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From: jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: net.music.folk
Subject: Re: Who/what is Clannad?
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 17:52:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 17:52:48 1985
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In article <7504@watrose.UUCP> gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit) writes:
>
>Ever heard of Clannad?
>
>Last weekend I watched a late-night movie, "Harry's Game" ( British, 1983).
>It is set in Northern Ireland and is about a British undercover agent on
>a mission to find an IRA assasin.  As the movie ends (rather sadly), the
>most beautiful Irish folk sounding (but then I might be completely wrong)
>song is played in the background (female voice(s)).  The titles gave
>credit to Clannad for the final song, but no further information, not
>even the song title - but then the titles rushed by so fast, I might 
>have missed something.
>
>Does anyone know more about the group/singer and maybe record labels/names?

The group was indeed 'Clannad'. The song was (strangly enough!) "Theme
from Harry's game" and is on their newest album "Magical Ring".

This group is a very interesting one. I have some of their earlier stuff
on some obscure label with fairly drab cover pictures of them standing
around in traditional(?) irish wool work clothes and bland expressions.
The music on the earlier label is all very traditional irish. Nice, but
somewhat run-of-the-mill. A couple of albums run in this vein (with brilliant
names like: "Clannad" and "Clannad 2") and then suddenly, *POOF*!!
"Magical Ring" is released. On the RCA label! Misty cover photo with
them all in tres-chic outfits in an avant-garde setting.  At first
appearance, it looks like they've 'sold out'. Well, they may have gone
for the bucks, but in this case it did nothing but give them the tools
they needed to turn out a REALLY FINE album. Definately their best work.
Traditional? Well.. If this is one of the directions irish music is heading,
I like it. Active use of synthesizers and modern instruments blend with
traditional instruments and styles for a very different style of folk/rock.
They follow an interesting pattern on the album where each song alternates
between gallic and english. I recommend the album highly, I can hardly
wait to see what they do next.
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