I just got ticket to see him in Liverpool in october time ! Love listening his cds. Whats he like live?
Brilliant.
Saw him in one of the lecture halls in the science building in UCD in the late 80s. Great show. Can't remember for the life of me what the hell he was playing a show there for though! Maybe it was Science Day or rag week or something.
seen him at the west belast festival a long time ago, or was that part of it?
Excellent Live though much more laid back than he used to be. Have seen him a few times. Last time it was a fairly small gig 600 - 700 people and he had great interaction with the audience which usen't be he style. Much more chilled out - as long as the crowd are respectful.
very good live - one of the few artists who actually sounds like his studio recorded cd
definitely a lot more laid back than about 10 years ago when you daren't have went to the toilet during the show
i was working in the hotel in armagh about 4/5 years ago when he was playing - he sent me for dvds'from xtravision for him - in badness i got shrek, spiderman and something else - though he laughed
He's brilliant live. Saw him in Vicar St last year, great show himself & Declan Sinnott.
As the last poster said he sounds just as good live as he does on CD. Well worth going to.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1NQi_Vit0&feature=related great song and the pictures are funny too
Saw him on Friday night in Killarney...fcuk I cant believe how chilled out he is now....he was in great form ....positively encouraging people to sing, clap, stamp their feet....played a lot of the classics....Sinnott can fair play thon guitar :)
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 28, 2010, 09:15:24 PM
Saw him on Friday night in Killarney...fcuk I cant believe how chilled out he is now....he was in great form ....positively encouraging people to sing, clap, stamp their feet....played a lot of the classics....Sinnott can fair play thon guitar :)
He must have changed! someone I know went to see him a few years ago and he stopped mid song to give out to the crowd for singing along and said he wanted back up singers he'd hire them or something to that affect.
People then started to shout out song requests and he stopped again and they got a lecture on how time went in to making up the playlists and all this shite. :-\
I'd say about 6 or 7 people shouted out requests from the audience and he played them all straight away. Moody hoor...I've seen him carrying on like you said before....but on Friday night you couldn't have annoyed him.....
When he lived in Castlecomer in Co.Kilkenny before he was that well known he was refused a drink in a pub one night as they thought he was a traveller..
This may or may not be true,but it is a story that does the rounds down there
Quote from: pintsofguinness on March 28, 2010, 09:18:46 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 28, 2010, 09:15:24 PM
Saw him on Friday night in Killarney...fcuk I cant believe how chilled out he is now....he was in great form ....positively encouraging people to sing, clap, stamp their feet....played a lot of the classics....Sinnott can fair play thon guitar :)
He must have changed! someone I know went to see him a few years ago and he stopped mid song to give out to the crowd for singing along and said he wanted back up singers he'd hire them or something to that affect.
People then started to shout out song requests and he stopped again and they got a lecture on how time went in to making up the playlists and all this shite. :-\
He was fair fucked up on the drink, maybe that is why. He does the same on one of his live albums too but I always thought it was a joke myself. Much more of a relaxed character now since he gave up the drink.
Reminds me of a true story Laois lad..I used to work in a pub called the The Bridge Bar in Newry. One night the actor John Lynch (who's from Camlough) came in for a pint with his mate. Now the owner Mick Toner (RIP) was a decent chap who would have talked to the devil however the wife Bernie was a different kettle of fish. She had no time for messers at all and if you were remotely scruffy looking you got the road cos you were a "Gypsy". (Her words). Anyway Lynch and his mate were refused a beer cos she reckoned they were "Gypsies". They had the long hair and the stubble etc. Everyone in the bar was aghast...because they all knew Lynch's mate was in the middle of making a film called "In the Name of the Father". She was only after throwing Daniel Day Lewis out of the pub.
To enjoy Christy these days you'd best check out the last album or two, laid back as has been said but some of his best stuff IMO. Don't go expecting live at the point a la '94.
If the crowd's respectful and the craic's good he'll reciprocate. He doesn't mind the requests just so long as they're not f**king shouted in the first 15 minutes. There's always one bollocks who'll spoil the craic.
He gets very involved in the songs he plays, especially the emotional ones, which is fair play as he puts his heart and soul into them and people wonder why he might get moody when some eejit shout "JOXER!!" after he's sung about women's being strip searched in Armagh jail.
Mind you Christie should also remember that's its thanks to the aforesaid eejit that he's making a fortune these days.
Quote from: sandwiches_in_the_boot on March 28, 2010, 10:23:24 PM
To enjoy Christy these days you'd best check out the last album or two, laid back as has been said but some of his best stuff IMO. Don't go expecting live at the point a la '94.
If the crowd's respectful and the craic's good he'll reciprocate. He doesn't mind the requests just so long as they're not f**king shouted in the first 15 minutes. There's always one bollocks who'll spoil the craic.
He gets very involved in the songs he plays, especially the emotional ones, which is fair play as he puts his heart and soul into them and people wonder why he might get moody when some eejit shout "JOXER!!" after he's sung about women's being strip searched in Armagh jail.
The first time I've ever agreed with a Tyrone man!....................too true
The worst thing Christy ever did was sit down at his shows. Always thought his show was far better when he was standing at the mic, thumping away at the guitar, foot stomping, giving it loads. His shows seemed to have mellowed since he decided to sit down.
He's come a long way since he played the Baggot Inn on a weekly basis in the late 80's to a couple of hundred people. Live at the Point worked wonders for him.
Enough of this 'respect Christy' shite at his shows, Christy should also remember to respect all of his audience who pay 30 to 40 quid in to see him.
Ah sure he is great have been at many a concert over the years and what odds if he is a bit grumpy now and again he is always worth the money.One of the best was the free one when he played in the rain in front of thousands at the 25th anniversary of the hunger strikes at Casement Park.Magic :(
Quote from: glens abu on March 29, 2010, 11:47:49 AM
Ah sure he is great have been at many a concert over the years and what odds if he is a bit grumpy now and again he is always worth the money.One of the best was the free one when he played in the rain in front of thousands at the 25th anniversary of the hunger strikes at Casement Park.Magic :(
You mean his impromptu concert at the
20th anniversary commemoration in 2001. That was his first public appearance since his "breakdown" and was only supposed to play two songs but ended up playing for well over an hour with Bic and Frances Black. It poured down incessantly for at least five hours that day and most missed Christy as they went home after getting drenched on the terraces. Those left on the terraces then crammed into the stand to be treated to superb intimate session of song and storytelling.
The 25th anniversary was a different kettle of fish altogether - one of the hottest days of the year, tens of thousand on the terraces, oul ones dropping with heat stroke left, right and centre.
Great interview with him in the latest Hot Press... Jaysus he doesn't have any time for Bertie
Quote from: Ulick on March 29, 2010, 12:46:47 PM
Quote from: glens abu on March 29, 2010, 11:47:49 AM
Ah sure he is great have been at many a concert over the years and what odds if he is a bit grumpy now and again he is always worth the money.One of the best was the free one when he played in the rain in front of thousands at the 25th anniversary of the hunger strikes at Casement Park.Magic :(
You mean his impromptu concert at the 20th anniversary commemoration in 2001. That was his first public appearance since his "breakdown" and was only supposed to play two songs but ended up playing for well over an hour with Bic and Frances Black. It poured down incessantly for at least five hours that day and most missed Christy as they went home after getting drenched on the terraces. Those left on the terraces then crammed into the stand to be treated to superb intimate session of song and storytelling.
The 25th anniversary was a different kettle of fish altogether - one of the hottest days of the year, tens of thousand on the terraces, oul ones dropping with heat stroke left, right and centre.
your right Ulick 20th it was,the 25th was agreat day sorry its the age I think ::)
He is a great to see live, have been to a few of his concerts.
Took the hump with him at the point after a serious amount of preaching, this was a man giving out about charity etc and not paying any tax! Have to say it pissed me off alot and has taken me a while to get over that pontificating.
Bump....havin a few beers listenin to Beeswing, the Voyage, McElhatton, Missing you agus araile ....it doesnt get much better
Black is the colour - is my favorite song by Chrsty . The wifes hair is brown . She loves it when I sing it with a few gargles down .
He does a fair rendition of 'a pair of brown eyes'
Deccie is a miserable hoor though.
A good guitarist but more chips on the shoulder than the M50.
Was never a Christy fan but saw him last year in Whelans and was impressed.
http://open.spotify.com/track/7t9SsJ3MTN86CrBlnuqijN
The original and best
Whatever you do order your drinks before he comes on stage, once he comes on stage the bar closes. He stopped drinking and now shuts the bar when he is on stage so no one else can have one either. Saw him at Lisdoonvarna in the RDS. There was a que of about 500 people at the bar for the act prior to Christy to get their pints in, but Christy came on with about 200 still in the que after well over an hour and the bar shut. On the music front his is brilliant.