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Mànran are hoping to be the first band in the 21st century to take a Gaelic songs into the official UK top 40.

 

The song, “Latha Math,” (pronounced LAA MA) was written by Norrie MacIver and will be released on the 17th of January. It will be available for download only on Foot Stompin', iTunes, Play.com, MOG, Emusic, We7.com, Napster, Tesco digital.

 

 

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Went to see Paul Heaton last night at The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton. He was on good form and some of his lyrics written 25 years ago, such as

 

Paupers will be paupers, bankers will be bankers

Some own pennies in a jar, some own oil tankers

What may sound like tomorrow could be ours today

There's no more need for sorrow if we get off our knees to pray

 

Time to end the praying

Listen what they're saying

 

Get up off your knees

You can wag your finger till your finger's sore

Shake your head till it shakes no more

 

Countries will be countries, borders will be borders

Some have lost their folks at war, some have given orders

Don't wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away

Don't shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today

 

are just as relevant and thought-provoking as the ones he’s writing now, such as these from the 55 verse new album title track, Acid Country.

 

Let aristocrats and ruling class

Die trying to cross their moat

Or accidentally catch themselves

On rusty nail or spoke

 

Let the middle classes blind themselves

With disapproving glance

And impale themselves upon the rail

Of never giving chance

 

And their call for war on poverty

Is a smokescreen we don't need

'Cause the only war worth fighting for

Is a war on their pure greed

 

 

Now that's what I call quite brilliant.

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Went to see Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & The True Loves at Manchester’s Sound Control last night.

 

Reed brings a modern slant to mid-60s soul music. To say that he wouldn’t have been out of place on a touring Stax/Volt soul revue from that era is the best compliment I can pay him. He sang, shouted and screamed with a passion that would have impressed James Brown. He also included some haunting slower songs, in a Sam Cooke style, and showed that he’s also an excellent rhythm guitarist.

 

The main difference from last time I saw him, over two years ago, was that he’s lost his brass section – probably one of the cuts arising from the economic recession – I blame the Coalition!

 

The crowd included a wide age-range from about 14 upwards, and they were willing to party like it was 1965, genuinely clamouring for a hip-shakin’ encore, rather than standing about waiting for the inevitable one to happen.

 

P.S. For those who give two hoots for omens, on the way home a barn owl flew across the road in front of the car. A good omen for Exeter? :unsure:

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I'm listening to the sound of a penny dropping.

 

Is the Puressence album good, then? I didn't bother with them again after Planet Helpless. Only Forever's one of my favourite albums ever though.

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I can't* stop listening to Straight Outta Compton and Illmatic at the moment.

 

*I can, I listen to other stuff as well.

 

Wasting Light - Foo Fighters

 

and today discovered drummer Taylor Hawkins' spin off band Taylor Hawkins and the Coattrail Riders, great album very retro…

 

link

 

Obviously not as 'wind-swept' and interesting as you lot…but hey ho……….

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