Prog World Cup-Round Of 16: Frank Zappa- Horslips
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Topic: Prog World Cup-Round Of 16: Frank Zappa- Horslips
Posted By: Morningrise
Subject: Prog World Cup-Round Of 16: Frank Zappa- Horslips
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 04:26
| Pick your favourite |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 05:33
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Zappa ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 05:40
Don't know the other guy 
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 05:52
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This could break the Bon Accord score... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 06:25
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Go Horslips! ------------- 
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 07:42
| Another one in need of the mercy rule. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 08:56
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Zappa is a genius in some ways, but Horslips both invented Celtic Rock and are probably the best live band I've ever seen (almost 20 times) and brought an entire nation screaming and kicking into the modern age and out of the showband era. And The Tain and The Book of Invasions are two of the very best albums ever recorded, vastly better than anything Zappa did. So a very easy vote indeed for me. I bet most people voting have never even heard Horslips. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 09:08
| This is a hard one for me. For very different reasons, I really love both. I’m quite sure the mighty Frank Zappa is going to win, so I’lol give my vote to Horslips, to give then some love. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 11:09
Come on, Hercules, don't be silly. ------------- |
Hercules wrote:Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 12:20
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I had never even heard of the Irish outfit. How much like Tull are they? ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 13:57
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Zappa ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 15:22
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FZ ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 17:11
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Zappa Feels a bit like France v Iran, where I know most of the French players, but couldn't name a single Iranian player (Horslips?) ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 11 2018 at 23:05
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Given a choice of one or the other, I will always choose Horslips over Zappa. The Book of Invasions is one of the best albums ever and The Tain isn't far behind. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 00:30
You mean the Scottish soccer team, I guess. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 02:22
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AYE. Record score 36 nil or something v Arbroath... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 02:27
Still a world record, but I can't imagine how it could have been. It's more than one goal every 3 minutes. Probably Zappa will score even more here. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 04:23
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Frank would have voted for Horslips; just to be different! |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 07:42
Not being silly at all. They are both incredible pieces of work. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 07:46
Not really like Tull, though Jim Lockhart's flute work is often compared to Ian Anderson's. There's much more of a traditional folk feel about Horslips, and they use fiddles, mandolins, concertinas and Uillean pipes a lot in the early albums. They also sing some songs in Gaelic and even Manx. This is their best known song, off The Tain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G8AJf4Xzw or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7cfNEW3pCY ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 08:43
We can agree on that but the 'vastly better' part is quite laughable, man...probably not as much as this whole cheesy world cup though.  ------------- |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 18:18
| Poll's over. Frank Zappa advances to quarterfinals. Final score 35-8. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 12 2018 at 21:02
I haven't even finished listening to this song, and I already like it better than anything I have heard from Zappa (which is not reallly all that much anyway). |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 13 2018 at 03:27
Pity others didn't take the time to listen! ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: October 13 2018 at 09:40
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I find the two recommendation's interesting. I will add Horslipa to my buying list.... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 13 2018 at 16:18
As have I. Funny how long they escaped me since I'm so into Celtic influenced music. Celtic Prog? Not sure it's a match made in Heaven, but it does have me highly intrigued.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 13 2018 at 16:49
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I adore Sheik Yerbouti, and Frank was a mad genius, but after careful consideration, I voted for Horslips for their equally important significance in the broad, broad world of prog. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: October 14 2018 at 04:01
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Horslips are my most Vinyl/CD/Cassette collected artist; in fact my moniker on Discogs is "Horslips". So if you are on the Discogs database and you see a contributor called Horslips; it's me! They were truly unique and diverse...they ended up being new wave; still with a hint of Celtic instruments. Love them.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 14 2018 at 13:36
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If this poll has introduced a few people to the music of the most influential band ever to come out of Ireland (as U2 admit, they were inspired by Horslips), that's great news. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 14 2018 at 14:37
To me, "Irish rock" = Thin Lizzy, Horslips, Mama's Boys. U2 doesn't even count.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 14 2018 at 21:38
Yep. Although I would add in some Rory Gallagher and some Gary Moore. Also some Irish punk with Dropkick Murphy's, Flogging Molly, and The Pogues. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 03:33
Horslips were an enormous influence on The Pogues. Philip Chevron from the Pogues was an avid Horslips fan; even interviewing them for his school paper back in 1972 and ended up being a great friend of the band Below is one of his quotes from a Pogues forum where Chevron discusses Horslips and there influence on him "Horslips (especially) were one of the greatest live acts I've
ever seen - it was like they opened the door to a whole new Ireland of
possibilities and invited all us Irish kids to walk in and discover it
for ourselves." Here is the complete forum
http://pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16763" rel="nofollow - http://pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16763 |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 07:32
It's nice stuff, I'd listened to it before but not for a very long time, I don't get the "vastly better than anything Zappa has done" but I'm glad I listened to the two albums you recommended and have noted them for further exploration. Thanks! ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 07:34
If they are even partly to blame for U2 that's enough to damn them for eternity ;) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 12:13
Oh, certainly! GARY MOORE! A monster guitarist. Pat McManus is Gary Moore, Part Deux! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 12:14
That's like saying Deep Purple should be damned for inspiring all the guitarists who later joined hair metal bands in the '80s. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 12:37
Hey the guilty need to be named & held accountable! ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 15 2018 at 16:29
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LOL. The progenitors can't be responsible for what came later. ;) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 17 2018 at 19:42
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Zappa ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |