Poke You In The Eye

Flying Fish Sailors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 2003)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Topmast
• ASIN: B0002Y69ZY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,304 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. St. Anne’s Reel / Staten Island Hornpipe

2. Waltzing Matilda

3. General Dollar General

4. Unrequited to the Nth Degree

5. Campbell’s Farewell to Red Gap

6. The Food Chain

7. Rain

8. King Henry

9. Poke You In The Eye

10. My Big Cat

11. Coffee, Oh!

12. Snoring Mrs. Gobeil

13. Loch Ness Monster (Reprise)

14. Twenty Fourth of February

15. Scalloway Lasses / Gravelwalk

16. Five O’Clock World

17. Day Dawn / Bride’s a Bonnie Thing

18. London Homesick Blues

19. Chain Mail

20. Mingulay Boat Song

Editorial Reviews

Poke You In The Eye serves up the Fish’s potent blend of fun-laden original songs, unusual cover songs, and rousing traditional instrumentals played with mind blowing dexterity. The eclectic presentation upholds longtime FFS traditions, with several original songs ("General Dollar General", "The Food Chain", "Poke You In The Eye", "My Big Cat", "Coffee Oh!", a reprise version of "Loch Ness Monster", "Chain Mail"), and touches upon themes familiar to Fish fans, such as coffee, cats and songs of the sea. Traditional songs include a mellow version of "Waltzing Matilda" and "King Henry" - a ghost story presented as a rock ballad., and five instrumental dance medleys from the British Isles and Canada. Reaching deep into their grab bag of unusual covers, the FFS have included such notable songs as The Beatles "Rain", Gary P. Nunn’s "London Homesick Blues", Loudon Wainwright III’s "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" and The Ventures’ "Five O’Clock World" to round out! the presentation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Needs more coffee, March 12, 2011

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Tony L. Weathers (Austin, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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I was a little disappointed Greg did not personally autograph my copy and hand deliver it to my front door, or at the very least include a Starbucks gift card but the overall quirky choice of songs and fun music made up for it. This genre of music may not be for everyone, but is is for me, and I hope they come to Austin to do a show one day.

Stormy

5.0 out of 5 stars Poke you in the E ye, May 21, 2007

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Jon D. Oringderff "Jon" (Afghanistan) - See all my reviews
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Love these guys. Everyone should own a copy. Got me through some hard nights in Afghanistan