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May 21st 2014
Fantastic! I couldn't have requested a better set list. They sounded great and Karl's voice is now and has always been one of my favorites. Wish I could see them again tonight...
Denver, CO@The Soiled Dove Underground
About World Party
Band centered around (indeed, perhaps comprising only of) ex-The Waterboys member Karl Wallinger.
Wallinger was a key member of The Waterboys during their 'Big Music' period, which covered their first three albums: The Waterboys, A Pagan Place, and This Is The Sea. In 1985, Wallinger left The Waterboys to form World Party. Although the parting was quoted as being amicable, musical differences may well have played a factor, given chief-Waterboys Mike Scott's radical shift towards traditional Irish folk music (evidenced by The Waterboys' next album Fisherman's Blues).
World Party's debut album was Private Revolution, which adopted a more commercial sound than that of The Waterboys, and also hinted at Wallinger's social conscience - especially on the 'hit' single Ship Of Fools. Private Revolution was followed by Goodbye Jumbo, which was more successful, and then Bang! which was slightly less so.
Walinger penned the song She's The One, which was taken to (British) number one by Robbie Williams - for which Wallinger has pledged his undying gratitude, as royalties from this probably outweighed everything he earned from World Party.
Wallinger was a key member of The Waterboys during their 'Big Music' period, which covered their first three albums: The Waterboys, A Pagan Place, and This Is The Sea. In 1985, Wallinger left The Waterboys to form World Party. Although the parting was quoted as being amicable, musical differences may well have played a factor, given chief-Waterboys Mike Scott's radical shift towards traditional Irish folk music (evidenced by The Waterboys' next album Fisherman's Blues).
World Party's debut album was Private Revolution, which adopted a more commercial sound than that of The Waterboys, and also hinted at Wallinger's social conscience - especially on the 'hit' single Ship Of Fools. Private Revolution was followed by Goodbye Jumbo, which was more successful, and then Bang! which was slightly less so.
Walinger penned the song She's The One, which was taken to (British) number one by Robbie Williams - for which Wallinger has pledged his undying gratitude, as royalties from this probably outweighed everything he earned from World Party.
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May 21st 2014
Fantastic! I couldn't have requested a better set list. They sounded great and Karl's voice is now and has always been one of my favorites. Wish I could see them again tonight...
Denver, CO@The Soiled Dove Underground
About World Party
Band centered around (indeed, perhaps comprising only of) ex-The Waterboys member Karl Wallinger.
Wallinger was a key member of The Waterboys during their 'Big Music' period, which covered their first three albums: The Waterboys, A Pagan Place, and This Is The Sea. In 1985, Wallinger left The Waterboys to form World Party. Although the parting was quoted as being amicable, musical differences may well have played a factor, given chief-Waterboys Mike Scott's radical shift towards traditional Irish folk music (evidenced by The Waterboys' next album Fisherman's Blues).
World Party's debut album was Private Revolution, which adopted a more commercial sound than that of The Waterboys, and also hinted at Wallinger's social conscience - especially on the 'hit' single Ship Of Fools. Private Revolution was followed by Goodbye Jumbo, which was more successful, and then Bang! which was slightly less so.
Walinger penned the song She's The One, which was taken to (British) number one by Robbie Williams - for which Wallinger has pledged his undying gratitude, as royalties from this probably outweighed everything he earned from World Party.
Wallinger was a key member of The Waterboys during their 'Big Music' period, which covered their first three albums: The Waterboys, A Pagan Place, and This Is The Sea. In 1985, Wallinger left The Waterboys to form World Party. Although the parting was quoted as being amicable, musical differences may well have played a factor, given chief-Waterboys Mike Scott's radical shift towards traditional Irish folk music (evidenced by The Waterboys' next album Fisherman's Blues).
World Party's debut album was Private Revolution, which adopted a more commercial sound than that of The Waterboys, and also hinted at Wallinger's social conscience - especially on the 'hit' single Ship Of Fools. Private Revolution was followed by Goodbye Jumbo, which was more successful, and then Bang! which was slightly less so.
Walinger penned the song She's The One, which was taken to (British) number one by Robbie Williams - for which Wallinger has pledged his undying gratitude, as royalties from this probably outweighed everything he earned from World Party.
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Genres:
Rock, Alternative
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