Your Favourite Irish songs

[Denn Forever]

My list
Doh, should read the title of the thread

•   The Four of Us         B Side of Mary
  

The Would Bs          I'm hardly ever wrong
       Horslips                  Turn your face to the wall
       The Fireflys             Anything by them (80s cavan band)
       The Joshua Trio      Making U2 bearable
       Therapy                 Screamager  (dont know if it is a song or album)
       Paul Brady              The Creel/Out the door and over the wall
      Some Happens         Incoming
      Mamas Boys             Needle in the groove
      Rory Gallagher          The song with "its a shit kickin morning"
      D Ream                   The big hit that wasn't highjacked by New Labour/Tory Lite

As soon as I sign off, I'll remember more but it was a good blast down memory lane
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[Doogie Browser]

Excellent thread and in no particular order:

Rainy Night in Soho – Pogues
Angel of Harlem – U2
Second Violin – Bagatelle
Joxer goes to Stuttgart – Christy Moore
Streets of New York – Wolfe Tones
Mary – The 4 of Us
The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
Nowhere – Therapy?
Carrickfergus – Various artists
Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal – Goats don't Shave

[heganboy]

What was the b side of mary by the 4 of us?[

quote author=Denn Forever link=topic=8165.msg314187#msg314187 date=1213819754]
My list
Doh, should read the title of the thread




•   The Four of Us         B Side of Mary
  
The Would Bs          I'm hardly ever wrong
       Horslips                  Turn your face to the wall
       The Fireflys             Anything by them (80s cavan band)
       The Joshua Trio      Making U2 bearable
       Therapy                 Screamager  (dont know if it is a song or album)
       Paul Brady              The Creel/Out the door and over the wall
      Some Happens         Incoming
      Mamas Boys             Needle in the groove
      Rory Gallagher          The song with "its a shit kickin morning"
      D Ream                   The big hit that wasn't highjacked by New Labour/Tory Lite


As soon as I sign off, I'll remember more but it was a good blast down memory lane

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[Denn Forever]

I still can't remember the Four of us song but it had the brilliant line  "the most fun that I've had so far is what goes on in the back of my car".  I gotta a job??  Remember it was the late 80s so having a job was a lot of fun.

Best cover version by an Irish band was "Borderline" by Something Happens.  Memories of bombing up to Belfast with that song blarring out.

[Shamrock Shore]

How can I miss you? (if you won't go away) - Under the Wobbly Ashtray

Get me drunk and I'll sing it again!

I wanna hurt, I wanna cry
I wanna feel like I wanna die
I wanna be in misery
But you're always here with me

Listen to me baby, to what's a guy's gotta sayyyyyyyy
How can I miss you, if you won't go awayyyyyyyyyyy

For shame Billy - no Horslips. Hang the head.

1. Horslips - I'll be waiting
2. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
3. Zen Alligators - You make my day
4. Host - Witness Stand
5. Larry Cunningham - Among the Wicklow Hills
6. Horslips - Johnny's Wedding
7. Lizzy - Dancing in the moonlight
8. Christy Moore - Nancy Spain
9. The Bogmen - Rock around the clock
10. Dermot Morgan - Thank you very much Mr. Eastwood

[Carmen Stateside]

I still can't remember the Four of us song but it had the brilliant line  "the most fun that I've had so far is what goes on in the back of my car".  I gotta a job??  Remember it was the late 80s so having a job was a lot of fun.

Best cover version by an Irish band was "Borderline" by Something Happens.  Memories of bombing up to Belfast with that song blarring out.

The 4 of us song was , Mary. Class! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUWR_DbGuw

[MayoMan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiaR5be41Io



Any smarties??

[RedandGreenSniper]

Very difficult one this, I could easily do a top 50

Anyway

1:
Galway Girl - Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon (I know he's not Irish but its an Irish song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFlfSeh-Ts8

2:
Rainy Night in Soho - The Pogues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Yp8vecWXM

3:
Green and Red of Mayo - The Saw Doctors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VUTmR5b9Fo

4:
The First Girl to Leave Town - The Blizzards (Poor quality on youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oToavXMkOE0

5:
Where the streets have no name - U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq08ouOwiqQ

6:
Streets of New York - The Wolfe Tones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyv1TW4R4A

7:
Everything that Rises - The Stunning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leidMATvhDg

8:
Lay me down - The Frames
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d5ZwrkLtiE

9:
N17 - The Saw Doctors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q1ijju1T4E

10:
The Knock Song - Christy Moore  (not on you tube - dammit!!)

[stephenite]

Tough one indeed.

1. National Prayer Breakfast - Feeding Frenzy
2. Frank & Walters - Plenty Time
3. The Stunning - Romeos on Fire
4. Something Happens - Are you my girl?
5. A-House - Call me blue (wouldn't have thought it only for Billy, but what a great song!)
6. U2 - Electrical Storm ( A mix on one of the compilations is awesome)
7. The Pogues - Pair of brown eyes
8. The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin
9. Van Morrison - Gloria
10. Damien Dempsey - Patience

[Billys Boots]

wouldn't have thought it only for Billy, but what a great song

We aim to please ... 

[5 Sams]

I still can't remember the Four of us song but it had the brilliant line  "the most fun that I've had so far is what goes on in the back of my car".  I gotta a job??  Remember it was the late 80s so having a job was a lot of fun.

Best cover version by an Irish band was "Borderline" by Something Happens.  Memories of bombing up to Belfast with that song blarring out.

The 4 of us song was , Mary. Class! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUWR_DbGuw

I would be a big 4 of Us fan but Mary wouldnt even get into my top 5 4 of Us songs!!!....they had some really brilliant stuff and that "Songs for the Tempted" album is a classic.


Another classic Irsh tune no one has mentioned yet is "The Rocks of Bawn"......Paul Brady and Liam Óg Ó Floinn.....superb.

[Billys Boots]

Paul Brady

For me, he's never bettered this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaIAzWW2zc

This is the 'Bringing it all Back Home' version with Donal (keep it in your pants) Lunny.  For pure rage however, you'd need to see the Self Aid version (which I can't find).

[thejuice]

this is a tough one, I dont think I could put them in a particular order and would be liable to change.

1. Paddy On The Railroad - The Dubliners
2. The Lonesome Boatman - The Fureys
3. Spancill Hill - Christy Moore with Shane McGowen
4. Emerald - Thin Lizzy
5. Empires Fall - Primordial
6. Playground For Life - Glyder
7. Uncle Pat - Ash
8. McAlpines Fusiliers - The Dubliners
9. Lisdoonvarna - Chrsity Moore
10. Good Night New York - Million $ Reload

and more more for luck
11. Wheres Me Jumper - Sultans of Ping FC 

[Denn Forever]

A brilliant song but I can't remember the name was Light a Big Fire's song about Ann Lovett.  Back in those Talliban like days of the Early 80s.

[Billys Boots]

I remember LABF alright, and saw them several times, but never really rated them.  They had a good song that went 'You can love a woman, but you can't be friends ...'.  I don't remember the Ann Lovett song though.