The Good Ship - “avast! wretched sea”
June 21st 2010 09:55
Sometimes, something original comes along that stands out of the pack of the endless stream of music that at times can sound a bit the same. The Good Ship stand out like a lighthouse in the dark guiding the listener into a seedy world of sex, debauchery and ruggered good times. Yes, this is the soundtrack to pirates and sea men. And it’s about bloody time!!!!
These are songs for big men, with big beards, with big thirsts for beer, rum and whisky and penchant for telling sea shanty tales. The music is foot stomping, swing your gal around, celtic laced with gang vocals, fiddles and percussion. The themes are at times a touch blue with the likes of ‘6000 Cocks’ which tells the tale of a prostitute guesstimating at how many men have paid for her services or ‘These Are A Few Of My Favourite Flings’ which recounts some of their sexual encounters.
The nautical theme is present with the track ‘Sea Monster’ and drinking gets a good mention in lead single ‘A Harbour Fair’ and ‘Tavern Song’, but in the end it all comes back to sex and women, ‘I Can Make Her Laugh’ being the classic example with the chorus “i can make her laugh but i can’t make her come.”
The Good Ship flow effortlessly through Celtic/Irish folk to classical Spanish to country and back again in the space of a couple of tracks. What The Good Ship have done is create a unique sounding album, full of good songs that make it hard to not tap a foot too or bop your head along too. There’s a dark underlying humour that makes this a enjoyable listen.(see track ‘Don’t Kiss Me With Your Lips’) Being so heavily themed in sex it would be easy to cross the line of good taste, but the band manage to push that line without exceeding it.
The Good Ship is just a good old fashioned fun, playing in the corner of a dingy pub, getting everyone to sing along kind of band. If your willingly to try something differently musically, seek out The Good Ship.
Download the single Harbour Fair Really Long Link
These are songs for big men, with big beards, with big thirsts for beer, rum and whisky and penchant for telling sea shanty tales. The music is foot stomping, swing your gal around, celtic laced with gang vocals, fiddles and percussion. The themes are at times a touch blue with the likes of ‘6000 Cocks’ which tells the tale of a prostitute guesstimating at how many men have paid for her services or ‘These Are A Few Of My Favourite Flings’ which recounts some of their sexual encounters.
The nautical theme is present with the track ‘Sea Monster’ and drinking gets a good mention in lead single ‘A Harbour Fair’ and ‘Tavern Song’, but in the end it all comes back to sex and women, ‘I Can Make Her Laugh’ being the classic example with the chorus “i can make her laugh but i can’t make her come.”
The Good Ship flow effortlessly through Celtic/Irish folk to classical Spanish to country and back again in the space of a couple of tracks. What The Good Ship have done is create a unique sounding album, full of good songs that make it hard to not tap a foot too or bop your head along too. There’s a dark underlying humour that makes this a enjoyable listen.(see track ‘Don’t Kiss Me With Your Lips’) Being so heavily themed in sex it would be easy to cross the line of good taste, but the band manage to push that line without exceeding it.
The Good Ship is just a good old fashioned fun, playing in the corner of a dingy pub, getting everyone to sing along kind of band. If your willingly to try something differently musically, seek out The Good Ship.
Download the single Harbour Fair Really Long Link
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