Irish Rebel Songs

maltingsaudio

Are we past singing these songs? If so what happens to the tunes?

Budgie

Folk music, by definition and regardless of where it's from, is usually a reflection on a history, tragedy, injustice, celebration, good crop, fair maiden or whatever and passed on, recorded, re-recorded with different wording and often based on traditional songs/tunes etc. Not sure what you mean but I can't see why Irish 'rebel songs' would be. any different? 

robgilmo

I bet your loads of fun on Paddys Day.

revsorg

Songs like this will never get old 

Handsome_Chris

maltingsaudio said:

Are we past singing these songs? If so what happens to the tunes?

I'm not past singing Smoke On The Water: I've never even be to Montreax

nocasternoproblem

All Irish songs are made up on the spot 

mr-mac

Funniest ever is the "fenian record player" proper funny

cj73

maltingsaudio said:

Are we past singing these songs? 

Not in a lot of the West of Scotland....unfortunately 

marantz1300

we use to play the rebal songs whilst doing the washing up in my house

Antique_Guitars

I'm actually quite into a lot of these old tunes, obviously stuff like Rising of the moon is based on very old events but I'm quite into some of the IRA songs too, Black Watch, little armalite etc etc from historical point, obviously they have extremely negative/aggressive sentiments so I can understand that it's a bit non Pc to listen to them.

Deijavoo

As much as I utterly despise the IRA, and some of the sentiments held in these songs, they're only words. I suppose the issue comes when morons follow them and think that they're still fighting some sort of rebellion, when actually they're just getting pissed up in pubs near football grounds.

57Deluxe

Orinoco Flow

ICBM

This is NOT a rebel song…



… but it is probably the greatest political statement ever made from a stage by a rock singer.

Scroll to 3'45" if you don't like U2 but you still want to know why.

cj73

^ ooft

That took me by surprise 

Sambostar

I always thought he was singing about Roast beef Sunday dinner

mr-mac

cj73 said:

maltingsaudio said:

Are we past singing these songs? 

Not in a lot of the West of Scotland....unfortunately 

Luckily not a problem in Dundee

crunchman

ICBM said:

This is NOT a rebel song…



… but it is probably the greatest political statement ever made from a stage by a rock singer.

Scroll to 3'45" if you don't like U2 but you still want to know why.

It's good to hear the unedited version.  When they show it on the TV they always edit out the "F**k the revolution".  Doesn't have the same impact.

Whatever overblown thing they became later some of the early U2 was very good.