Given that it’s one of Slicing Up Eyeballs’ all-time favorite songs, it’s a great pleasure to post this video of The Waterboys performing their 1988 classic “Fisherman’s Blues” live in Irish radio station RTÉ 2fm’s mobile studio at the Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival last weekend, where Mike Scott & Co. shared the bill with Roxy Music, Bad Lieutenant and Public Image Ltd.
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