irish rebel music

[No pasarán]

Is anyone else intrested in irish rebel music, including song of the songs (mostly recorded in or about ulster)? If you're talking bout traditional songs my favourites are probably The Patriot Game, The Rising of The Moon, Roddy McCorley (letter renterpreted as The Roll of Honour about the hunger strikers, as well as Sean South), The Auld Triangle, The Foggy Dew, Join the British Army, Boys of the Old Brigade, Come out ye black and Tans. Most of these songs were recorded by The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, even The Clancy Brothers.

As for the newer artists (newer meaning up to having released stuff 40 years ago), I'm into The Irish Brigade, Eire Og, The Barleycorn, Christy Moore, Wolfhound, Ciaran Murphy, Spirit of Freedom are amongst my favourites.

I don't blindy follow everything written in these songs mind, I do realise that not every action take by the IRA was right. I don't agree with the targeting of civillians. Plus I get bored of hearing people yell "THE I THE I THE IRA" continously when I see Rebel bands/singers.

[Nakidana]

What do you think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7De5LrbLKc

I think it's a nice song, very passionate. They sing it as if they really mean it. :)

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQDiJ4Tyu0

And:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61zF8e_7Ov0

[No pasarán]

Gary from Eire og now performs as a singer/song writer with his support band The Exiles and occasionally with Shebeen. Worth checking out if you don't already know his stuff, slightly more personel songs as well. And I love the WolfeTones, but they can be a little cheesy.. still thats part of the fun with them?

[Sasha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ

i wake up every morning with this song (its programmed as my alarm) :cool:

[Sasha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-y2ox2HPnc&feature=fvw

i'm not one bit irish but this sone makes me go all plastic paddy waving irish flags and fighting dirty brits....

[No pasarán]

I'm always amazed (in a good way) of how big irish music is in the Netherlands? You know Ned of the Hill (the song the pogues version is based upon) is also about William of Orange as well as Oliver Cromwell? Anyways that was over 300 years ago.. It's good to see that the irish are viewed in a more positive light there.

[Nakidana]

Gary from Eire og now performs as a singer/song writer with his support band The Exiles and occasionally with Shebeen. Worth checking out if you don't already know his stuff, slightly more personel songs as well. And I love the WolfeTones, but they can be a little cheesy.. still thats part of the fun with them?

Sounds good, I'll check out their songs on YouTube.

Awesome songs psycho, the Pogue song just reminded me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdh08n279VI

One of my favorites.

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVjNPNNxySc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpzAI1XHFgo&feature=related

Traditional Irish song done in Punk style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geX8IVBv4wk

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[Rusty Shackleford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkpTGRMFaw

[Tifosi]

I liked all these rebels songs a long time ago, some I still like as they have a nice tune but if you think about it most of these rebel bands only get famous because of the songs they are singing. Some of them are rubbish but because they play Foggy Dew they are classed as good.

[bayano]

Also look up Seanchai & the Unity Squad. If you're ever in NYC, go to Rocky O'Sullivans on a Saturday night where they're the house band.

[los.barbaros.ganan]

The Dubliners still the greatest band,

I liked the dubliners since i was eight and i am not even Irish but Dutch.

[Niall]

Is anyone else intrested in irish rebel music, including song of the songs (mostly recorded in or about ulster)? If you're talking bout traditional songs my favourites are probably The Patriot Game, The Rising of The Moon, Roddy McCorley (letter renterpreted as The Roll of Honour about the hunger strikers, as well as Sean South), The Auld Triangle, The Foggy Dew, Join the British Army, Boys of the Old Brigade, Come out ye black and Tans. Most of these songs were recorded by The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, even The Clancy Brothers.

As for the newer artists (newer meaning up to having released stuff 40 years ago), I'm into The Irish Brigade, Eire Og, The Barleycorn, Christy Moore, Wolfhound, Ciaran Murphy, Spirit of Freedom are amongst my favourites.

I don't blindy follow everything written in these songs mind, I do realise that not every action take by the IRA was right. I don't agree with the targeting of civillians. Plus I get bored of hearing people yell "THE I THE I THE IRA" continously when I see Rebel bands/singers. At Least yell "C I, C I, CIRA" cos they've a policy of not killing civillians.

roll of honour sounds nothing like roddy mccorley though

[Rusty Shackleford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiBLwZqvlM&feature=related

god, some of this music just has a great beat. does anyone know where i could get a bunch of this music? right now ive resorted to ripping form youtube

[Across The Street]

Awesome thread.

[No pasarán]

roll of honour sounds nothing like roddy mccorley though

I think it does, maybe I'm just tone death haha... I'm not sayin its exactly the same song but to me it sounds like it has a very similar chord structure.

[Magdalen]

I'm always amazed (in a good way) of how big irish music is in the Netherlands? You know Ned of the Hill (the song the pogues version is based upon) is also about William of Orange as well as Oliver Cromwell? Anyways that was over 300 years ago.. It's good to see that the irish are viewed in a more positive light there.

The Boys of the Lough recorded an excellent Irish language version of this with Brendan Begley singing solo - a few years ago I was lucky enough to hear him sing it live. I'm afraid I can't find it on YouTube though.

[No pasarán]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVSvit98Zw

one man and his bodhran

[PHUNX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfkg8IWGJfw

[un_person]

If anyone is looking for some good old Irish rebel music, you should check out http://onebigtorrent.org/ They have alot of very interesting things on there, among which there are I think three cds of Irish Rebel music.

[Timebomb]

Alot of Irish rebel music sounds like ethnic pride and tribalism to me.

[No pasarán]

Alot of Irish rebel music sounds like ethnic pride and tribalism to me.

I think the point of most of the music is mostly about fighting for freedom and a lot of the later stuff (the songs from 'the troubles' era) has a socialist lean to it. Its tribal cos they're sining bout a specfic situation mostly. As for ethnic pride, well the wolfe tones are probably guilty of that, but the worst of that tends to come from the glaswegian bands.

I think Irish people singing about their situation is as legitimate as it would be for any oppressed people. Of course some of the music is over the top, but not all of it.