Has anyone had the pleasure of being aboard one of the ferries btwn Holyhead and Dublin?
I'm an American and my only visit to Ireland happened to include a train trip from London to Liverpool, where I disembarked and boarded a 'boat train' from HolyHead to Dublin.
As a 16 year old punk the boatrain (both ways) were the single most incredible 16-24 hours of my life (and I'm an old man today).
For instance, I got drunk on the trip across the Irish Sea to Ireland, met a number of adults along the way; including one Irishman who was royally pissed and looking for a fight with anyone who'd challenge him.
Somehow, on the trip back, myself and my friends happened uponthe same fighter. Turned out he and his brother and their daughters (girls our age) had taken the ferry across to bury the brothers' mum in her home country. That's why he was incensed. On the trip back he didn't fight; instead he was a terrific talker. After he fell asleep I had the pleasure of banging his 15 year old daughter and then when we arrived in Holyhead we boarded the same train back to London.
This single trip taught me that there's actually a class system in place worldwide. Those of us in the US have been taught that the class system is color based. Bullshit. The class system is economic based and accent based. If you're a black in London and have the correct accent you are in higher regard than an Irish or Brit or Yank or Scot who has little money.
The racism in the Bankster's world isn't ''''race'''' ; it is soulful. If you are willing to sell your soul for dollars or pounds or Euros then you are accepted (provided your soul is of value to begin with) and if you aren't willing to stick your butt in the air for the banksters you are of the forgotten class - color or religion be damned.
Shane's 'Boat Train' song isnt' defining my experience; it is defining HIS experience as a passenger on the same ferry. I LOVE this song because it allows me to recall my most defining 24 or so hours and its ALSO a great song that allows Shane to recall a defining trip for himself.
A terrific song!
Has anyone had the pleasure of being aboard one of the ferries btwn Holyhead and Dublin?
I'm an American and my only visit to Ireland happened to include a train trip from London to Liverpool, where I disembarked and boarded a 'boat train' from HolyHead to Dublin.
As a 16 year old punk the boatrain (both ways) were the single most incredible 16-24 hours of my life (and I'm an old man today).
For instance, I got drunk on the trip across the Irish Sea to Ireland, met a number of adults along the way; including one Irishman who was royally pissed and looking for a fight with anyone who'd challenge him.
Somehow, on the trip back, myself and my friends happened uponthe same fighter. Turned out he and his brother and their daughters (girls our age) had taken the ferry across to bury the brothers' mum in her home country. That's why he was incensed. On the trip back he didn't fight; instead he was a terrific talker. After he fell asleep I had the pleasure of banging his 15 year old daughter and then when we arrived in Holyhead we boarded the same train back to London.
This single trip taught me that there's actually a class system in place worldwide. Those of us in the US have been taught that the class system is color based. Bullshit. The class system is economic based and accent based. If you're a black in London and have the correct accent you are in higher regard than an Irish or Brit or Yank or Scot who has little money.
The racism in the Bankster's world isn't ''''race'''' ; it is soulful. If you are willing to sell your soul for dollars or pounds or Euros then you are accepted (provided your soul is of value to begin with) and if you aren't willing to stick your butt in the air for the banksters you are of the forgotten class - color or religion be damned.
Shane's 'Boat Train' song isnt' defining my experience; it is defining HIS experience as a passenger on the same ferry. I LOVE this song because it allows me to recall my most defining 24 or so hours and its ALSO a great song that allows Shane to recall a defining trip for himself.
One of the Pogues greatest.