School Me: The Waterboys

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:10 pm

Where do I begin?
Am I best off going for ther Greatest Hits CD?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:13 pm

That's where I started.
And I really need to go further.

Great songwriter.

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:20 pm

No.

Greatest Hits is not indicative of their ambient/proto-modern rock quotient. It makes them sound more like a folk band then they really are. Scott did several folk albums, but that's not all the Waterboys were about.

You need to start with A Pagan Place and This Is The Sea

Frig, in fact, I should put together a mix this weekend.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:33 pm

frostingspoon Wrote:

Frig, in fact, I should put together a mix this weekend.

That would rock!!!

or would it Folk???? bwaaahahahaah!

<---corny

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:26 pm

frostingspoon Wrote:

You need to start with A Pagan Place and This Is The Sea

I agree with the 'spoon. In fack, with the exception of "Fisherman's Blues", those two albums are the only Waterboys you really need. And whatever you do, DO NOT bother with their recent "comeback" reckid. That thing blows chunks the size of baby rhinos.

(although Mike Scott has put out some extremely good solo albums)

harry · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:21 pm

And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

Radcliffe Wrote:

frostingspoon Wrote:

You need to start with A Pagan Place and This Is The Sea

I agree with the 'spoon. In fack, with the exception of "Fisherman's Blues", those two albums are the only Waterboys you really need. And whatever you do, DO NOT bother with their recent "comeback" reckid. That thing blows chunks the size of baby rhinos.

(although Mike Scott has put out some extremely good solo albums)

yep, that's a good one.

when my ex was booking a local singer-songwriter, he wanted to put his artist on tour with the waterboys, or somehow get them connected. naturally, his first stop was waterboys.com. yeahhhh... don't go to waterboys.com unless you're into some good old fashioned water sports.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

my band does fishermans blues!!!
sadly that's the only song i know by them.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

red Wrote:

yeahhhh... don't go to waterboys.com unless you're into some good old fashioned water sports.

Heh heh heh.

Uhhh, be right back...

wenchlette · **Posted:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:03 am

nothingface Wrote:

frostingspoon Wrote:

Frig, in fact, I should put together a mix this weekend.

That would rock!!!

or would it Folk???? bwaaahahahaah!

<---corny

no guru · **Posted:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:41 pm

the real site is http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/

d · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:20 pm

Ditto on the Pagan Place/This is the Sea love.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:22 pm

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

nothingface Wrote:

frostingspoon Wrote:

Frig, in fact, I should put together a mix this weekend.

That would rock!!!

or would it Folk???? bwaaahahahaah!

<---corny

like you ever said anything funny, in like forever. like really!?!?!?

wenchlette · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:26 pm

1) I am SO funny all of the time
b) Your joke was just LAME
3) I've wanted to use that emoticon forever now

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:28 pm

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

1) I am SO funny all of the time
b) Your joke was just LAME
3) I've wanted to use that emoticon forever now

wenchlette · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:29 pm

I can't believe you're ruining your thread like this.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:31 pm

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

I can't believe you're ruining your thread like this.

i got some wonderful advice from Obs. d/l'ing the records they reccommended for me.. Now Im going out in a blaze of glory.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:51 pm

nothingface Wrote:

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

I can't believe you're ruining your thread like this.

i got some wonderful advice from Obs. d/l'ing the records they reccommended for me.. Now Im going out in a blaze of glory.

If your overused picture of the Pope's 'nigga please' is the blaze of glory of which you speak, I'd start looking for a new blaze of glory if I were you.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:58 pm

How's this?

Courtesy of Young Guns:

wenchlette · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:00 pm

That is just disturbing.

seafoam · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:08 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

my band does fishermans blues!!!
sadly that's the only song i know by them.

You need that album. We used to do that tune and When ye go away. That album is 100% goodness.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

I just bought Fisherman's Blues having never heard a note of this band and wow - so good. Especially the title track. Its one of those songs that hit me immediately. Now I need more.

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:14 pm

Am I the only one that really likes Room to Roam?

And, totally different, more rock and without the folk leanings, their debut EP with A Girl Called Johnny was really good.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

havent heard it yet dude

no guru · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:33 pm

nobody Wrote:

Am I the only one that really likes Room to Roam?

I like all The Waterboys albums and Mike Scott's solo albums. I just like a couple others more than that one.

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