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The greatest Irish song of all time

  • 14-09-2018 3:50pm
    #1
    riffmongous
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    This is not a music video list thread

    So youtubed Zombie a few days ago for a listen and saw that the music video has over 750 million views!! It's a great song and all but that seems.. excessive. Now I'm on my phone so I can't check how many of those views came after poor Dolores's passing but it got me thinking, what is the greatest irish song ever? Now I'm not asking for personal favourites, but more a song almost everyone could agree on, young and old, and not just the cool kids

    Sunday Bloody Sunday (live)? Come Out Ye Black and Tans? Maniac 2000? Aon Focal Eile? River dance ending song?


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    jester77
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQ-tScuzwM


  • #3
    correction
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    Without thinking much I'd consider With or Without You and Sunday Bloody Sunday from U2 to be up there. I'd also throw Cannonball from Damien Rice in there.


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    Iang87
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    Fisherman's Blues


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    MonkeyTennis
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    No Sweat: Heart and Soul.


  • #6
    Lorelli!
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    jester77 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQ-tScuzwM

    Was gonna say the exact same :)


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    Sam Quentin
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    Ride On.
    Christy Moore


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    [Deleted User]
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    How about 'The Curragh of Kildare', sung by one of the most under-rated music groups in the last few decades, and one which totally blew their potential. I think Christy Moore is better-known for his version of this track, but I prefer the Johnston's one.

    The band had a pretty tragic ending. Adrienne Johnston, one of the singers, died after a fall that is suspected to have been murder/ manslaughter.

    I have a personal reason to be fond of this song as it was sung at my Dad's funeral. If you aren't familiar with the Johnstons but like Irish ballads, I'd strongly recommend looking them up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIPWvAmVY2o


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    GBX
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    Jumbo Breakfast Roll - Dicksie Walsh


  • #10
    Baron Kurtz
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    We don't need nobody else - Whipping Boy
    Hole of the Moon - The Waterboys
    Speed to my side - Rollerskate Skinny

    I dunno if they even count in the manner the OP wants it, but they do to me.


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    Ashbourne hoop
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    Sinead O'Connor: This is a rebel song


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  • #12
    riffmongous
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    Quite a few I haven't even heard of, remember I'm not looking for personal favourites, but the consensus greatest.

    I'm going to add, Aslan this is


  • #13
    Sam Quentin
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    Fairy Tale of New York.
    Is it Irish, if it is then it's hands down the greatest most famous 'Irish' song ever!?


  • #14
    Lorelli!
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    Dearg Doom by The Horslips would be up there.


  • #15
    o1s1n
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    Baron Kurtz wrote: »
    We don't need nobody else - Whipping Boy
    Hole of the Moon - The Waterboys
    Speed to my side - Rollerskate Skinny

    I dunno if they even count in the manner the OP wants it, but they do to me.

    Hah, please tell me you go about singing 'The Hole of the Moon' and not 'The Whole of the Moon' :D


  • #16
    irishgrover
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    there are loads and loads.... but one that always pops to mind is "friends in time" - the golden horde

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


  • #17
    Jimmy.
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    Sam Quentin wrote: »
    Fairy Tale of New York.
    Is it Irish, if it is then it's hands down the greatest most famous 'Irish' song ever!?

    Dose of scour is all that song would give you, gets played to death every Christmas.


  • #18
    riffmongous
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    Sam Quentin wrote: »
    Fairy Tale of New York.
    Is it Irish, if it is then it's hands down the greatest most famous 'Irish' song ever!?
    Good call, I hate myself but it's definitely up there


  • #19
    riffmongous
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    Lorelli! wrote: »
    Dearg Doom by The Horslips would be up there.

    Probably the greatest riff alright, but the rest of the song isnt as good imo


  • #20
    Sam Quentin
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    Jimmy. wrote: »
    Dose of scour is all that song would give you, gets played to death every Christmas.

    Tell that to the millions of drunk egits in the pubs at Christmas every year belting it out of their mouths and dreaming of Ireland and home,... Not just the Irish the whole World... So that makes it the greatest most famous 'Irish' song ever ever ever.


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    Irish Guitarist
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    Baron Kurtz wrote: »
    We don't need nobody else - Whipping Boy
    Hole of the Moon - The Waterboys
    Speed to my side - Rollerskate Skinny

    I dunno if they even count in the manner the OP wants it, but they do to me.


    'Hole' Of The Moon would change the meaning of the song a bit. I imagine it being about a lovelorn couple looking up at the moon smiling then he turns around and flashes at them.


    moon-graphicsfairy004c.jpg


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    gigantic09
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    The Pogues, Rainy night in Soho

    Luke Kelly, Raglan Road.


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    Summer wind
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  • #24
    Baron Kurtz
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Hah, please tell me you go about singing 'The Hole of the Moon' and not 'The Whole of the Moon' :D

    Yeah because that sounds like another word completely!

    You'll forgive the predictive error, hopefully.

    I don't "go about" doing anything either, for what it's worth :o


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    Irish Guitarist
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    The Waterboys aren't exactly Irish by the way. They've had some Irish members as far as I know but Mike Scott is Scottish.


  • #26
    Lorelli!
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Probably the greatest riff alright, but the rest of the song isnt as good imo

    How can you not like the lyrics "two heads are better than none. One hundred heads are so much better than one" :) only messing.

    Everybody likes Teenage Kicks!



  • #27
    bullpost
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    Gloria - Van Morrison


  • #28
    Your Face
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    Any of the Italia 90 songs


  • #29
    Baron Kurtz
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    The Waterboys aren't exactly Irish by the way. They've had some Irish members as far as I know but Mike Scott is Scottish.

    That's correct. They're as Irish as they are otherwise I suppose. Scott now lives in Dublin and has for years. The rest are Irish. They've had some success in general but I'd imagine they identify closer to these shores. If they have a sway toward hailing from Ireland, then I'm going with that one.


  • #30
    Hitman3000
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    "Put ' em under pressure". 1990 Irish world cup song. In keeping with the thread title even if I find the song cringey. Great craic in a gathering though.


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  • #31
    AlanG
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    Any number of Shane McGowans songs will last long into history - Turkish Song of the Damned, Fairytail of New York and Rainy Night in Soho are masterpieces. The Body of an American being a major part of one of the greatest TV shows of all time (The Wire) will ensure it is sung at funerals throughout America for years to come.
    Best of all is probably The Sickbed of Cuchulainn.


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