http://cruachan.metalfan.nl/media_archives/cru_mp/cruachan_pagan_sample.mp3
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Mukade
ā¦interesting. Certainly not my cup of tea. I wish somebody would remove those hitler smilies from the emoticon menu. No offense to you Mukade, but I find images of that felow (and what he stood for) somewhat disturbing.
It looks like Hitler, but actually itās our moderator, rich.
ā¦Rich, you oughta lose the 'stach. 
āNot my cup of teaā¦ā
Well, thatās handling it with tongs, Joseph. 
I thought it was bloody vapid.
dude thatās horrible 
mmmmm
Well, I cannot tell a lie, wellā¦
Thats me on that Crurachanwhateverthingy it was done a few 2 or 3 years ago now. They actualy are very nice lads but awful taste in music. If they stuck to the death metal theyā be grand but they do the big grungy guitar thing and then straight into a little twee jiggy jig jig,
And the lyrics are like, āWeāre all going to dieā¦with sunshine and lollipopsā. Again, very nice guys though.
Well, the 2 and a half hours in the studio paid ALL my bills that month and the some.
Iām sure Iām not the only one out there in C and F land that has done some dodgy recordings or at least something unusual anyway.
Come on, own up.
If anyone replies Iāll point you all in the direction of another ārockā band that I recorded with.
Tommy
Nano wrote:āI thought it was bloody vapid.ā
ā¦uhā¦I meant to say thatā¦really.
Tommy, you are a brave man who has huge Kahunas for owning up to that confession. The rest of us ought to take your example and purge our guilty consciences, thereby giving our hearts and minds a new lease on lifeā¦when dogs sing christmas carols in hell.
Okay, it behooves me to bare my own ugly secret since I shot my virtual mouth off. I hope it gives me some atonement.
I did a recording with the Minnesota Boy Choir, and one of the pieces was a load of dreck titled āFergus anā Mollyā, penned by Bollywoodās own Vijay Singh (not the golfer, but the prolific soundtrack composer to the Indian film industry). Accompanied by piano, I played the flute bits (and not at my best), which were originally intended for the recorder. Imagine that. The song was supposed to sound āIrishā, I suppose, but actually had a Spanish cast to its sound, and the lyrics were about an old codger stalking a redhaired bit of jailbait who skipped mindlessly forever through all Cumberland (England, I assume), and long after his demise one might hear his ghostly voice calling after her. I can only imagine that Mr. Singh was drawing on his fund of Western European/Hibernian/Caledonian cultural chops such as they are for that one. Yes, I prostituted myself, and maybe only a bill or two got paid for my indiscretion. I drank the rest out of shame. The choirās director might have asked for a bit of input before setting sail with such a sterile caricature, as there is a wealth of legit stuff already out there to be interpreted. But no; and I kept my yap shut and slept with the devil in spite of my alarm.
Iād forgot all about that. My humility is renewed. sigh
BTW, Tommy, one of the things I didnāt like about the recording was that I couldnāt hear the pipes very well!!
Um ā¦ gee, I ā¦ kinda ā¦ liked it ā¦actually 
If they can afford to record, and pay you for your time, Tommy, they must attract some sort of audience. As goofy as they sound, letās not lose sight of practical matters, here. It gives me great hope for my own feeble efforts.
djm
Come to think of it, Iām not sure if I was recorded on āFergus anā Mollyā, after all, but I did perform it twice in public with recording equipment all over the place. The choir went to New Zealand with a Boehm flute player. That playerās work may have been used. I donāt recall now. I also recorded with them on a medieval Spanish pilgrimās devotional dance piece called Cuncti Simus. That saw the choir, myself on trad flute again, piano, dumbek, and the director intermittently tinging with flourish on a pair of finger cymbals. āEclecticā does not describe.
Tommy,
Brilliant work. That must have been such fun!!
Coming from Cornwall, Iāve played for quite an array of Pagan bollox, people jumping about in medieval clothes all Hey Nonnynonny (no offence to any Payguns out there). I usually wake the next morning feeling embarrassed.
And some very dodgy cutnpaste piping on an album called āAll the Rivers Goldā by Terry Oldfield.
Now Tommy, you were mentioning enough recording? 
And for good measure, when asked to play the funeral of a respected Camden publican, I said to the bereaved wife āyouāll recognise me, Iāll be the guy at the gate with the wooden boxā Ahem
Alan
Cheers boys,
It was good crack recording that cd but there was one other track we did that is as close to fingernails on a chalkboard as youāll get. I canāt exactly remember the way the tune went but I do remember offering an alternative harmony line because the existing one was as far out as a lighthouseā¦
Djm, these lads are busy as hell all over Europe. They sold something like 25,000 copies of their previous CD in Russia!!! of all places, and theyāre shight.
Alan there is another thing I did with a band called Dare, kind of a bland Bon Jovi outfit but the lead singer, Darren Wharton use to play with Thin Lizzy! Thats my roundabout claim to fame. There was a website that had some mp3 of the cd but I cant find it. Just as well, one song was in B major, which is tricky on a D chanterā¦
Hopefully Iāll have a second solo cd done by the end of the year to atone for my musical wanderings.
Tommy
Hic..Shoorly shum mishtake!!! 
Slan Go Foill
Uilliam
Hmm ā¦ how about āIron Leprechaunā? - āMetal Shamrockā? - āHellās Shebeenā? - āCurried Chipsā? (oops, I think that oneās taken).
djm
[quote= Tommy, you are a brave man who has huge Kahunas for owning up to that confession. The rest of us ought to take your example and purge our guilty consciences,[/quote]
No joke
Much respect Tommy. Hope youāre not offended by my comment. I confess to recording some pretty bad junk in the past as well.
Later
Iām certainly not offended by anyones comments here, all in good sport.
Mind you I found another one of me from a cd by a ārockā band called Dare.
http://totofanfrance.free.fr/Audio/D_%20We%20Were%20Friends.ram
Colourful comments welcome .
Tommy
This is totally unrealted to the topic at hand, but I just have to plug these guys.
http://www.millahuilerud.com
Theyāre sgoinneal.
I liked the part with the Pipes it would be better with Punk as you guys all probably know such as with Flogging Molly and The Pogues.
Jaysus T,
Iāve just realised what Iāve been doing wrong all these years! Itās all Rowsome for me from now on in baby. BTW, you ever get round to trying those panpipes?
Side drum and fiddle is a much better ideaā¦ oh yeah, and a mullet. Donāt forget the mullet.
Regards,
H.