On ne les entend pratiquement plus à la radio. D'ailleurs, on les a presque jamais entendu. C'est une honte. Les Waterboys font partie de ces groupes pop mythiques et plus particulièrement de ce que l'on appelle, à tort ou à raison, le rock héroïque ou tout simplement le folk celtique.
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Leur actualité se résume à la sortie d'un nouvel album live Karma Burn le 28 oct 2005. Grand fan des Waterboys, Cali a réalisé l'un de ses rêves en invitant Steve Wickham au violon sur son dernier album. Difficilement trouvable sur le net, je vous propose une petite discographie de leur oeuvre.
les Waterboys sont la rencontre entre un songwriter écossais, Mike Scott, et une pléïade de musiciens irlandais. En voici les différents membres :
Mike Scott
Anthony Thistlethwaite (1982-1991, 1999-2000) divers
Kevin Wilkinson ( 1982-1987, 1999) batterie
Karl Wallinger (1983-1985) claviers
Roddy Lorimer (1983-1990) trompette
Martyn Swain (1984) basse
Chris Whitten (1984-1985) batterie
Steve Wickham (1985-1990, 2000-)violon, mandoline...
Marco Sin (1985) basse
Dave Ruffy (1985-1986, 1999) batterie
Guy Chambers (1985-1986) piano
Trevor Hutchinson (1986-1991) basse
Peter McKinney (1986-1987) batterie
Fran Breen (1986-1989) batterie
Noel Bridgeman (1986-1989) batterie
Vinnie Kilduff (1987-1989) divers
Colin Blakey (1987-1990) divers
Jay Dee Daugherty (1988-1989, 2001) batteur
Sharon Shannon (1989-1990) accordéon
Ken Blevins (1990-1991) batterie
Jeremy Stacey (1999-2000) batterie
Richard Naiff (1999-present) claviers
Livingstone Brown (1999-2000) basse
John Baggott (2000) claviers
Gordon Davis (2000) basse
Tom Windriff (2000-2001) batterie
Jo Wadeson (2000-2002) basse
Ian McNabb (2001-2002 ) claviers, basse
Ray Fean (2001) batterie
Geoff Dugmore (batterie 2001-2003)
Brad Waissman (2002-2003) basse
Paul Beavis (2002) batterie
Carlos Hercules (2003) batterie
Steve Walters (2003) basseDiscographie des Waterboys :
The Waterboys (1983) December
A Girl Called Johnny
The Three Day Man
Gala
Where Are You Now When I Need You?
I Will Not Follow
It Should Have Been You
The Girl In The Swing
Savage Earth Heart
Something Fantastic
Ready For The Monkeyhouse
Another Kind Of Circus
A Boy In Black Leather
December (Original 8 Track mix)
Jack Of Diamonds
A Pagan Place (1984) Church Not Made With Hands
All The Things She Gave Me
The Thrill Is Gone
Rags
Some Of My Best Friends Are Trains
Somebody Might Wave Back (Version 2)
The Big Music
Red Army Blues
A Pagan Place
The Late Train To Heaven
Love That Kills
The Madness Is Here Again
Cathy
Down Through The Dark Streets
This is the Sea (1985) Don't Bang the Drum
The Whole of the Moon
Spirit
The Pan Within
Medicine Bow
Old England
Be My Enemy
Trumpets
This is the Sea
Fisherman's Blues (1988) Fisherman's Blues
We Will Not Be Lovers
Strange Boat
World Party
Sweet Thing
Jimmy Hickey's Waltz (unlisted on sleeve)
And A Bang On The Ear
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank ?
When Will We Be Married ?
When Ye Go Away
Dunford's Fancy
The Stolen Child
This Land Is Your Land (unlisted on sleeve)
Room to Roam (1990) In Search Of A Rose
Song From The End Of The World
A Man Is In Love / Kaliope House
Bigger Picture
Natural Bridge Blues
Something That Is Gone
The Star And The Sea
A Life Of Sundays
Fiddle Tune (unlisted on sleeve)
Islandman
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Studio Version)
How Long Will I Love You ?
She's All That I Need (unlisted on sleeve)
Upon The Wind And Waves
Spring Comes To Spiddal
The Trip To Broadford
Further Up, Further In
Room To Roam
The Kings Of Kerry (unlisted on sleeve)
Best of The Waterboys '81-90 (1991) A Girl Called Johnny
The Big Music
All The Things She Gave Me
The Whole Of The Moon
Spirit
Don't Bang The Drum
Be My Enemy
Fisherman's Blues
Killing My Heart
Strange Boat
And A Bang On The Ear
Old England (Live)
A Man Is In Love
In Search Of A Rose (extract - unlisted on sleeve)
Dream Harder (1993) The New Life
Glastonbury Song
Preparing To Fly
The Return Of Pan
Corn Circles
Suffer
Winter Winter
Love And Death
Spiritual City
Wonders Of Lewis
The Return Of Jimi Hendrix
Good News
The Secret Life of The Waterboys '81-85 (1994) Medicine Bow (radio)
That Was The River
A Pagan Place (othermix)
Billy Sparks
Savage Earth Heart (live)
Don't Bang The Drum (radio)
The Ways Of Men
Rags (2nd Amendment) (othermix)
The Earth Only Endures
Somebody Might Wave Back (demo)
Going To Paris
The Three Day Man (radio)
Bury My Heart
Out Of Control
Love That Kills
Lion of Love (1996) The Lion Of Love
I Know She's In The Building (alternate mix)
What Do You Want Me To Do (Live on Radio)
Sensitive Children (Live on Radio)
City Full Of Ghosts (Dublin) (Live on Radio)
All The Things She Gave Me (Live on Radio)
Building The City Of Light (Live on Radio)
The Seaweed Shovelling Song
Wonderful Disguise (Version Two)
Everlasting Arms
Experience Week Song
The Live Adventures of The Waterboys (1998) Death Is Not The End
The Earth Only Endures
Medicine Bow
Fisherman's Blues
This Is The Sea
Meet Me At The Station
We Will Not Be Lovers
The Wayward Wind
A Girl Called Johnny
Purple Rain
Be My Enemy
Old England
The Thrill Is Gone / And The Healing Has Begun
The Pan Within (including Because the Night)
The Whole Of The Moon
Spirit
Savage Earth Heart
Saints And Angels
The Whole Of The Moon - The Music of Mike Scott and The Waterboys (1998) The Whole Of The Moon
Glastonbury Song
Medicine Bow
Fisherman's Blues
A Girl Called Johnny (Live)
The Pan Within
She Is So Beautiful
Rare, Precious And Gone (Live on Radio)
Strange Boat
Red Army Blues
This Is The Sea
Higher In Time (Real Version)
The Return Of Pan
What Do You Want Me To Do ?
When Ye Go Away
She's All That I Need (not listed on sleeve)
Love Anyway
A Rock In The Weary Land (2000) Let It Happen
My Love Is My Rock In The Weary Land
It's All Gone
Is She Conscious ?
We Are Jonah
Malediction
Dumbing Down The World
His Word Is Not His Bond
Night Falls On London
The Charlatan's Lament
The Wind In The Wires
Crown
Too Close To Heaven (2001) On My Way To Heaven
Higher In Time
The Ladder
Too Close To Heaven
Good Man Gone
Blues For Your Baby
Custer's Blues
A Home In The Meadow
Tenderfootin'
Lonesome Old Wind