It gets me every time.
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âSome of them fell into heaven, Some of them fell into hellâ is the greatest line in a song of all time.
Paul Mannion does a magnificent version when Dublin win the All Ireland.
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But theres a light I hold before me
And youâre the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
Songwriting doesnât get any better than this
Christy Dignam has some fucking voice
Measure of my dreams. What a line
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I saw Aslan live one night randomly about 15 years ago. Christy spent the whole night singing to his hand and kind of flicking the light through it. Off his face. Never missed a word though
For a small nation we have some amount of talented singer songwriters and the best of them are tapped. Sinead is on now.
I suppose to have a brain thatâs wired that you are happy to stand out from the crowd and do your own thing. Kind of means youâll be an alternative sort. And then the drink and drugs come with the lifestyle, get yourself up for the show every night
Jesus her voice is powerful.
Apparently Paul has a pain in his hole singing it at this stage. Heâs planning on doing Fairy Tale of New York this December
Whatâs your favourite Irish song lads?
There was a massive thread on this recently
Iâd probably say rainy night in soho as well⌠But other than that⌠100 boys⌠The golden horde
Top 5.
5 Grace
4. Dublin in the rare ould times
3 The Ferryman
2 Sail on Jimmy
1 Rainy Night in Soho
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An unnecessary and nasty auld dig at Gaybo
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You couldnât dig the smarmy all cunt often enough
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This sounds strange, but Iâd rather be penniless and a pauper former broadcaster and love my girls than tread the boards and wondering how they are."
Wasnât that why Gaybo kept going? Wasnât he planning to retire when he woke up one day to find ex Minister Eoghan Murphyâs Granda had stroked 1/4 of a mill off him. Lot of money in â86.
Although 25 years later he was potless again.
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Most inappropriate use of the term âslaveâ since Ashley Cole left Arsenal
Isnât he an Independent Contractor and not an employee? With that status, it should be easy enough to fix it that he could walk at short notice to take up his vows of poverty.
Heâd be walking to the BBC if they thought he was any good