"New York Girls" in Gangs of New York (2002)

[1957arm]

Hellcat Maggie was a bar bouncer thats why the cutoff ears- not a hooker.

[drinksupreme]

what's the deal with the cut-off ears?

[jjobie]

@drinksupreme That's a reference to Hellcat Maggie, who used to cut ears off of 'customers' that she 'serviced' (wink wink). She was a real person.

[drinksupreme]

@jjobie Thank you!

[clemdane]

I love the gas chandeliers

[TheSilverSurpher]

@RaqStar85 Irish is a nationality or, at most, an ethnicity, it isn't a race.

[hultonclint]

@RaqStar85 FWIW this song has nothing to do with "The Irish." Dunno how you guys got on this subject.

[Mowglieboy69]

Singin' Hey, where's Andy? My Deeeear Andy! Rooooollling doo dah der, ding ding diddaling doo dah der!

[hultonclint]

@Mowglieboy69 Nice try! haha...but no cigarillo

[adamskiraz]

@Mowglieboy69 away, my santee, my dear annie, oh you new york girl, cant you dance the polka?

[TheGameLover666]

is the guy who was leos friend in the movie,did he play jude in across the universe

[rollomaughfling]

@TheGameLover666 No, he was Elliott in E.T. though.

[TheGameLover666]

@rollomaughfling oh,thanks for the fact!

[mattyrayuk]

the guy in the movie singing it is great for the part

[berawnow]

@mattyrayuk Hi, that guy sining is finbar furey of the furys, lives down the street from me in ballyfermot ireland, well used to.

[Drumboner69]

a jigg doing a jigg

[lordvoldemort578]

@Drumboner69 Why does my favorite character gotta be racist?

[Drumboner69]

@lordvoldemort578 lol i have no clue

[Abobojo]

@lordvoldemort578 Al Swearengen was a more laid-back version. Not AS racist. Thought nothing of calling that guy Wu a "chink" though.

[xRooster731x]

the title really misled me at first,i thought this was gonna be like a 19th century version of the warriors but i was wrong,but this movie is still a really good movie and should get 5 stars :)

[clemdane]

@xRooster731x Actually I think it kind of was a 19th century version of the warriors...

[Mahone29]

The natives were a scoundrels and being half Irish I ha have the displeasure of hearing the ass kissing voice of living here however i love my country but some decide to take it to far

[scientific1982]

@Mahone29 Come home any time lad. More than welcome.

[shmiggen]

The Dead Rabbits...the beginnings of the IRA.

[filmfanatica21]

"You've got to pay for the pleasure of my company!" hahahah Bill is already epic.

[cervantesma]

Gotta love this song! Yes it is addictive! Does anyone know where I can download a copy of the song from the same group?

[Mowglieboy69]

Favourite scene. I'm fascinated by the way certain directors (Scorsese and Tarantino come to mind) incorporate music into their scenes, especially ones as stylishly done as this. The tracking shot is a Scorsese staple.

[Hyman74Roth]

@Mowglieboy69 me too.

[Hyman74Roth]

This scene almost reminds me of the scene in Goodfellas where Jimmy meets Henry for the first time in a bar.

[PRE7ORIANO]

This is censored of the movie in the US! :(

[Hyman74Roth]

@PRE7ORIANO What's the uncensored version?

[PRE7ORIANO]

@Hyman74Roth imao, i guess so.. i've seen GONY many times and still does not appear... In fact i checked after seen this video on my DVD and i confirm it! So, I don't know why but this scene is cut out of the movie in some states on the U.S.

:S

[Hyman74Roth]

@PRE7ORIANO That's weird, maybe that explains certain weird editoral transition shots throughout the movie.

[christophersboy]

"my dear annie" irish need not apply lol!! we irish folk had it worse than the colored people hands down!!! slavery was a cake walk!! only whites were allowed to go and fight in the war honorably, the irish got off the boat and were stoned and spit on!! they signed the citizenship papers first, then had to enlist in the union army on the spot! they dressed,gave thier families a hug and a kiss, then borded the ship to go and die for this country!! yet the blacks "still" use the slavery card???

[PKBitchGirl]

@christophersboy Oh please shut the fuck up with the persecuted Irish crap.

I notice your profile says you're in the US, if you were born in the US then you ARE NOT Irish. Irish is a nationality not a race.

[PKBitchGirl]

@christophersboy You're a fucking idiot coming to my profile and leaving racist comments, I get the feeling that you think I'm black as you appear to be directing your n**let comment towards me.

I'm not black, you fake Irish with your persecution complex, you're screaming about black people 'playing the race card' over slavery yet here you are bringing up something that happen a hundred years before your were born. Hypocrit much?

Never again the potato times! By the way REAL Irish here

[hultonclint]

@christophersboy I don't get the connection u seem to be making between "My dear annie" anti-Irish bigotry.

[1ndabag]

@christophersboy It New Orleans a canal was built to connect Lake Pontchartrain with downtown. Slaves were considered too valuable to dig a canal through swampland so the Irish were used and many died. Today there is a monument erected where the canal used to be in memory of the Irish who lost their lives building the canal.

[hultonclint]

@sexy74223 The song is not about Irish girls specifically. I have sung and researched many diff. historical versions of this. None talk about Irish girls that I can recall. Just "New York." There's also a version set in Liverpool. Sorry! :) I do see your point about how silly people get who try to identify with things, however, acting "proud" of somewhat random things. But meh, live and let live.

[cartergirl3of3]

@sexy74223 The only thing i'm gonna keep posting is that i'm not posting anymore. why MUST i be from NY and be irish to post that comment?? is that not allowed?? if there was a vid about the triangle shirtwaist fire of 1901 and I said " i'm from new york" must you reply with " well, mostly women died in that fire, are you a woman, cuz I am AND i'm from new york" that's it

[clemdane]

@cartergirl3of3 The Triangle Shirtwaist fire was in 1911. 

[cartergirl3of3]

@sexy74223 really? because you know so much about me?? I've seen the movie 3 times. I KNOW what it's about thak you very much for your concern. And if you try real hard and pay real close attention to the film's SETTING you will realize it's in what state ,now?? NEW YORK...where I'M from. I'm not talking about the song either, I'm talking about the movie as a whole, thanks

[cartergirl3of3]

@sexy74223 um, no, just born and raised in New York...

[kuyshina]

It is finbar and other artists back in his day that make me like this era and style of music more than the ludicrous music that most people listen to now a days

[Sisyphus27]

When Bill and his lieutenants are playing cards, does Bill stab the man in the hand or between the fingers?

[kuyshina]

@Sisyphus27 he stabs him in the hand

[DiIigentwatcher9]

wait....did they just pour the old beer from the glasses back into the keg? and toss maggies coin in with the "ears"??? dam.

[103littlebastard]

does anyone know the name of the slow waltz song for the candle dance?

[Degman1000]

Ohhhh the New York Girls Like Poooker

[cartergirl3of3]

oh yeah!!!! proud to be a girl from NEW YORK!!!

[Tweety1985love]

OMG my mum used 2 always sing this when the movie came out lool havent heard it in ageees

[bonkers1987]

what hell did they want ears for?

[Emit79]

@bonkers1987 Trophies of kills, Usually people were paid to be apart of a gang and paid per kill. and they would take the ears and noses as proof of there killings.

[mryerena]

no mistake is made bro, butcher tells him that because he see's amsterdamn pull him out from the place that was on fire a scene earlier

[GazingWolfProduction]

Daniel Day Lewis is the ultimate actor to use as the antagonist. I wrote a mock sequel to Red Dead Redemption in study hall one day and Daniel Day Lewis is the dictator-president.

[rockking05]

i wish i could live back then in the 1860`s.Life today is more calmer now then they were back then.Christian who think life today is bad should watch this movie.It will really shock them to know that society now is more better now in terms of decency than it was back in the five points.Does anyone here agree or disagree what i am saying about what i am saying.

[IAINoodle]

oh look it's paddy haha

[rockking05]

society back then must have been awesome and dangerious at the same time.

[parkman35]

Maggie was awesome...wild Irish Girl pays for all that mixed up left over booze with a freakin ear! Whast a great film this is!

[gtalcstories]

why does bill stab the guy in the hand at about 3:30 ?

[easynowww]

There is a mistake/blooper here. Bill goes he might save ur life again. But How does Bill know? when he just asked him if he's ur mate lol..

[hultonclint]

@easynowww Bill saw him save is friend's life in a fire earlier in the film.

[easynowww]

@hultonclint They why did he ask who he is and erverything. Plus it's a blooper.mistake, trust me.

[gtalcstories]

@easynowww

He didnt know who amstedam was, but he saw him save johns life. He keeps this a secret in the early parts of the conversation, and asks john who his friend is. After finding out that it is merely an irish kid from outside the 5 points, he reveals what he saw saying " who knows but he might save your life again"

[gtalcstories]

@easynowww

In an earlier part of the film Bill sees John collapsing after escaping from the fire. Amsterdam picks up John as Bill looks on and they walk away.

[1986billyk]

@gtalcstories yeah bill was a real eagle eye and didn't never forget a face worth remembering. lol

[murfreeswhoro]

@easynowww

observation FAIL

[mikechorizo]

@easynowww

duh.. thats why bills says to john " i like a man that will burn for his swag"

[1986billyk]

@gtalcstories cause bill was on a winning streak and that guy was chisling his bets, that was bills way of bullying him to bet heavy.

[TheJay9002]

incredible film, one of the best ive ever seen. just shows you all that shit you see on youtube and hear people saying about how blacks and mexicans etc in america are "criminal by nature" etc is bullshit. in 50 years ther will be another race who gets this. the irish populated the first ghettos and lived in some of the worst squalor ever seen on the american mainland, people said we were criminals by nature and that was just the way it was. no longer. people are just people, we're all the same.

[1986billyk]

@TheJay9002 you must be a PREIST.NOW GO GET ME MY VIOLIN!!!!

[aniraina21]

love the song!

[motherthirteen]

the red head at 0:29 is devine!

[FlyersCh0ups]

Best movie ever ♥

Do you know what's the song when Amsterdam and Jenny are dancing?

[wc470]

why did the bill put a knive in that guys hand

[filthyassmonkey]

he wasn't betting large; id asume he did that to try and prove a point. There is no true rational behind it, so i could be wrong.

hahaha. Just my opinion.

[TheRob8500]

This song is the shit!!

[Jaytee1o4]

this song is so addictive

[hultonclint]

It's great, I agree. If you have the time and inclination, please check out the video response, which is a collaboration I did of this song. I have also recorded two other versions of this song with totally different lyrics, which are a lot more rough and maybe not as exciting to listen to (cause were made as work songs) but might be interesting nonetheless:

1. video response, above

2. /watch?v=pRM_fOOg9WQ

3. /watch?v=oEv-rXp6rnk

[justfilter]

what´s the song´s name?

[Jimpsterz]

Finbar Furey - New York Girls

[natevines]

LOVE this song!!

[shittykenny]

the best movie ever made. I feel soo much nostalgia to this song. I miss the old good days...

[gottisrt10]

@shittykenny You miss the 1800's? Intresting...

[revolutionary17]

@shittykenny you were alive in 1860's? i wish i was, NATIVES ALL THE WAY!!!!

[Mowglieboy69]

@shittykenny Yeah, I also miss living in the 1800's. Such a simple time. What are your favourite memories?

[davedupplaw]

It's a film I've not seen. Interesting to hear the shantey being sung. The band play it along with another Irish polka called The Britches Full of Stitches.

[hultonclint]

THANK YOU! I didn't know the name of the melody they played in between verses, but now it sounds familiar...I remember all those old names of tunes from when I tried to play banjo at sessions...before realizing my memory was a bit poor!

[buddhUU]

Britches was one of the first tunes I learned on fiddle. I always liked the way they incorporated it into this.