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Ashley MacIsaac — Sleepy Maggie
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drewd
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 20:38
 
She's trying to tell me something.. I just know it .. But I'm not sure what ......
goozer321
(Maidstone, Kent)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 08:13
 
Was deep in thought and was pulled out by something really annoying in the background - this dibbedy dibberdy rubbish.

GarageDragon
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 08:12
 
She sang so fast that she forgot to sing well.
Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 00:52
 
annoying....

justsomeone
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 16:58
 
 zipper wrote:
 
Bump

mrsquid
(North San Diego Coast)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:48
 
Ashley came out to our local radio station 15-or-so years ago for a "listener concert". Very nice man. While his warm-up band was playing, Ashley noticed my then-3-year-old daughter doing her "sugar magnolia" dance out in the lot. He gave her a doll. Bert from Bert & Ernie. She had no idea where the doll came from, just appreciated having a partner. The radio station had set up a stage in the parking lot and he nearly tore the thing down by stomping and dancing while playing that fiddle. By that point everybody was dancing, cars stopped to listen, snarling local traffic. Good times.

d48m02h1918
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:40
 
Am I crazy, or is the singer off-key? {#Sorry}

(Based on these noises, she is off-kilter fa sho!!)  

25demayo
(dreaming of an asado)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:39
 
Ditto. 

 TJS wrote:
4>2
 



TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:38
 
4>2

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 00:15
 
Ack. Next please.

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 01:25
 
Ugly cover art, kooky inaccessible music — I guess it's safe to say they're not sell outs.

thalula
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 01:25
 
India meets Scottland (my first association)

richlister
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 01:23
 
Say again love? No, missed it, say again? again? Yeah, didn't quite catch that? Again? Sorry, don't understand Hooble.

SinisterDexter
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 12:54
 
 iscoot4peace wrote:
Sounds like the Hobbit national Anthem.  Bow your heads everyone... while Frodo lights the torch.
 
I was thinking Ewok national anthem, but same difference.

toomanyollys
(43.360368,77.020855)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 02:21
 
 handyrae wrote:

Terrible? No. Not particularly good? Yes.
 
This is so much worse than "not particularly good".

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 08:00
 
Always have like Ashley, saw him years ago in a small club in Iowa of all places.  The energy he put into the show and fiddle playing was just amazing.

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 08:00
 
 ckcotton wrote:
Good GOD this IS TERRIBLE!
 
Terrible? No. Not particularly good? Yes.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 12:35
 
I am not a hater, this is lameness. . . 

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 12:33
 
 bchartier wrote:
Haters will hate
This is an awesome
 

I'm not a hater. This is not awesome.

ckcotton
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 19:40
 
Good GOD this IS TERRIBLE!

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Sep 07, 2011 - 21:05
 
I might be part Scottish.......My mother-in-laws-husband was born in Scotland, but he was a Canadien when he died.  Bless his soul.
Here's to Harry Speedie!  (i''m not making this up)

bchartier
(Toronto, Ontario Canada)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 21:45
 
Haters will hate
This is an awesome

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 06:08
 
fredriley wrote:
...to my knowledge Nova Scotia was settled by Highland Scots kicked off their lands in the Highland Clearances (an early example of the obscene phrase 'ethnic cleansing')...
Not exclusively, but thanks for the notes on Scots in Nova Scotia. Guess the name gives a clue. Better known in the Southern US as the second homeland of the Acadian people. They left France due to famine, Nova Scotia due to British 'ethnic cleansing' (and some loyalty-to-the-Crown issues) and nearly left south Louisiana (in the sense of heritage) via the US Government English-only policy imposed in schools after draft efforts in WWI failed due to language and cultural communication issues.

The culture is thriving today, thank goodness, and great music continues to be made because of it. http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hisacad1.htm


Akaiila
(London, UK)
Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 05:59
 
Just catchy enough to be truly annoying... impressive. And torture.

maxgruv
(Surrey, BC, Canada)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 18:54
 
This song rates just underneath "Who Let The Dogs Out?" on my list of All-Time Most Annoying Songs.

nmatavka
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 11:14
 
Had given it a 2 rating.  I've reconsidered... this pile of equine excrement deserves that number which is so rarely awarded by me... one.

ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 02:44
 
 Stingray wrote:
THIS SONG IS ANOTHER PROOF THAT

"MULTI-CULTI" IS BULLSHIT!!!
I beg to differ.


Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 06:00
 
 bobcat1963 wrote:
wat een idioot kabouter plop dansje ;-(

kabouter plop
 
Deze CD heeft Bill zeker gratis meegekregen van het Kruidvat.

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:47
 
 fredriley wrote:

I certainly don't want to be contradicting a native Canadian, but to my knowledge Nova Scotia was settled by Highland Scots kicked off their lands in the Highland Clearances (an early example of the obscene phrase 'ethnic cleansing'). I've seen monuments to the clearances in various villages which refer to ships sailing to the East US and Canada, including NS. I certainly wouldn't want to say that most of NW Canada is of Highland origin, because as you point out there are other provinces other than NS, but unless my info and reading is way off NS and Cape Breton are of Highland origin, and indeed Gaelic is being actively spoken and taught up there.

 
I think the correction is to your mention of NW Canada - that would be British Columbia. I think you mean eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, etc.)



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:34
 
 westslope wrote:

Correction:   Parts of South EAST Canada is populated by a Highland diaspora......  In the local dialect, Atlantic Canada includes the Maritimes provinces New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island (PEI) as well as the province of Newfoundland and Labrador which joined Canadian confederation in 1949

 
I certainly don't want to be contradicting a native Canadian, but to my knowledge Nova Scotia was settled by Highland Scots kicked off their lands in the Highland Clearances (an early example of the obscene phrase 'ethnic cleansing'). I've seen monuments to the clearances in various villages which refer to ships sailing to the East US and Canada, including NS. I certainly wouldn't want to say that most of NW Canada is of Highland origin, because as you point out there are other provinces other than NS, but unless my info and reading is way off NS and Cape Breton are of Highland origin, and indeed Gaelic is being actively spoken and taught up there. I know of one teacher (Finlay Macleod, or Fionnlagh MacLeòid in the Gaelic) who gets a lot of business for his patented "Total Immersion Programme" up there. And, as I wrote, I was actually taught intermediate Gaelic last summer at the Gaelic college in Skye (the best place ever to study, absolutely stunning location) by a Nova Scotian.  It's awful strange hearing the Scots Gaelic in a Canadian accent...



The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:33
 
First time I heard of this guy, he was opening for the Bare Naked Ladies.  He blew them away.

He also does a killer cover of "Stayin' Alive"

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:31
 
 bobcat1963 wrote:
wat een idioot kabouter plop dansje ;-(

kabouter plop
 

HOLLAND - I AGREE!

YOU ARE AMONG THE PROOF THAT "MULTI-CULTI" DOES NOT WORK!

TOGETHER WITH ASHLEY MAC "INDIA" ISAAC

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:30
 
THIS SONG IS ANOTHER PROOF THAT

"MULTI-CULTI" IS BULLSHIT!!!

sfearll
(Sunny SoCal)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:29
 
this is a great album, great fiddling by a relative youngster (at the time)...

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:28
 
Diggin that fiddle!!{#Boohoo}

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 16:35
 
This could easily go wrong. But it kinda works in moderation.

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 02:28
 
wat een idioot kabouter plop dansje ;-(

kabouter plop

iscoot4peace
Posted: Feb 15, 2010 - 12:13
 
Sounds like the Hobbit national Anthem.  Bow your heads everyone... while Frodo lights the torch.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Feb 15, 2010 - 12:09
 
 fredriley wrote:
 ArnoDick wrote:
Ashley MacIsaac is from an area of Cape Breton with strong Celtic roots, which gives some context to the whole Gaelic, fiddle, celtic standard situation. This isn't an experiment in "world music" or anything, it's just Ashley's upbringing.

Quite. NW Canada is populated by a Highland diaspora and Gaelic still has strong roots there, such that you can take Gaelic lessons and even degrees. When I was at the Gaelic college in Skye the last summer I was actually taught by a young woman from Nova Scotia with a degree in Gaelic.

 

Correction:   Parts of South EAST Canada is populated by a Highland diaspora......  In the local dialect, Atlantic Canada includes the Maritimes provinces New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island (PEI) as well as the province of Newfoundland and Labrador which joined Canadian confederation in 1949.

 




snickle
Posted: Feb 15, 2010 - 12:06
 
It was nice to see Ashely tearing it up for the opening cermonies of the Vancouver Olymics.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 02:10
 
 ArnoDick wrote:
Ashley MacIsaac is from an area of Cape Breton with strong Celtic roots, which gives some context to the whole Gaelic, fiddle, celtic standard situation. This isn't an experiment in "world music" or anything, it's just Ashley's upbringing.

Quite. NW Canada is populated by a Highland diaspora and Gaelic still has strong roots there, such that you can take Gaelic lessons and even degrees. When I was at the Gaelic college in Skye the last summer I was actually taught by a young woman from Nova Scotia with a degree in Gaelic.


faust13
(SoCal, USA)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 16:13
 
I bought the CD expecting the entire album would be similar to this song. Alas, this was the only good song on it.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 16:11
 
Wonderful!

Manbird
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 16:10
 
Brilliant

ArnoDick
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 07:24
 
This song was played very heavily in Canada when it was released, reaching number one on the Muchmusic countdown, so it's neat to see it getting some love outside of my home.

Ashley MacIsaac is from an area of Cape Breton with strong Celtic roots, which gives some context to the whole Gaelic, fiddle, celtic standard situation. This isn't an experiment in "world music" or anything, it's just Ashley's upbringing.

Anyways, Ashley was also kind of crazy. He published nude photos of himself, talked about his relationship with an underaged boy in an interview, and would storm off stage angrily at small shows. It seemed to lead to his self-destruction since you don't hear anything about him any more, but I imagine if he had become more well known to the public before his tirades he'd probably have ended up being remembered as a wild rockstar, rather than just a curiosity.

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 06:38
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

You seem to hate most music, so why do you put yourself through this torture? May I suggest Talk Radio....that windbag Rush Limbaugh seems about right for you.

 
Naaahhh, I'd suggest the obsequious, pompous jock-talker-cum-pseudo-current-events gasbag Keith Ubermoron just for balance (or in this case, unbalance)



walchenbach
(Puget Sound)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 18:39
 
deep forest meets celtic sound system; yuk.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:48
 
 AdyMiles wrote:
i hate this kind of music. it's just plain annoying noise. can't wait for it to end!
 
You seem to hate most music, so why do you put yourself through this torture? May I suggest Talk Radio....that windbag Rush Limbaugh seems about right for you.


etcarroll
(stuck among the Amish)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:42
 
Having grown up with this in S. Boston, I LOVE IT!

AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:40
 
i hate this kind of music. it's just plain annoying noise. can't wait for it to end!