greatest ever irish songs

[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

[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

[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.

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.

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

[Peadar]

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

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

[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

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?