Long Black Veil

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More than three decades and many albums spent charting the gorgeous musical landscape of Ireland have made the Chieftains by far the world's most recognized and qualified ambassadors of Celtic sound and rhythm. Having toured the globe and garnered numerous awards, the traditional sextet has set its sights on something bigger: the pop charts. Though they've worked in the past with names like Roger Daltrey, Nanci Griffith, and Willie Nelson, on The Long Black Veil the Chieftains graduate to A-list guest stars with appearances by Sting, the Rolling Stones, and, yes, even Tom Jones.

It's a testimony to the considerable talents and character of the Chieftains that none of the celebrity personalities or egos upstage the band on this record. Rather, the musicians always stay in control and the instruments remain at the center of the songs. So while Mick Jagger delivers a stirring reading of the title song, it's the pipes and fiddles that transform the country standard into deep Gaelic soul music. Turns by Marianne Faithfull, Ry Cooder, Mark Knopfler, Sinead O'Connor, and old buddy Van Morrison (doing his own "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?") come off predictably and competently, but breathing life into familiar, mostly traditional tunes like "The Lily of the West" and "The Foggy Dew" is ultimately the province of bandleader/tin whistler Paddy Moloney and his more-than-competent mates. --Roni Sarig

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Average customer rating: Great Renditions of Classic Songs Typical Chieftans Various pop rockers try their hand at olde-time Gaelic THE CHIEFTANS "A-CHIEF" THE BEST An essential addition to any good CD collection. Buy It.

Long Black Veil The Chieftains Manufacturer: RCA Victor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of the Chieftains Tears Of Stone Irish Heartbeat The Bells of Dublin Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions ASIN: B000003FRH Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

1. Mo Ghile Mear - 'Our Hero'
2. The Long Black Veil
3. The Foggy Dew
4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
5. Changing Your Demeanour
6. The Lily Of The West
7. Coast Of Malabar
8. Dunmore Lassies
9. Love Is Teasin'
10. He Moved Through The Fair
11. Ferny Hill
12. Tennessee Waltz / Tennessee Mazurka
13. The Rocky Road To Dublin

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More than three decades and many albums spent charting the gorgeous musical landscape of Ireland have made the Chieftains by far the world's most recognized and qualified ambassadors of Celtic sound and rhythm. Having toured the globe and garnered numerous awards, the traditional sextet has set its sights on something bigger: the pop charts. Though they've worked in the past with names like Roger Daltrey, Nanci Griffith, and Willie Nelson, on The Long Black Veil the Chieftains graduate to A-list guest stars with appearances by Sting, the Rolling Stones, and, yes, even Tom Jones.

It's a testimony to the considerable talents and character of the Chieftains that none of the celebrity personalities or egos upstage the band on this record. Rather, the musicians always stay in control and the instruments remain at the center of the songs. So while Mick Jagger delivers a stirring reading of the title song, it's the pipes and fiddles that transform the country standard into deep Gaelic soul music. Turns by Marianne Faithfull, Ry Cooder, Mark Knopfler, Sinead O'Connor, and old buddy Van Morrison (doing his own "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?") come off predictably and competently, but breathing life into familiar, mostly traditional tunes like "The Lily of the West" and "The Foggy Dew" is ultimately the province of bandleader/tin whistler Paddy Moloney and his more-than-competent mates. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

Great Renditions of Classic Songs.......2007-04-08

I've been a fan of the Chieftains for many years. I saw them play live in Millstreet, County Cork, and the band was simply phenomenal. They truly deserve the kudos they have received over the years for their musicianship and down to earth friendliness.

The Long Black Veil is a bit of a departure for them - the band serves as a background for many modern, popular artists. You might think that Sting, Mick Jagger, Tom Jones, Sinead O'Connor, Van Morrison and others might overpower this group of folk players. But actually, the opposite happens. Sting's lilting voice fades seamlessly into the background as the gorgeous melodies intertwine. The songs are memorable not because a "famous name" is attached to the title, but because the classic tune is handled deftly by the Chieftains, and a well trained voice happens to supply the vocals.

It's fascinating in a way to see this diverse group of artists all singing traditional songs - songs that you might not otherwise ever hear them take on. But the real joy here is to hear your favorite classics done with such care and love. These artists all chose songs that had great meaning to them, and the Chieftains put their souls into the richness of the underlying tune. Each song here is a favorite for me for a different reasons.

Some Irish CDs are meant to be played in the background while people chug beer and talk in loud voices. Other CDs are put on for wild dancing and cheering the night through. This CD shines when you sit back, a glass in your hand, and you really listen to the nuances. You can hear the peat crackling softly on the fire, the wind whistling across the foggy meadows, and the textures of Ireland's past whispering through the beats. I've owned this for many years, and it's a CD I always come back to.

Highly recommended.

Typical Chieftans.......2007-01-04

One of those albums where every track is a good track. It just keeps growing on you.

Various pop rockers try their hand at olde-time Gaelic.......2006-07-06

Having heard this album again for the first time in several years, I was struck by the fact that it's a relatively schmaltzy collection of decent and not-so-decent tracks, featuring a rogues gallery of Anglosphere pop names: Sting, Sinead O'Connor, Van Morrison, Mick Jagger, Mark Knopfler, Tom Jones, the usual suspects are all here. Each artist reaches (sometimes painfully) for a degree of Old Country authenticity, backed by the signature Celtic pub bawdiness that has come to typify the Chieftains and their nostalgic Irish sound.

All I can say is, I enjoyed the instrumental tracks far more than the ones with singing, as the pop artists often seem to be trying too hard.

Perhaps I am just weary of the overall cultural rush to embrace and commercialize all things Gaelic/Celtic. I don't know what it's like in the UK, but here in the States, it seems as if every swinging Richard is putting on the Green, or swaggering in a kilt, no matter how attenuated their blood connection to the Isles.

So lift a pint to this mediocre work, burn the instrumental tracks for safekeeping, and pawn it off at your local buy/trade shop for something a tad more interesting.

THE CHIEFTANS "A-CHIEF" THE BEST.......2005-09-08

This is the best that the Chieftans have to offer; a great mix of musical genres and great voices to accompany them. Say what you will about her politics, but Sinead O'Connor's voice has never been as haunting as on "He Moved Through the Fair". Sting's voice seems to blend seamlessly with the Celtic instruments and melodies. And, are there ever two words more happily seen on any album than "Ry Cooder"?? The Chieftans took "folk" music, included folks from other cultures, but somehow made it all their own.

An essential addition to any good CD collection. Buy It........2005-08-03

`The Long Black Veil' by the Irish musical group, the Chieftains is a demonstration of the power of a guest appearance by Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones on the album of a well established group of a different genre.

I recall this album being previewed on our local NPR station on a Tuesday and when I went to my local Borders in the same radio market, the CD was completely sold out within a day of the airplay of the title cut on which the Mick does the vocal solo.

And, to make the mix even more interesting, this particular album has quite a large mix of guest stars, far beyond the previous Chieftains hosting a single guest, as they did with their album with Van Morrison. The other guests are Sting, Sninead O'Connor on two tracks, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Ry Cooder on two cuts, Marianee Faithfull, and Tom Jones. Even Frank Zappa makes a ghostly appearance as the host of the recording session with Tom Jones on the `Tennessee Waltz'.

The combination of this awesome collection of talent plus the great instrumental work by the Chieftans themselves makes each and every track on this album an evocation which survives relistening over the years.

One Irish music weakness this album escapes is the feeling that there is really only one `Irish song', done in many different styles with many different combinations of lyrics and instruments. While I never totally subscribed to this theory, there is a sense in which there is a great sameness to the melodies of many Irish songs. This is probably what is meant by the `lilt' of Irish melodies. Oddly, I think it is probably harder to identify the nature of this `lilt' than it is to exactly define what distinguishes a blues song, which must be an iambic pentameter, exactly the same meter as Shakespeare's verses.

My most important message to non-Irish music fans is that you will like this album even if you have no taste for traditional Irish music. You will probably like it even if you don't like the Rolling Stones. Jagger's vocals on the title tune indicates how well he would do with other traditional material. I also have to say that Sinead O'Connor's performances on this album prompted me to get some of her albums, and I find her work alone is simply not quite as good as her two selections on this album.

Very highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Love This! Love This! 4th in the Pavarotti and Friends charity concerts Great album, worthy cause. Master Class, but still too stuffy

Together for the Children of Bosnia Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Pavarotti & Friends - For The Children Of Liberia Pavarotti & Friends: For Cambodia and Tibet Pavarotti & Friends For Guatemala And Kosovo Pavarotti & Friends Pavarotti & Friends 2 ASIN: B000004297 Release Date: 1996-04-02

Tracks:

1. Per colpa di chi?
2. Serenata rap-Mattinata
3. Can We Go Higher?
4. Ordinary World
5. Clap Clap (The Clapping Song)
6. Miss Sarajevo
7. Cosi celeste
8. Linger
9. Come Back To Sorrento
10. Penso positivo
11. Vesti la giubba - Pagliacci
12. Heaven Can Wait
13. Ave Maria
14. One
15. The Long Black Veil (Medley)
16. Funiculi , funicula
17. Nessun dorma - Turandot

Customer Reviews:

Love This!.......2001-10-01

I finally got the Cd after wearing out two tapes. There are so many different artist on this, it's amazing. It is almost worth it just to hear Michael Bolton do opera! I don't like the man but he was good. Get this, it is worth a listen.

Love This!.......2001-10-01

I finally got the Cd after wearing out two tapes. There are so many different artist on this, it's amazing. It is almost worth it just to hear Michael Bolton do opera! I don't like the man but he was good. Get this, it is worth a listen.

4th in the Pavarotti and Friends charity concerts.......2001-01-09

Live from the Parco Novi Sad, Modena, on 12 September 1995, in the presence of Diana, Princess of Wales, Pavarotti brings us his fourth spectacular charity concert, this time in aid of a music therapy centre being built in Mostar by War Child. As is usual with these concerts, Pavarotti brings together artists from all musical genres, and even does duets with some of them including Meat Loaf, Michael Bolton and Dolores O'Riordan. Track #2 is an astonishing blend of opera and rap...who woulda thunk it! The finale is Pavarotti's calling-card "Nessun Dorma" in which he is joined by the many other guests. Rap, folk, rock, opera, gospel and sacred music build a musical bridge in aid of a worthy cause.

Great album, worthy cause........2001-01-04

A wonderful concert for a wonderful cause. The previous reviewer only gave it 4 stars because he said there were too many different styles of music. Well, that's the whole point. It is the music community, regardless of genre, getting together to raise funds to build a Music Centre in Bosnia-Hercegovina, which will provide music therapy, tuition and a space where music will be used to enable young people to learn, to grow and to be healed. Music is for everyone, and all these different artists getting together for the common good, regardless of genre, is wonderful. And on this album are a number of suprises. Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries singing with Pavorotti on "Ave Maria", Meat Loaf and Pavarotti duetting on "Come back to Sorrento", to name just two. A must have for music fans in general.

Master Class, but still too stuffy.......2000-03-01

A brilliant idea of Maestro Pavarotti, these concerts, and especially this one. I enjoyed the Ave Maria, where Dolores (one of my favourite pop-stars) clearly shows that she had some profit from canto classes she took in youth. But the "Linger" version was not alike, listening more to Simon Le Bon than the original voice...

Strange, but interesting and cool combination between rap and opera ("Serenata Rap/Mattinata"). Well, such things could never be seen before, eh?

A good bunch of masters packed in to make a great record for a good deal. But.. aren't there too many styles? Yhat's the missing star...

Average customer rating:

Long Black Veil The Chieftains Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Long Sleeves | Sleeve Length Browse (feature_browse-bin) | Refinements | Apparel ASIN: B0002XL23Y Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero) - The Chieftains, Sting
2. Long Black Veil - The Chieftains, Mick Jagger
3. Foggy Dew - The Chieftains, , Sin O'Connor, Sin O'Connor
4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? - The Chieftains, Van Morrison
5. Changing Your Demeanour - The Chieftains
6. Lily of the West - The Chieftains, Mark Knopfler
7. Coast of Malabar - The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
8. Dunmore Lassies [Instrumental] - The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
9. Love Is Teasin' - The Chieftains, Marianne Faithfull
10. He Moved Through the Fair - The Chieftains, , Sin O'Connor, Sin O'Connor
11. Ferny Hill [Instrumental] - The Chieftains
12. Tennessee Waltz/Tennessee Masurka - The Chieftains,
13. Rocky Road to Dublin - The Chieftains, The Rolling Stones

Average customer rating:

Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Bosnia Manufacturer: London ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Pavarotti & Friends: For Cambodia and Tibet Pavarotti & Friends - For The Children Of Liberia Pavarotti & Friends 2 ASIN: B000JO80I6

Product Description

1.per colpa di chi?2.serenata rap/mattinata.3.can we go higher?4.ordinary world.5.clap clap.6.miss sarajevo.7.cosi celeste.8.linger.9.come back to sorrento.10.penso positivo.11.vesti la giubba.12.heaven can wait.13.ave maria.14.one.15.the long black veil.16.funiculi funiculi.17.nessun dorma

Average customer rating:

Long Black Veil The Chieftains Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Long Sleeves | Sleeve Length Browse (feature_browse-bin) | Refinements | Apparel ASIN: B000MZHURO Release Date: 2007-04-02

Tracks:

1. Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero) - The Chieftains, Sting
2. Long Black Veil - The Chieftains, Mick Jagger
3. Foggy Dew - The Chieftains, , Sin O'Connor, Sin O'Connor
4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? - The Chieftains, Van Morrison
5. Changing Your Demeanour - The Chieftains
6. Lily of the West - The Chieftains, Mark Knopfler
7. Coast of Malabar - The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
8. Dunmore Lassies [Instrumental] - The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
9. Love Is Teasin' - The Chieftains, Marianne Faithfull
10. He Moved Through the Fair - The Chieftains, , Sin O'Connor, Sin O'Connor
11. Ferny Hill [Instrumental] - The Chieftains
12. Tennessee Waltz/Tennessee Masurka - The Chieftains,
13. Rocky Road to Dublin - The Chieftains, The Rolling Stones

Average customer rating:

Long Black Veil The Stranglers Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music British Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Long Sleeves | Sleeve Length Browse (feature_browse-bin) | Refinements | Apparel ASIN: B0001Z2R5U Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

1. Long Black Veil [Radio Edit]
2. Life's Too Short [#]
3. Waltzinblack
4. Long Black Veil [Extended Album Version]

Album Description

Taken from The Stranglers' 2004 album 'Norfolk Coast'. Features four non-LP tracks, 'Long Black Veil' (Radio Edit, Extended Album Version), 'Life's Too Short' (brand new track prev. unreleased), & ''Waltzinblack' (taken from the latest Vodaphone TV advert

Album Details

Following on from the Chart Success of 'big Thing Coming' the Stranglers Are Back with 'long Black Veil'. The Maxi-single Includes a Previously Unreleased Track 'life's Too Short'.

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Tears of Stone//Long Black Veil Chieftains Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004T261 Release Date: 2000-03-13

Album Details

Available for a Strictly Limited Time, the Set Contains the Band's Two Previous Albums 'tears to Stone'& 'long Black Veil' Packaged in a Double Slimline Jewelcase and Housed in a Cardboard Slipcase!

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