Ten Favorite Danny Kirwan Songs OF ALL TIME

[TrueFaith77]

What are your ten favorite Danny Kirwan songs of all time (Mac, solo, etc all included)?

[dino]

In no particular order:

Child of Mine
Bare Trees
Dragonfly
Trinity
World in Harmony
Loving Kind
Dust
Sunny Side of Heaven
Jewel Eyed Judy
Tell Me All the Things You Do

[chriskisn]

No particular order to mine either...

1. Dragonfly
2. Trinity
3. Misty River
4. Coming Your Way
5. Mary Jane
6. Odds and Ends
7. Silver Streams
8. Ram Jam City
9. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
10. Something Inside of Me
11. One Sided Love
12. Open the Door

Oops, I can't count

Yes there are probably others too given enough time to think about it...

[Fiver]

Random order as well:

Sunny Side of Heaven
Woman of 1,000 Years
Although the Sun is Shining
Jewel Eyed Judy
Dragonfly
Sands of Time
Tell Me All the Things You Do
Sometimes
Child of Mine
Trinity

[holidayroad]

Without You
Tell Me All the Things You Do
Jewel Eyed Judy
Trinity
Woman of 1000 Years
Sands Of Time
Dust
Wings of a Dove
End Up Crying
Spaceman

[bretonbanquet]

Dragonfly
Without You
Something Inside of Me
Dust
Woman of 1000 Years
Second Chapter
Spaceman
Sands of Time
Silver Streams
World in Harmony

If Station Man counts as a Danny song, I'd include that. Likewise Look Around You, the Danny solo tune written by Dave Walker.

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Likewise Look Around You, the Danny solo tune written by Dave Walker.

I've always wondered about this song, whether it really was written by Dave Walker (despite the fact it is credited to him - although I don't own a physical copy of the album I assume it is credited on the album?).

Although a very simple song it reminds me more of Kirwan's songwriting. There is a certain sensitivity to the song that we've seen through Kirwan's music and not through Walker's.

Is it possible that Kirwan wrote the song and gave the credit to Walker in the same way Ella Holley shares the songwriting credit on Buddy's Song? Maybe Kirwan felt that Walker had been unfairly treated by FM in the same way he had?

Or am I looking for something that isn't there????

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by chriskisn

Is it possible that Kirwan wrote the song and gave the credit to Walker in the same way Ella Holley shares the songwriting credit on Buddy's Song? Maybe Kirwan felt that Walker had been unfairly treated by FM in the same way he had?

Or am I looking for something that isn't there????

Dave Walker was asked about that song in the Q & A here. He said:

Thanks for your e-mail. Good questions. The band that perhaps suited me best was the Idle Race because I was not required to be lead singer all of the time and was able to develop vocal harmony skills that were never used in subsequent bands, eg. Fleetwood Mac, whose vocals were monopolized by Christine and Bob Welch. They may say words to the opposite but I was never given the chance. Hungry Fighter was in existance in early 1974 and only played one gig at the University of Surrey, Guilford, England. The band did not maintain because perhaps we were not focused enough musically, and in addition, Danny Kirwan's problems were just starting and this made communication extremely difficult. The song Look Around You, on Danny's album is indeed mine and I was flattered when a musican of his quality thought to include it. Hope this has answered your questions.

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Dave Walker was asked about that song in the Q & A here. He said:

Thanks for your e-mail. Good questions. The band that perhaps suited me best was the Idle Race because I was not required to be lead singer all of the time and was able to develop vocal harmony skills that were never used in subsequent bands, eg. Fleetwood Mac, whose vocals were monopolized by Christine and Bob Welch. They may say words to the opposite but I was never given the chance. Hungry Fighter was in existance in early 1974 and only played one gig at the University of Surrey, Guilford, England. The band did not maintain because perhaps we were not focused enough musically, and in addition, Danny Kirwan's problems were just starting and this made communication extremely difficult. The song Look Around You, on Danny's album is indeed mine and I was flattered when a musican of his quality thought to include it. Hope this has answered your questions.

[/INDENT]

Quite a sensitive song then for Walker. Compare it to The Derelict or Denim Demon:

Going to Arizona to a place I love so well
Cactus must be twelve feet high, the sun is hot as hell
Pack a pair of Levi's, as much wine as I can
'Cause I'm called the Denim Demon I'm a devil of a man

[bretonbanquet]

The thing about "Look Around You" is that Danny never wrote a lyric as advanced as that, and not too many lyrics with a socially-aware "point" like those either. I think maybe Danny put his stamp on the music though, as it fits in very well with the rest of the album. It is indeed credited to Dave Walker on the album - actually it's usually credited to "Danny Walker" but we'll gloss over that

[michelej1]

In the Q & A they mentioned it was credited to "D. Walker" and asked Dave if that was him and he said it was.

Michele

[Conga]

Without looking at the albums..
Tell Me All the Things You Do
Coming Your Way
Woman of 1000 Years
Sands of Time
Bare Trees
Danny's Child
Sunny Side of Heaven
Life Machine
Jewel Eyed Judy
Spaceman
Child of Mine

..11! Okay. I should listen to Trinity again though I remember being so excited about it when I bought 25 Years: The Chain and then it just faded in memory.

[dansven]

This is hard...
(In no particular order...)

Dragonfly
Like It This Way
Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
Only You
Second Chapter
Sands Of Time
Woman of 1000 Years
Like Crying
Caroline
and..... DOWN AT THE CROWN FOR NOW!!!! (Lost masterpiece)

....and several others!

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by dansven

and..... DOWN AT THE CROWN FOR NOW!!!! (Lost masterpiece)

Forgot that one - I love that track. I went to The Crown once, just down the lane from Benifolds. The pub is still there and doing well, but it was closed when I was there Must go back one day.

http://www.headley-village.com/crown/crown.html

[Wouter Vuijk]

OK, so I'll put my favourites in as well.
Seeing that I'm not very fond of his solo albums, I'll stick to his Fleetwood Mac recordings (seems there's no Boilerhouse material circulating).

The 10 favourites (no particular order):
One Sided Love
One Sunny Day
Although The Sun Is Shining
Without You
Coming Your Way
My Dream
Like Crying
Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
Like It This Way
Sunny Side Of Heaven

Then, true runner-ups:
Something Inside Me (not the Jeremy Spencer/Elmore James version)
Blues With A Feeling
Wet Weather Blues
Dragonfly
Talk With You
World's In A Tangle
Tell Me
Loving Kind
When You Say
Only You

Well there are some more but, whatever.....