DeadSplinter Up! All Night: Out In The Fields

5/8/20 Earendil the Mariner 30

‘Out In The Fields’ is a song by Gary Moore and Phil Lynott about the Troubles, aka the Northern Ireland conflict.

Moore said in an interview that despite the music video, the song isn’t just about the Northern Ireland conflict, but it is “a general anti-war song”.

and a metal (hard rock?) cover by Powerwolf:

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30 Comments

      • I’ll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down

        i don’t know the artist, it’s from an Alan Lomax recording. Remastered obviously.

        • That sounds a lot like this, which is a prison work crew at Parchman Farm:
           

            • Alan Lomax needs a whole post, or series of posts. The good, bad, and ugly. 

  2. Good stuff.
     
    Foreign Fields
     


     
    Smart Remarks

  3. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – Strawberry Fields Forever
     


     

  4. Hmmm, I went in direction of the troubles with the Pogues:


     

  5. Brian Eno and Harold Budd – Among Fields of Crystal

     

     

     

  7. Willie and Laura Mae Jones by Tony Joe White:

    …and a cover by Waylon Jennings:

  10. Sting – Fields of Gold
     


    I was never much of a fan of Sting’s solo work, but I loved this album.

    • Oh, yeah:  power’s back!  It was out for about 22 hours, but that’s why God made generators.

    • Keali’i Reichel did a great version of this
       

  11. Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) – Johnny Cash

    • I love the man in black! here’s another great song by him:
       


      Johnny Cash – She Used To Love Me A Lot

      • Good one!  Johnny Cash is one of those for me that the more you listen, the more you reveal.

  12. Two from Nanci Griffith…

     

     

    • Man, I listened to that album so many times as a teenager.

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