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Marble Index by Nico

1969 | Rock

8.0

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"The Marble Index is a record that sounds like no other in the history of rock. It has a dark, European, stoic atmosphere with an intensity with Nico's singing and songwriting. You have to remember that with the Velvet Underground, she had to rely on Lou Reed writing songs for her. She wasn't exactly Lou Reed or John Cale either. She wrote a song with Jim Morrison, whom she described as her soul brother, and he said she should write songs and lyrics. Nico was a very cultured lady, she worked and hung out with the Stones, she was older and had been around. In fact, I think The Marble Index is a line from a Wordsworth poem. John Cale said that nobody was quoting Wordsworth in 1968. It's one of the first art rock albums and I think that there's an intensity of vision and focus on that record, unlike any other record I've heard. I mean these are the first songs that she wrote! Where did these come from? It's so otherworldly. This album was a huge influence when we were making Screamadelica, I listened to The Marble Index all the time."

Source

Npg: the Sunday Reel/the Old Ladywood Reel by Natalie Macmaster

Frank Quinn's Reel/Lad O'Beirne's/Murphy's Reel by Patrick Street

Traditional Medley: Money Musk Strathspey/the Stormont Lads Strathspey/the Sally Garden Reel/Colonel McBain Reel/Culfadda Reel by Natalie Macmaster

Reels Medley: Lad O'Beirne's / The Small Hills Of Offaly by The Irish Tradition

Fiddle Medley- March of the Cameron Men/ Glencoe March/ Laddie With the Paddle/ Jenny Dang the Weaver Reel/ Irish Reel by Ashley Macisaac

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