The Irish Country Music Appreciation Thread

Where To · 22-01-2013 02:44AM #1

Why does Irish country get such a bad press? It's part of our national heritage. Our parents met at the marquees, festivals and dancehalls up and down the country, half of us probably owe our very existence to Big Tom, Larry Cunningham and Philomena Begley.

On behalf of the young(ish) people of Ireland, I salute the showbands and entertainers that are as much a part of Irish culture as Guinness and Bono.

Who's with me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYcn_OMyY0

endacl · 22-01-2013 02:48AM

Shortest thread ever, methinks.

NegativeCreep · 22-01-2013 02:49AM

It's horrible.

Duckworth_Luas · 22-01-2013 02:49AM

Where To wrote: »

Who's with me?

Anyone with taste obviously!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbW69XCv0jc

grizzly · 22-01-2013 02:49AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXenuOScA-o

Chuck Stone · 22-01-2013 02:50AM

Where To wrote: »

Why does Irish country get such a bad press?

Because Irish country muzach deserves bad press Mr Where To.

Where To · 22-01-2013 02:52AM

endacl wrote: »

Shortest thread ever, methinks.

I'm confident that there a quite a few closet Foster and Allen and Susan McCann on here, we just have to coax them out of their shells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4jVfRLtzlU

Where To · 22-01-2013 02:53AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Because Irish country muzach deserves bad press Mr Where To.

But it's who we are, Mr.Chuck, we shouldn't hate it, we should embrace it.

demanufactured · 22-01-2013 02:58AM

Speaking as a musician....Irish country music is ****in brutal.

Chuck Stone · 22-01-2013 03:02AM

Where To wrote: »

But it's who we are, Mr.Chuck, we shouldn't hate it, we should embrace it.

Ah I wouldn't hate it - it just does nothing for me.

It's much bigger up there in the north west - non-existent down here in the deep south for all utensils and porpoises.

Where To · 22-01-2013 03:02AM

demanufactured wrote: »

Speaking as a musician....Irish country music is ****in brutal.

Brutal maybe, but it's a decent, honest, innocent straight from the heart type of brutal.

landsleaving · 22-01-2013 03:08AM

Why is it called 'country and western'? I've always wondered that. I picture a bunch of lads watching the Lone Ranger for inspiration when I hear it.

Where To · 22-01-2013 03:11AM

landsleaving wrote: »

Why is it called 'country and western'? I've always wondered that. I picture a bunch of lads watching the Lone Ranger for inspiration when I hear it.

'Country and Irish' is the genre, it's a mix of Country and Western, and Irish music.

landsleaving · 22-01-2013 03:13AM

Aha, thanks! My Dad is mad into it and he always said country and western, referring to anything from Joe Dolan to Johnny Cash, so I had no idea.

Where To · 22-01-2013 03:16AM

landsleaving wrote: »

Aha, thanks! My Dad is mad into it and he always said country and western, referring to anything from Joe Dolan to Johnny Cash, so I had no idea.

Funny you should mention Johnny Cash, fifteen years ago if you liked his music you were automatically an inbred redneck culchie, then he sang with a heavy metal band and suddenly he was the coolest cat in town.:pac:

Damn hipsters.

MadYaker · 22-01-2013 03:17AM

SV · 22-01-2013 03:18AM

Just because it's a part of Irish culture doesn't mean that it's not shíte.

It's a part of Irish culture that should die a quick death if there was any musical justice in the world.

landsleaving · 22-01-2013 03:20AM

Where To wrote: »

Funny you should mention Johnny Cash, fifteen years ago if you liked his music you were automatically an inbred redneck culchie, then he sang with a heavy metal band and suddenly he was the coolest cat in town.:pac:

Damn hipsters.

They don't appreciate his best work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw8uTiSnYk4

Witchie · 22-01-2013 03:21AM

Its gick. Total gick. My dad was in a showband and they did play some of it but they also played good stuff like Creedance Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Johnny Cash etc.

I so hate that the likes of Nathan Carter and his fuppin Wagon Wheel gets played regularly in the pubs in my town and people get up and fuppin Jive!!! I HATE JIVERS!

Feel so angry right now so you can imagine how I feel when I am in the pubs and said muppet DJs play it but worse still was New Years Eve in my local had a band that play kinda trad style music and they played Nathan Fuppin Carter. I was very close to going over and kicking 10 colours of crap outta them. (I hate most trad too so was not in a good music place that night)

landsleaving · 22-01-2013 03:24AM

Witchie wrote: »

I so hate that the likes of Nathan Carter and his fuppin Wagon Wheel gets played regularly in the pubs in my town and people get up and fuppin Jive!!! I HATE JIVERS!

Quit jivin' me turkey.

Where To · 22-01-2013 03:29AM

Witchie wrote: »

Its gick. Total gick. My dad was in a showband and they did play some of it but they also played good stuff like Creedance Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Johnny Cash etc.

I so hate that the likes of Nathan Carter and his fuppin Wagon Wheel gets played regularly in the pubs in my town and people get up and fuppin Jive!!! I HATE JIVERS!

Feel so angry right now so you can imagine how I feel when I am in the pubs and said muppet DJs play it but worse still was New Years Eve in my local had a band that play kinda trad style music and they played Nathan Fuppin Carter. I was very close to goiRock me mamang over and kicking 10 colours of crap outta them. (I hate most trad too so was not in a good music place that night)

The young wans love him up here, I think you should give him a chance Witchie,

Rock me mama like a wagonwheel
Rock me mama any way yo feel
Heeeeyyyyyyyy. . . .

Sing up Witchie

Bad Santa · 22-01-2013 03:36AM

Where To wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYcn_OMyY0

According to Big Tom, we're all gonna die from vagina suffocation so.

ProudDUB · 22-01-2013 03:54AM

Where To wrote: »

Why does Irish country get such a bad press?

Because its shyte. Plain and simple. Authentic American Country Music sung by the likes of Johnny Cash or George Strait is a gift from the Gods. I lived in Nashville in a former lifetime. The real McCoy, sung properly, would bring a tear to even the hardest of grunge/hip hop/heavy metal/hard rock/opera loving hearts. But the music is a part of America's culture. Not ours. Big, big diff imo !

The Irish versions are just watered down, pale comparisons to the real deal that are embarressing quite frankly. The likes of Big Tom and Philomena Begley and Daniel O'Donnell singing Folsom Prison Blues and shooting a man just to watch him die, or about life roping cattle out on the range? Oh please ! How can you you NOT roll your eyes at that? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

The Money Licker · 22-01-2013 04:13AM

Mostly listen to country myself. American country is where its at

The Money Licker · 22-01-2013 04:17AM

There doent seem to be a country catagory here. Traditional is the closest

Cungi · 22-01-2013 04:26AM

Where To wrote: »

... half of us probably owe our very existence to Big Tom, Larry Cunningham and Philomena Begley.

Fuck that shit. I owe my existence to Phil Lynott! Maybe more than i realise. My mam "dated" him.

As for Country, Cash's cover of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" is a masterpiece