Other Mixes By Barrydali
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Sailing to Byzantium (Poem) 
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| Lisa Gerrard | Sailing to Byzantium | |
| Shane MacGowan & Cafe Orchestra | An Irish Airman Foresees His Death | |
| Arty McGlynn | The Sally Garden | |
| Carla Bruni | Before The World Was Made | |
| William Butler Yeats | The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Poem) | |
| Donovan | The Lake Isle of Innisfree | |
| Davy Spillane | The Host of the Air | |
| Uncredited | The Second Coming | |
| John Tavener (w/ Heidi Grant Murphy) | To a Child Dancing in the Wind | |
| Chris Thompson | The Song Of Wandering Aengus | |
| Uncredited | Aedh Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven (Poem) | |
| The North Sea Radio Orchestra | He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven | |
| Jolie Holland | Wandering Angus | |
| Sinead O'Connor | Troy | |
| Loreena McKennitt | The Stolen Child | |
| The Big Huge | Wrapped in the Cloths of Heaven | |
| W.H Auden | In Memory of W.B Yeats (Poem) | |
| Bill Douglas | The Lake Isle of Innisfree | |
| William Butler Yeats | The Song of the Old Mother (Poem) | |
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William Butler Yeats 1865-1939Well now... I decided to make this mix almost two years ago and it was meant to be finished for last years St Patricks day but I got sidetracked and found source material hard to come by. I chanced upon some archived recordings at my local library of the man himself reciting his poetry and began to weave it through the songs I had collected. The songs themselves are all either direct attempts at putting his words to music or simply trying to convey the images within a tune or an air. Only the Sinead O'Connor is tenuous as it is very loosely based on his poem No Second Troy.
My English Literature teacher is to blame really as he introduced me to Yeats when I was a mere boy and during my adolescent years I developed a bit of an obsession with all things W.B I even managed to persuade an aunt to take me to what was by now to me the mythical Innisfree.
Anyway enough romanticizing, in terms of listening, should you be so inclined, the sequence might be hard to follow here as sometimes the spoken pieces are played over the music. Incidentally the uncredited poetry readings were taken from BBC broadcasts over this past few years.
Happy St Patricks day oh and tread softly...
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well, I have a live version of troy that is one of my favourite tracks EVER.Other than that, as a London boy my only other St Patricks significance is giving up smoking in Darjeeling 1998 on St Patricks day and a couple of Dublin pissups in 2000 and 2002 . . .<brlooks like a great mix tho. . . . . I'll raise a Jameson and a Guinness to you sir !
Stout stuff indeed. Well done.
This is brilliant, Barry - can't wait to listen to this one. This site needs more poetry mixes, anyway!
You know when reading your track list I immediately thought of Gobi when I saw 'Troy' and lo and behold the man himself passes comment (Do I know him or what?) Great mix Barry, all my English Lit. teacher did for me was instill a lifelong hatred of Alfred Bloody Lord Tennyson!
barry, this looks FANTASTIC! w.b. yeats is without a doubt my all-time favorite poet, far ahead of the pack. matter a fact, my girlfriend just gave me an old yeats poetry book she had last month for my birthday -- i'm still engulfed in the damn thing. i'm going to check this one out ASAP, & i know i won't be disappointed. elvis costello's reading of "a drunken man's praise of sobriety" may have worked here too.
p.s. my grandparents are making corn beef & cabbage this friday in honor of the irish, even though i'm 100% italian. see, i've got love for you.
p.s. my grandparents are making corn beef & cabbage this friday in honor of the irish, even though i'm 100% italian. see, i've got love for you.
I use to really enjoy Yeats before I stumbled upon Rabindranath Tagore. Yeats is still very good, as is this wonderful mix. Will be taking it with me for my commute tomorrow.
Beautiful.
Lisa Gerrard has one of my favorite voices, and your mixing of it w/ the poem is gorgeous. also really liked the 5-6 bits, track ten and... Sinead O'Connor. I remember seeing the video when that song first came out, I didn't know what to make of it. but hearing it again now, years later, it's really incredible! terrific mixing, Barry... magically delicious.
WB may have been a crazy old coot, but he sure could make the words dance! A great tribute.
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"Yeats was notoriously absent-minded, once downing an entire packet of opiate cough sweets and sleeping for thirty hours. Another time he was told during a Dublin rainstorm that his raincoat was inside out: he swiftly turned it wet side in. He could eat without noticing his food and, one evening at his club, on seeing `a clean glass & port & no plate before me' had to ask whether he had in fact eaten anything. No one was sure, so he ate a meal anyway. "
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"Yeats was notoriously absent-minded, once downing an entire packet of opiate cough sweets and sleeping for thirty hours. Another time he was told during a Dublin rainstorm that his raincoat was inside out: he swiftly turned it wet side in. He could eat without noticing his food and, one evening at his club, on seeing `a clean glass & port & no plate before me' had to ask whether he had in fact eaten anything. No one was sure, so he ate a meal anyway. "
Happy St. Patrick's Day mate.
Heed not the doubters. WB Yeats is the finest poet that ever lived. Where he a man of the 21st century, this mix would be his favourite. It's official, Barry, you are the chosen one....
I don't read much poetry, but if you are going to explore it, it might as well be by a poet from Eire (where so many top notch word weavers have resided). Thanks for sharing this, and enjoy St. Patrick's day.
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Get those peaty ghillies off of my lovely cloths. Would like very much to hear this.
Really well conceived good sir. Am looking forward to indulging in it.
My goodness- this sounds really beautiful.
Looks to be a well-wrought work Barrydali. (I'm far more familiar with Tagore, whom Salman mentioned, but the Yeats I know is Yeats I love.)
Lovely! Thoughtful and enlightening. My pop mixes look so amateurish and silly in comparison.
Au contraire Mr Moe, it's my own inadequacy at pop mixes that drives me to create these from time to time. I would say thyself and young 'g123 have the whole pop thing sewn up, I can only play second fiddle. Thanks for your kind words nonetheless amigo.
A great intro for an uncultured Yank, thanks! Interestingly, J.D.V.'s comments on the guy's literal-mindedness made me think Asperger Syndrome, and apparently alot of others do too.
This looks gorgeous, Barry. I'm going to have a listen...
Very, very nice.
Stunning! This is the most impressive mix I've heard in quite a while. An otherwordly mood; and beautiful transitions; great assembly of fascinating voices. The Sinead O'Connor track is the only one that creates a somewhat different mood and stands out a bit.
I've meant to comment on your Birdsong mix (which I listened to and liked) and on your Evensong mix (which I didn't get around to listen yet), and I feel bad that I never took the time to do it, but I would feel even worse if I didn't congratulate you on this mix. Thanks!
I've meant to comment on your Birdsong mix (which I listened to and liked) and on your Evensong mix (which I didn't get around to listen yet), and I feel bad that I never took the time to do it, but I would feel even worse if I didn't congratulate you on this mix. Thanks!
Amazing- I raise a glass if youknowwhat to this. Have a good evening Barry.
Truly Truly Lovely.
On another note, I identify with you about Yeats: I did my 15 page High School poetry paper on "Sailing to Byzantium"...nice to think about it again in a completely different context.
On another note, I identify with you about Yeats: I did my 15 page High School poetry paper on "Sailing to Byzantium"...nice to think about it again in a completely different context.
Simply AND truly.....AMAZED by this. Off the charts. Head shaking as I type. Astonishing.
Absolutely wonderful, Barry! Well done on finding all the material for this as it doesn't look like it was an easy theme to execute - but you've done so marvellously (I love literary-themed mixes btw!) Wandering Angus, in any form, is one of my absolute favourites so I'm glad to see it here. Hope you enjoyed yesterday incidentally, hail glorious St Patrick and all that :)
Man this looks great. Sorry I missed the download.
This mix has Barrydali written all over it. Great concept, execution, and perfect timing.