St. Patrick's Day Rock Songs (Vanity)

YT | March 17, 2024 | self

[MikelTackNailer]

Happy St.Patrick's Day good freepers. It's come to my attention that most of us are too decrepit or responsible now to go out bar-hopping on a whim, so I decided to share my list of Celtic Rock songs for your enjoyment or castigation. These are all positive because I can't handle morose "Danny Boy" and such. If you have more please post them!

"Whiskey in the Jar" - Thin Lizzy (1973)

I'm Shipping up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys (Live)

Dearg Doom - Horslips

Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly

Drink the Night Away - Gaelic Storm

Horslips - Bim Istigh Ag Ol (Live at the National Stadium, 1973)

The Rumjacks - An Irish Pub Song

Jump Around - House of Pain

Whisky in the Jar - Metallica

Didn't mean to abuse the forum but I had too much fun finding these and had to share.

[RWGinger]

Very timely
Thanks
We needed some of these

[Tennessee Nana]

The Unicorn Song

There were green alligators and long legs something
Some something and some chimpanzee
Some cats and rats and elephants
but sure as youre born
The loveliest of these was the unicorn..

[NEMDF]

WOW I vaguely remember that one! Entertaining, for sure.

[3ZZZ]

The Irish Rovers. I still have the 45 of it!

[Fiji Hill]

Getting High--The Flairs (1954)

[Tennessee Nana]

Yes

I heard that song nearly 60 years ago

I dont remember all the words

:)

[Fiji Hill]

Bad, Bad Whiskey--Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers (1950)

[Tennessee Nana]

actually the words were

the loveliest of all was the unicorn

[BlueLancer]

There were green alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees;
Some cats, and rats, and elephants,
But, as sure as you're born,
The loveliest of all was the unicorn.

[Fiji Hill]

Let's get political!

The Men Behind the Wire--The Wolfe Tones (1971)

[Tennessee Nana]

Thanks

I remembered pretty good didnt I for such a long time ago...

and Im about the same age as old Joe

so whats his excuse ???

:)

[MikelTackNailer]

Let's get political!

Umm; for the short run let's not. But I'm a huge fan of the two "Boondock Saints" movies and I hear a third one may be coming. Comments on that page were just too sympathetic to the Palestinian corpse-rapers and baby killers for my stomach and I see little correlation to "the troubles" of Ireland.

This is a celebration of Irish good on their one day of the year. Blacks and homos get a whole month, women as a group get one day and white guys...are disrespected and get the message they're no longer welcome nor appreciated in the country they 90% built. I think Ice-T (a black guy) sums up my general attitude best with his update of Suicidal Tendencies "Institutionalized". Profane but totally on point.

[Fiji Hill]

Give Ireland Back to the Irish--Paul McCartney & Wings (1972)

Make Ireland Irish today!

[MikelTackNailer]

But thank you for your other contributions. SO much of early rock/pop is unknown because nothing but specialized media outlets play it. I must have watched hundreds of Lawrence Welk Shows but find all that sort of music gone in modern culture. Frank Sinatra and that era are rapidly following.

[Golden Eagle]

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (live from Red Rocks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM4vblG6BVQ

New,Year’s Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYCyCaK_5k

[Fiji Hill]

The City of Belfast (Strathspey dance)

[dayglored]

> There were green alligators and long-necked geese, ...
...The loveliest of all was the unicorn.

What a great song. Shel Silverstein wrote it, as I recall.

Last night my band played it at a party at the local American Legion. Got everybody in the place singing along. Wonderful!

[Tacrolimus1mg]

Don’t forget one of my favorites: “Drink and Fight” - Mudmen

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_y8Vk3YZnPA&pp=ygUWZHJpbmsgYW5kIGZpZ2h0IG11ZG1lbg%3D%3D

[fredhead]

Not rock, but I love “The Sick Note” by The Dubliners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwREiWd1Nfg