Your favourite/The best Irish song?

Mr.Biscuits · 19-01-2012 05:09AM

"I remember that summer in Dublin,
And the Liffey as it stank like hell,
And young people walking down Grafton Street,
Everyone looking so well.
I was singing a song I heard somewhere,
Called 'Rock'n'Roll Never Forgets',
When my humming was smothered by the 46A and the scream of a low flying jet
So, I jumped on a bus to Dun Laoghaire, stopping off to pick up my guitar,
When a drunk on a bus told me how to get rich, I was glad we weren't going too far.."

Meauldsegosha · 19-01-2012 05:14AM

I hope this worked ok (never posted a You Tube clip before). Anyway Peggy Gordan is my favourite Irish song because by Dad used to sing it to me when I was young.

I've seen Teenage Kicks mentioned on this thread and from an adult :cool: point of view I do love this.

LH Pathe · 19-01-2012 05:41AM

Well it was never gonna be the Virgin Prunes for you was it, tish ... ;- ;-

Meauldsegosha · 19-01-2012 05:46AM

LH Pathe wrote: »

Well it was never gonna be the Virgin Prunes for you was it, tish ... ;- ;-

Ok you're freaking me out now. How well do you know me???:eek:

phurryphace · 19-01-2012 05:49AM

The Island

Meauldsegosha · 19-01-2012 07:21AM

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

For me, any song sang by Luke Kelly is a masterpiece. He was simply a vocal genius. I wish he was alive during my lifetime. Some of my favourite songs that he sings are Monto, Hand Me Down My Bible and On Raglan Road. I seem to switch favourite song every few months and listen to it ad nauseum, but at the moment it's The Town I Loved So Well, originally written by Phil Coulter. Such a powerful song, that's universal and can relate to so many, beyond what it's portraying. There have been many great singers in the world, but I think Luke Kelly trumps the lot.

I agree and it is great to see post likes yours. Luke Kelly was such a great singer maybe not in the conventional way but it is hard to fault with a vocal prefomance of his. It is something that should be remembered and celebrated as part of our culture/heritage. One of favourite songs of his is Scorn not his Simplicity, maybe not very PC in this day and age of ours but it is such a powerful song (lyrics by Phil Coutler).

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_YaD83detU

Run_to_da_hills · 19-01-2012 08:38AM

Joe McDonald

Nolanger · 19-01-2012 07:07PM

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

Funkfield · 20-01-2012 02:32AM

a few honourable mentions..............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A3Bsrm7GcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Tv6YxghS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mlPPU6Hns

Paz-CCFC · 20-01-2012 12:34PM

kincsem wrote: »

I used to see him on Upper Leeson Street in the early 1970s (I worked there.) I think he lived in Dartmouth Square.

Just in passing or would you get to see him play as part of your job?

I love being 20, but if there'd be one reason that I wish I was born 20-40 years earlier, it'd be so I could've had the chance to see Luke play in the flesh.

TishyO wrote: »

I agree and it is great to see post likes yours. Luke Kelly was such a great singer maybe not in the conventional way but it is hard to fault with a vocal prefomance of his. It is something that should be remembered and celebrated as part of our culture/heritage. One of favourite songs of his is Scorn not his Simplicity, maybe not very PC in this day and age of ours but it is such a powerful song (lyrics by Phil Coutler).

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_YaD83detU

That's another fantastic song. I don't see what's very un-PC about it.

I think that Luke Kelly and Phil Coulter were a great team. Phil is a fantastic lyrical wordsmith and can write extraodinary songs. Luke could bring them to life and make the lyrics more powerful than could be thought possible.

Is there anything around Dublin (or the rest of Ireland) named after Luke? Any concert halls or opera houses? Or are there any statues of him?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 20-01-2012 01:04PM

Declan O'Rourke, Galileo.

Fromthetrees · 20-01-2012 03:02PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgM4030Dj_A

I don't like this music, I just wanted to throw a spanner in the works, they are Irish like.

Tombo2000 · 30-01-2012 01:01PM

I couldnt say what the best is, or even what my favourite is.

But if I was to name one utterly brilliant Irish song deserves to be listened to a lot more than it is, that would be:

Dr Millar, St Stephen.

Couldnt even find a youtube version.

Though Pearl on Phantom did play it a few weeks back; hats off Pearl.

thee glitz · 30-01-2012 02:27PM

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

foxyboxer · 30-01-2012 03:46PM

How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight
To the home of my childhood away,
To the days when each patriot's vision seem'd bright
Ere I dreamed that those joys should decay.
When my heart was as light as the wild winds that blow
Down the Mardyke through each elm tree,
Where I sported and play'd 'neath each green leafy shade
On the banks of my own lovely Lee.

washiskin · 30-01-2012 04:06PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGkhPx529g

Your favourite/The best Irish song?

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