This obscure anthology of (nationalist) rebel songs from Northern Ireland gets everybody I know off the chair and on the feet. Isn’t it kinda weird to see that of the thousands of records you have at home, only one would put a smile on everybody’s face? That’s exactly the case with this compilation and I’m pretty sure it will be just the other way round when I’m posting it here.
Although in my younger days I used to call myself part of the radical left, I’ve never been an anti-imperialist or sympathized with “national liberation”. That type always seemed like the worst to me. A bunch of militant esoteric and racist hippies, the worst of the worst. I don’t know whether my rather sympathetic feelings for the struggle of the “Irish” for “independence” (= being ruled by assholes that have the same passport like you) had something to do with anti-imperialism or whether it was the proletarian stance the uprising seemed to have, at least from the countless movies that I had sucked in. Coming from a very proletarian family myself, I seemed to understand so much of the struggle, but looking back now, I’m pretty sure at least a part of this is pure projection. Anyway, all reasoning put aside – I just LOVE this record. Found it on a flea market years and years ago.
Fantastic music to get wasted to and although I probably never played this LP soberly, I’m pretty sure it’s enjoyable in that very pitiful condition too. Impossible for me to pick one favorite track – all the songs are absolutely great, mostly due to the fact they’re all crude and simple.
Here’s two examples, both coming from the singer BLACKTHORN (no, it’s not Black Metal):
Blackthorn: The Lid of me Granny’s Bin.mp3
Blackthorn: The Man from the Daily Mail.mp3
You can download the entire LP here.
Cheers
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The Man From The Daily Mail
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Now Ireland’s a very funny place, sir
It’s a strange and a troubled land And the Irish are a very funny race, sir Every girl’s in the Cumann na mBan Every doggie wears a tri-coloured ribbon Tied firmly to its tail And it wouldn’t be surprising If there’d be another rising Said the man from the Daily Mail Every bird upon my word Now the other day I travelled down to Clare, sir Every bird upon my word Now the whole place is seething with sedition Every bird upon my word |
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15 Comments
not one solo (? not completely thru with it).. this must be punk then hahahaha.
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I plan on downloading this when I’m lucky enough to find a four-leaf clover or a stray pot of gold!
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luvely
some real catchy stuff. great idea posting this!
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I never thought you should post this! IRA had the best songs, period! Years ago I must say I was seduced by the romantic sheen of the Republican movement but today I know that the world is not Green nor Orange. I fucking despise sectarian violence….I could rant and rave about this but I would spare you all from that…..
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Hahaha. Blackthorn is also the name of a member from a black metal band called Thornspawn.
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I like it…thanks Erich! Especially, “the jit on me grannys chin”…that is what it is all about.
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this was truely great, more records and I´ll kiss your feets.
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and I love that there is two artists with names that could be german black metal bands
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holy shit, this is a ridiculously catchy record. Kinda cool to listen to rt before / during this Memorial Day thing thats going on in Amerika rt now. The music is universal tho. Dont usually drink, but this one calls for a nice old stout. Damn nice sir.
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Am looking for a song Rebel Heart by Pronnsias Macairt.Can you help?
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Sorry, can’t help you with that one, Eileen.
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Man, I recently moved all my music to my new laptop and lo and behold–I discovered that I had downloaded this and not listened to it yet! Fucking awesome! So so so so catchy. And it makes reading James Joyce (last fucking recommendation I take from my dad, I can say that much) bearable!
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I’m gutted the link is broken. My dad used to play this to me when I was a kid. I never really got to be honest coz he’s a Welshman.
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Thanks for fixing the link. It brought back some great memories. I now see why my mum wasn’t pleased when she heard my me and my sister singing some of these.
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