Once I found out its title my immediate thought was, as I supped my herbal tea and picked the sand out from between my toes:
"If there was ever a tune whose vibes and atmosphere so unmatch its title, then this is the one"
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Let me take you on a trip to Belfast
First time I heard this it was at the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan, one of the islands close to Koh Samui in Thailand.
Once I found out its title my immediate thought was, as I supped my herbal tea and picked the sand out from between my toes:
Once I found out its title my immediate thought was, as I supped my herbal tea and picked the sand out from between my toes:
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ust as I was enjoying it my newly teenage lassie has came in and told me "get that aff, it's annoying"
My two yr old is now on my knee shouting alternatively for "bad bouys and Lady Gaga"
See what you have started!
Belfast...........why not?
Just noticed this for the first time, the significance anyhow;
"Hallo, I'm O'Neill, a UK Unionist. I believe in the United Kingdom, the continuing Union of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales."
It surprises me not that you prioritise England here. In fact it only adds to what I have been suggesting is at the root of your politics.
First things first E, N, S, W…is not order of preference;)
At a stretch, I can, sort of, imagine listening to this on Cave Hill on a June dawn as the sun rises over the Lough…but it is a stretch. I’ve seriously got no idea where they got the title from, it certainly doesn't match the city I know.
You could try telling the kids that as you get older, your database of tunes and collected memories grows and you stop relying on what MTV tells you is "quaality" at that very moment. You could try, I suppose!
As a bona fide Orbital fan I'm fairly certain (!) that the band first played this tune at a gig in Belfast and named it after the city after it was received particularly well.
There's also a great version with lyrics called Belfast/Wasted, in case you haven't come across it already.
I've seen Orbital over 20 times live, mostly in the early days of Mega Dog and their sets at Glastonbury, but I've always managed to see them at least once on every tour. Belfast is still one of my favourites.
I've also tried that 'herbal tea' at the Full Moon Party, five or six cups of it in fact - that was a good night!!!
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