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| Christy Moore – Missing You Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Powerful song about the curse of emigration.
Reminds me a lot of the Pogues' - "Thousands are sailing" about the coffin ships to the states. |
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| Christy Moore – Delirium Tremens Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Partially related to Christy's own personal experiences 'tryin to get auf the drink', pretty light hearted for what must have been a horrible experience! |
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| The Frames – Bananaman Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I have a recording of this from the Róisín Dubh, Galway on 19/05/03. In the Intro, Glen says
"I wrote this song for my niece because she thinks all the Frames songs are depressing. She was in my room hassling me to play her a song, and everything I played, she didn't like. So, I started just jamming and sang these lyrics about a Banana Man, and she was like 'That’s it....That’s your f*cking hit!'. And she was f*ucking right! This is called Banana Man and it will never be on a Frames record!"
Hilarious song! |
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| Mic Christopher – Hey Day Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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btw, there is an amazing version of this song on youtube recorded at the Spirit Store in Dundalk. Uploaded by 'ptgphotos', it is well worth a look!
Mic, RIP. |
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| Paul Brady – The Island Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The song was written around the time of the Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen, and certainly has some influence on the lyrics. Enniskillen is also known as the 'Island Town', because of its location between two Loughs, and may have some relevance to the song's title.
In the lyrics he speaks of "rising banners over by the markets", and "Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard wall". The markets is a well known Republican area surrounding St George's Market in Belfast, and the Shipyard is in East Belfast, near a Loyalist area. So, the song could also represent Belfast.
"Witch-doctors praying for a mighty showdown" Just look up some of Ian Paisley's rhetoric on youtube and you'll see what this means! |
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