greatest ever irish songs

[max power]

just home from another hard night playin tunes to drunk and had a great night for once. Played a lot of irish stuff....

so with that in ming i'm wondering what are people 5 fav songs from an irish artist ( in no order), its a bit late for me to think of them now....but i will post my choices tomorrow...

ah i'll put in two to get the ball rolling,

1.the golden horde-friends in time...great tune, played it tonight and it got some reaction

2. Luke Kelly- scorne not his simplicity ( think thats what its called )..haunting song showing music at its most simple

3. Christy moore - black is the colour...same as luke kelly, simple and beautiful

4. The Stunning-brewing up a storm...the sound of my youth and memoried of Féile in Thurles

5. the Undertones-teenage kicks...an anthem event today

so there are my five, all shapes and sizes in there.....knockinh on the door also were,

an emotional fish - celebrate

U2 - far away so close

paddy reilly - fields of athenry ( best version of the real national anthem )


your thoughts please.....

[dortie]

Streets of New York
Boys of the old brigade
Sean South
Fields of Athenry

Wolfe Tones ;)

[max power]

typical wolfe tones fan.......can't count, only 4 there ;)

[dortie]

typical wolfe tones fan.......can't count, only 4 there ;)

Too many to mention lad, thats all

[tiktok]

Friends in Time - The Golden Horde
We don't need nobody else - Whipping Boy
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Volunteer - Mark Geary
Where's me jumper - Sultans of Ping FC

[ccfcgirl]

sweet sixteen by the fureys
island liam brady

[dortie]

Teenage Kicks - The Undertones



Our national anthem in Derry ;)

[max power]

makes a change from god save the queen

[dortie]

makes a change from god save the queen

Next time your in Derry make sure you let me know, I will provide a microphone for you to repeat that statement ;)

[max power]

said worse over the mic in the strand...........

[dortie]

said worse over the mic in the strand...........

Something tells me your making that up. On the other hand if you did they probably just shrugged you off as some backward FG loving redneck :D

[gustavo]

i wud go for in no order

u2 new years day
jj72 snow
sultans of ping wheres me jumper
ash goldfinger
saw doctors n17

[thecorner]

sultans of ping---2 pints of rasa
sultans of ping---give him a ball and a yard of grass
frank and walters-after all
u2--------------the unforgettable fire
something happens---hello,hello,hello

[ccfcman]

ash-oh yeah
snowpatrol-run
u2-bloody sunday
spfc-where me jumpa?
therapy-diane
the 'tones-my favourite cousin

[Pauro 76]

U2 - Where the streets have no name
Ash - Oh Yeah
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Whipping Boy - When We Were Young
Sultans of Ping - Wheres Me Jumper
Frank n Walters - After All
Snow Patrol - Chocolate
JJ72 - October Swimmer
Therapy - Nowhere
The Stunning - Brewing Up A Storm
Six - Theres A Whole Lot of Loving Going On ;)

[the 12 th man]

hot house flowers:halleluiah jordan
horslips:dearg doom
thin lizzy:wild one
d-ream:ur the best thing
u2:bad

[Peadar]

Rock/Modern
Phil Lynott - Old Town
U2 - Bad
Bagatelle - Summer in Dublin
Mary Black - No Frontiers (Jimmy McCarthy)
The Pogues and Kirsty McColl - Fairytale of New York

Traditional
Christy Moore - Nancy Spain
Dolores Keane - Caledonia (Don't know who wrote this or if it's Irish)
The Dubliners - A Song For Ireland
The Chieftains feat. Sinéad O'Connor - The Foggy Dew (The Long Black Veil)
The Furey's - Grace (Sean/Frank O’Meara) (open to correction on the singers)

[Rathfarnham Utd]

Again, no particular order-

With or without you- U2
Rocky road to Dublin- Paddy Rielly
Dancin' in the moonlight- Thin Lizzy
Lonesome Boatman - Fureys
Abide with me- John McCormack

[green goblin]

Frank and walters- Happy Busman.
Thin Lizzy- The Boys are back in Town.
Undertones- Mars bar
Dubliners- McAlpines Fusilers
Christy Moore- the crack was ninety in the isle of Man
Celtic FC supporters any and everywhere- Fields of Athenry
Andy White- Religious Persuasion
Pogues - Fairytale of New York. yeah, they're not really Irish blather blather...
Sultans of Ping-Kick me with your leather boots.
My Dad circa 1973- The lonely Banna Strand.
U2- I will follow.
Stiff Little Fingers- Alterantive Ulster
Rudi- Big Time
Boomtown Rats- Rat Trap.
All the boys and girls in green in Japan/Korea- absolutely anything at all. Ya sounded feckin beautiful, the lot of yers! :D :D :D

[anto eile]

sweet sixteen by the fureys
island liam brady

paul brady surely?

[max power]

paul is correct...ha ha liam

conor whats wrong with christy moore, i've seen him dozens of times and with all the gimmick songs aside, when he plays classic ballads like nancy spain or black is the colour, the feeling he puts into them is amazing, he is very very passionate about his music.

[ccfcgirl]

paul brady surely?
Paul Brady your right :D :D

[green goblin]

Oh Lordy. What'll we do if Keane ever become globally popular? Imagine the confusion.

[tiktok]

Oh Lordy. What'll we do if Keane ever become globally popular? Imagine the confusion.

Did you hear about the far east tour they did with Paul McCartney ;) :D

[parnell ranger]

lonesome boatman-fureys
the wests awake-wolfe tones
ballad of roger casement-wolfe tones
the cowboy song-thin lizzy
no frontiers-mary black

[max power]

what about the classic, you'll never walk in scumlone ;)

[brendy_éire]

Celtic FC supporters any and everywhere- Fields of Athenry

We said Irish. :rolleyes:

Here's mine:
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 (come on, how has no-one mention this yet??)
Damien Rice - Cannonball
The Pogues - The Sick Bed of Cúchulaínn
Snow Patrol - Chocolate

Could list many more as well.

[max power]

We said Irish. :rolleyes:

Here's mine:
The Undertone - Teenage Kicks
Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 (come on, how has no-one mention this yet??)
Damien Rice - Cannonball
The Pogues - The Sick Bed of Cúchulaínn
Snow Patrol - Chocolate

Could list many more as well.

ah dj wicked did the maniac long before mccabe, i did it once in marley park in front of 27,000 people....what an experience :cool:

[Peadar]

i did it once in marley park in front of 27,000 people....what an experience :cool:

I'd say it was some experience for the sheep as well!
Could you not find somewhere more private to do "it"?

[max power]

na....stan collymore is my idol, i wanna do stuff just like him :D

[parnell ranger]

what about the classic, you'll never walk in scumlone ;)

or even "runnin down the Micheals road" by the Stokes :)

[max power]

yeah thats a great tune...... ;)

[thecorner]

Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 (come on, how has no-one mention this yet??)
.


cos its sad cheesy sh!t

[brendy_éire]

cos its sad cheesy sh!t

Wouldn't disagree that it's cheesy, but it's still a cracking tune.

[The Good Son]

Magnum Force - The Outcasts
Downmarket - The Blades
Blues For Ceaucesceau - Fatima Mansions
No More Apologies - A House
Sacred Heart Hotel - The Stars Of Heaven

[green goblin]

Blues For Ceaucesceau - Fatima Mansions


Forgot all about them. Cracking band.

Also missed off Becoming More Like Alfie- The Divine Comedy. And the Gin Soaked Boy by the Divine Comedy also.

[corkharps]

Magnum Force - The Outcasts
Downmarket - The Blades
Blues For Ceaucesceau - Fatima Mansions
No More Apologies - A House
Sacred Heart Hotel - The Stars Of Heaven

Now were talkin,could add 'only loosers take the bus'- Fatima Mansions,anything by My Bloody Valentine,'Sloblands'- Princesstinymeat or 'Charlton Heston'- Stump. ;)

[dynamo kerry]

my list (http://www.irishvibe.com/article-31-flat-0-0.html)

did this out a good while ago - signature irish tunes that get played anywhere in the world

reckon I'd change the SLF fingers song though


1) The Undertones: Teenage Kicks

Fergal Sharkey won't rejoing the rest of the reformed group but at least they released some classics in the first place. "here comes the summer"and "jimmy jimmy" are fantasitc but "Teenage kicks" will always stand out as one of the reasons they were adored by everyone on the island. http://www.theundertones.com/

2) Something Happens: Petrol(hello, hello hello hello)

A couple of great albums, some fantastic tunes and one of the best live acts in the country. The video for parachute always stands out for us and petrol will forever be recognised by Irish people of a certain age. A classic. no official site functioning that I'm aware of.

3) U2: One

No explanation required - I hesitate to include them due to the rows picking only one tune will inevitably bring. To the Forums.

4) The Stunning: Everything that rises

Simply fantastic stuff from the Walls. Paradise in the picturehouse was a key album in irish rock when there seemed to be a lack of innovative guitar acts. http://www.thewalls.ie/walls_new/

5) Chrity Moore: El Salvador

Really hard to pick an particular one but I've gone with this as it shows the immense song-writing and subtlety of this icon. Obviously Ride on and Nancy Spain are massive ones as well. Great website too. http://www.christymoore.com/

6) Thin Lizzy: Whiskey in the Jar

Ah Phil. Great rocker. One of the "what if.." people of rock. Always gets a rise this one. http://www.thin-lizzy.net/

7) Sineád O'Connor: Mandinka

The number one google hit for "Sinead" , who remembers the skinny bald chick on the late late show. "Ya wha Gay??.. shaved her head- what does Mammy think?" Deadly stuff Gaybo. http://www.sinead-oconnor.com/

8) The Dubliners: Anything at all really

I must admit to being fairly glad to have seen the Dubliners live. Indeed they've been involved with everyone at the core of Irish Music for 40 odd years. http://www.geocities.com/toeye/dubliners/ - unofficial

9) The Corrs/ The Cranberries : Forgiven Not Forgotten and Linger respectively

Surely two of the most oddly successful Irish Acts of the 90s. Both had songs called Dreams.. both have now faded from the vernacular of the Irish Scene. http://www.thecorrswebsite.com/index2.htm http://www.cranberries.com/web/frame_discog.html

10) Rory Gallagher/Stiff Little Fingers:Tattooed Lady and Nobody's Heros.

I was running out of places so I had to do the last two together. No list would be complete without Rory and SLF. http://www.slf.com/ http://www.rorygallagher.com/

[dynamo kerry]

ah conor - they're not all necessarily favouites of mine per se. More a representative 10 songs of the last 25 years.

besides - I'm sure some people would disagree that the undertones and the stunning are worthy of praise.

;)

[eoinh]

i remember a song from the 80's with the line "cause the cowboys and indians have changed" from the 80's...... used to love it.

By somebody called Gerry Cott, i think. Anybody remember this song?

[joeSoap]

"You can love a woman, but you can't be friends".....Light a Big Fire circa 1985...what a song, what a band....anyone??

[tiktok]

By somebody called Gerry Cott, i think. Anybody remember this song?

Don't remember the song Eoin, but I remember Gerry Cott, used to play guitar with the Boomtown Rats. I remember a brief solo career alright.


"You can love a woman, but you can't be friends".....Light a Big Fire circa 1985...what a song, what a band....anyone??

Light a big fire. :D Deadly.

[Ruairi]

in no particular order

rory gallagher - banker's blues
frames - revelate
mark geary - suzanne
sultans - where's me jumper
and last but not least
rulers of the planet - bottle of gold

[tonycuna]

The Blackwater Boys - "SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS"
Barnbrack - "THE TOWN I LOVE SO WELL"
Barnbrack - "DANNY BOY"
Bagatelle - "SUMMER IN DUBLIN" (what a song to remind me on an holiday in Dublin :) )
Rugby Anthem - "IRELAND'S CALL"
U2 - "I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR"

Replies or comments are very welcome!
:)

[eoinh]

U2 - "I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR"




thats ramblers national anthem, isnt it?

[green goblin]

Three pages in and not a showband in site. So...
Billy Brown and the Freshmen- "Never heard anything like it". :)
Their gorblimey awful punk record. Braver souls might want to find their New Romantic offering "Abandon Chip" too. ;)

[tonycuna]

thats ramblers national anthem, isnt it?

Maybe we can take it fifty-fifty, are you agree? :) :)

[the 12 th man]

i remember a song from the 80's with the line "cause the cowboys and indians have changed" from the 80's...... used to love it.

By somebody called Gerry Cott, i think. Anybody remember this song?


the song was called "pioneer".i think it was his his only minor hit :)

[Lionel Ritchie]

whipping boy - when we were young (heartworm 96)
Golden horde - 100 boys (golden horde 91)
Rumble - Jake the Muss (raped, killed and left for the buzzards 95)
Therapy? - Punishment Kiss (babyteeth 91)
Andy white -Religious persuasion (rave on 86)
Pogues -Misty Morning Albert Bridge (if i should fall from grace 88)
Christy Moore -Joxer Goes to Stuttgart (Live at the Point 94)
Fat Lady Sings - Arclight (Fat lady Sings 89)
Sultans - Veronica (casual sex in the cineplex 91)
Shanks -Babbling ( Brang 97)

[Pat O' Banton]

anything by My Bloody Valentine,'

I would have to put in their version of 'We got all the time in the World' quite stunning.
''A pair of Brown Eyes ' The Pouges
'Rocky Road to Dublin' The Dubliners
Way Down South' JJ72
'Back Home in Derry' Christy Moore

My selection will probably chang by tomorrow.

While I'm at it does anyone remember a Galway band called Toasted Heritic, seen them play at The Fleadh once and and was really impressed, remember them getting a couple of good write ups in the music press in London but they seemed to fade into nothing after that.