The Waterboys Present: Rips From The Cutting Room Floor The Waterboys

• 1 Western Roll Call 01:37
• 2 The Next Time I Saw Elvis 02:50
• 3 Cinema, C'est La Vie 02:06
• 4 On The Set Of The Last Movie 05:33
• 5 Alejandro Jodorowsky's Arrival In Taos 01:28
• 6 Crystal Morning, New Mexico 01:14
• 7 Funkout At The Mud Palace 02:36
• 8 Cowboy Bill, Guy Grand And Texas 02:20
• 9 Still Raging On 02:52
• 10 Flipside Of The American Dream 02:34
• 11 Thank You Mr. Schneider 00:44
• 12 The Counterculture Holdout 01:20
• 13 Stanley In I Love The Movies 01:07
• 14 Dennis In Ameridreams 00:42
• 15 A Few Words About Dennis Hopper 01:14
• 16 Golf, They Say 03:25
• Total Runtime 33:42

Info zu The Waterboys Present: Rips From The Cutting Room Floor

The Waterboys Present: Rips From The Cutting Room Floor (Extras from Life, Death And Dennis Hopper) is the genre-defying companion to The Waterboys’ Sun Records debut album Life, Death, and Dennis Hopper.

Written and self-produced by Mike Scott and the storied international rock band, the eclectic album is comprised of 16 all new tracks including “The Next Time I Saw Elvis”, “Still Raging On”, and an alternate version of “Golf, They Say”.

“These are tracks that didn’t make the album,” says bandleader Mike Scott. “Not because of quality control reasons, but because they broke the narrative. But we want to share them with people and they make a cool little record on their own.”

Rips From The Cutting Room Floor offers listeners a kaleidoscopic view of the creative universe Mike Scott and his band conjured during the making of their audacious opus released in the spring of 2024. Featuring 16 tracks and pressed on hot pink vinyl exclusively through Sun Records, the album traces tangents of Hopper’s mythos and the strange, wild world he inhabited – a vivid addendum to the story of America’s rebel icon.

The new single, “The Next Time I Saw Elvis,” recounts a legendary 1956 encounter between Hopper and Presley in Hollywood. Brought to life with Henry Dobson Jr.’s charismatic lead vocal, the track features Ralph Salmins on drums, Aongus Ralston on bass and rhythm guitar, Famous James on piano, and a searing lead guitar solo from Scott himself – all channeling the swagger and electricity of that unforgettable moment.

Among the other highlights: “On The Set Of The Last Movie,” a full-length instrumental steeped in transcendental blues; “Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Arrival In Taos,” which imagines the surrealist auteur’s creative clashes with Hopper in New Mexico; and “Flipside Of The American Dream” and “Still Raging On,” two alternate drafts of the main album highlight “Ten Years Gone” – plus audio of two spoof TV adverts.

“Dennis made a lot of TV ads in his later life,” says Scott, “and brought a real artistry and creative sparkle to them. As such they’re ripe for spoofing and having some fun with, and so we did!”

Recorded with longtime Waterboys collaborators and an eclectic cast of contributors, the tracks pull back the curtain on the wild ride of Life, Death And Dennis Hopper while standing as essential, standalone works of musical storytelling.

Many of these songs were recorded in a burst of inspiration after Scott acquired a vintage mellotron, sparking new textures and creative momentum. “The mellotron is like an early sampler – a magic machine,” Scott explains in his notes. “Once it arrived, these songs came to life.”

The Waterboys

The Waterboys
are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a number of different styles, but their music is a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll. After ten years of recording and touring, they dissolved in 1993 and Scott pursued a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."

The early Waterboys sound was dubbed "The Big Music" after a song on their second album, A Pagan Place. This musical style was described by Scott as "a metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world." It either influenced or was used to describe a number of other bands, including Simple Minds, The Alarm, In Tua Nua, Big Country, the Hothouse Flowers and World Party, the last of which was made up of former Waterboys members. In the late 1980s the band became significantly more folk influenced. The Waterboys eventually returned to rock and roll, and have released both rock and folk albums since reforming. Their songs, largely written by Scott, often contain literary references and are frequently concerned with spirituality. Both the group and its members' solo careers have received much praise from both rock and folk music critics, but The Waterboys as a band has never received the commercial success that some of its members have had independently. Aside from World Party, The Waterboys have also influenced musicians such as Eddie Vedder, Johnny Goudie, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists,Grant Nicholas of Feeder,James Marshall Owen, and Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff; both Bono and The Edge from U2 are fans of the band.

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