Wolfe Tones - Late Late Show

orangesoda

I noticed that they were on the late late show on friday, I then found this on youtube, I found it an interesting watch. I like some of their songs for instance 'The Boys of the old brigade' but i don't think i could ever see them live as i hate scottish soccer. Are you a fan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPiRvVD4WB8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQBXgbVVT4

Elmer Blooker

I remember years ago the band Moving Hearts were known as the political wing of the Wolfe Tones.

Lapin

orangesoda wrote: »

I noticed that they were on the late late show on friday, I then found this on youtube, I found it an interesting watch. I like some of their songs for instance 'The Boys of the old brigade' but i don't think i could ever see them live as i hate scottish soccer. Are you a fan?

No. I support Liverpool.


As for the Wolfe Tones.

They belong to an era of drunken Fianna Fáil ard feis nights and homesick ould farts from Cork and Kerry singing down the back of smoky old shítholes in North London.

kneemos

Did the English have to leave.

Dinosaurs now thank fcuk.

orangesoda

Lapin wrote: »

No. I support Liverpool.


As for the Wolfe Tones.

They belong to an era of drunken Fianna Fáil ard feis nights and homesick ould farts from Cork and Kerry singing down the back of smoky old shítholes in North London.

should you not be supporting the gallant Galway FC?

Lapin

orangesoda wrote: »

should you not be supporting the gallant Galway FC?

I do, but miss Galway United.

Anyway the gallant Galway FC aren't playing today but Liverpool are !

DEFTLEFTHAND

Armored cars and tanks and guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG6jtrAYVIA

MJ23

Music for Cavemen.

orangesoda

MJ23 wrote: »

Music for Cavemen.

no this is what cave men here listened to. watch out for the wonderful grainne seoige by the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4t8ap5KXqQ

rossie1977

personally couldn't care less about republicanism or loyalism but wolfe tones do have some very good songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyv1TW4R4A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BzoA8Q7kAI

The Backwards Man

Rabble rousing tripe designed to wind up drunk young wans into thinking they are fighting for Ireland whilst wrecking their own towns played by cowardly dinosaurs who would sh1te themselves if they saw a bullpup pointed at them.

It's easy being a freedom fighter in a hotel ballroom in Kerry.

Donkey Oaty

orangesoda

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Rabble rousing tripe designed to wind up drunk young wans into thinking they are fighting for Ireland whilst wrecking their own towns played by cowardly dinosaurs who would sh1te themselves if they saw a bullpup pointed at them.

It's easy being a freedom fighter in a hotel ballroom in Kerry.

Is that you Mr Backwards?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNX_4ZwOPys&t=5m14s

goose2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUXqH1rhHrc

Banjo String

I'm just wondering if they're being kept in a freezer.

They haven't aged a bit in about twenty years

For me, some good songs, some plastic paddy masterpieces too though.

Dubliners ftw.

orangesoda

Banjo String wrote: »

I'm just wondering if they're being kept in a freezer.

They haven't aged a bit in about twenty years

For me, some good songs, some plastic paddy masterpieces too though.

Dubliners ftw.

that video i posted was from 2002 though, they are auld boys now

Banjo String

orangesoda wrote: »

that video i posted was from 2002 though, they are auld boys now

No I meant in the late late show. They've weather the years well.

Crann na Beatha

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bodhrandude

I remember a bar man in Cork described the Wolftones as more wolf than tone, they play ramshackle traditional music amazingly well. Paddy's Dream was probably the only notable thing they done really.

anncoates

The one glaring omission from the GFA was that it didn't extend decommissioning to musical instruments.

orangesoda

anncoates wrote: »

The one glaring omission from the GFA was that it didn't extend decommissioning to musical instruments.

yes the blokes have a t-shirt on sale saying that

http://www.backstreetmerch.com/official_the-wolfe-tones_decomissioning_t-shirt_wlftn19.html

bullpost

Open arms and the ballad box?

Phoenix wrote: »

As a democracy we should embrace it with open arms?

A Dub in Glasgo

Let the People Sing album is an all time classic, one of the best rebel albums ever

anncoates

orangesoda wrote: »

yes the blokes have a t-shirt on sale saying that

http://www.backstreetmerch.com/official_the-wolfe-tones_decomissioning_t-shirt_wlftn19.html

I demand royalties.

Money ones. Not the monarchical kind that they sing about, of course.

Cantremember

Get to the song at the end to see the answer to the wolf tones
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IspZeveLMw0

Muise...

orangesoda wrote: »

yes the blokes have a t-shirt on sale saying that

http://www.backstreetmerch.com/official_the-wolfe-tones_decomissioning_t-shirt_wlftn19.html

Would someone please decommission that font? :eek:

Wolfe Tones on the Late Late would have had my granny in an almighty fit. "Glorified gurriers" she called them.

sillyoulfool

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

I remember years ago the band Moving Hearts were known as the political wing of the Wolfe Tones.

I have been a huge Moving Hearts fan since the early 80's and never heard anyone insult like that.

orangesoda

Here is the blokes performance on friday, I would love to see Daniel O'Donnell joining for a song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3e-UplIl9k

Iwasfrozen

Phoenix wrote: »

As a democracy we should embrace it with open arms?

As a democracy we tolerate this type of thing but we don't condone it.

Karl Stein

What do you call a deaf Republican dog?

Wolfe Tone.





/runs

orangesoda

Karl Stein wrote: »

What do you call a deaf Republican dog?

Wolfe Tone.





/runs

The Wolfe Tones aren't republicans, they are just story tellers aparently

briany

That Fintan O' Toole....

The man comes across here as such a hand wringing nebbish that you could replace his entire argument with "Is chocolate delicious?", him being on the yes side, and he'd still lose.

The Tones themselves seem like pretty amicable characters and I'm sure they're smart enough to know that what they sing is not exactly a nuanced history of the land they love, but it makes a pretty good income for them and theirs. The story of Ireland is too complex to ever be told in song, however. For that, you would need a documentary mini series, presented by Fergal Keane, and many books besides. The problem is always people who let very cut and dried, black and white notions to shape their perception of history e.g. 'we were all good, they were all evil'. People who don't appreciate historical nuance never take into consideration the era in which something happened, the personal or political motivations for doing so, and dumbed down history like has proved to be an effective tool in drumming up hatred in people, which makes it dangerous.

Muise...

briany wrote: »

That Fintan O' Toole....

The man comes across here as such a hand wringing nebbish that you could replace his entire argument with "Is chocolate delicious?", him being on the yes side, and he'd still lose.

The Tones themselves seem like pretty amicable characters and I'm sure they're smart enough to know that what they sing is not exactly a nuanced history of the land they love, but it makes a pretty good income for them and theirs. The story of Ireland is too complex to ever be told in song, however. For that, you would need a documentary mini series, presented by Fergal Keane, and many books besides. The problem is always people who let very cut and dried, black and white notions to shape their perception of history e.g. 'we were all good, they were all evil'. People who don't appreciate historical nuance never take into consideration the era in which something happened, the personal or political motivations for doing so, and dumbed down history like has proved to be an effective tool in drumming up hatred in people, which makes it dangerous.

I don't agree with you on Fintan O'Toole, but nebbish is such a good word, so I won't argue.

The bit in bold has me weak laughing though. Sure what would we want a future for when there's all this history to be mined?

orangesoda

Cruachan are also wild men for the history but usually you can never understand the lyrics for them to cause offence to anyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IylxDpIh53A

Muise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sheFnX0PU

nlgbbbblth

and another politically-motivated classic from Ding Dong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHHZ6ed_eco

Femme_Fatale

Muise... wrote: »

Would someone please decommission that font? :eek:

Wolfe Tones on the Late Late would have had my granny in an almighty fit. "Glorified gurriers" she called them.

My gran loves them. I think the political angle may go over her head.

orangesoda

I think this is what most people would view as the typical Wolfe Tones fan, feg in one hand, fleg in the other.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4mSdpcMb4&t=2m52s

dd972

Apparently someone once got attacked at a WT gig for unfurling the 9 County Ulster flag as it had the Red Hand on it.

dundalkfc10

dd972 wrote: »

Apparently someone once got attacked at a WT gig for unfurling the 9 County Ulster flag as it had the Red Hand on it.

:rolleyes:

orangesoda

dd972 wrote: »

Apparently someone once got attacked at a WT gig for unfurling the 9 County Ulster flag as it had the Red Hand on it.

the original irish tri-colour had a red hand in the middle aparently, the one the french lassies gave

Sunglasses Ron

I like my rebel music. But saw them a few years ago and wouldn't bother again. Not the music being the issue as such, I just found the projector screen on stage showing images/ clips of the likes of Bloody Sunday to be very distasteful profiteering considering however much we paid for a ticket and the additional bunce the venue was giving them. the men of 96 would be turning in their grave to see the struggle milked for a few pound.

Rory Gallagher

I feel they have entertaining and fun songs in they're catalogue such as ''The Helicopter Song'' which does work as good satire with all romanticisation of the provo's aside.

But ah lads this tune here is absolutely astonishing in lyric and performance.

I lost touch with them when I was in a party down in Limerick over the week and whatever song goes 'ooh ah up the ra' was sang around 20 times,Sweet Jesus I felt scared.

Anyways most rebel songs make me think of this.(The late great Dermot Morgan and no its not My Lovely Horse)

WilyCoyote

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Rabble rousing tripe designed to wind up drunk young wans into thinking they are fighting for Ireland whilst wrecking their own towns played by cowardly dinosaurs who would sh1te themselves if they saw a bullpup pointed at them.

It's easy being a freedom fighter in a hotel ballroom in Kerry.

And you're idea of a Patriotic sing song? The Sash? Or The Famine Song?

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/jmacmillan/100052373/is-it-now-officially-ok-to-sing-anti-irish-anti-catholic-hate-songs-in-scottish-football-stadiums/

The Backwards Man

WilyCoyote wrote: »

And you're idea of a Patriotic sing song? The Sash? Or The Famine Song?

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/jmacmillan/100052373/is-it-now-officially-ok-to-sing-anti-irish-anti-catholic-hate-songs-in-scottish-football-stadiums/

My idea would be to put anyone who is a fan any such sh1te from either side onto a deserted island and let them annihilate each other and the world would be a better place.

WilyCoyote

Very interesting Desert Island Discs programme, that.

orangesoda

Maybe The Backwards Man would prefer some good ulster folk metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuQnIbXf5DA