I first heard it when I was listening to Last.fm with Christy Moore as the seed artist. Never understood the significance of the song until now. I just liked the melody.
I've discovered that I like a lot of Irish music. Christy Moore, knew I liked the Pogues, and even taking a liking to the New Dubliners.
I don't know if they play them in Ireland, but there's a great Celt Rock band from Boston called the Dropkick Murphys. They're pretty awesome.
And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
ta frank.
it's interesting how the island away from it all is still such a well-loved myth, considering said island is a. probably due for some severe changes through oceans rising, and b. would be deadly dull for an average educated european, once the glow had worn off.
tho' i guess if a. takes place, you wouldn't have to worry much about b.
dull as balance for over-complexity is great medicine, but after you're well again...
the world is mired in complex issues, and just making love on the sidelines, while great palliative therapy, leaves all the work (and fun) of changing things to those who choose to be more engaged, to whom such poetic escapism can never be more than a nice holiday.
lots more thoughtful, from-the-heart folk music, please! ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
