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"Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a Scottish/Irish folk song.The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), but were adapted by Belfast musician Francis McPeake (1885–1971) into "Wild Mountain Thyme" and ...
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The album was released on 29 October, and an accompanying music video for "Wild Mountain Thyme" was released on the same day. [5] [6] Postcards from Ireland features vocalists Chloë Agnew, O'Mahony, Megan Walsh and instrumentalist Tara McNeill.
All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated "Is It Real?" "Up to the Stars" "Give Me the Time" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Wild Mountain Thyme" (Traditional) "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden, Elvis Presley)
The website's critics consensus reads: "Fatally undermined by dodgy accents and a questionable story, Wild Mountain Thyme is a baffling misfire for a talented filmmaker and impressive cast." [16] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100 based on reviews from 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [17]
Music. Mark Knopfler – guitars, bass; Guy Fletcher – keyboards; Billy Jackson – harp, bodhran, whistle Iain Lothian – piano accordion; Steve Sidwell – flugelhorn; Danny Cummings – percussion
The best known song on the album is the hit single "Eight Miles High", an early excursion into psychedelic rock. [17] [18] Musically, the song was a fusion of John Coltrane-influenced guitar playing—courtesy of lead guitarist Jim McGuinn—and raga-based musical structure and vocals, inspired by the Indian classical music of Ravi Shankar.
Before forming The Silencers, vocalist Jimme O'Neill and guitarist Cha Burns were active in London's new wave music scene. O'Neill wrote songs for Paul Young and Lene Lovich, while Burns played guitar in Adam Ant's backing band during 1982–1984, together with Fingerprintz drummer Bogdan Wiczling. [2]