Top 5/10/20 Irish Songs?

MrStuffins

I'm looking to make a compilation for my friend who has been asking me about Irish music, whether it be Indie, Rock, Trad, whatever.

So what would your Top 5, 10 or 20 (if you have the time on your hands ) Irish songs?

I can think of a few crackers myself, but i'm sure you guys can remind me of some more or introduce me to some hidden gems

thesultan

Ones I really like
Rory Gallagher Sinner Boy
Thin Lizzy Brought Down
Aslan Lucy Jones Part 2
Ash Orpheus
Coronas Decision Time
Damien Rice Older Chests
Declan O'Rourke Love Is The Way
The Dubliners The Holy Ground
Fionn Regan Protection Racket
the frames The Stars Are Underground
The Frank and Walters Colours
Hal Play the Hits
Van Morrison The Way Young Lovers Do
Heathers Fire Ants
Horslips Trouble (With A Capital T)
JJ72 Formulae
John Spillane Johnny Don't Go To Ballincollig
Little Green Cars Me, a Marionette
Mark Geary Fanfare
U2 Out of Control
Mick Flannery Safety Rope
Mundy Linchpin
Picturehouse Heavenly Day
The Revs Robert
Paul Cleary Some People Smile
the Thrills The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing

lordgoat

Turn - Beretta
Whipping Boy - A Natural
MJX - Guess you had to be there
Pogues - Body of an American
Adebisi Shank - You Me

leincar

Auto Da Fe - November, November
The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight
The Stunning - Half Past Two
The Blades - Ghost Of A Chance
A-House - Endless Art

SLF - Alternative Ulster
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Mama's Boys - The Needle In The Groove
Cry Before Dawn - Gone Forever
Whipping Boy - When We Were Young

U2 - Bad(Live On Wide Awake In America)
The Chieftains - Carolan's Concerto
Moving Hearts - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette
Christy Moore - Ordinary Man
The Four Of Us - Mary

Luke Kelly - On Raglan Road
Horslips - An Dearg Doom
Paul Brady - Nothing But The Same Old Story
Phil Lynott - Old Town
The Frames - Lay Me Down

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Not a definitive list of "the best" Irish songs, but my favourites.

Mic Christopher - Heyday
Bell X1 - Rocky Took A Lover
Bell X1 - Eve, The Apple Of My Eye
Bell X1 - Light Catches Your Face
The Frames - Revelate
The Blizzards - First Girl To Leave Town
Damien Rice - Cannonball
Damien Rice - Smile
Delorentos - S.E.C.R.E.T
Delorentos - The Rules
Gemma Hayes - Oliver
Henrietta Game - Berlin
Horslips - Dearg Doom
James Vincent McMorrow - We Don't Eat
James Vincent McMorrow - If My Heart Should Somehow Stop
Kitty & The Can Openers - Roll On Yesterday
Lisa Hannigan - Lille
Lisa Hannigan & Gary Lightbody - Some Surprise
Mundy - Mexico
Paddy Casey - Whatever Gets You True
Paddy Casey - It's Over Now
Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It
Stiff Little Fingers - Listen
Stiff Little Fingers - Bits Of Kids
Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life
Stiff Little Fingers - Each Dollar A Bullet
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
The Waterboys - Fishermans Blues (are they Irish?)
Fight Like Apes - Knucklehead
And So I Watch You From Afar - A Little Solidarity Goes A Long Way
Fionn Regan - The Shadow Of An Empire
David Holmes - Love Reign Over Me
David Holmes - I Heard Wonders
Thin Lizzy - This Old Town

wow sierra

leincar wrote: »

Auto Da Fe - November, November
The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight
The Stunning - Half Past Two
The Blades - Ghost Of A Chance
A-House - Endless Art

SLF - Alternative Ulster
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Mama's Boys - The Needle In The Groove
Cry Before Dawn - Gone Forever
Whipping Boy - When We Were Young

U2 - Bad(Live On Wide Awake In America)
The Chieftains - Carolan's Concerto
Moving Hearts - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette
Christy Moore - Ordinary Man
The Four Of Us - Mary

Luke Kelly - On Raglan Road
Horslips - An Dearg Doom
Paul Brady - Nothing But The Same Old Story
Phil Lynott - Old Town
The Frames - Lay Me Down

iMPRESSIVE LIST

WOULD ADD:

Boomtown rats - Rat trap, Banana Republic
Damien Dempsey - "Colony" and "Its All Good"
Kila - Tog é go bog é, Leath i ndiadh a hocht
Pogues - Fairytale of New York, Rainy night in Soho, Sally McLennane
Saw Doctors - N17, Sing a powerful song
Declan O'Rourke - Galileo
Paddy Casey - Saints and sinners
Aslan - Crazy World

Loads and loads more but that is a few anyway

bayingforblood

Heathers - Margie
Ham SandwicH - The Naturist
Bebop & Rocksteady - Conviction
Mick Flannery - Wish You Well
Lisa Hannigan - I Don't Know

Delorentos - S.E.C.R.E.T.
The Coronas - Listen Dear
Heroes in Hiding - Lies
KVX - Graphs
James O'Connor - Falling Up

Hogan - Jealousy
Blue Syndrome - Tomorrow I'll Be Gone
Home Star Runner - Nocturnal
Villagers - Becoming a Jackal/Twenty Seven Strangers
Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs a Nemesis

BellX1 - Rocky Took A Lover
Chewing on Tinfoil - Under The Lamp-post
Small Town Heroes - Last Call
The Upgrades - Nothing
Cathy Davy - Little Red

neil_18_

Damien Dempsey - Colony
Aslan - This Is
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again
U2 - One
The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho

Just looking at other peoples lists, we've got some great artists in Ireland!

hatful

I found this to be a good list The Ticket - Top 40 Irish Albums of all Time - http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126226

henryporter

Pierce Turner - You can never know
A House - I want too much
A House - Call me Blue
Stocktons Wing - Skidoo
Bobby Sands - Back Home in Derry
Paul Brady - Nothing but the same old story

Herb Powell

And So I Watch You From Afar really need to get a mention

NickDrake

I would have a couple of Interference songs in there.

The fact someone mentioned the Thrills is hilarious.

holton

JJ72 - Snow
The Golden Horde - Friends in Time
U2 - An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart, Running to Stand Still

1. The Hitchers - Strachan
2. Rory Gallagher - A million miles away
3. The Pogues - Rainy night in soho
4. The Frames - Revelate
5. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Nolanger

1 Virgin prunes - Walls of Jericho
2 Berlin - Just 21
3 Minor detail - Canvas of life
4 Atrix - Treasure on the wasteland
5 Cry before dawn - Witness for the world

esus

hello, i have made several irish only cd's for the car,
i have one with the track listing as follows ,

mamas boys - needle in the groove
the golden horde - we are two firends lost in time
cry before dawn - witness for the world

rory gallaher - tatoo'd lady
scullion - eyelids
paul brady - i believe in magic

van morrison - and it stoned me
stocktons wing - beautiful affair
bagetelle - second violin


the list of talent and great music in ireland is world class, could go for days listing great tunes great artists, etc.

KeanSeenan

I'd probably put some My Bloody Valentine on it.

http://popicalisland.bandcamp.com/album/popical-island-1
That has plenty of good Irish songs on it.

I've never been a fan of the 'aul' stuff, but I've always had a soft spot for 'Scorn not his simplicity'
This version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo

The Immediate were a great Irish band that were criminally ignored.

KeanSeenan

I'd also avoid U2.

Nailz

In no particular order;

Taste - What's Going On
Therapy? - Diane
Mama's Boys - Needle In The Groove
Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat
Rory Gallagher - Too Much Alcohol (I know it's a cover)
Warpath - Skinned and Salted

Could think of more but I'm sleepy.

david75

anything at all by Turn, the Frames, Damien Dempsey, redneck manifesto, Juno Falls, Gemma Hayes, Ollie Cole, Mundy, Mic Christopher,

you're onto a win with any of those.