tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179467970019405983.post6121330978947478771..comments2023-12-29T23:29:09.750+00:00Comments on ecopunks: Horslips/Ulster Orchestra - Irish News reviewTony Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747493009715601398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179467970019405983.post-32930956421335407342011-03-19T15:12:33.431+00:002011-03-19T15:12:33.431+00:00John, the sound mix was much neater when I listene...John, the sound mix was much neater when I listened to it again on the BBC IPlayer. During the gig I just wanted Johnny Fean and Barry Devlin to turn up their guitars. You could hear them but just needed to go up a notch to give it a bit of oomph.<br />It was an intimate gig and it was great to hear their two best albums, to my mind, getting such an extensive work out. Suppose the whole thing fell in to a 'happening' category and I do feel priveleged to have been there.Tony Bailiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747493009715601398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179467970019405983.post-12789290288247370882011-03-18T22:30:28.990+00:002011-03-18T22:30:28.990+00:00I reviewed Altan's 25th anniversary concert CD...I reviewed <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/125538-altan-25th-anniversary-celebration/" rel="nofollow">Altan's 25th anniversary concert CD</a> w/ RTE's orchestra: not that bad, but the massed strings did overwhelm some softer tunes. So, I wonder how Horslips stood up against similar dynamics? I trust that they stuck to songs that could take the shift in tone and scope? The whole symphony meets rock concoction's not my preferred way to hear even my best-loved bands, but perhaps "you had to be there" to get the full thunder and dew, the combined delivery that after all Horslips excelled in melding and mixing.John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.com