I enjoyed Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody - about the first 500 times I heard it. There are many 70's songs that have been overplayed for me, and Bohemian Rhapsody is almost at the top of the list. De Dannan has given it a Celtic twist here, and I can actually listen to it again.
The penny whistle makes the opening theme sound haunting. At around 3 minutes (3:00), the section which, after 500+ listens, was the most wearing (the "Scaramouche" section), gets revitalized with some wonderful harmonies, and a responsive section with the penny whistles and the accordion, and then they turn it into a joyous reel at 3:48.
De Dannan was one of the first groups I got to know when I started listening to Celtic music. Some of my favorite Celtic musicians (Maura O'Connell, Andy Irvine, Dolores Kean, and Mary Black) got their start in De Dannan.
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