Luke Kelly - 30 Year Anniversary

omagh_gael · January 30, 2014, 09:53:09 PM

The great man is 30 years dead today. He sang so many clasic songs it's incredibly difficult to choose a favourite.

There'll be some session going on wherever he is.

http://youtu.be/P1vpdsEb_30he

AZOffaly · January 30, 2014, 10:28:12 PM

Super voice. I pass by Raglan Road every day I'm in Dublin and I never fail to think of his rendition.

5 Sams · January 30, 2014, 10:35:24 PM

Masterpiece..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo

rrhf · January 30, 2014, 10:37:56 PM

The greatest ever. He would have hated the way Ireland behaved over the last 15 years.

rrhf · January 30, 2014, 10:41:09 PM

Which makes me think all the social song writers poets etc. Has there been anyone who hit the establishment hard?

moysider · January 30, 2014, 11:00:35 PM

I remember hearing he had died. Where did the years go at all. Glad I saw him sing. Always a hero for me.

Love his banjo and backing vocals here with Ronnie in terrific form. The Dubliners in their pomp in Germany.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVHO6d3nQpY

Nally Stand · January 31, 2014, 12:35:42 AM

Quote from: rrhf on January 30, 2014, 10:37:56 PM
The greatest ever. He would have hated the way Ireland behaved over the last 15 years.

Undoubtedly. Always think this piece was prophetic:

For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it fame?
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it fame?
For what flowed Irelands blood in rivers,
That began when Brian chased the Dane,
And did not cease nor has not ceased,
With the brave sons of ´16,
For what died the sons of Róisín, was it fame?

For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?
Was it greed that drove Wolfe Tone to a paupers death in a cell of cold wet stone?
Will German, French or Dutch inscribe the epitaph of Emmet?
When we have sold enough of Ireland to be but strangers in it.
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?

To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To those brave men who fought and died that Róisín live again with pride?
Her sons at home to work and sing,
Her youth to dance and make her valleys ring,
Or the faceless men who for Mark and Dollar,
Betray her to the highest bidder,
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?

For what suffer our patriots today?
For what suffer our patriots today?
They have a language problem, so they say,
How to write "No Trespass" must grieve their heart full sore,
We got rid of one strange language now we are faced with many, many more,
For what suffer our patriots today?

(Also think it's impossible to read it without imagining it in Luke's voice as you go along!)

moysider · January 31, 2014, 12:50:02 AM

Never beat the deeler · January 31, 2014, 04:54:04 AM

Thanks for posting those.

Another favourite of mine:
http://youtu.be/-9nHtEQLKb0

Feckitt · January 31, 2014, 09:51:06 AM

The Hot Asphalt. - Actually the greatest record of all time.

moysider · January 31, 2014, 10:09:25 AM

Quote from: Feckitt on January 31, 2014, 09:51:06 AM
The Hot Asphalt. - Actually the greatest record of all time.

you re joking right?

'no surface that is equal to the hot asphalt'

A poor man's McAlpines.

magpie seanie · January 31, 2014, 12:47:39 PM

Quote from: Nally Stand on January 31, 2014, 12:35:42 AM
Quote from: rrhf on January 30, 2014, 10:37:56 PM
The greatest ever. He would have hated the way Ireland behaved over the last 15 years.

Undoubtedly. Always think this piece was prophetic:

For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it fame?
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it fame?
For what flowed Irelands blood in rivers,
That began when Brian chased the Dane,
And did not cease nor has not ceased,
With the brave sons of ´16,
For what died the sons of Róisín, was it fame?

For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?
Was it greed that drove Wolfe Tone to a paupers death in a cell of cold wet stone?
Will German, French or Dutch inscribe the epitaph of Emmet?
When we have sold enough of Ireland to be but strangers in it.
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?

To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To those brave men who fought and died that Róisín live again with pride?
Her sons at home to work and sing,
Her youth to dance and make her valleys ring,
Or the faceless men who for Mark and Dollar,
Betray her to the highest bidder,
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?

For what suffer our patriots today?
For what suffer our patriots today?
They have a language problem, so they say,
How to write "No Trespass" must grieve their heart full sore,
We got rid of one strange language now we are faced with many, many more,
For what suffer our patriots today?

(Also think it's impossible to read it without imagining it in Luke's voice as you go along!)

He delivered those lines brilliantly. Everyone in the country should read them. We're a sorry mess.

Jonah · January 31, 2014, 01:58:08 PM

Wouldn't be his biggest fan at all. His singing voice always annoyed me.

The Hill is Blue · January 31, 2014, 02:27:13 PM

For What Died The Sons Of Roisin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C14U7JYGRgA

gallsman · January 31, 2014, 02:34:46 PM

His version of Parcel of Rogues is spectacular.