hate to sink your ship mate, but this song isnt about pirates. although flogging molly do sing quite a bit about sailing and ships and such, i assure you this song means alot more than that.
"So the years rolled by and several died
And left us somewhat reelin'
Johnny strummed his Tommy gun
Left blastin' through the ceiling
So what became of rebels
Who sang for you and me?
Grapplin' with their demons
In the seach for liberty"
i think that entire verse sums up the meaning behind the song. the years went by and several died is refering to the deaths of some of punk rocks greatest contibutors like joey ramone or joe strummer. and that left the punk world somewhat "reelin" from the blow. the music world as a whole is nowhere near as great as it use to be, and the artists of old are still favored and charished today as some of the pest of all time. these days there arent any bands like the clash or the sex pistols. the question is siply "where have all the good bands gone". what ever happened to the guys who made it big by not selling out. the rebels of rock. those bold souls who broke away from the norm and created perhaps the best genra of music ever. with strong enough voices to say what the world needed to hear. the sex the drugs the strong political aspects, and resistance to conform is what made the music. the message. not tight black t shirts and big pants. not spiked wrist bands and a fauex hawk.
they even give a shout out to joe strummer (whos real name is John Graham Mellor) with the line "Johnny strummed his Tommy gun
Left blastin' through the ceiling" in refenence to the clash hit "tommy gun"
maybe this song is about pirates, not those scurvey scally-waggs who sailed the seven seas, but the pirates of punk. those lawless rebels who, in their own way, told the real world what it should hear.
hate to sink your ship mate, but this song isnt about pirates. although flogging molly do sing quite a bit about sailing and ships and such, i assure you this song means alot more than that. "So the years rolled by and several died And left us somewhat reelin' Johnny strummed his Tommy gun Left blastin' through the ceiling So what became of rebels Who sang for you and me? Grapplin' with their demons In the seach for liberty"
Left blastin' through the ceiling" in refenence to the clash hit "tommy gun" maybe this song is about pirates, not those scurvey scally-waggs who sailed the seven seas, but the pirates of punk. those lawless rebels who, in their own way, told the real world what it should hear.