Craig’s Songbook – “Old England” by The Waterboys.

LYRICS

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(This Songbook entry was submitted by Craig Nelson, a Fayetteville photographer and enjoyer of fine music.)

The Waterboys were a watershed event, ushering in a new sound for modern rock while bearing some similarity to the work of Warren Zevon. 

Their sound was orchestral, expansive, ambitious, a gale of brass, strings, percussion, piano, crowned by the stunning poetry and singing of band leader Mike Scott.  Scott’s lyrics are at once angry, remorseful, yearning, and are some of the finest lyrics I’ve read.

This is the Sea is a fascinating experience, each cut straining to outshine the one before it. It is an album meant for cool autumn nights, alone in my car with the windows down and flying along some dark stretch of highway, preferably one I’ve not driven previously, music blasting and flushing my frustrations out and into the night.

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