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I listened to Road Apples yesterday, as I was walking my dog, and I put my player on random...what a treat!
Road Apples was my favorite Hip album for quite some time, probably until Phantom Power came out, but I had never thought to listen to it in random order. It was fantastic to listen to it on headphones, and to also hear a completely different play order.
Another thing that occured to me while listening to "Fiddler's Green", I bet someone with a real twangy voice would cover it well. I'm thinking along the lines of Dwight Yoakam, or Randy Travis, or even Steve Earle. It just seems to lend itself to a rough guitar/country style...and I don't even like country music. Am I nuts here?
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Believe it or not a friend of mine is not a huge Hip fan (I know I know...what am I doing being friends with him) because he says they are too close to country music for his liking. I thought he was crazy, but I guess not that crazy
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Well some people must think the Hip are close to country... heck I can remember channel surfing and seeing the video for ABAC on the country music channel.
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RA is a close second behind DFN for my favourite album. That heavy blues sound really gets me. I know, I know - that sound is more subtle in DFN, but that bluesy rock of RA and UTH is just great, gritty rock and roll. Excuse me, I now have some music I need to listen to.
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Road Apples is probably my favourite album. Day for Night or Trouble is a close second, but nothing beats the pure rock-ery of Apples. With some sad, sad, weepy little numbers, and my favourite Hip song, Unplucked.......
Back in the club/hockey rink days, Gord with while hair.... right before the peak of the Hip wave.
Oh, the memories that get invoked in my head.......
"Her son has gone alee......."
"Weatherman wet fingers the sky"
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great album, brings back lots of good memories
on the subject of 'fiddler's green' isnt that a name of a place in Colarado? (i could be way off here) :oops:
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chris Wrote:As I understand it, the song is referring to what happens if a sailor dies on land; he's said to go to Fiddler's Green (if he was good during his time on earth). If a sailor dies at sea, he's said to go to Davy Jones' Locker.
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What is Davy Jones Locker?
I will not give up. My face is set,my gait is fast,my goal is heaven,my road is narrow,my way is rough,my companions are few,my guide is reliable,my mission is clear. I cannot be bought,compromised,detoured,lured away,turned back,diluted or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice,hesitate in the presence of adversity,negotiate at the table of the enemy,ponder at the pool of popularity,or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I will not give up,shut up or slow down....Blessed Be!
