Word: bandness
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Such is the initial setup of The Boys and Girl from County Clare. John Joe (Bernard Hill), the reigning céilí champion who never left home, must face his younger brother Jimmy’s (Colm Meaney) up-and-coming band from Liverpool at a music competition in 1960s County Clare. Throw in some gentle subterfuge and a romance between the most talented members of the rival groups...
...playing, the other engages in endless grand-guitar-picking-gestures, leaning back and spinning around, even at one point miming the checking his watch and listening to it to see if it still ticks. If you’ll bear with me, this is pretty much exactly what the band sounds like
...vocals but nevertheless lists lyrics on the back of the CD—“I truly love you but I cannot sing, and yes I could scream your name as loud as I’ve wanted to, as loud as I should, but my band is far too small for anyone to hear it anyway.” Is this a mature statement of the limitations of the medium to express the depths of certain feelings? Or a giving up of sorts, a repudiation of the punk-rock tradition of singing-when-you-can?...
Also unclear is the ultimate question: which will win out, the hip or the hardcore? Time will tell. I’m hoping for the hardcore, because this band has great potential...
...future Pub Nights this term could include a Karaoke section, a Veritas record release party, a hip-hop theme with a “rap battle,” trivia games, and a “classy lounge night” with table service and a jazz band...