Irish Prog
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Topic: Irish Prog
Posted By: A_Flower
Subject: Irish Prog
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 17:05
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Ok, so in a week from tomorrow I will be visiting the Emerald Isle! But no one ever talks about prog in Ireland. Are there any good Irish prog bands I can listen to? If not, I plan to listen to mostly folk bands like Jethro Tull and Focus ------------- User Banned for this Post |
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 17:15
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Fruupp! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 17:32
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If you're looking for 70s-era folky stuff you should check out Horslips, Mellow Candle and Mushroom. There are a few more recent bands in the Post/Math vein like God Is An Astronaut, And So I Watch You From Afar and Adebisi Shank. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: GKR
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 17:34
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HORSLIPS! FOR EVERY GOD CREATED IN THIS EARTH, LISTEN TO HORSLIPS. Also: Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher. Not prog, but if you're going to Ireland and not worship this two... you're doing it wrong. ------------- - From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 17:40
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Not mentioned folky stuff, I'd recommend Clannad and Moving Hearts. Mentioned already, But I do like Mellow Candle's Swaddling Songs and Mushroom very much. I loved my trip to Ireland; enjoy. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 18:05
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as already mentioned, definitely Clannad, Moving Hearts, Horslips and Fruupp. I'm just listening to Mushroom now for the first time Tir Na Nog Christy Moore is not prog but he is GREATSame with the Pogues, at least their first few albums
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 00:04
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Rednight wrote:Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 01:58
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Ireland is more folk than prog, I think. Recommendations: Horslips (The Book of Invasions is their best), Clannad. Outside the realm of prog: Planxty, The Bothy Band, Sweeney's Men. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 02:43
Definitely Dead Heroes Club  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 07:20
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U2 ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 08:01
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Fruup is from Belfast which is Northern Ireland thus part of the UK (at the moment anyway). Not sure if that counts for being from Ireland. Really from Ireland: Roy Harper Horslips Peggy's Leg M-opus non-prog My Bloody Valentine Thin Lizzy Sinead O'Connor!
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: August 16 2016 at 04:47
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Horslips A cross between Tull/Beatles/and The essence of life in general |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: August 16 2016 at 04:55
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In progressive rock, Iona. In post-rock, God Is An Astronaut.  |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: August 24 2016 at 14:01
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Supply Demand & Curve M-Opus |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 24 2016 at 14:11
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All the PA bands of Ireland.....and please do tell us about your trip when you get back!
http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=97" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=97 ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 24 2016 at 16:28
Supply, Demand and Curve is a fantastic Canterbury album ... but very rare 
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Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: August 24 2016 at 21:49
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The High Kings, The Irish Descendants, The Chieftains, Sinéad O'Connor, Clannad. Pretty much the more Irish folk you can get your hands on the better, I used to listen to that stuff constantly. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 29 2016 at 13:10
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not prog but check out The Men they Couldn't Hang", particularly "Waiting for Bonaparte" and "Silvertown". This is one band that should have made it at least as big as the Pogues (who were originally going to be called The Men They Couldn't Hang). Socially conscious, harmonious and rocking Here are a few samples: and OYSTERBAND, a band that isn't Irish but could easily be. Due to their vocalist and their somewhat proggy tendencies, particularly in the late 1990s, they could have been confused for a Celtic Moody Blues Another one that could have hit it big for similar reasons. I'm not sure about The Men They Couldn't Hang, but Oysterband, in a live setting, may have relied too much on extended jigs, which keep the folk fans happy but kind of turned off rock fans like me (who love their folk mostly in a rock setting) |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: August 29 2016 at 13:43
I thought they were originally going to be called Pogue Mahone, i.e. póg mo thóin (Irish for "kiss my arse"). Though I claim no expertise!
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 29 2016 at 15:43
you are correct. I thought that TMTCH was also considered but determined to be not in your face enough. I can't seem to find a reliable reference for that though
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Posted By: Schecter
Date Posted: November 10 2016 at 02:07
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http://www.effalente.com https://effalente.bandcamp.com/releases
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