{"id":344,"date":"2005-09-14T23:41:16","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T03:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/blog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2005-09-14T23:41:16","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T03:41:16","slug":"frankfurt-im-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/2005\/09\/14\/frankfurt-im-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"frankfurt i’m sorry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the bad old Ingenia days, there was a bunch of Westies who came to visit, work, and play with us for a while. One of them had really stinky feet, and grew up to be CTO of a successful online jewelry company (where he scored a very cool desk<\/a>).<\/p>\n

He loved this westie band by the name of Spirit of the West, and shared the sounds of this band with everyone. This was a good thing, for I had never heard Home for a Rest<\/em> before, and it’s now a kind of anthem. Over the years I’ve managed to pick up pretty much all of their CDs, and they’re all good listens. <\/p>\n

My very favourite CD of theirs is “Open Heart Symphony”, a live performance with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. It’s not typical SOTW fare, in that it’s not raucous and there’s nary a drinking song to be found. It is quite beautiful, and to me the accompaniment of the classical instruments with SOTW’s mellow, Celtic sound and emotive vocals just works<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Frankfurt I’m Sorry<\/em> is my pick of the litter from this CD. I don’t know what it is about this track (which is apparently an apology from the band to the residents of Frankfurt, who they labeled “losers” at one time because of a bad experience there), but it just has a certain power to it. It’s from the heart, and makes me strangely happy for something that’s essentially an open letter to a bunch of folks far away.<\/p>\n

Open Heart Symphony doesn’t seem to be in the catalogue any more. I don’t pretend I went looking too hard for it, but none of the major online vendors here in Canada had it. So, I thought I’d share. Have a listen, and let me know if I’m on crack or not for liking it. If you’re not partial to it, have a listen to Milk, Tea, and Oranges<\/em>, which is another one of my faves, despite its somewhat depressing subject matter.<\/p>\n

Thanks Darrell, they are a damn good band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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