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    Posted: October 07 2005 at 15:47

Hallo.

I just looked inside of the booklet of the "Pawn Hearts" remastered cd and red about the band Lindisfarne, who were on tour together with Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator back in 1971. Who knows them and what kind of prog (?) they did?

 
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They weren't really a prog band, but like most early 70s albums, there's elements of prog in their sound. Lindisfarne were far better known as a folk rock combo, (in)famous for the song 'Fog On The Tyne', an ode to the Tyne river in Newcastle. This knees up singalong is hardly representative of their music, which was a very interesting blend of folk, blues and country elements with terrific harmonies. 'Meet Me On The Corner' is a particularly nice song of the era.
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http://www.lindisfarne.de/home1.htm


According to an Amazon .com review, ".........Lindisfarne's music is catchy folk-inspired music; maybe it could be described as a British version of Lovin' Spoonful's good-time music......."

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Great, thanks a lot! Maybe they are comparable with Jethro Tull, but only with less prog-influences?
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Don't think they really sound like Tull- Jethro Tull are very intricate, whilst Lindisfarne have far more basic song structures. That's not to denigrate Lindisfarne though- the two bands had different strengths.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2005 at 16:47

Prog bands only (those listed on the site) in the Prog music lounge Marc.

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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Prog bands only (those listed on the site) in the Prog music lounge Marc.

Thread moved to non-prog section.

Sorry, I thought it was prog, never heard music by them. Now I know more.
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Originally posted by Marc Baum Marc Baum wrote:

Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Prog bands only (those listed on the site) in the Prog music lounge Marc.

Thread moved to non-prog section.

Sorry, I thought it was prog, never heard music by them. Now I know more.

Actually their early music was a bit of acid-folk genre and fairly interesting. As someone poiunted out Fog On The Tyne is their best but all three first albums are worth a listen> but lately they sound like a country rock band - at least on the Classic Rock DVD
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"Meet Me On The Corner" is a fanastic song, as is "Lady Eleanor".
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

"Meet Me On The Corner" is a fanastic song, as is "Lady Eleanor".

 

Agreed.
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Lady Eleanor would sit nicely on a prog folk compilation, but apart from that they're more a kind of straight ahead, good time folk rock band. The first two or three albums are highly enjoyable, but they seemed to run out steam pretty quickly.
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I love this band's first two albums Nicely Out Of Tune and Fog On The Tyne ... excellent folk rock ... Alan Hull was an amazing songwriter ... with a real gift for tugging at your heartstrings ... Rod Clements wasn't that bad either

As Syzygy said, they did run out of steam very quickly though ... halfway through the third album Dingly Dell, in fact ... which is a shame because it had some excellent political material like All Fall Down, Bring Down The Government and Poor Old Ireland

They were never really that progressive ... but boy they had some good songs ...

Meet Me On The Corner is a song I've sung to all three of my children when they were newborns ... so I've got a real sentimental attachment to this band ...

My Top 10 Lindisfarne tunes ... there is actually a "best of" with all these tunes ...

1) Meet Me On The Corner
2) We Can Swing Together
3) Lady Eleanor
4) Scarecrow Song
5) All Fall Down
6) Clear White Light
7) Winter Song
8) January Song
9) Road To Kingdom Come
10) Fog On The Tyne
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