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Turn Off Your Radio (And Turn Me On Instead)
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A short, catchy, unrequiteted love song; stuck somewhere between skiffle and punk. Enjoy!
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Harmony-driven, alternative-country-power-pop with melodies that will stick in your head forever.
Dropkick is a Scottish band who play catchy, countrified pop music with great brotherly harmonies and melodies that will stick in your head forever. Imagine Paul McCartney playing “Duelling Banjos” with Brian Wilson and you’re halfway there Dropkick’s 4th album “Obvious” was released on July 22nd 2006 on their own Taylored Records label and a new album "Turning Circles" will be released on April 20th 2007. Dropkick is: Alastair Taylor guitar, vocals, lap steel. Andrew Taylor drums, vocals, banjo. Stuart Low bass. Ian Grier guitar, mandolin. What people have said about Dropkick: “Country pop touched by the hand of God” Americana UK website review of “Obvious” album. “A dynamic combination of ballsy country twang, wry lyrics and luscious pop harmonies” CMU Music Network. “The prefect long-player for summera Scots-pop gem” Crooked Rain website review of “Obvious” album. “a really good albumplays along at high speed with their catchy country pop” Alt Country NL website review of “Music To Watch Sheep By” album. “Dropkick are very good. Scotland’s finest alt-country power-pop band” Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland. “These guys just keep getting better and better. Their music comes highly recommended” Mark Hunter, Tartanpodcast. “you won't believe your eyes when you see Andrew from Dropkick manage to play the drums, banjo and sing all at the same time! Quite a feat and pulled off faultlessly” Grant Mason, Three From Leith podcast live review. “your music is really great.....very tuneful....I like it a lot” Daniel Wylie, Neon Tetra Records. “infectiouslots of funvery enjoyable Americana with a Scottish lilt” Green Man Review website review of “Music To Watch Sheep By” album. “with good lyrics along with fitting harmonies, it left me feeling rather warm and mushy inside” Live Music Direct website review of “I’m Writing To Santa” Xmas single.
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Peak #81
Peak in subgenre #11
Author
Alastair Taylor
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Alastair Taylor 2004
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November 26, 2004
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MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
A respectable young man falls in love with a dirty young girl from a deprived housing scheme. Unfortunately, she's more interested in listening to rave music and taking drugs to notice him and her one chance to escape the scheme and head into civilisation vanishes. Ah, what might have been....
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