Now on a hill in Brecon is Crawshay's ruined house And it blackens out the green of the valley And on the battered grave is the epitaph they gave It stands there, god forgive him! Forgive him! forgive him! And all who rot in hell with him And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way.
Sad that, a lot of nights spent in company of the men
I saw them a few times including a great night at the Fridge with the Pouges and Boothill Foot Tappers. I think it was for the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign.
Just been going through a list of gigs I went to in the 80s and they featured 4 or 5 times, a top band who knew how to entertain. One of those gigs was at the Cellar Bar in Calderwood St. RIP Cush. Can't quite believe that Night of a Thousand Candles came out 35 years ago.
Loved Stefan’s vocal on Green Fields of France and was hooked from then on.
Did the band play the Last Post and chorus? Die the pipes play the flowers of the forest?
Rest in Peace Cush.
It’s a stunningly good song
I’d known it sung by The Fureys & Davey Arthur a few years before and have a cousin who always sings it beautifully at family gatherings. Great lyrics and meaning.
Loved Stefan’s vocal on Green Fields of France and was hooked from then on.
Did the band play the Last Post and chorus? Die the pipes play the flowers of the forest?
Rest in Peace Cush.
It’s a stunningly good song
I’d known it sung by The Fureys & Davey Arthur a few years before and have a cousin who always sings it beautifully at family gatherings. Great lyrics and meaning.
It’s an incredibly sad song and yet uplifting too in its way ... always gets to me when I hear it
Loved Stefan’s vocal on Green Fields of France and was hooked from then on.
Did the band play the Last Post and chorus? Die the pipes play the flowers of the forest?
Rest in Peace Cush.
It’s a stunningly good song
I’d known it sung by The Fureys & Davey Arthur a few years before and have a cousin who always sings it beautifully at family gatherings. Great lyrics and meaning.
It’s an incredibly sad song and yet uplifting too in its way ... always gets to me when I hear it
Just played it once more
'again and again and again and again' - such justified anger
Thank you for your comments, chaps. I hope that The Men They Couldn't Hang will continue. John Baine, aka Attila the Stockbroker, a friend of the band and an acquaintance of mine, performed a half-hour of thoughts and music in memory of Cush on Friday night. https://www.facebook.com/attilathestockbroker/videos/235191401483074/
*Tonight, 9:00pm* The Joe Solo Show, on Scarborough-based Coast and County Radio will (so I am advised by The Men...) broadcast a tribute to Cush. https://www.coastandcountyradio.co.uk/schedule/
*Tonight, 9:00pm* The Joe Solo Show, on Scarborough-based Coast and County Radio will (so I am advised by The Men...) broadcast a tribute to Cush. https://www.coastandcountyradio.co.uk/schedule/
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RIP 😞
And it blackens out the green of the valley
And on the battered grave is the epitaph they gave
It stands there, god forgive him!
Forgive him! forgive him!
And all who rot in hell with him
And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way.
Sad that, a lot of nights spent in company of the men
RIP Cush. Can't quite believe that Night of a Thousand Candles came out 35 years ago.
Did the band play the Last Post and chorus?
Die the pipes play the flowers of the forest?
Rest in Peace Cush.
No age RIP.
We have the music.
'again and again and again and again' - such justified anger
Their debut album, Night of a Thousand Candles is one of my all time favourites.
I hope that The Men They Couldn't Hang will continue.
John Baine, aka Attila the Stockbroker, a friend of the band and an acquaintance of mine, performed a half-hour of thoughts and music in memory of Cush on Friday night.
https://www.facebook.com/attilathestockbroker/videos/235191401483074/
The Joe Solo Show, on Scarborough-based Coast & County Radio will broadcast a tribute to Cush.
https://www.coastandcountyradio.co.uk/schedule/