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Irish Music (trad, folk, or "other" w/ Irish influence)

Discussion in 'TalkCeltic Pub' started by BhoysInGreen, Sep 8, 2012.

Discuss Irish Music (trad, folk, or "other" w/ Irish influence) in the TalkCeltic Pub area at TalkCeltic.net.

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  1. BhoysInGreen

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    Post your favorite rendition of a classic, or something we probably haven't heard.

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    I'm a huge fan of the Wolfe Tones (unheard of for a Celt eh :rolleyes:), they really opened up the world of Irish music to me, and helped inspire my love of Irish history. The history books, in turn, are where I discovered Celtic FC.

    Anyway, my dad (who emigrated to the US from Co. Leitrim in the 1960's) had their 25th Anniversary Concert (filmed @ the Barrowlands) on VHS. I've listened to so much of their stuff over the last number of years, seen many shows live, but for me, that concert remains the Wolfe Tones at their best.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgu5QhX0MGg"]Streets Of Nw York - Wolfe Tones - YouTube[/ame]


    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1hW34hW1q0&feature=related"]Sean South - The Wolfe Tones - YouTube[/ame]


    Lastly, going the other direction, perhaps something new to many, from Shilelagh Law (NY Irish pub band). They have a ton of stuff on Youtube:

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11csir1DfPI"]"When New York Was Irish" by Shilelagh Law, NYC St. Patrick's Day '09 - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  2. Paul67 Administrator Administrator

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    Enjoyed reading those videos. Bit repetative though :icon_mrgreen:

    Just copy the link directly onto the post :50:
     
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  3. CaseyBhoy

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    This is a wee bit different.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iijKLHCQw5o"]ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  4. BhoysInGreen

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    :smiley-laughing002:

    Think I fixed it? Was using the Youtube icon that you post URL's into. Thanks!
     
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  5. BhoysInGreen

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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaqDCcm3Tlc"]"Pubs, Pints, & Open Doors" by Shilelagh Law, NYC St. Patrick's Day '09 - YouTube[/ame]

    This one's a band original.

    LYRICS

    What a whirlwind,
    Couple weeks was all I had,
    Travelled light,
    Take it in as best I can,
    I walked the beaches in the north,
    I hiked the Burren and the Mohers,
    Stood on hilltops,
    And I sang like I never sang before

    (Chorus)
    Here's to Mayo,
    And its rocky shores,
    Here's to Galway,
    Pubs and pints and open doors,
    Here's to Derry,
    And the PEOPLE'S DREAM!
    Here's to Dublin,
    As I watch the sun light up the Irish Sea,

    Up in Buncrana,
    I climbed the hills of Donegal,
    South to Westport,
    The music echoed all night long,
    The craic was grand in Castlebar,
    Connemara stole my heart,
    Felt the hands of time...
    On the Cliffs of Moher

    (Chorus)

    Know it's been some years,
    Since I walked upon your coast,
    Know it truly dear,
    I'm stil haunted by your ghost,
    Miss you when I am away,
    Certain memories never fade,
    Until I return...
    I'll count down the days!
     
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  6. BhoysInGreen

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    Something lil different, original piece and they're from Spain I believe. Great instrumental.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCIuz0rQKU&list=FLQojwkKkXTidEwY5_FH0Zqg&index=143&feature=plpp_video"]Brenga Astur - Camin de Cueli a Lliberdón - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  7. Lemmykilmister

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    One of my favourite bands, not sure how well known/popular they are but a irish-american punk band heavily influenced by irish music.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojKoTjsSks8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojKoTjsSks8[/ame]
     
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  8. CELTICgirlSRB

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    They play for CFC just to reach the EPL. No love for CFC as deluded fans think
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    Singing against English repression in English. Hahahaha, always a good laugh
    I love so many bands and artists, WT

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVRQGENmBZo"]You'll Never Beat The Irish - Wolfe Tones - YouTube[/ame]

    , The Dubliners, the Pogues of course,

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-OnS3LPt0w"]The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-y2ox2HPnc"]Young Ned Of The Hill - The Pogues - YouTube[/ame]

    Not really Irish, but

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk"]pogues - dirty old town - YouTube[/ame]

    but currently I am in love with the High kings
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihHiwzTZ88"]Step It Out Mary - The High Kings - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HapZRI1OsRI&feature=related"]The High Kings - The Star of County Down - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhJp0W0ku2w"]the High Kings perform the parting glass - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vpueFj-R8"]the high kings paddy's green shamrock shore - YouTube[/ame]

    And so on

    I adore this song as well
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4LiUdm4ApI"]Eleanor McEvoy - The Seabird - YouTube[/ame]

    I also love Irish song which are sung in Irish
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCHyKWvxAY0"]Irish song - Trasna na dTonnta - YouTube[/ame]

    I also love those Irish-Americans
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrH0HfSJs54"]Wind that Shakes the Barley - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CSVrCoZNMw"]Solas -- The Maid on the Shore - YouTube[/ame]

    Yet again, not Irish, but
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPVGTENR8DM&feature=related"]Solas - Pastures of Plenty - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  9. BhoysInGreen

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    "What's Left of the Flag" is far and away my favorite song of theirs heh. "Drunken Lullabies" and "From the Back of a Broken Dream" would prob be next.
     
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  10. BhoysInGreen

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    Band called "The Merry Ploughboys". They play at a pub in Dublin, and their stuff is on the Irish music station on Aer Lingus flights sometimes (where I first heard them).

    Good old folk music.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmOgiFlDolE"]The merryploughboys sing an irish song (live) - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  11. CaseyBhoy

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    These lads are from Skerries in Co Dublin and they're what The Dubliners might have sounded like if they'd been a metal band. The song, as the title suggests, is about the genocide of the 1840s.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsnRDcHdf_A"]Primordial - The Coffin Ships - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  12. Soul Rebel

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    :50: was gonna post these, I like a lot of their music.
     
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  13. BhoysInGreen

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  14. Miles Platting Irish Mancunian Gold Member

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    Quite like a bit of Planxty, can someone link up a few tunes
     
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    Could someone help me out here. Was working in a bar and an Irish song was being played, everyone then started tapping the pint glasses on their tables. Doing my head in! Cheers.
     
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  17. Sean Daleer Ten Thirty Gold Member

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    I'm fairly certain it was, "stop listening to that song and get me a * pint!"
     
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  18. Los Palmas 7 something strange happened Gold Member

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    Flying without wings........west life.
     
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    Very good! We had a few shattered glasses to clean up after!
     
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    Over here a lot of the Scottish and Irish influences get blended together to form a kind of generic Celtic-Canadian sound, so this isn't all pure Irish influenced but it's all good.

    The Mahones - Drunken Lazy *
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-Hpb0I_bE

    Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0CvSIhF_tA"]"Barrett's Privateers" Sung by Canadian Folk Music Legend Stan Rogers (One Warm Line, Documentary) - YouTube[/ame]

    Great Big Sea - The Night Pat Murphy Died
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Bsb-8pxG8"]The Night Pat Murphy Died - Great Big Sea - YouTube[/ame]

    Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJD3qcIL7s

    Ashley MacIsaac - Brenda Stubbert
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGZJWKjzks"]Ashley MacIsaac - Brenda Stubbert - YouTube[/ame]
     
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