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Big Tom..

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    #32
    infogiver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭infogiver


    Winterlong wrote: »
    Margo was the real talent in that family.
    Margo is Daniels sister.


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    #33
    sbsquarepants
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    Sands1981 wrote: »
    He sure is Jack. There are only two things I want from my Mam when she goes....One is a photo of her and my other Dad with Big Tom, and the other is her Mass Card of Michael Gaughan.


    You have another Dad?

    I only know 1 big tom song. It's a bit shíte in all honesty.
    But then I wouldn't really be much of a one for keepin it country:D


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    #34
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    infogiver wrote: »
    Margo is Daniels sister.

    Shhhh, I am trying to start a rumour here.

    (Edit - you are right, my mistake)


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    #35
    PhuckHugh
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    Only roasters listen to Big Tom.


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    #36
    seachto7
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    Mean is pronounced "main" around Limerick.

    Main Tom and the Big Liners.


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    #37
    Noveight
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    You’re going out the same way we came in.
    Makes no difference who you know or where you’ve been.
    Makes no difference who you are,
    Skid row Joe or super star,
    You’re going out the same way you came in.


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    #38
    Agricola
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    Not a patch on Sunny Knowles


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    #39
    Your Face
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    I always thought that, back in the day, Big Tom must have seemed like a superstar.


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    #40
    infogiver
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    Noveight wrote: »
    You’re going out the same way we came in.
    Makes no difference who you know or where you’ve been.
    Makes no difference who you are,
    Skid row Joe or super star,
    You’re going out the same way you came in.

    Its not fancy but its the truth, at least.


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    #41
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    I have heard this story a few times. Can anyone here verify it?

    Big Tom played some outdoor gig in the States. Don't know where or when.

    Hells Angels showed up thinking that Big Tom and the Mainliners would be something they'd like.

    Big Tom opens up with Gentle Mother, HA's go ballistic and concert has to be stopped.


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    #42
    Summer wind
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    "Shall I nea'r see you more gentle mother
    In the fields where the wild flowers grow"

    My mam used to get me to sing this and They Don't Know by Tracey Ullman for her friends when I was about 8. Always remember everyone singing along with Four Roads To Glenamaddy in my uncles lorry on the way to Mitchelstown:)


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    #43
    stimpson
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    Noveight wrote: »
    You’re going out the same way we came in.
    Makes no difference who you know or where you’ve been.
    Makes no difference who you are,
    Skid row Joe or super star,
    You’re going out the same way you came in.

    If I die with my face buried in someones vagina then I'll die happy.


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    #44
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭cml387


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    I have heard this story a few times. Can anyone here verify it?

    Big Tom played some outdoor gig in the States. Don't know where or when.

    Hells Angels showed up thinking that Big Tom and the Mainliners would be something they'd like.

    Big Tom opens up with Gentle Mother, HA's go ballistic and concert has to be stopped.
    Not quite. When the HA's heard Gentle Mother they all started to hug each other and sing along.
    They stayed until the end and cleaned up after as well.


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    #45
    BuilderPlumber
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    Big Tom is a good singer and performer with some nice songs. He was among the first Irish singers to do Hank Williams and bluegrass songs. He knew his music and sang songs with sentiment. More singers like him are needed today. Current Irish so-called country music is just talent show/Louis Walsh influenced boyband pop backed with fiddles and steel guitars.


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    #46
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    I'm the lowest of the low I'm the sickest of the sick
    They let me out the funny farm Just to put me in the nick
    Then they let me outta the hole Just to crush me on the dole
    I'm the lowest of the low A rockin boppin lunatic

    Whack for me daddy I'm a rock'n'roll paddy
    Whack for me daddy I'm a rock'n'roll queen
    Whack for me daddy I'm a rock'n'roll paddy
    Stick another record in the record machine

    Here's to Geno, here's to Eddie
    Here's to sad songs Big O sings
    Here's a letter from Elvis Presley
    Big Tom is still the King

    I will stalk them in the back seats
    I will stalk them in the bars
    Rape their women and scare their children
    Burn them in their brand new cars


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