Wednesday 21 August 2019

Staring at the Sun


Ciáran McFeely, aka Simple Kid, is from Ireland; you know, that land mass 70 miles west of Holyhead. The island we're just about to throw under the bus. Sorry, I digress. Anyway, McFeely is a Cork lad and his lo-fi musical stylings remind me very much of Beck (a resident of Los Angeles, roughly 5,000 miles west of Cork) and, let's face it, that's no bad thing.

I mention this for the simple reason that despite being old enough to know better I still make playlists; I'm picking James and Janneke up from the station on Saturday and I thought I'd put a few tunes in the car. It's gonna be 27 degrees this weekend, so I can't think of anything more apt.

Simple Kid - Staring at the Sun (2003)

5 comments:

  1. Wow, John, thanks for reminding me of Simple Kid. After catching him on Later - do you remember 'The Average Man'? - I saw him supporting Joseph Arthur & Juliette Lewis at Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2006, and it was quite a novelty to see someone perform with a laptop and screen back then. He had a charming naivete about him, some great lyrics too. His song 'Serotonin' has come back to me now you've brought him into my mind. Thank you (and stay cool!)

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  2. He put out some good 'uns that's for sure. This was the last... https://unthoughtofthoughsomehow.blogspot.com/2012/09/simple-kid.html

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    1. Thank you TS - I'll give it a coat of looking at. I may even add it to my new playlist!

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    2. Oh how funny, just re-read that old post of yours, TS, and I had said practically the same thing, almost word-for-word - certainly the same adjectives - as I did here! (Yet had totally forgotten doing so...)

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