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Kíla — Electric Landlady
Album: The Best of Kila
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Released: 2009
Length: 4:44
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 itaytay wrote:

No sure its Irish. Sounds to me like AI-generated tune, optimized to inflict maximal pain to whomever is listening

You must be tons of fun at parties!  
Posted 2 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:


I can't toe tap or chair dance fast enough to keep up with this tune!!  
A great workout for older arthritic fingers tho! :)

Posted 6 months ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
Posted 10 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 handyrae wrote:

My toes are a-tapping! Totally thought this was an Afrocelts song I'd never heard. 



I can't toe tap or chair dance fast enough to keep up with this tune!!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 GTT wrote:

Enjoyable, and the title of the song is hilarious, as good or better than Electric Larryland.



As somebody named Larry, I respectfully disagree.
Posted 1 year ago by Pound33    [ Reply ]
 itaytay wrote:

No sure its Irish. Sounds to me like AI-generated tune, optimized to inflict maximal pain to whomever is listening



If you don't like it, hit the "skip button" and spare us from your whining!  I think it is GREAT!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 itaytay wrote:

No sure its Irish. Sounds to me like AI-generated tune, optimized to inflict maximal pain to whomever is listening



Harsh. I'm certain they're trying very hard to make you happy. I'm not sure that's possible.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
How can such a small country keep pumping out a world's worth of great musicians?!
Posted 1 year ago by bufallo    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by helloitsme    [ Reply ]
More hammered dulcimer, please
Posted 1 year ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Sound kinda like Afro Celt Sound System
Posted 1 year ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 garrettb wrote:
 
 
No sure its Irish. Sounds to me like AI-generated tune, optimized to inflict maximal pain to whomever is listening
Posted 2 years ago by itaytay    [ Reply ]
I get so tired / bored of this use of Irish music.
I'm sure most of you don't.
Play some Altan please :)
Posted 2 years ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
I recently was watching one of my favorite animated movies, The Secret Of Kells, and noticed during the credits that Kila was responsible for much of the music.  It's a story about a boy named Brendan living at the fortress of Kells, the master illuminator who arrives with the unfinished Book of Iona, the fairy girl who befriends & helps the boy, the destruction of the fortress by the Northmen, and the completion of the book by the now-adult Brendan. Beautiful score, absolutely brilliant animation (probably 6-7 different art styles, especially of the illuminated images).
Posted 2 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
Dig this tune. Never posted comments from my phone before. Doing this on an airplane flight.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 Paul_in_TO wrote:

Always reminds me of Shooglenifty [excellent Scottish band] when this song starts, then it turns into reminding me of Afro Celt Sound System as it goes on. Love that Bill is always introducing me to bands that are kind of like bands I already love.



Would be nice to hear some Shooglenifty on here (plus many other Scottish or Irish "fusion" bands)! Try Breabach, Manran, Ross Ainsley, etc. 

B
Posted 2 years ago by Sonic_Groove    [ Reply ]
Eclectic Landlady?
Posted 2 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
PRETTY GOOD! ...and, I usually hate Irish Folk Music. ...I prefer the Irish Music that drunks sing in bars, swinging their beer mugs back and forth!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 willjay wrote:

Ripped off the album name from Kirsty MacColl's "Electric Landlady" from early 90s.



"Ripped off" is  moral judgement. It could just as well be an homage to Kirsty MacColl.
Posted 3 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 GTT wrote:

Enjoyable, and the title of the song is hilarious, as good or better than Electric Larryland.



Or Hairway to Steven
Posted 3 years ago by Chongo1959    [ Reply ]
 GTT wrote:

Enjoyable, and the title of the song is hilarious, as good or better than Electric Larryland.



Kirsty MacColl has a 1991 album entitled Electric Landlady. 
Posted 3 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
Always reminds me of Shooglenifty [excellent Scottish band] when this song starts, then it turns into reminding me of Afro Celt Sound System as it goes on. Love that Bill is always introducing me to bands that are kind of like bands I already love.
Posted 3 years ago by Paul_in_TO    [ Reply ]
One of my absolute favourites here on  magical RP. No matter what is happening at the time, this lifts me up and up .... tapping my toes and dancing (in my wheelchair) right along with those fabulously  lovable skeleton dudes. If music can do that for me when my ex-husband just hung up on me, then Life is Good!
Posted 3 years ago by Phoenix68    [ Reply ]
Must be part of the fun of being an instrumental band that you can have fun with the song titles. "Eclectic Lady-Man"? No?
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
"Electric Landlady" - I see what they did there...
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 firefly6 wrote:

These two are timed one bar apiece - I can't stop watching...

 
Hah - I had to refresh the page a couple times, and voila, they synced right up. Mesmerizing!
Posted 4 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

 
These two are timed one bar apiece - I can't stop watching...

Posted 4 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]



Genius!
Posted 4 years ago by philip1    [ Reply ]
Ripped off the album name from Kirsty MacColl's "Electric Landlady" from early 90s.
Posted 4 years ago by willjay    [ Reply ]
 jmjohall wrote:
We get teased with this great music but will we ever get to see them here?  UGH
 
That's the trouble with online comments - "here" means .. nothing really.
Posted 4 years ago by trekker308    [ Reply ]
We get teased with this great music but will we ever get to see them here?  UGH
Posted 4 years ago by jmjohall    [ Reply ]
Love the way this tune builds from the start. Very nice.
Posted 4 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
 cloudymcloudface wrote:
I do love this, are they still around?
 

By all accounts, it seems that they are indeed still around.  Videos posted on their Facebook page are maybe 16 days old.
Posted 4 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
I do love this, are they still around?
Posted 4 years ago by cloudymcloudface    [ Reply ]
What keelo said
Posted 5 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Should have been called Eclectic Landlady 😁
Posted 5 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
That repetitive ding-dong sound in the right speaker is kind of obnoxious
Posted 5 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
I just wanted to say I love the title of this song bumped from 7 to 9
Posted 5 years ago by Myrtle_L    [ Reply ]
Well ...
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a little different from Electric Ladyland.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Very good show. Go see them if you have the chance.
Posted 5 years ago by siriuss    [ Reply ]
A little to Afrocelt?
Posted 5 years ago by keelo    [ Reply ]
Whoa
Posted 5 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
Nice roll !
Posted 5 years ago by rradio    [ Reply ]
Gotta love the song title.  {#Roflol}
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:


 
Love it!
Posted 6 years ago by Mustangbill    [ Reply ]

Posted 6 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 ntoll wrote:

Yeah... I thought Afrocelts too. Had to check.

 
agreed {#Jump}
Posted 7 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Enjoyable, and the title of the song is hilarious, as good or better than Electric Larryland.
Posted 8 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]

Got me cranking up the volume!


Posted 9 years ago by senorcerveza    [ Reply ]
Good timing Bill, it's Celtic Fest round here this week.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 handyrae wrote:
My toes are a-tapping! Totally thought this was an Afrocelts song I'd never heard. 

 
Yeah... I thought Afrocelts too. Had to check.
Posted 10 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
My toes are a-tapping! Totally thought this was an Afrocelts song I'd never heard. 
Posted 11 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
There's no need to shout!
Posted 11 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
No good listening to this if you are trying to get some work done - a complete distraction!
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by jeff58    [ Reply ]
I love this band.....I know them since 9 years ago, and I've watched'em on live several times....Outstanding!
Posted 11 years ago by ltoyos    [ Reply ]
Terriffic bass line bopping along with this one!
Posted 11 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 ottojschlosser wrote:
This is a riff on a traditional tune called The Flowers of Red Hill. Lots of fun. I just got the title, too - hah!

 

Posted 11 years ago by lgmiramira    [ Reply ]
This is a riff on a traditional tune called The Flowers of Red Hill. Lots of fun. I just got the title, too - hah!
Posted 11 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
I like a little celtic now and then.
Posted 11 years ago by dmcfadyen    [ Reply ]
 willrobinson wrote:

Released in 1991:

kmc

 
I think that was just the title of Kirsty's album - which was a play on the title of the similarly-named, Jimi Hendrix album.  I don't believe there is a Kirsty MacColl song with this title.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Long Train' Runnin'...by Doobies. That's all I hear as accompaniment.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
This kind of music always helps my typing! Fingers just dance and hop over the keys.... wha-hey!
Posted 11 years ago by jeff58    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

The Valleys agree...well this valley...OK this cottage in this valley
 
Yea, this one, too
Posted 11 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 willrobinson wrote:

Released in 1991:

 
I also thought of this.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Definitely feeling Afrocelts in here - the fiddle + irish flute over a percussion line is pretty much their bread and butter.  Not bad, I'll dig up some more from them.
Posted 11 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Interesting. My immediate thought on hearing this was that it was another Scottish fusion band, of which there are so many in the current musical renaissance in Scotland (Afro-Celt's already been mentioned, also Shooglenifty, Peatbog Faeries, and many many others). However, this predates the renaissance and must have been way ahead of its time. Love at first hearing - a fine mèlange of influences, and just sooo RP. 8 from the Albaphile Nottingham jury.
 
The Valleys agree...well this valley...OK this cottage in this valley
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Really like the uniqueness! Long Train Runnin'....Doobies bass line.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 willrobinson wrote:

Released in 1991:

 
Interesting. My immediate thought on hearing this was that it was another Scottish fusion band, of which there are so many in the current musical renaissance in Scotland (Afro-Celt's already been mentioned, also Shooglenifty, Peatbog Faeries, and many many others). However, this predates the renaissance and must have been way ahead of its time. Love at first hearing - a fine mèlange of influences, and just sooo RP. 8 from the Albaphile Nottingham jury.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

Released in 1991:


Posted 12 years ago by willrobinson    [ Reply ]
Wow! First listen and I think this is excellent. Kinda cheeky song title, too!
This is from a 'Best Of' album? Who knew? Thanks to whomever uploaded this gem, and to RP for the platform you provide!

OOOH yes!!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
Superb sound quality! *on this end>!
Posted 12 years ago by djholechek    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...kind of afroceltesque...
 
Thought ACSS too.  Had to Shazam it.
 
Posted 12 years ago by galste    [ Reply ]
Can't say no to tiddly tiddly fiddly diddly
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Different and interesting.. I like it!
Posted 12 years ago by tictocsailor    [ Reply ]
...kind of afroceltesque...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
A new name to me, will pursue........in a non-stalking way.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]