[QUOTE=davey]Don't apologise Sir Hamish, I did get a reasonable musical education with the likes of The Dubliners, Johnny Cash and errr thats it! Folk and country were all that were played in my house aside from the showband stuff.
I saw Big Tom sans mainliners a few years ago - jesus, the years haven't been kind.
Actually theres a lot to be said for the showband years, socially - not musically. Massive impact in dragging Ireland out of the De Valera years. I actually did my dissertation at Univ on 60s Ireland and social change - amazing how pivotal the Showbands were. Anyway, thats another thread and one that probably wouldn't garner much interest.
Agree with you Davey - check out my Knacky story in terrible jokes thread re the Emerald ballroom - dangerously close to being true.
Another song or two or three
Neil Young - Needle and the damage done
Bob Seger - Horizontal Bop
Dave Edmunds - Crawling from the wreckage
Edmunds is in Glastonbury this year.
Oh sweet jebus.Originally Posted by Anto McC
I rarely go out of my way to be bothered by music that is imo bad but i think that song sounds absolutely awful.
There's far worse trash out there, but as respectable "grown-up" music goes, the lyrics and especially the music are very poor.
If that's as good as they can do, she's looking at another 20 years.
Walk On was a good U2 tune though.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Leonard Cohen
THE PARTISAN
When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender,
this I could not do;
I took my gun and vanished.
I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children
but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.
An old woman gave us shelter,
kept us hidden in the garret,
then the soldiers came;
she died without a whisper.
There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.
Les Allemands e'taient chez moi, (The Germans were at my home)
ils me dirent, "Signe toi," (They said, "Sign yourself,")
mais je n'ai pas peur; (But I am not afraid)
j'ai repris mon arme. (I have retaken my weapon.)
J'ai change' cent fois de nom, (I have changed names a hundred times)
j'ai perdu femme et enfants (I have lost wife and children)
mais j'ai tant d'amis; (But I have so many friends)
j'ai la France entie`re. (I have all of France)
Un vieil homme dans un grenier (An old man, in an attic)
pour la nuit nous a cache', (Hid us for the night)
les Allemands l'ont pris; (The Germans captured him)
il est mort sans surprise. (He died without surprise.)
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.
TO TELL THE TRUTH IS REVOLUTIONARY
The ONLY foot.ie user with a type of logic named after them!
All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again.
Walk On isnt a story based song though , its a song with a story behind it .
I may have already said that on this thread but couldnt be bothered checking
You have.
I was just pointing out that after Unplayed Piano, Suu Kyi was only saved from cranial decoupage by that song.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
PM me matey I have their collection Life Full Of Surprises on CD and all the tracks are on my hard drive, let me know what you need.
Leonard was from Montreal hence his knowledge of French ...
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven.
Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Jesus I'd hate to let my girlfriend loose on this thread or we'll be talking Joni Mitchell for days. I'll limit myself to 2 songs for every artist, cause I could list Dylan, Bush, Young, and Springsteen songs til the cows come home here Anyway some of my picks are:
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Bob Dylan - Just Like a Woman
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (not her story I know, but a good song none the less)
Neil Young - Ambulance Blues
Neil Young - Tell Me Why
Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning
Joni Mitchell - Last Time I Saw Richard
Daniel Johnston - Life In Vain
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You in The End
Beck - Lost Cause
Beck - Nobody's Fault But My Own
Ben Folds - Brick
Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan
Oh and Britney Spears - Everytime
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Disco 2000 - Pulp
Lola - The Kinks
Polythene Pam - The Beatles
Colin Zeal - Blur
Tracy Jacks - Blur
Poor Jarvis, what was she thinking?
Most Dylan songs are based on stories such as the Hurricane and The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.
I like this song but i've a feeling that besides the fact its happened thousands of times, Dylan actually saw this happen himself.
Still tells a story i suppose.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Completely forgot about that. Definitely put that in my favourites.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
most of babyshambles stuff, dirty pretty things, some arctic monkeys
small world... my mum is from Glenamaddy and my dad from Dunmore (they also met in the Sound of Music). Got cousins in Kilkerrin.Sir Hamish - superb pick! My parents met in the Sound of Music club in Glenamaddy (quite famous in its day) - so this song has always held a particular resonance for me. They grew up in Kilkerrin - not too far from yourself. 60s East Galway was a pretty dire place in terms of entertaiment and the showbands and ballrooms were hugely exciting for my parents generation. Didn't stop them moving to Birmingham though! Also didn't stop them inflicting Big Tom, Brendan Bowyer, Joe Dolan and the Indians on me on a daily basis
anyway, best story based song...
the entire Streets album, A Grand Dont Come For Free.
love that album, the story and the concept
Just thought of a few more.
From The Jam's Setting Sons album. (Was going to be a concept album set around a civil war in '80's Britain but the concept was abandoned due to pressure to record the album from the record company).
Thick as Thieves, Burning Sky, Little boy Soldiers, The Eton Rifles, The Wasteland.
TO TELL THE TRUTH IS REVOLUTIONARY
The ONLY foot.ie user with a type of logic named after them!
All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again.
5 Minutes by The Stranglers... the incidents related in one of the verses actually happened to one of J.J. Burnel's friends.
My dad was part of that "Revolution" He played in a band called the Ventures who toured the UK, America & Canada (we moved to Canada when I was a baby so that they could pursue this further!) The Ventures had a few hits in the Irish Charts & were kept off the top spot by The Men Behind The Wire with their song "Armoured Tanks etc"Actually theres a lot to be said for the showband years, socially - not musically. Massive impact in dragging Ireland out of the De Valera years. I actually did my dissertation at Univ on 60s Ireland and social change - amazing how pivotal the Showbands were. Anyway, thats another thread and one that probably wouldn't garner much interest.
Its how my parents met, he was playin the hotel she was workin in. My first "gigs" were dances my dad was playing at.
Oh and Louis Walsh was their Roadie for a while!!!
Damn You beat me to it
Great Fans think alike
Bob Dylan- Hurricane
Boomtown Rats- I Don't Like Mondays
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