| NOFX – Ronnie & Mags Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Bobby Sands was not just a prisoner in a hunger strike. He was a member of the IRA and he was one of many who went on hunger strike to secure their rights as prisoners of war. When he died, he had been elected to the English parliament in Westminster. So Maggie Thatcher allowed a member of her own parliament to die rather than allow basic POW rights. | |
| Propagandhi – Less Talk, More Rock Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I don't think it's necessary to post to add anything else to this discussion, so I won't. :) |
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| Dropkick Murphys – Cadence to Arms Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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They were considered one and the same by the Romans, who didn't understand and feared them (hence the wall), but they actually weren't. The Celts that the Romans met in Scotland were of a different race to the ones in Ireland. It wasn't until after the Roman invasion of Britain that the two countries (and I use the term in loosest of senses) merged. As for Ireland being a region of Scotland, you're a wee bit off. In fact, it's the opposite. The kingdom of Alba was technically under the jurisdiction of the Ard Rí in Tara (old Ireland was never that clear cut), as I previously said. That is why Scots Gaelic is so similar to Ulster Irish. Just because you're a classics major doesn't mean you know Irish history better than the natives! In fact, the "classic" view of the world never really understood the Celtic way of life and they regarded them as savages, which was just plain stupid. |
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| Dropkick Murphys – The Rocky Road to Dublin Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| choose bronze, it has nothing to do with gaelic spelling. Somebody messed up, is all :) | |
| Dropkick Murphys – The Auld Triangle Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I believe this song is about being an inmate in Mountjoy Prison, which is beside the Royal Canal in Dublin. This is supported by the reference to the female prison. Sorry, Cian, but I doubt a kid in a borstal would want to live in a female prison! | |
| Dropkick Murphys – Fields of Athenry Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Maybe Irish-American punks aren't the best qualified to give their opinions on the irish situation? To compare the IRA's campaign to the 9/11 attacks is so ignorant as to be offensive. To say that they have put the peace process back years is unionist propaganda. Let us remember that the only reason there is a peace process to begin with is because of the war. The Brits were not listening to democratic means (and they were famously gunning down peaceful protests). Without the armed struggle, many catholics, myself included, would still be second class citizens in Belfast with shit jobs and no prospects. |
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| Flogging Molly – Rebels Of The Sacred Heart Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I love Irish-American bands because the fans don't understand so much of the lyrics! "The pale", just to clear things up, is a part of leinster that forms a ring around Dublin. When the English occupied Dublin, they didn't control the rest of the country and they used "beyond the pale", as has already been said, to describe what they percieved as barbarians (as it turned out, they were the exact opposite!). So the expression, depending on who you ask, can mean barbarian stuff or it can mean refer to gaelic people and resistance to English rule. |
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| Stiff Little Fingers – Back To Front Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Is it me or is this song about English people being assholes when they go on holidays? | |
| NOFX – Wolves In Wolves' Clothing Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Ah, Fat Mike and Songs about America... | |
| NOFX – Cantando En Espanol Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm fluent in Spanish and a lot of this song doesn't mean a lot to me... The grammar is pretty awful. Does Hefe actually speak Spanish or is he just of Mexican parents in the States? If he speaks Spanish and the horrible Spanish in this song is on purpose then it's pretty fucking funny... Anywho, I'll offer a rough translation. I'm interpreting the first stanza as "After 235 songs, lyrics are more valued and I have none for this one [song]". I'm assuming that "liricos" is supposed to mean "lyrics", otherwise it doesn't make a lot of sense. The second stanza is probably "El Hefe sings a sad melody, or he sings love from the heart." The last line I'm not sure about, but it could mean "pretend he speaks Spanish". The last stanza is the best part. It says "I hope the majority of our fans don't understand any of what I'm singing. To the others [i.e. those who understand the lyrics] "Chinga su madre, guey". Now, I speak European Spanish and I've only been to Mexico once, but I know that this is a pretty rude expression in Mexican Spanish. It translates roughly as "Fuck your mother, dude". Which is cool, because it's a big "Fuck you" to everybody who "gets" the song. Very punk. |
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| Dropkick Murphys – Black Velvet Band Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| They're both American bands, aren't they? Maybe they sing a different version over there to appeal to a different audience. Any time we have a session we always sing Belfast. So do the likes of the Dubliners. | |
| Dropkick Murphys – Cadence to Arms Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"bagpipes are not an Irish instrument" WHAT????????? This is like saying whiskey is not an Irish drink. Just because the scots have it as well doesn't mean that they invented it. Bagpipes, whiskey, kilts, the 'mac' in many Scottish surnames, the stone of scone, and a shitload of celtic culture was brought to Scotland by the Irish when they colonised it. Scotland was, for many years, considered to be a part of Ireland because Ulster established a colony there. Eventually, Scotland requested independence, and they got it and set up their own nation. But all that stuff was originally Irish. The scottish bagpipes were not the favourite pipes among Irishmen (we preferred the Uilleann pipes. They sound much nicer!), but were used because they're a lot more portable! They were played marching to battles and stuff. |
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| Dropkick Murphys – The Green Fields of France (Eric Bogle cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I forgot to mention: the piano is crap! But the military-style drumming is very appropriate. | |
| Dropkick Murphys – The Green Fields of France (Eric Bogle cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This song's not Irish!!! It was written by a Scottish poet (can't remember his name) about a Scottish soldier who died in the first world war. It's just been popularised by the likes of the Fureys and the Dubliners in Ireland. It's a good tune. Brilliant lyrics, Very sad stuff. I was looking forward to hearing this song done into a punk cover to see how they went about it and was slightly disappointed that they left it in it's original state (practically). | |
| Dropkick Murphys – Black Velvet Band Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Erm... I've heard a series of versions of this song, and all of them say "in a neat little town they call Belfast", except the DKM version, of course. That one says Brockton, cos they're from Massachusetts. I'm tempted to say, "don't argue with me on this one, I'm from Belfast" ;) As for the rest of the lyrics, I suspect they're ripped from a trad Irish lyrics site with the city name changed at the beginning. |
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| Dropkick Murphys – The Rocky Road to Dublin Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Madcap, you're slightly off. He leaves Tuam (in the west) to look for work in Dublin. When he gets there, he's not welcome (because Dublin people traditionally don't like anybody from outside the city) and so he jumps on a boat going to England. When he gets to Liverpool (in England, not Galway), a bunch of English guys start slagging him for begin Irish, so he gets annoyed and starts into them with his shillelagh. A bunch of other Irish guys (from Galway, where Tuam is) see he's in trouble and join in the fight. Wherever the guy goes, he's not welcome and he has to fight his way through life. Very Irish. One other thing, for some reason the lyrics here say "daddy" instead of "Paddy". What's that about? Maybe it's not widely known that Irish are derisively referred to as Paddies? It's because we're all called Patrick, apparently. Similar to the American "Yankee", I suppose. And, Rover, I like the original. If you hear it sung well it can be just as fast as the DKM version. The main difference is that there's no punk instruments in the background (in fact, the best version I heard was sung with just a bodhran in the background. BTW, for anybody unfamiliar with Irish music in the audience, a Bodhran is a type of drum. Google it.) |
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| Dropkick Murphys – Fields of Athenry Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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What's wrong with it being a republican ballad?? The song is about a man who stands up against the British empire because he's oppressed. The republican movement was born with this very aim and continues to do that to this day. just because the free state was created doesn't mean that we're a free people. Remember, the IRA was founded and fought for freedom in the south and it continues in the north. Michael Collins' boys killed a load of people in the name of the Republic. We're actually being more civilised about it today with the political struggle (which would never have happened without the Republican movement). The history books will see the last 80 years and the next 15 or 20 as one continuous struggle. It is the IRA's (and Sinn Fein's) chapter in the rebellion that it our history. All that aside, I must admit that the shouts of "IRA" and "Sinn Fein" detract from the piece musically, but the sentiment is good. |
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