holy jesus on a biscuit! this is painful!

mabra70 wrote:
One of my all-time favourite bands and one that is surely missing here! But she did not do the most of the songwirting there, so the credits read. BTW, have to go check what happened to the guy that did the songwriting.

I thought for a minute this was Patty Griffin (had been listening to Children Running Through earlier).

I like it, shame that if earlier posts are to be believed, that her music isn't consistent with this.

Hell, this is the kind of music the world needs to listen to more often. The muslims, the fighting irish, the warring kurds. Her face is pretty too. Nice to hear some good new stuff.

Flows well. Puts me in good mood. And, as wrong as this is, I really like that expression on her face on the album cover.

daveesh wrote: glorious

radiojunkie wrote: Ha! I don't quite agree, but I always appreciate a good play on words.

dreadpixie wrote:

Speaking of demons and gaming, anyone play World of Warcraft? A Bell, Candle and Wheel are used in the warlock summoning ritual for the warlock to learn how to summon his Dreadsteed demon mount. This song is one item off from that. The comments below about the 3 items in the song being used to help exorcise a demon made me smile, thinking that one item off and you can summon one instead.

Great voice but since Fairground Attraction she doesn't reach that level anymore.

Shimmer wrote: Interestin' bit of trivia apart from which the song is bliss!

A bell, a book, and a candle: Nethack anyone?

Very, very nice.... I'm in a quite, comfortable place now... thank you.

ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: Man, that was a great game. -mt-

Marr wrote: Agreed, this sounds a lot like Shawn Colvin, I like it!

If you know someone who's named their cat Pyewacket, it's a good bet they've seen this movie.

Got the album - pretty voice!

It's also traditionally used to excomunicate somebody in Catholism. Wikipedia: Bell, book, and candle is an archaic method of excommunication for one who had committed a particularly grievous sin. Apparently introduced around the late 9th century, the practice was once used by the Roman Catholic Church. This ceremony involved a bishop, with 12 priests, reciting an oath on the altar: "We separate him, together with his accomplices and abettors, from the precious body and blood of the Lord and from the society of all Christians; we exclude him from our Holy Mother, the Church in Heaven, and on earth; we declare him excommunicate and anathema; we judge him damned, with the Devil and his angels and all the reprobate, to eternal fire until he shall recover himself from the toils of the devil and return to amendment and to penitence." After reciting this the priests would respond "So be it!" The bishop would ring a bell to evoke a death toll, close a holy book to symbolize the excommunicant's separation from the church, and snuff out a candle or candles, knocking them to the floor to represent the target's soul being extinguished and removed from the light of God. editrix wrote:

Veritas wrote: It's the traditional method of exorcising a ghost or demon. Using bell, book, and candle. Very British, Scottish, Celtic. Sometimes, in this country, it's misunderstood to refer to witchcraft, but it's just good 'ol ghost busting, so to speak.

This deserves a 10 and nothing else.

This is, like, the ultimate whitebread new age feminist chick song ever, in the history of the world. group hug everyone?

cupcakegirrrl wrote:

i want to hook up 12,000 volts of natural energy to this womans choad to WAKE HER THE HELL UP!

Boring and forgettable, but it reminded me of Zork.

A wee bit too artsy-fartsy for my tastes.

Hairfarmer! It's OUR song!!!

Gentle, haunting, and lovely.

radiojunkie wrote: I really liked this the first time I heard it. So I bought the CD, and hated everything else on the disc, thought it was a fluke, went and bought her first CD, hated everything on it as well, and now, inevitably, I don't care for this song anywhere, either. Damn you, Napster! Come back! Be what you were! I need you so much!

bored and i generally like slow music

Wow, I thought this was Emmylou. What a great voice.

Sorry, a little too perfectly tame for my tastes. More like Eddi Reader's Digest.

a lovely tune, a rising moon; a rising moon, a lovely tune

Lovely.

trekhead wrote: "Fairground Attraction, Fairport Convention; Fairport Convention, Fairground Attraction."

She sounds alot like Colvin. Not that that's a bad thing at all.

/me also likes this a lot.

I like this plenty. Very nice.

Beautiful voice, beautiful song. She sang at the official opening of the new Scottish parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh last month.

The Fairground Attraction CD The First of A Million Kisses is outstanding. I have a bit of solo stuff from her but need to listen to it more carefully. I've resolved the same thing about Alison Moyet.

" Eddi Reader,Eddie Vedder; Eddie Vedder, Eddi Reader"

Great song! I only know Eddie Reader as a singer who did guest vocals on Fragile Thing, the terrific single from Big Country's last album, Driving To Damascus. I loved her voice on that track, and after hearing this song, I'll have to check out her solo album.

Saw Eddi at Cambridge Folk Festival quite a few years ago, just after Fairground Attraction had died a death. Wish I'd appreciated her more then. This song's typically Celtic. I've got an album of her singing Robbie Burns songs. A bit "specialist", but brilliant nonetheless.

Carissa wrote: This Scottish woman is one of the most fabulously talented & inspiring singers in the lesser known music world. She was the lead singer for Fairground Attraction and has had several solo albums since. Check out Mirmama, Angels & Electricity, & the self-titled Eddi Reader if you liked this song. Truly blissful. I follow music that moves me when it happens to come 'round NYC, but rarely venture a few miles farther than that. Eddi had me travelling to MA & PA to see her engrossing shows, and well worth it. But, I fawn..... Last tidbit--- she sang the lead on that song by the 80's group Gang of Four that went," I love a man in a uniform..."

Patrick wrote: Was also a fantastic movie with Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lancaster and Kim Novak! Totally Charming! This group is also charming so, je n' sais pas, Cowboy Junkies.

Veritas wrote: Well, here's one version. I disavow any knowledge of this web site. This post will self-destruct in 5 seconds..... https://www.occultopedia.com/b/bell_book_candle.htm

Anyone know what the significance of bell, book, and candle is? (if any)

Great song Pear. Thanks for the upload.

Well, after 2 bad uploads I guess it finally came through. Thanks for adding Rebecca. This one ranks high on my Most Moving Lyrics list.

Gives me a warm glow inside. Wonderful.

This is one of those great songs RP introduced me to. Right up there with "In These Shoes?" by Kirsty MacColl.

Carissa wrote: She used to sing with the band Fairground Attraction, and she sings on that wonderful world music compilation "1 Giant Leap"

Well, that was completely gorgeous from top to bottom. Can anybody tell me more about this lovely artist?