Mick Flannery for Three Tune Tuesday Week 52
Bang, slap, wallop and Bob's your uncle and a year has gone by. It's hard to believe that it is a full year since I started off #ttt and #threetunetuesday with this opening post with tunes from John Martyn, Bernard Fanning and The Stunning.
https://hive.blog/hive-193816/@ablaze/come-and-listen-to-a-few-tunes-with-me
Looking back, there was zero engagement in the comments and 85 upvotes, with my Australian friend who lives in Finland @tarazkp topping the list with a really generous doff of his hat - thank you friend, I haven't forgotten it. Indeed generosity like this is what made it more visible to others, and now one year later, I often get excellent engagement from three tune regulars and other music lovers in the comments below.
I love music and I honestly think I have learned about more new bands, genres and back stories in the past year, than in any other year of my life, thanks to Three Tune Tuesday. I would like to take a chance after one year to thank the following devotees (sorry if I missed you - let me know and I can add you) You guys are what makes this little mini community so worthwhile.
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Now, let's get on with my three recommendations for this week, and you are in for a treat, it is not what you would call upbeat, but I love Mick's voice and his song writing, have a listen and let me know what you guys think.
Here at Three Tune Tuesday we are adding New posters and retaining our core of regulars which is fantastic. It's heartening to see the crew growing each week, so if this is your first week, check the #ttt and #threetunetuesday tags and get to know the gang and the tunes.
Weekly, I try to find an hour or two to listen to all of the fantastic music shared from like-minded folk from around the globe. This has lead me to genres I don't know well and to some amazing new bands and artists and has even introduced me to some musical instruments I did not know existed.
I hope you enjoy the tunes - be sure to tell me all about it in the comments below and above all else, please enjoy the rest of your Tuesday - smile at a stranger, rub a dog, be a nice human to someone who was not expecting it - peace out.
For those unfamiliar with TTT or Three Tune Tuesday....
The jist is as follows
Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Better still, why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and upvote it. If you could also use #ttt or #threetunetuesday tags that would be great. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music. You'll also be in with a chance of winning the prize - more on that later.
Here are my week fifty two recommendations for Three Tune Tuesday
** Drum roll please.....**
Mick Flannery - Come Find Me
My first choice is taken from Mick's 2019 album Mick Flannery which is a gorgeous album. He sings it below and after listening to this opening song from his 2020 session in Paste Studio ATL - Atlanta, GA, I reckon, you may want to leave it play on, so that you can listen to Wasteland (starts at 07:00) and Star to Star (11:15) and The Fact (16:45)
Mick Flannery - Passage West
This song is not Mick's own work, in fact the man playing along with him here, namely John Spillane wrote this one and accompanies Mick here. This recording is from back in 2012 and is one of my favorite versions of this song. Here are the beautiful lyrics:
I met my love in Passage west
The sun was sinking down to rest
The river to the stars confessed
"Twas the dark haired woman I loved best
We wandered down by the Chapel Square
And there was magic in the air
And Mother Nature gently pressed
The burning river to her breast
I offered her a golden ring
My hand, my heart and everything
I offered her a sweet love nest
By the flowing banks of Passage West
Chorus; Oh love will you go, will you go, will you go?
Or love will you stay, will you stay, will you stay? x2
We watched the ferry come and go
We watched the river ebb and flow
The tide breathe in, the tide breathe out
We watched the Passage flowers grow
The ghostly forms of the hungry years
In sad procession did appear
With hope and sorrow made their way
For their passage west to Amerikay
Chorus; Oh love will you go, will you go, will you go?
Or love will you stay, will you stay, will you stay? x2
The famine queen stood tall and proud
On either bank the people bowed
From Passage West came a Fenian yell
Rule Brittania, rule in hell!
The grass grows green on the other side
And mighty ships sail out the tide
To far flung harbours across the sea
Far away from Passage, my love and me
Mick Flannery - Boston
I leave you with another favorite of mine, he just has a way with words and emotions and weaves them into his songs, which tell stories like few others can, always with perfect piano accompaniment. Mick is a rare talent and for me, he is criminally under rated and deserves much more recognition. For me he is like a young Tom Waits, and I hope someday he gets some more recognition.
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Share your Three Tune Tuesday songs below or create a post with #ttt or #threetunetuesday and mention me so I can find the post.
I'll pick the three songs I enjoyed the most each week as the winner and transfer 1/10 of the payout of this post in SBI to the winner when this post pays out 7 days from now. Best of luck!
Sin é, That's all folks, thanks for stopping by.
That's it for another week. Those are your three songs for week fifty two. Let me know what you think - good, bad or indifferent? Did you like them all or just one or two?
Also, as I said before, I love getting good steers for new tunes, so please tell me about the latest and greatest from your playlist below and I'll be sure to check em out.
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Thanks as always for stopping by everyone.
Peace Out
Ohhh this is nice. It's been a while
Thanks my friend, I gave a shout out to all the three tune tuesday participants that I could think of. You might come back and join us some day.
Alright friend. I surely will. I guess it's been a while you posted about this
Thank god there was something guitary in the middle. I was near weeping at the pianoschmiano-ry ;O)
Ha ha, ya lots of Pianos going on alright! It wasn't always my cup of tea, but love a good piano based song now, must be the old age!
It will be Neil Diamond soon! ;oD
LOL, my sister used to think I was a head case, as I would have playlists and they could go Josh Ritter, Dr. Dre, Underworld, Bob Dylan, System of a Down, Bach... I just love all (well MOST) music... ha ha
Haha, I have had similar playlists. My brother was disgusted once when on one metal type one Copacabana started blaring out :OD
Ah Mick wrote a song around Clonmel so he is alright in my book. Saw him a few times. Legend.
Ya same as that, saw him a few times live and he is just as good live as in the studio, which is a rarity. He has something special, brilliant at telling stories through his songs, albeit often sad stories.
That’s wild that it’s been a year man! Time definitely flies lol. I’m going to listen to these tunes in a few hours when I start work! Looks like some very somber music!
Ya Mick is very sombre and downbeat in fairness, so you certainly won't feel uplifted after these songs, but might appreciate his brilliant ability to weave a narrative through song and his songs have a lot of feeling and truth to them. He reminds me of a young Tom Waits, so if you like Tom, you'll like Mick.
Thanks a million @qurator and @ewkaw - very very much appreciated - thank you.
Hell yeah Blaze, cool that youve been doing it for a while and its grown. Its my mission to do it every saturday now, planning my next....hmmmm
Ya man, it's grown to a really nice tight bunch now and everyone is getting to know each other and is supporting each other too, which is great to see. Learning about so many new bands and artists along the way too, which is fan-bloody-tastic.
One year young, congratulations that is fricking awesome!
Mick Flannery I must admit I have never heard of him, but you are right I could hear why you think it was a young Tom Waits.
Thanks a lot man.
Ya Mick does not have much notoriety outside of Ireland yet, but if he keeps making good music, success outside Ireland will hopefully follow.
You are so welcome!
If he keeps doing it, he should get a breakthrough and get know outside of Ireland!
I've never heard of this guy. The first song reminds me of Bruce Springsteen and his voice is quite reminiscent of him too. Like @meesterboom said it was quite weepery with the piano!! I like the second one with the guitar and shared chorus... It's really beautiful. He certainly tells a good story!
Love it. Added this one to my own fave list in the old Spotify, which is getting really long now 🤪😘
Weepery, hehe. That's how it was. Still, it's good when you can get a new addition to the playlist eh!
Yes, you're right, that's a good shout, there is a feel of the Boss to it.
I sometimes gravitate to the downbeat weepery tunes in fairness, Arcade Fire and The National being 2 of my favourite bands 😄
My playlists grow every Wednesday, as that's usually the day I do most of the listening 🎶
Hi there!
Congrats 🎉🥳 and good for all of us that ttt is #52 weeks and counting. Cheers! 🍻
Mick Flannery is new to me but I like it. I will look for more for sure.
Have a happy rest of the week! :)
Thanks a million, I'm thrilled with the little community that has formed and I'm loving the diverse and interesting recommendations. It's great to have you on board, you've added some real gems so far.
You are welcome. And thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be part of the small community that is getting bigger every week ;)
Happy evening!
its the first time I heard about this guy and about his songs.. but the first one feels like the song was for me. thanks for sharing this ablaze!
Glad you enjoyed the tunes and delighted that Come Find Me resonated with you so much
Well, I have to confess that despite all the music and musicians that I have met in my long life, I had never heard of Mick Flannery before nor had I heard his smooth and somehow gloomy & weeping music either hahaha.
However, of the six tracks of him that you have shared with us here today, maybe the one I liked the most was The Fact. But as you may have already noticed that I am not a music lover who pays a lot of attention to the lyrics of the songs, I have the hunch that I like The Fact a bit more than the others, for the simple fact that it reminded me of an old piano piece of mine that I composed 27 years ago and that I think it also has a bit of that somber feeling of lament and desolation.
And speaking of instrumental music without lyrics that seems to be the ones I usually share the most on Tuesdays for the #ttt initiative. Now let me tell you that this time I arrived in time for the celebration of the first anniversary of your splendid contest. And therefore, in an irreverent and disobedient way as always, I have already broadcasted on my blog a "handful" of beautiful tunes that, although they do not have lyrics, I hope you will love them anyway.
Cheers! and let the celebrations and anniversaries continue! :)
I almost forgot to reply man and that would have been terrible after such an engaging comment from you.
The Fact does indeed sound similar to your composition. Great minds think alike, I really enjoyed your song too. I thought it was pretty impressive how quickly he wrote the song and put music to it. Mick really has a way of telling stories through his music. He is great live too, there is a lovely honesty and shyness in how he carries himself, but when closes his eyes and sings it's like he's the most confident man in the room.
Great shares this week again man, when you strip away lyrics, must songs wont stand up alone, but wgen they do they are a gift to the ears.
Haha don't worry mate. It's never too late to know that we've been heard or read. :)
I am glad and very satisfied to know it.
That's right, people with real musical talent are always capable of such feats. In my case, because I have less talent and never write songs with lyrics, it took me a little longer to create the next also somewhat 'somber song' after the one you already heard. LoL
Yes, that's what true stars always do. Becoming into the most confident man in the room telling stories through the lyrics of their melodies that speak directly to the rational and intellectual part of our brains through their musical creations and then, those who without any lyrics at all rather try to speak to the most intimate and deep feelings of our innerselves. };)
Always a pleasure to contribute with something for the #ttt community bro. Regardless of whether these contributions speak to the rational and intellectual part of our brain or not. Hahahaha
Ah man, your contributions speak to the rational, the intellectual and even sometimes the irrational (in a good way) parts of the brain, so keep them coming and I am seeing more engagement on your #ttt posts now too which I am delighted to see.
Nice job on that other song too, I really enjoyed it and just played it there in the background while working away at a work project. You should include some in one of your #ttt posts some day, they are just as good and better than plenty of stuff that has been shared over the weeks. Are you still making music? My brother in law just released an album here in Ireland last month.
Hahaha be careful what you wish for, because it can come true!
And nope, unfortunately I haven't made music for a long time. However if you click on the link, you may be just a few steps away from discovering why. :)
Thank you for your nice words bro. Yeah, I think you are right and my musical contributions might be a well seasoned salad with all kinds of spices that speaks and feeds all parts of the brain.
As for the engagement and interaction, yeah it comes in bursts sometimes. But not really a thing as to want to start throwing and set off firecrackers. Hahahaha
Oh cool!! if there is any link where we can listen online any song of the album, please let me know. As you know I am a musical sybarite always with a knife and fork in hand and my bib on to enjoy a good musical feast at any time. :)
Cheers!!
Excellent, I am looking forward to listening to your creations!
I am intrigued now!! I may have to read and listen early this week, as the suspense will be too much!
Here is the website for my Brothers album launch, you will find links to two songs here, do let me know what you think about them..
https://tombarrymusic.ie/
I will do a Three Tune Tuesday post soon featuring him..
I need to write this down in my calendar! I really want to participate in the TTTs!
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I have never heard of him before and thank you for this beautiful discovery. Also, Thank you for the mention. I really appreciate it.
Thanks so much, delighted you liked his music.
It is very obvious to me that you are a music lover, you created and brought the amazing idea of the three tunes Tuesday 😁😁.
It is a really beautiful idea and I'm happy for how far you've come.
Thanks a million, yep I'm a music lover alright.
You're welcome a million too @ablaze.
Have a fabulous weekend 💕💕.
Such beautiful tunes this week! 😍😍😍 I loved them all and I didn't know Mick Flannery before 😁
I would say my favourites were Star to Star and The Fact. I agree with you, he really puts a lot of emotion into words and the way he sings. I can see why you compare him to Tom Waits heheh Just great 👌👌👌
Thank you for sharing 🙏