eyeball
(Winnipeg) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2007 - 11:48 | |
Actually... check the dates:
1988: Fisherman's Blues
1989: Carry Me
It's sad but true! Though I doubt that any copying was intentional. Knowing The Levs like I do, they are key on originality...
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Mari
(www.broomecam.com) | | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 19:24 | |
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physicsgenius
(90% of everything is crap) | | Posted: May 04, 2006 - 05:47 | |
I originally gave this a 4 because it was bland but inoffensive. But now I have to give it a 2 because it is also endless.
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mach-hog
(wild blue...) | | Posted: May 04, 2006 - 05:43 | |
Nothing new in this derivative pub junk... boring.
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Govi
(Left Coast) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 08:01 | |
Like a terrible collision of the Pogues and ersatz country music. *watches (and listens to) the wreckage pile up*
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jdorn1
(The land of Cheese and Milk) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2005 - 11:52 | |
ptegan wrote:
Except for the fact that this song came out 1 YEAR before the Waterboys released Fisherman Blues :)
Well then, it looks like Mike Scott and the Waterboys stole the fiddle part and came up with a masterpiece, which Fishermans Blues arguably is. Traditional and Pop at the same time, it packed with heart wrenching strings and stories.
If Scott was influenced by the Levellers, then I think maybe it was a good thing because Fisherman's Blues was so very differenct from what the Waterboys had created. |
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babygirl614
(Green Bay, WI) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2005 - 11:47 | |
Sounds like the Alarm as well.
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Govi
(Left Coast) | | Posted: Dec 08, 2005 - 22:55 | |
Dullsville. And whiny, too.
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Whirlpool
(Uranus) | | Posted: Nov 09, 2005 - 16:09 | |
Very Nice. Almost like a lullaby.
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ptegan
(Paris) | | Posted: Oct 11, 2005 - 09:23 | |
joempie wrote:this sounds a lot like the waterboys fisherman's blues...
good song, but not too original.
Except for the fact that this song came out 1 YEAR before the Waterboys released Fisherman Blues :) |
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rainfairy
(SoCal) | | Posted: May 31, 2005 - 11:24 | |
aharamanx wrote:
LOL. A little Pogues in there as well.
It does sound like a mish-mash of a few different familiar tunes, which I actually don't mind. The message of being there for your copatriot carries it along. A little on the band: http://www.folkworld.de/20/e/cds4.html
Okay, now I'd like to go level some pints and dance in the rain.
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bebe
(Southern California) | | Posted: May 16, 2005 - 19:30 | |
not impressed....  |
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SuperWeh
(51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2005 - 03:40 | |
stevebeaver wrote:A guy I used to work with was really into these guys. I never really got it, but then again I ain't Irish.  They are from Brighton. |
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eyelykearrpee
| | Posted: Jan 04, 2005 - 10:13 | |
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MikeWC
| | Posted: Jan 04, 2005 - 10:12 | |
*petrol bombs the state*
This song always makes me want to be an anarchist.
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phineas
(Wales) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2004 - 14:48 | |
joempie wrote:this sounds a lot like the waterboys fisherman's blues...
good song, but not too original.
Definitely --- the fiddle is a dead-on rip. |
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joempie
| | Posted: Nov 06, 2004 - 07:15 | |
this sounds a lot like the waterboys fisherman's blues...
good song, but not too original.
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RichardPrins
(Ω³) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2004 - 12:59 | |
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stevebeaver
(Fairfax, VA) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2004 - 12:58 | |
A guy I used to work with was really into these guys. I never really got it, but then again I ain't Irish. |
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MikeWC
| | Posted: Oct 07, 2004 - 17:49 | |
I know I commented on this song the last time it played... but I'm pretty sure it's not the same version. Is this live, or something?
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MikeWC
| | Posted: Sep 08, 2004 - 08:50 | |
Time to firebomb the state!  |
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ANNE_MARIE
(The Ozark Mountains) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2004 - 12:38 | |
simple, nice message, bouncy...what's not to like?
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Alexandra
(Ohioville) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2004 - 12:35 | |
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
They've been busted!!!!!!! Ask George Harrison, lawsuits are no fun!
It is VERY similar, but not close enough for lawsuits! Many Celtic folk riffs are very similar...so they don't even bother! This one's in a minor key and FB is major.
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JokesandJokesandJokes
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Marley wrote:Sounds a lot like Fisherman's Blues from the Waterboys. The fiddle solo is almost note for note. But I like it though...as I like the Waterboys too!
They've been busted!!!!!!! Ask George Harrison, lawsuits are no fun! |
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Marley
(Portland, Or) | | Posted: Jun 29, 2004 - 11:53 | |
Sounds a lot like Fisherman's Blues from the Waterboys. The fiddle solo is almost note for note. But I like it though...as I like the Waterboys too!
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Darkmatter
(Sweden) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 01:53 | |
Levellers!!! I had nigh on forgotten all about them and how good they were (are)! Thanks for the timely reminder. ;)
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karenlach18
(New York, NY) | | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 19:16 | |
Just heard the Levellers for the first time. Great sound on - "Carry Me" . I hope to hear more from them on Radio Paradise!
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apressman
(That's classified) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2004 - 10:31 | |
and I thought I was the only one who played harmonica in an Irish band.
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britrock
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Jan 02, 2004 - 05:02 | |
Yee-hah, great song from the Levellers!! "15 years" is one of my favourites of theirs - but just great to hear anything.
You can't beat RP!!
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DH
(Las Vegas, NV) | | Posted: Jun 11, 2003 - 09:44 | |
Great song! Good work Bill!!  |
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