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Nope, pollywogs are tadpoles (frog/toad spawn)
Maple seeds.
entretec wrote:'i think it's an oak seed... when they drop off the branches they spiral down to the ground.'
troubadour27 wrote:Acer saccharinum, Silver Maple We used to call them 'helicopters' when I was a kid.
ddpakey wrote:
Right - oak seeds are acorns.
ddpakey - LMFAO!
We used to call them Pollywogs(not the acorns)
Nope, pollywogs are tadpoles (frog/toad spawn)
The essential difference being that Afro Celt Sound System aren't crap.
entretec wrote:'i think it's an oak seed... when they drop off the branches they spiral down to the ground.'
troubadour27 wrote:Acer saccharinum, Silver Maple We used to call them 'helicopters' when I was a kid.
ddpakey wrote:
Right - oak seeds are acorns.
ddpakey - LMFAO!
We used to call them Pollywogs(not the acorns)
Recorded at Real World Studios...
which belongs to Peter Gabriel...
whose albums So and Us were produced by Daniel Lanois...
who also produced a bunch of U2 albums, including Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree


I also learned about them in the late 90's, a time of growth and awakening for me. They will always be special to me!

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Right - oak seeds are acorns.
Maple seed - we called them helicopters or whirly-birds
Right - oak seeds are acorns.



But then again, why should it not?
Hey, why not? :)
They're highly-rated and recognised in Scotland and Ireland, and regularly headline big gigs (such as the annual HebCeltFest on Lewis). I've taken to them ever since I first heard their music in Scotland, and remain smitten. They have a new-ish album out, The Source, their first album in something like 10 years, and is more afro than celt compared to their earlier stuff. Highly recommended.
Absolutely LOVE their groove. Thanks, Bill, for introducing them to me nearly ten years ago... wow...
It's SO COOL to read of others on this thread hearing them — and 'getting' them immediately. Then the search/listen/love cycle continues.
Don't forget the "Share" option, too.
For this album, they temporarily changed their name to AfroCelts, which they later determined was a mistake.
The original working title of the song "Seed" was the Malinke word "wulaba" which means "forest." In this song, NFaly speaks of the importance of the forest, our own relative insignificance on the planet and the importance of respecting the earth. It is a warning to people that if we don't protect the earth, everything will die and the birds will cry rather than sing.
You can find it on iTunes, under their previous longer name: Afro Celt Sound System.

I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma... hope you are having a marvelous time this year... love this song...
You should check out a cd called "From Dublin to Dakar", it has excellent liner notes detailing the migration-derived legacy of the Celts...and cool Celtic music from all over too, btw.
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Former member?
There are many Celtic settlements along the Spanish coast. It's highly probable that they would have mixed culturally with Africans during this period before the rise of Rome.
Africans?
Africans along the Spanish coast before the rise of Rome (when 700 BC/Romulus? Or 500-1000 years later?)
Around 700 AD (only East-Rome existed at the time) Africans (Berbers mostly - folks one can hardly call "Africans" in a historical context) conquered big parts of Spain (before they were driven out again, ca. 1500 AD) - that much is true, but what it has to do with a timing you call "before the rise of Rome"...?
So tell me what AFRICANS shall have mixed with the Celts during the period "before the rise of Rome"...?
There are many Celtic settlements along the Spanish coast. It's highly probable that they would have mixed culturally with Africans during this period before the rise of Rome.
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

I even bought the CD.
but alas it is starting to wear a little on me.
Amazing how fast that can occur.


Works even on a sunny summer-day!

One of so many RP "finds" for me....AC(SS), Porcupine Tree and Patty Griffin top that list. THANK YOU, BillG!!!
I was driving to work through the fog this morning when the car stereo served up this piece. It was the perfect soundtrack for the trip.

Ditto.

Aye, but I'd go futher and say buy all the ACSS CDs. The band really is a unique experiment, kicked off by Peter Gabriel's record label and with his collaboration (he guests on one album), with a pretty much unique sound. They do represent the highly eclectic diversity of modern Scottish music, which mixes and melds musical styles from all over the world with traditional Scottish sounds - other fusion examples are Salsa Celtica and the Peatbog Faeries, to mention but two. The ACSS will likely dissolve in the near future (see the Wikipedia entry) and hasn't released an album for 3 years, but the band will be very fondly remembered. They do cracking live gigs, too.






arserocket wrote:
Just a little question my friend? When you say foreign music are you saying that from your side of the pond because I'm listening here on the other and it ain't foreign. This radio station plays around the planet from California and I love it but I'm part of the audience also.
Heil jjbix. Go well and peace my friend - oh yes a very Happy Obama world to you also - sorry to be political but G'Obama!!!!!

arserocket wrote:
Just a little question my friend? When you say foreign music are you saying that from your side of the pond because I'm listening here on the other and it ain't foreign. This radio station plays around the planet from California and I love it but I'm part of the audience also.



