Christy Moore Top 20

Tony_Montana

I was watching Christy Moore on TG4 on New Years Night and i heard some great songs that i had never heard before. I was thinking of making a CD of his top 20 songs. What songs should definetly be included?

buffalo909

A letter to Syracuse from Prosperous, one of his earliest albums and Beeswing, two of his finest

vibez

Have a listen out for Micky Mclhatton, written by Bobby Sands in Hblocks Christy & Dec put the music to it.

Brilliant

Raytown Rocks

"Ordinary Man" is great and quite apt for the current economic climate.
I alos like " The Voyage"

BuyingorSelling

lisdoonvarna would have to be there

CSC

North and South
Ride On
Viva La Quinta Brigada
The Lakes of Pontrachain
Black is the Colour

jossnjuice

for me it has to be these few....

lawless
lisdoonvarna
wise and holy woman
two island swans
viva la quinta brigada
smoke and strong whisky
the lonesome death of hattie carroll
beeswing
faithful departed
minds locked shut
dont forget your shovel
ponchatrain
the voyage
joxer

and if ya want try and get declan sinnot his back up man singing corina corina.......class guitar player and a decent pair of lungs too!!

Tony_Montana

buffalo909 wrote: »

A letter to Syracuse from Prosperous, one of his earliest albums and Beeswing, two of his finest

Beeswing - no1 on the CD

Tony_Montana

vibez wrote: »

Have a listen out for Micky Mclhatton, written by Bobby Sands in Hblocks Christy & Dec put the music to it.

Brilliant

can't seem to find this song anywhere, do you have a link?

Tony_Montana

chef wrote: »

"Ordinary Man"

No.2 on the CD

Tony_Montana

chef wrote: »

"The Voyage"

No. 3 on the CD

Tony_Montana

CSC wrote: »

Black is the Colour

No. 4 on the CD

Tony_Montana

CSC wrote: »

Ride On

No. 5 on the CD

Tony_Montana

jossnjuice wrote: »

smoke and strong whisky

No. 6 on the CD

Tony_Montana

jossnjuice wrote: »

viva la quinta brigada

No. 7 on the CD

Xavi6

'City of Chicago' ftw.

Also 'Joxer...' and 'Knock'

Tony_Montana

Xavi6 wrote: »

'City of Chicago'

Was waiting for someone to say this one

No. 8 on the CD

Tony_Montana

Anyone see Adrian O' Keefe on youtube.. he amazed me how like christy he is...obviously put on but he's great

Tony_Montana

Xavi6 wrote: »

'Joxer'

No. 9 on the CD

BoardsRanger

chef wrote: »

"Ordinary Man" is great and quite apt for the current economic climate.

Very true - was at one of the vicar street gigs just gone and you could tell there was alot of people who were singing along to this song as if it was wrote for them.

Another vote here for Hattie Carroll

Raytown Rocks

Delirium Tremens and Biko drums
Another 2 I like

Tony_Montana

chef wrote: »

]Delirium Tremens[/

No. 10 on the CD

lotdpd

christy's 14 min version of the rose of tralee song.... great song with a great story to it, you have to add that in.

And you will never go wrong with Joxer goes to stuggart o and my other favourite is The Reel in the Flickering Light.

chalad07

A Stitch in Time from 'The Time has Come Album'. It's a great song,

I also love 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' written by Shane McGowan,

chalad07

lotdpd wrote: »

and my other favourite is The Reel in the Flickering Light.

Great choice! - i love this tune,

vag77

Tony_Montana wrote: »

chef wrote: »

]Delirium Tremens[/

No. 10 on the CD

america and natives

Tony_Montana

chalad07 wrote: »

'A Pair of Brown Eyes

No. 11 on the CD

Tony_Montana

Im goin to add in a song i really like in here

Aisling No. 12

Tony_Montana

vag77 wrote: »

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no. 13 on the CD

Clare_Guy

I really believe that LITTLE MUSGRAVE is christy's best song by far. The story of how he found the lyrics in a ruin somewhere makes it even better...

vag77

Tony_Montana wrote: »

no. 13 on the CD

wat about the song from the stardust disaster great song

Famous45

The Lakes of Pontchartrain by Christy, is imo, the finest version of the song, but if you don't have it on CD, you have very little hope of recording it from online - because it's nowhere, so you would have to purchase it.

Also his version of Sweet Thames Flows Softly with Sinead O'Connor, another which is almost impossible to get hold of is legendary.

Those 2 above with

Reel in Flickering Light

Easter Snow

Ballinamore

In Zurich

PrivateEye

In Zurich, amazing. On the boxset, difficult to find otherwise.

Smoke and Strong Whiskey
Minds Locked Shut
Natives
James Connolly
Sacco and Vanzetti
Before The Deluge
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
They Never Came Home
Ballinamore
Deportees
90 Miles From Dublin Town
Magdellane (sp?) Laundries
Quiet Desperation

Famous45

In Zurich, amazing. On the boxset, difficult to find otherwise

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzloArEUSM

Use freecorder and you can record for your own use.

Famous45

Sacco and Vanzetti

Excellent suggestion, fantastic song. Totally slipped my mind.

Tony_Montana

vag77 wrote: »

wat about the song from the stardust disaster great song

what?

Tony_Montana

Clare_Guy wrote: »

LITTLE MUSGRAVE isquote]

Forgot about this song. One of my favourites

No 14. on the CD

Tony_Montana

Ok, here's the list of songs so far. I've also added other songs I'm considering putting on the CD. Thanks for all the help, keep the posts coming .

1. Beeswing
2. Ordinary Man
3. The Voyage
4. Black is the Colour
5. Ride On
6. Smoke and Strong Whiskey
7. Viva La Quinta Brigada
8. City of Chicago
9. Joxer Goes to Stuttgart
10. Delirium Tremens
11. Pair of Brown Eyes
12. Aisling
13. Natives
14. Little Musgrave

Songs that I'm considering:
Nancy Spain
Bright Blue Rose
So do I
The Contender
Casey
Victor Jara
Missing You
Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Cliffs of Doneen
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Fairytale of New York
No time for love
Cricklewood
Scapegoats
Yellow Triangle
Motherland
Metropolitan Avenue
James Larkin
Dying Soldier
The Dark Eyed Sailor


Songs that have been posted that I am considering:
Lakes of Pontrachain
Lisdoonvarna
North and South
Deportees
Wish and Holy Women
Quiet Desperation
Faithful Departed
Bixo Drums
Reel in the Flickering Light
Two Island Swans
James Connolly
Dont Forget Your Shovel
Knock
Rose of Tralee
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
They Never Came Home
In Zurich
Magdellane Laundries
Hattie Carroll
90 Miles From Dublin Town

Songs that I can't find
Synacuse from Prosperous
Micky McIhatton
Lawless
Minds Locked Shut
America
Easter Snow
Ballinamore
Sacco and Vanzetti
Before the Deluge

Famous45

Tony PM me your email and I will forward you

Sacco and Vanzetti
Easter Snow &
Ballinamore in MP3 Format.

You can get the latter 2 on youtube by using freecorder as I suggested above, I will, if you want, upload sacco and vanzetti to youtube for you to record.

But the easiest method is to pass on your email and I will kindly forward them onto you.

stretchaq

the song is called Mclhatton and its on the live at vicar street album from a few years ago i was at it class song

Whiskey Devil

Christy Moore has recorded very few dud songs. Some I don't think were mentioned..


Biko Drum
Yeats' Ballad of Wandering Aengus
The Voyage
Burning Times
Butterfly
Mary From Dungloe (check out The Late Late Show version with Daniel O' Donnell)
Spancil Hill (Late Late Show with Shane MacGowan
Back Home In Derry
Missing You

Didn't write any of them, funnily enough.


If you're looking for the song it's spelt MCILHATTON - Great song. Back Home In Derry was also written by Bobby Sands.

the bolt

Tony_Montana wrote: »

I was watching Christy Moore on TG4 on New Years Night and i heard some great songs that i had never heard before. I was thinking of making a CD of his top 20 songs. What songs should definetly be included?

it would all depend on when you asked,it changes from day to day

MonicaBing

Ah you have to have Black is the colour alright, its the first song i ever learned to sing and by jebus, can i sing it..:rolleyes:

Tony_Montana

MonicaBing wrote: »

Ah you have to have Black is the colour alright, its the first song i ever learned to sing and by jebus, can i sing it..:rolleyes:

I like it

Tony_Montana

1. Beeswing
2. Ordinary Man
3. The Voyage
4. Black is the Colour
5. Ride On
6. Smoke and Strong Whiskey
7. Viva La Quinta Brigada
8. City of Chicago
9. Joxer Goes to Stuttgart
10. Delirium Tremens
11. Pair of Brown Eyes
12. Aisling
13. Natives
14. Little Musgrave
15. Nancy Spain
16. Sacco and Vanzetti
17. Ballinamore

3 more to pick - what do you think?????

Michael Collins

Rory Is Gone has to be in there. Then if you can wait till April he'll have a new album out. So far I know I would already include two songs from that, namely, Does This Train Stop on Merseyside? and Duffy's Cut - both of which (and more new songs) you can find here http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/archive.html

kincsem

Nancy Spain
Mystic Lipstick

J.C.BAMFORD

Vid has nothing to do with it, but for all of you who have never heard it, here it is.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytpJct0-PF0

MCLLHATTON
CHRISTY MOORE

Its gotta be on there!

Tony_Montana

1. Beeswing
2. Ordinary Man
3. The Voyage
4. Black is the Colour
5. Ride On
6. Smoke and Strong Whiskey
7. Viva La Quinta Brigada
8. City of Chicago
9. Joxer Goes to Stuttgart
10. Delirium Tremens
11. Pair of Brown Eyes
12. Aisling
13. Natives
14. Little Musgrave
15. Nancy Spain
16. Sacco and Vanzetti
17. Ballinamore
18. Mcllhatton

neil_hosey

this is possibly the hardest thing to do ever...
I wont rehash whats already been done as most of them i agree with.. but these songs have to be on his top 20 surely??

Morrisey and the Russian Sailor
The Hackler from Grouse Hall
Continental Ceili
Campaneros
Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Johnny Connors

Michael Collins

Hmm I've been thinking about this. Some other possibilities

So Do I (this one is a must!)
Sixteen Fishermen Raving
Song of Wandering Aengus
The Two Conneeleys