Which Wing of the 'Wolfe Tones' do you Support?

[A Quinn Martin Production]

What four musicians ever done to you I dont know, but anyway...

"Four musicians" like, say, The Beatles?

Nothing.

"Four musicians" like, say, the Wolfe Tones who eg glorify vicious murderers?

Fcuk 'Em, I say.

I give you "Yellow Submarine" EG with an honourable mention for "Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da"

[Evil Genius]

"Four musicians" like, say, The Beatles?
Nothing.
"Four musicians" like, say, the Wolfe Tones who eg glorify vicious murderers?
Fcuk 'Em, I say.

How about asking van morrison to write a wee ballad to celebrate the beating up of a 9 year old?

Excellent point, well made.

(Except for:
1. Van Morrison has never (to my knowledge, at any rate) expressed a political thought in his life;
2. No-one (including Morrison and myself) has ever defended the beating up of 9 year olds;
3. This thread is about the Wolfe Tones)

P.S. Don't you mean "Whatabout asking...", rather than "How..."? 

[Joxer]

Only one with any sort of talent is Tommy Byrne.  Fine ballad singer.  Other two are brutal beyond belief.

Like it or lump it they went downhill badly when Derek left.

[RogerMilla]

seen them loads of times and always found them to be very money-hungry pushing all the merchandise at every opportunity , came as no surprise when they did fall out to be honest, it had to be over cash , artistic differences me hole,

[johnneycool]

Neither, because they started putting out endless amounts of crap log before they split up.

Yes balladmaker, if you're still around, I said it. The Wolfe Tones are shit.

Is Balladmaker from lurgan by any chance?

why do you ask that?

I know a lad from Lurgan who's big into the tones and i think he frequents this place but it might be some other lurganite.

Illdecide, does your ip address start with a 47.x.x.x?

[Shamrock Shore]

God forgive me but I remember listening to the W**** T**** in the bog in 1984. Great turf footing music.

However I moved on........

[Roger]

Fcuk 'Em, I say.

Agree.  Shameful people, disgusting lyrics.

[pintsofguinness]

Fcuk 'Em, I say.

Agree.  Shameful people, disgusting lyrics.

 

[Doogie Browser]

Fcuk 'Em, I say.

Agree.  Shameful people, disgusting lyrics.

No one even mentioned the Vengaboys.

[theskull1]

Seriously lads. Is the wolfe tones not something you grow out of?  Maybe they were just of their time...I don't know but I couldn't listen to them now.

[johnneycool]

Seriously lads. Is the wolfe tones not something you grow out of?  Maybe they were just of their time...I don't know but I couldn't listen to them now.

Not even the Dunloy version of the merry ploughman?

[norabeag]

Interesting that it was on the Radio yesterday as I also heard another musical dispute on RTE at lunctime. This seemed to be a very bitter row over the break up and reformation of De Dannan.
Some very hot stuff was aired during the show regarding the rights to the name etc.
Tones have had their day. Give me the singing Priests now as I reach for the slippers and cocoa !!

[Main Street]

Never liked them - both wings
I like my ballads but, with my nose up in the air, wouldn't even be caught dead at a Wolfe Tone gig.

Good name though.

[pintsofguinness]

Seriously lads. Is the wolfe tones not something you grow out of?  Maybe they were just of their time...I don't know but I couldn't listen to them now.

yeah, I think so.  I do like their type of music, but there's better bands out there for that imo and they are genuine and not just cashing in on a political situation. 

[mylestheslasher]

Fcuk 'Em, I say.

Agree.  Shameful people, disgusting lyrics.

Any song in particular you dislike Roger. Have to say I am surprised to hear you once listened to them to be familiar with their lyrics. I quite enjoyed the live alive oh album, what did you make of it?