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"These are dangerous days
To say what you feel is to lay your own grave"
I'll go down swinging that this is a top ten all-time song.
March 20th, NYC's Carnegie Hall, tribute concert for her and Shane McGowan.
Feb 13, 2024
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Shane MacGowan died today. He led one of Ireland's greatest bands. This July, my dad sang "A Rainy Night in Soho" as my cousin walked down the isle. There wasn't a dry eye.
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell
Now this song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
Nov 30, 2023
I've listened to so much Irish folk music since Shane MacGowan's passing and it really is a salve like no other. Always rousing and joyful while recounting life's endless hardships. Defiant. Beautiful.
Jan 28, 2024
There at the Kent State shootings. ๐
There at the creation of the Sex Pistols ๐ซ
There for the birth of alt-rock. ๐ถ
Still standing.
Her voice is perhaps the best of the past forty years - she could sing the dictionary and I would still listen.
โYou arrived like a day, and passed like a cloud/ I made a wish, I said it out loudโ
I wish I had written that.
Feb 21, 2024
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The man responsible for dozens of Teenage Symphonies to God
"Sad songs about happy things" (the first time, as a kid, I can recall the sweet/sour combo of melodies that could make you cry attached to songs about endless, bottomless love)
I've long since lost track of how many weddings and funerals I've attended that have featured this song; suffice it to say, "a lot."
God only knows what we'd been without him ๐๐ป
Jun 11, 2025
May 22, 2025
Hey tyler hopefully this doesnโt violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I canโt wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! โค๏ธ
Mar 27, 2024