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Date: 21/12/10
Clannad - "Newgrange" (1983)
Hell, it's Tuesday and I nearly forgot.
I picked this track in a hurry, but then realised listening to it that it was very fitting.
I don't know if I'd noticed Clannad at all before, even missing their big hit Theme From Harry's Game. But I do remember hearing Terry Wogan playing this on Radio Two one morning in June 1983 as I was getting ready for an exam at Uni.
This track, and the Magical Ring LP from which it was taken, catches Clannad at the point between them being predominantly an Irish folk act and being a fully-fledged rock outfit (as was seen on their next album Macalla, where they even collaborated with Bono, Prince Of Arses).
Someone has put together this nice video for the track, so enjoy!
Oh, and the appropriateness of it? Well, it's in the lyrics:
"Wait for the Sun on a winter's day,
And a beam of light shines across the floor."
And the winter's day in question is the shortest day of the year, which was today.
Update: This is getting annoying. Another one pulled.
Here's the track anyway, with a very fuzzy static image. After all, it's the music which matters, isn't it?
Update update:: Well, that one's gone as well, but here's another with better visuals:
