Christy Moore

[Bogmetaller]

Went to see him for the 4th time on Sunday - worst of the 4 and still brilliant... How does he fare on the pallette of the other metal listening folk here??

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Live at Vicar Street is one I still listen to fairly regularly. And Planxty's black album even more regularly.

[Pagan Saviour]

No thanks

[Carnage]

Small doses. I haven't paid any attention to him in about 30 years since he sobered up and beģan taking himself ultra-seriously. Early albums and the first few Planxty were mighty though.

[Barnacle Billy]

Planxty only...

[Giggles]

I probably know less than 5 Christy songs but I do enjoy them. Not sure if I've ever heard a note of Planxty.

Any recommendations for either?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHefR3Ttd_c

And if you dig that, just keep going forward album by album.

[Carnage]

Planxty: s/t, The Well Below The Valley, Cold Blow And The Rainy Night, Live 2004

Solo: Prosperous, Ride On, Ordinary Man, Voyage

He's got a shitload of solo albums and I haven't heard a lot of them, but those ones are pretty good either way.

[Barnacle Billy]

Planxty only...

but Ride On is absolutely sublime, I'll admit. Love it!

[The Heretic]

He's gone a bit up his own hole over the years

[Barnacle Billy]

He's gone a bit up his own hole over the years

Happens most of them, in all honesty...

[open face surgery]

Don't really pay attention to him but has been great the few times I saw him. The solo stuff was a constant growing up and the Planxty stuff is still a constant.

[91/30]

Went to see him for the 4th time on Sunday - worst of the 4 and still brilliant... How does he fare on the pallette of the other metal listening folk here??

I've seen him twice, listen to his older stuff a fair bit. Studio albums up to 'Smoke & Strong Whiskey' are what'd I'd generally go for.  Later live albums after that are still great.  Planxty, Moving Hearts I have most of those on LP & CD and still play them (when the wife is out.... she hates him 😄)

[91/30]

I probably know less than 5 Christy songs but I do enjoy them. Not sure if I've ever heard a note of Planxty.

Any recommendations for either?

There is a CD/DVD Digipak called 'Planxty, Between the Jigs and the reels a retrospective'  which is worth it for the 70s film footage alone.  Its probably on YouTube?

[Carnage]

I'd also recommend Leagues O'Toole's book (The Humours Of Planxty), aside from being an in depth history of the band it's a good oul' yarn too.