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Afro Celt Sound System — Release
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philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 17:41
 
 Pyro wrote:
I love these guys but IMHO this isn't one of their best efforts.
 
I don't know if it's one of their best or not.  I just know I was listening just now on my smartphone and had to come log-onto my PC so I could change my rating of this song:  9 => 10  May not be their best, but I don't care, a 10 is a 10.

philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 10:50
 
 Pyro wrote:
I love these guys but IMHO this isn't one of their best efforts.
 
I'm not sure I agree with you or not, but in any case, so what?

ferwoman
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 11:38
 
 ScottN wrote:
Sinead adds to this fine song.
 
Exactly! I was just noticing that when I saw your comment. Perfectly nuanced.

Just bumped up my rating. Really hits my mood today. 

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 17:22
 
Sinead adds to this fine song.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 21:44
 
Where is Alan Stivell when we need him?

tjnor
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 12:26
 
 icemang wrote:
Glad I clicked in to read the comments, I was guessing your woman might be Mary Black. I agree with someone down there that the male voice is oddly cheesy but I like the synthsized pipes near the end. Perhaps the "Eh, fook'n hell" thing isn't by accident? Who knows.
 

Are you sure the pipes are synthesized?


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 12:14
 
...this sounds quite nice flowing out of cosmic love...

icemang
(Boston & DC, mostly)
Posted: May 05, 2011 - 07:04
 
Glad I clicked in to read the comments, I was guessing your woman might be Mary Black. I agree with someone down there that the male voice is oddly cheesy but I like the synthsized pipes near the end. Perhaps the "Eh, fook'n hell" thing isn't by accident? Who knows.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: May 05, 2011 - 07:01
 
Nice!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 05, 2011 - 06:59
 
 socalhol wrote:
Powerful song.  Maybe I still like it so much because I heard about the meaning behind the song when I first heard it.  It is a tribute to their band mate who died suddenly.  The lyrics are from his perspective, from beyond.  They were grieving at the time they wrote this song.
 
Thanks for that - I had no idea this was the case. It does add another poignant dimension to the song, right enough.


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 13:01
 
 fredriley wrote:

Yer man's singing in Irish Gaelic, but I can't find the Irish lyrics on a quick search. Oh, and yer woman's Sinead O'Connor. I've rated ACSS very highly as a fine 'world music' experiment kicked off by Peter Gabriel, and would love to see them live before they dissolve themselves as I believe they're intending to do this year. 9 from the Nottingham jury.

 
There's also some lyrics in Malinke.  Equally impossible to find.  {#Frown}

RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 12:56
 
 socalhol wrote:
Powerful song.  Maybe I still like it so much because I heard about the meaning behind the song when I first heard it.  It is a tribute to their band mate who died suddenly.  The lyrics are from his perspective, from beyond.  They were grieving at the time they wrote this song.
 
But Sinead wrote the lyrics.  The band members were all too close to the situation to articulate it.

By the way, the bass on this song blew out the speakers in my car years ago.



socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 15:20
 
Powerful song.  Maybe I still like it so much because I heard about the meaning behind the song when I first heard it.  It is a tribute to their band mate who died suddenly.  The lyrics are from his perspective, from beyond.  They were grieving at the time they wrote this song.

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 01:38
 
Peel of the layers of ethno and leave it as minimal electro with her voice and just might be ok... But as it is it's gruesome.

posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 11:08
 
Great song. Love the lyrics. Are they up to anything these days?

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 15:39
 
Cool song with depth...liking it

AngieOrwell
(Somewhere, over the rainbow)
Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 03:56
 
Her voice has been, is and will always be sooooooo nice, personal and gorgeous!!! Thanks for choosing Sinead for this song. Pitty her last album did not maintain her high standards. 

philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 11:04
 
 wferrier wrote:


I don’t know why you say that. Why are you saying that? I like this band. Where is the monkey emoticon? Bill where is the monkey emoticon!?!

 

Look further down the comments and you'd understand.

Middleton
(along for the ride)
Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 11:03
 
 rez wrote:

Does anyone else always hear this as "Eh fook'n hell". Or am I the only one ?

 
LMAO.  I just read that line as it was being sung.  Now that it has been suggested, it will be the only thing I hear in this song...


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 11:02
 
 rez wrote:
Does anyone else always hear this as "Eh fook'n hell". Or am I the only one ?
 
Fook'n right y'are, lad! It's the Afro-Celt Sound System, not t'Afro-Yorkshire Sound System. 'Appen :o)

English lyrics on a fan website - scroll down to "Volume 2: Release".


rez
Posted: Jun 08, 2009 - 16:17
 
wenatchee wrote:
In Full Kuh-no? Lyrics can't explain that . . . but I like it . . . I like it, I like it, it's good

Does anyone else always hear this as "Eh fook'n hell". Or am I the only one ?


zaedrus
(Indianapolis)
Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 09:42
 
So much yearning in this song.  I love it.



Pyro
Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 09:39
 
I love these guys but IMHO this isn't one of their best efforts.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 07:37
 
 wenatchee wrote:
In Full Kuh-no? Lyrics can't explain that . . . but I like it . . . I like it, I like it, it's good
 
Yer man's singing in Irish Gaelic, but I can't find the Irish lyrics on a quick search. Oh, and yer woman's Sinead O'Connor. I've rated ACSS very highly as a fine 'world music' experiment kicked off by Peter Gabriel, and would love to see them live before they dissolve themselves as I believe they're intending to do this year. 9 from the Nottingham jury.


wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 07:05
 
In Full Kuh-no? Lyrics can't explain that . . . but I like it . . . I like it, I like it, it's good
reason06
(Kansas City MO)
Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 07:04
 
I like sinead , I like celtic, but this is reminding me of celtic thunder, which is for old people on public television. I guess RP just isn't doing it for me today.
spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 08:08
 
I can't get past the Spandex Ballet vocal style of the male singer - sack him and the song could be a 6 or 7.
denizenusa
(Portsmouth, NH)
Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 08:04
 
But for this song, how else would you know Sinead O. could still rock?
lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Feb 21, 2008 - 08:32
 
Mugro wrote:


We humans are such imperfect beings.


And isn't that wonderful, can you imagine what life would be like if we were perfect, :puke:
wferrier
(Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory)
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 - 11:12
 
Mugro wrote:


We humans are such imperfect beings.


I don’t know why you say that. Why are you saying that? I like this band. Where is the monkey emoticon? Bill where is the monkey emoticon!?!

Candela
(Trondheim, Norway)
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 - 11:10
 
Hmmm.. Don't know what to rate this song, maybe its better to get the whole album instead, since I seem to notice ALL the songs by Afro Celt Sound System played here anyway :)
Kishori
(Austin, TX .... far far from decent pizza .....)
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 - 11:09
 
Oy, my Celtic roots! Love it!
Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 - 11:06
 
philbertr wrote:

It is beyond me how people who love music can be so petty and spiteful towards one another.


We humans are such imperfect beings.
(former member)
(Land of the Long White Cloud)
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 01:03
 
philbertr wrote:
I can't understand all of the lyrics either, but one part is quite clear:

Reach out to me,
Make effort to speak to me,
Be happy for me.

That shouldn't be too terribyly difficult, and I think it would go a long way towards soothing much of the bitterness and anger demonstrated here.

It is beyond me how people who love music can be so petty and spiteful towards one another.


Yes, well said! Music is a personal taste for people, it resonates in people's hearts. it's perfectly fine to say you don't like a song, but to harrass others on the site for their opinions is like cutting into someone's soul.

Compassion and understanding could go a long way on this board.
auburntigerrich
(The Loveliest Village on the Plains)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 16:25
 
First heard this one (edited down) on the Stigmata soundtrack. Anyone remember?

Sit back, chill, open your mind, forget your disdain, and relax. ACSS is the soul of world eclectic, and should always have a pedestal on the internet's home for eclectic, RP.

A moving track on a landmark album.
lattalo
(Bear Tooths)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 16:22
 
Shake to the left, then to the right, tap your toes, bob your head yeah it sounds that good!
jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 16:22
 
great interesting stuff, more of this genre, less of david byrned!
philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: Sep 17, 2007 - 06:05
 
I can't understand all of the lyrics either, but one part is quite clear:

Reach out to me,
Make effort to speak to me,
Be happy for me.

That shouldn't be too terribyly difficult, and I think it would go a long way towards soothing much of the bitterness and anger demonstrated here.

It is beyond me how people who love music can be so petty and spiteful towards one another.
rKokon
(MD)
Posted: Jul 16, 2007 - 07:40
 
Near the top of list of songs in terms of number of repetitions. Also maddeningly tuneless.

That is, if the title goes with the song I was hearing. I have had a lot of problems lately in which the apparently most recent song at the top of the screen isn't the one I am hearing.
keller1
(Taco Bell is a phone company in Mexico)
Posted: May 14, 2007 - 14:10
 
Ok, but not anywhere close to their best.
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 15:02
 
This is not most excellent but definitely most likable.
TheLoneIguana
(Central California)
Posted: Jan 11, 2007 - 09:21
 
Platypus wrote:

nice... so you:

1) disagree with me on a song comment, then
2) you do a very selective browsing of my song ratings - looking for just the right band that you dislike but that i rated highly (meanwhile selectively ignoring the fact that there's quite a significant amount of artist and even song overlap between your own "highest rated" list and mine) - and then
3) you turn it into a personal attack on my taste.

that's very adult of you, pal. i could easily make the exact same simpleton comment based on a search of your highest rated list... but i won't, because to do so would be moronic.


Don't feel bad. Personal attacks based on musical taste are all too common on the RP boards.

lokiwolf
Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 21:16
 
Awesome! great addition to the RP sound.
Beastie
(Living with 22 million+, same city)
Posted: May 22, 2006 - 11:33
 
I'm with Froderik: the more I hear them, the more I want to have their albums. I'll buy the whole collection, too.
bigstory
(Ottawa, Canada)
Posted: May 22, 2006 - 11:23
 
denizenusa wrote:
Tres cool.


At least to people given to saying things like 'tres cool'. ;-P
mattt
(waaaayyyyyy Upper Midwest, but not all the way up)
Posted: May 22, 2006 - 11:22
 
FreedomEngine wrote:
I love this song right up to the point where the guy starts singing. Something about men trying to vocalize on new age/ambient music that just never seems to work. I think the same thing anytime I hear Delirium.

Or Dead Can Dance.

-mt-

denizenusa
(Portsmouth, NH)
Posted: May 22, 2006 - 11:21
 
Tres cool.
Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 08:08
 
thewiseking wrote:
neither afro,
nor celt.
world fuzak.


yep... Muzak For A New Age Elevator


FreedomEngine
(Ottawa, Canada)
Posted: Mar 10, 2006 - 07:08
 
I love this song right up to the point where the guy starts singing. Something about men trying to vocalize on new age/ambient music that just never seems to work. I think the same thing anytime I hear Delirium.
Sobient
Posted: Nov 28, 2005 - 01:10
 
Got the album for quite some time. Dead solid. Hmm, 6 years since this was released. Time flies.