'.<br />That dog started so many fights...<br /><br />Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-47529916283669135152013-03-18T23:50:04.533+00:002013-03-18T23:50:04.533+00:00Well - our dog is called Kylie, which used to lead...Well - our dog is called Kylie, which used to lead to many quizzically turned heads when we'd call her in the park when we lived in Dublin. It was a popular name for girls within a quite specific age range.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-86442197662133554942013-03-18T23:10:40.140+00:002013-03-18T23:10:40.140+00:00And then came Kylie...And then came Kylie...Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-24905701901907562522013-03-18T21:51:29.194+00:002013-03-18T21:51:29.194+00:00I'm Your Man is a good one. Have fun exploring...I'm Your Man is a good one. Have fun exploring the box set. I'm thinking of getting it even though I have almost all already - and my wife does not like Len! My memory of a teacher using pop music was when a substitute teacher asked us if we could sing the Christmas No 1 which was Another Brick in the Wall. Sounds great hearing a massed chorus of schoolboys singing it in school.<br /><br />I suppose I really listened to Cohen when I read interviews with Mac raving about him back when I was a Bunnymen fanatic. And then Nick Cave covered Avalanche when my allegiance had passed from the Bunnymen to the Bad Seeds.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-33532068730827545792013-03-18T21:02:22.185+00:002013-03-18T21:02:22.185+00:00Seamus - your parents had a better record collecti...Seamus - your parents had a better record collection than mine (oliver and jesus christ superstar , a spinners lp and some old smoothy called peter skellen and that was it) without coming over all over dead poets society we had an English teacher that used to rave about laughing len saying he was the worlds greatest living poet - being 16 yr old of course we knew best and tended to drift off whenever he took a detour illustrating macbeth through a cohen song ( this also may have something to do with the fact that he would often teach whilst lying on the floor) however gradually more and more bands I loved started to name check him that I had to give in and investigate - although the lp I first got was the comeback one I'm your man after going on a boys holiday to spain and hearing the lp in every bar we went into. As a result I have this and the greatest hits only (I'm guessing Jennifer warnes's covers lp doesn't really count). So I know 2 of the songs more by their covers (Lloyd cole's Chelsea hotel and Mac's lover lover) - the £25 box set is too good a bargain to resist!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-87541326108136983882013-03-17T11:36:04.538+00:002013-03-17T11:36:04.538+00:00Reaching or grasping?
Ah, but that's where the...Reaching or grasping?<br />Ah, but that's where the magic is Seamus. <br />Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-67732781470634279572013-03-17T10:17:40.831+00:002013-03-17T10:17:40.831+00:00Steal away! These post midnight posts can be dange...Steal away! These post midnight posts can be dangerous. I often find I've reached for meaning and overreached, grasping meaninglessness.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-27521231728517467472013-03-17T10:15:29.756+00:002013-03-17T10:15:29.756+00:00£2 per album! That's a bargain. Selling melanc...£2 per album! That's a bargain. Selling melancholy by the pound.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-22180131410301503642013-03-17T09:48:18.732+00:002013-03-17T09:48:18.732+00:00Fabulous and insightful acknowledgement btw Seamus...Fabulous and insightful acknowledgement btw Seamus.<br />I may well steal your words and call them mine...Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-55268222257929135942013-03-17T09:46:14.912+00:002013-03-17T09:46:14.912+00:00'You were KY jelly, I was vaseline'...
The...'You were KY jelly, I was vaseline'...<br />The Grocer of Despair is often my Sunday morning listening. <br />It's easier than church and I get to drink coffee...<br />To keep them all in one place I recently invested in the box set of his albums remastered. It comprises the first 11 studio albums up to (and including 'Dear Heather'). Cost a miserly £25. <br />It's now cheaper; £22.07. <br />Bargain!<br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Studio-Albums-Collection/dp/B005F8CL1S/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363513338&sr=1-4<br />You, Seamus, will delight in the knowledge that I taught the daughter of the mother; the lover that was the inspiration for 'Suzanne'...Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.com