Love paul brady-glad he's still playing & moving around the country-Of course his guitar playing has gotten much much better over the years! If it wasn't for him, i would have never even heard of this song-I'm glad of that-thank you for posting this
@reevedavey I know, love, and play some of Robin's songs. He probably did tune his A D and G up to B E G#, but that gives the same relative string tuning as open D - which is the usual generic term for this tuning - where one uses a capo for playing E or whatever. I sometimes tune down to open C# or even C: not to be confused with the "other" open C used by Dougie Maclean: CGCGCE (Caledonia) or CGCGCEb (Ready for the Storm, Robin's "Womankind"), or CGCGCD ("Waltz OTNM", Zeps "Rain Song")
@chipper30uk \not everyones music tastes are similar, and i would be ashamed to be Irish if this was the best musician we ever produced. He is good, but I have heard better versions
This is the worst version i have ever heard of this song. Andy Irvine and Christy Moore do much better versions. I really think this is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!
@brelfan Thats the 'dagda' way of playing-its a recognised method of playing, apparently. I know little about music styles, but someone who knows these things said that was probably the method used here!
@PeterOzanne its tuned d b g d g d i always thought it was open g but i stand corrected if im wrong it is not tuned dagdad as i,ve seen paul tune his guitar this way for this song and many other songs like arthur mcbride and mary and the soldier.if you play guitar this is a great tuning for playing the blackbird by the beatles although the beatles use standard tuning for the blackbird
@nickyorourke I was a little confused at first - then I realised you quote your tunings in reverse . Tunings are counted from the 6th string to the first, not vice versa. So people count from the 6th - ie thickest - bass string, which gives DGDgbd for open G, which Brady plays for Arthur McBride. However, here he's definitely playing Open D, which is DADF#AD - one string off DADgad. I play Blackbird standard, but I worked out Solsbury Hill in open G :-)
@PeterOzanne i should have looked at the video first it is open d, confused myself now cause i forgot i play this in open g myself as its suits my voice in this key anyway happy listening
If it hadn't been for paul singing this on trans-atlantic sessions, i would never have heard the song--i'll drink a health to paul brady for acquintain. me w/this song
\\\\greatest pick-up line ever written... If it were not for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the woods. Yeah right!! PB is Ireland's finest exponent of alternative guitar tuning. Many have tried imitation but failed miserably!
This is off an Album called Welcome here kind stranger. Pauls first ( I think ), every track is solid gold. Great singer/Songwriter, can only wonder what he would have done for irish traditional music if he'd stayed at it. Great Man !
A dissenting voice! You're about the first one, notwithstanding the Hothouse Flowers fan. By 'hits' I suppose you're referring to an assault on the pop charts 'All Around My Hat' style, right?
try the Hot House Flowers version, it is exceptional, not uploaded on you tube yet, it is rare, it was recorded on the Bringing it all back home compilation
macmaghnusa,Thanks for this video I love every thing that Paul does,heard this first by the McGarrigal sisters,good,but this is magic.There are some great Irish singers,Luke Kelly,Sean Keane and I put Paul in the same class.
I've stood on the shores of lake ponchartrain near New Orleans or so, it was maybe a couple years ago now. just thinking of this song and of being there (and being drunk) makes me... I dunno... emotional?
The argument seems futile to me. Many songs went over, came back and went back over again, sometimes within the same generation. It's part of the folk process. Restless Farewell is as valid as The Parting Glass and vice-versa. Just enjoy the song for god's sake...
OK, lads, Im gonna end this argument, this song WAS written in america (obviously), however it was written by FIRST generation diaspore that were there at the time, so obviously it's an irish song with american history. Anyway, either way, it's a super song, and done justice by Paul Brady!
Have you every heard of irish americans? That means Americans of irish descent. My great grandmother was a irish catholic who came here as a mail order bride. She married a Choctaw man. It was marry a stranger or starve. So now I am a third generation Irish American.
Christmas 2009 . . I'm listening to Paul Brady . . as good today as when I first heard him in '77... absolutely brilliant. . . .God Bless you Paul. Mike Kelly
Ah, that was very nice. And what a fine performer this gentleman is. Someone mentioned that he has done a version of Lough Erin Shore, but I haven't found it yet.
Ah just brilliant - he gave it his all but then anytime I have seen him he does. It was great to see him in such a small venue - compare to the gigs in Dublin. I was over the moon when he sang this - one of my favourites!
Crap editing basically. It was part of a BBC4 production on the British Folk boom. The next to appear were an English group called Steeleye Span with a naff version of All Around My Hat. Naff to me anyway...
@beziersdude I just watched a BBC documentary on many folk singers and songs that performed on the BBC over the years- this song was from that documentary
big difference playing to a camera in an empty room. in 77 he was in front of hundreds of people, playing with Andy Irvine. If this version was better there would be something wrong! He looks well as he's getting on mind u
..re; MacghMaghnughsagh...McManus are another lot of blow-ins/invaders like the Nixons etc, and most other beings in Ireland. There ain't an Irish name for an Anglo-Saxon name. Slán.
that suits me fine damian, we're all mongrels after all, though I've plenty of other Irish surnames to call upon should things get tough. what do you think of malone, o' loughlin, o ' carroll, regan & mccann? bound to be an invader there. :-)
Adrian Joseph McManus, formerly of Peterborough, now of Pontevedra, Galicia, at your service. You might call MacMaghnusa an artistic name, rather like Dylan. :-)
Ojalá que yo tuviera la soltura que tienes tu con la lengua de mis antepasados en Fermanagh. Mi padre tampoco la habla, y el nació allí. Yo tengo que conformarme con otra segunda lengua, y menos mal que tiene casi quinientos millones de hablantes. A terceira lingua que falo, chámase galego. E a lingua dos galegos, un pobo de orixe celta aqui no noroeste da peninsula ibérica. A coñeces?
So you would condemn a whole culture because of Franco?
Franco was also from Galicia.
Does that rule out Galego in your eyes?
I took the trouble of translating your message.
Did you do the same with mine, I wonder?
We 'plastic pats', as you might call us, are not lesser people for having committed the heinous crime of not knowing the Irish language. If you had just a scant knowledge of Spanish/Gallego, you'd understand that I was actually praising your bilingual skills.
(cont)There's NO CHANCE of me learning Spanish/Gallego as I will never be in Spain but thanks for praising me for speaking my own language and the 'foreign English'
.Never mind what? You could have just as easily NOT sent the blinkin message if you didn't want me to read it. Olé.
OK Damian, but you're initial comments here about me hiding behind David Lean were a tad caustic, no? Or is it just your sense of humour I don't get? 'Plastic pats' comes from my old flat-mate Neil, a Galway man who never stopped reminding me of my pitiful 'diaspora condition'. You could call it paranoia. 'Never mind', was off the cuff. I was just thinking that any explanation I attempted probably wouldn't be good enough for you.
I was clearly wrong. This isn't the best medium for holding a real conversation, is it? Hadn't thought that praising you for being bilingual could sound patronising. Apologies.
i heard this song in '80, climbed down from the roof and called the dj at the station and headed to the record store. took a few months to track down. fantastic singer.
I'm not into Paul Brady's more contemporary works, but I do love to hear him sing the good old traditional ones. He has such a great voice. Check out his Liberty Tapes album. Choice.
If you search for Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits singing Lily of the West on the Long Black Veil album with the Chieftains, it is the same song. That is my favorite version with the uillean pipes. But Paul Brady has the best voice.
I enjoyed that song.. located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second largest salt-water lake in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana. Paul Brady has a very good voice. Justin :)
Paul Brady again manages to play the definitive version of this old song, as he does with a lot of his repertoire. What are the last few seconds tacked on to this video?!--I don't get it.
Ah, this is a great version of a great song. I always like how Brady manages to incorporate small details in either singing or guitar (in this case especially the latter) that add something special to the songs, which are already good to begin with.
... an awesome take. I had been looking at old, beloved Planxty stuff... which then led to the Pontchartrain duet with Andy... which then led to this... and then, hey, whoa, the man's lost none of his old magic... in fact, he seems to have gained a whole lot more besides... simply one of our greatest singer-songwriters - Wonder Full stuff, Paul... rock on...
While I agree that TE is an amazingly talented man, I've come to view Paul Brady in a different light. I just don't see the need for a comparison between the two. To me, Paul Brady's music comes from a different place and regardless of the virtuosity of TE's playing, Paul Brady is certainly his equal. I can't imagine a performer with more expressiveness, passion and soul than PB. He's the real deal, just like Mr. Emmanuel.
have to agree with other replyer the g has to be tuned to d(unlike the tuning you have sugested,sorry) unless you have followed the track when he is playing with the other musician (watch version)
Love paul brady-glad he's still playing & moving around the country-Of course his guitar playing has gotten much much better over the years! If it wasn't for him, i would have never even heard of this song-I'm glad of that-thank you for posting this
rainharper62 3 weeks ago
Magnifique !! - Vive La Belle France et les Creoles !!
Trotskyish 3 months ago
to nickorourke.wrong.a variant of DADGAD with the G down to F SHARP known as open E used by robin williamson for " october song" circa 1966.
reevedavey 5 months ago
@reevedavey DADGAD with the G down to F# is called open E? I honestly don't think so...
renderizer01 5 months ago
@reevedavey I know, love, and play some of Robin's songs. He probably did tune his A D and G up to B E G#, but that gives the same relative string tuning as open D - which is the usual generic term for this tuning - where one uses a capo for playing E or whatever. I sometimes tune down to open C# or even C: not to be confused with the "other" open C used by Dougie Maclean: CGCGCE (Caledonia) or CGCGCEb (Ready for the Storm, Robin's "Womankind"), or CGCGCD ("Waltz OTNM", Zeps "Rain Song")
PeterOzanne 4 months ago
Really nice to see this done in a no-frills setting.
This is the accessbility aspect which YouTube encourages even well-known artists to subscribe to.
mheads2 8 months ago
as the spanish say mrs jaycloth, opinions are like colours, there's lots of them, and you're most welcome to yours! :-)
macmaghnusa 10 months ago
@macmaghnusa nicely put mac, nicely put !
mrsjaycloth 9 months ago
Not a great version at all, Christy moore and Eblana have much better versions on you tube
mrsjaycloth 10 months ago
@mrsjaycloth Are you deaf? This is one of Irelands Greatest musicians
chipper30uk 9 months ago
@chipper30uk \not everyones music tastes are similar, and i would be ashamed to be Irish if this was the best musician we ever produced. He is good, but I have heard better versions
mrsjaycloth 9 months ago
I prefer the version by Christy Moore, Eblana and the version made when Brady was younger. This version does not do the song justice
mrsjaycloth 10 months ago
@mrsjaycloth Horse manure. This is beautiful; achingly beautiful, and he's a great guitarist.
runtsworth 6 months ago
@runtsworth Horsemanure, big steaming piles of it right back @ you
mrsjaycloth 6 months ago
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This is the worst version i have ever heard of this song. Andy Irvine and Christy Moore do much better versions. I really think this is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!
mrsjaycloth 10 months ago
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mrsjaycloth 10 months ago
exelent
milky4355 10 months ago
Oh, no, looks like he plucks with the second and third fingers.
brelfan 11 months ago
@brelfan Thats the 'dagda' way of playing-its a recognised method of playing, apparently. I know little about music styles, but someone who knows these things said that was probably the method used here!
mrsjaycloth 9 months ago
@mrsjaycloth its played in open g tuning
nickyorourke 6 months ago
@nickyorourke mrs jaycloth obviously misheard "dadgad", but "dagda" sounds nice: like an Irish legend!
It's actually open D, as any good guitarist will confirm.
PeterOzanne 4 months ago
@PeterOzanne its tuned d b g d g d i always thought it was open g but i stand corrected if im wrong it is not tuned dagdad as i,ve seen paul tune his guitar this way for this song and many other songs like arthur mcbride and mary and the soldier.if you play guitar this is a great tuning for playing the blackbird by the beatles although the beatles use standard tuning for the blackbird
nickyorourke 4 months ago
@nickyorourke I was a little confused at first - then I realised you quote your tunings in reverse . Tunings are counted from the 6th string to the first, not vice versa. So people count from the 6th - ie thickest - bass string, which gives DGDgbd for open G, which Brady plays for Arthur McBride. However, here he's definitely playing Open D, which is DADF#AD - one string off DADgad. I play Blackbird standard, but I worked out Solsbury Hill in open G :-)
Have fun
PeterOzanne 3 months ago
@PeterOzanne i should have looked at the video first it is open d, confused myself now cause i forgot i play this in open g myself as its suits my voice in this key anyway happy listening
nickyorourke 3 months ago
I'm guessing he's self trained on the guitar, doing it his way. That pick plus the plucking with, I think, his third finger only?
brelfan 11 months ago
If it hadn't been for paul singing this on trans-atlantic sessions, i would never have heard the song--i'll drink a health to paul brady for acquintain. me w/this song
rainharper62 1 year ago
\\\\greatest pick-up line ever written... If it were not for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the woods. Yeah right!! PB is Ireland's finest exponent of alternative guitar tuning. Many have tried imitation but failed miserably!
Great song..
MultiGeraghty 1 year ago
Fine song ...have been hearingPaul since 1960s ...great days!
Lisnageeragh 1 year ago
give christy moor's version a listen,........softer, as only christie can!...:-)
shiny4127 1 year ago
one of Irelands best singer songer writer's to ever live. Listens to these tunes my friends
kilkinamurry 1 year ago
i love this man soooo much :D
mccaffs1 1 year ago
Amazing version. Paul is a great talent. I actually like the Peter Case version better...but, still. This is amazing!
actlloyd 1 year ago
WOW!
magnusea 1 year ago
This is off an Album called Welcome here kind stranger. Pauls first ( I think ), every track is solid gold. Great singer/Songwriter, can only wonder what he would have done for irish traditional music if he'd stayed at it. Great Man !
niallgillick 1 year ago
A two hit wonder? Living off past glory> Aren't we all?
jimdruid 1 year ago
@jimdruid
A dissenting voice! You're about the first one, notwithstanding the Hothouse Flowers fan. By 'hits' I suppose you're referring to an assault on the pop charts 'All Around My Hat' style, right?
macmaghnusa 1 year ago
@jimdruid at least he has a past glory... you dont and you wont
OggyStoop 1 year ago
His song,:The Island:will last a few hundred years if not forever.
shea086 1 year ago
try the Hot House Flowers version, it is exceptional, not uploaded on you tube yet, it is rare, it was recorded on the Bringing it all back home compilation
petebinalabam 1 year ago
Really inspiring. I love to emulate paul Brady.
justytango 1 year ago
macmaghnusa,Thanks for this video I love every thing that Paul does,heard this first by the McGarrigal sisters,good,but this is magic.There are some great Irish singers,Luke Kelly,Sean Keane and I put Paul in the same class.
Teddyb1939 1 year ago
Though living here in Argentina, so far from the green Ireland and its culture, this great singer moves me deeply.
Long live to you Mr. Brady!!
aleklein58tube 1 year ago
Quelle belle version... Merci Monsieur Brady.
thevoisine 1 year ago
This is an awesome version of this great song.
bulbheadmyass 1 year ago
frickin lethal the mans a legend!! dont know how more people havent heard of P.B
loguey85 1 year ago
i nearly agree dmoojunk. so beautiful but 77 version is still the best. so glad people listen to real musicans.
grainneomahony 1 year ago
I've stood on the shores of lake ponchartrain near New Orleans or so, it was maybe a couple years ago now. just thinking of this song and of being there (and being drunk) makes me... I dunno... emotional?
cadyscofe 1 year ago
the best version I have heard is on the Transatlantic sessions along with Jerry Douglas ,Aly Bain etc.
highway17 1 year ago
This version has really grown on me over the 1977 original, didnt think it got any better
dmoojunk 1 year ago
Just fantastic
cuzinkevin 1 year ago
This is so cleanly played and sung that is a true masterpiece depicting just how folk music should be performed. It is exceptional.
cjwaywell 1 year ago
that sound of the strings in the first couple of seconds is majestic. what a guitarist
stevesteve55 1 year ago
What's Vernon Kay doing at the end there? :-)
paudge2u 1 year ago
Great song - great rendition by a great seasoned performer. Guitar not too bad either!
Lowdenjim 2 years ago
The argument seems futile to me. Many songs went over, came back and went back over again, sometimes within the same generation. It's part of the folk process. Restless Farewell is as valid as The Parting Glass and vice-versa. Just enjoy the song for god's sake...
macmaghnusa 2 years ago 2
OK, lads, Im gonna end this argument, this song WAS written in america (obviously), however it was written by FIRST generation diaspore that were there at the time, so obviously it's an irish song with american history. Anyway, either way, it's a super song, and done justice by Paul Brady!
razorblades2008 2 years ago
The version of Lough Erin Shore that wordstreet inquires about is on the classic album called 'Andy Irvine & Paul Brady' which is available on CD.
bigsteveno 2 years ago
lowdens are a fine guitar :D wata man,great voice
petermcerlain12 2 years ago
Have you every heard of irish americans? That means Americans of irish descent. My great grandmother was a irish catholic who came here as a mail order bride. She married a Choctaw man. It was marry a stranger or starve. So now I am a third generation Irish American.
swatson1190 2 years ago
I love this song and this is a beautiful rendition.
littlemisstypesalot 2 years ago
Christmas 2009 . . I'm listening to Paul Brady . . as good today as when I first heard him in '77... absolutely brilliant. . . .God Bless you Paul. Mike Kelly
mikekelly1000 2 years ago 2
Ah, that was very nice. And what a fine performer this gentleman is. Someone mentioned that he has done a version of Lough Erin Shore, but I haven't found it yet.
5/5 anyway for your trouble.
wordreet 2 years ago
Agree. He is a genius with the guitar...but we need a song that will last for few hundred years
akku2222 2 years ago
would you like to expand on that?
macmaghnusa 2 years ago
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FrankRonnie1981 2 years ago
?........?
FrankRonnie1981 2 years ago
@akku2222 Don't get your point. This song HAS lasted 100 years or more, and being a great folk song, will surely last a few more hundred......?
PeterOzanne 4 months ago
GENIUS!
gazgoon654 2 years ago
A prober song that tells a story as music should be irish folk songs are amazin
Mr1manshow 2 years ago
my favorite Irish folk songs are the ones written in America by Americans, like this one
therealchestymclobes 2 years ago
IF a song is written in America by an American it is not an Irish song ! you can try to copy the Irish style but you'll never achieve it!
boysofwexford 2 years ago
Yes u can!
Sportymike 2 years ago
5.55
gerundino98 2 years ago
steeleye span me arse
gerundino98 2 years ago
could you elaborate on that ?
macmaghnusa 2 years ago
fuck me, he sounds even better! magic
hawaiianivan 2 years ago
he's at one with his g tar. lovely pablo.
rizla0071 2 years ago
He sounds exactly the same as he did back in 76
RugbyHockeySoccer 2 years ago
Beg to differ he has only gotten better :)
MrCopperhead1861 2 years ago
i think 76 his voice was better ;-)
burkardheike 2 years ago
go on paul ya ledge
fallininshit123 2 years ago
beautiful song and beautiful version nearly as good as gallagher sinnott and the gibson what you think?
soundmantones 2 years ago
Omg, this is beautiful. Just beautiful.♥
Zaddit 2 years ago 7
Indeed it is. Have u ever heard it played by The Hothouse Flowers? Saxaphone gives me shivers...
theoystercatcher 2 years ago
hmm, not yet. But I will :)
Kirschmaoam 2 years ago
Fantastic - Paul played tonight in Navan and brought the house down - fantastic gig !!!!
nannerbj 2 years ago
I was there on Thursday night nannerbj - brilliant stuff. Good venue too.
paddyblast 2 years ago
Ah just brilliant - he gave it his all but then anytime I have seen him he does. It was great to see him in such a small venue - compare to the gigs in Dublin. I was over the moon when he sang this - one of my favourites!
nannerbj 2 years ago
2.18 til 3.02 unreal!! mind you the whole thing is unreal!
hero2342 2 years ago
can anyone tell me if this is in open G?
brucefetter 2 years ago
No it is in Open D (DADF#AD) capo third.
francoamerican99 2 years ago 2
Beauty such as this almost brings tears to my eyes. Amazing, amazing Paul Brady. Always.
acidpsychedelia69 2 years ago
Exquisite.
FloraDaughter 2 years ago
fantastic.
i was in this tuning at one point but theres no point unless you can sing as great as paul brady
mertz123 2 years ago
pretty much awesome as always!
mboy45 2 years ago
as beautiful tonight as the first night I heard it
siouxlandrenwench 2 years ago 2
funny ending why did it go to tv program.
Paul brady sings great song Homes of donegal!
beziersdude 2 years ago 5
Crap editing basically. It was part of a BBC4 production on the British Folk boom. The next to appear were an English group called Steeleye Span with a naff version of All Around My Hat. Naff to me anyway...
macmaghnusa 2 years ago
thats a fuckin great song
johnfinbarburke 2 years ago
@beziersdude I just watched a BBC documentary on many folk singers and songs that performed on the BBC over the years- this song was from that documentary
WinIronRose 1 year ago
One of my favorite singers. Thank you for posting.
irishmusicgirl 3 years ago
Check out the video from Sportymike of Paul singing this in Gaelic.
deirjon 3 years ago
think his 1977 version is better - seems to feel it more
boru1982 3 years ago
big difference playing to a camera in an empty room. in 77 he was in front of hundreds of people, playing with Andy Irvine. If this version was better there would be something wrong! He looks well as he's getting on mind u
cmacmuiris 2 years ago
What a great pick-up line..."If it wasn't for the aligators, I'd sleep out in the woods"!!!
KyranGeraghty 3 years ago
without a doubt the best version of the song, Paul is a legend.
glebeboy21 3 years ago
... great music! love it!
cebfolk 3 years ago
Wicked version of a great song. If you're into this you'll want to check out our profile, ta.
TheAllyJowettBand 3 years ago
haha this is great!
corijn 3 years ago
Good man! I see you like Dick Gaughan. I remember seeing him at Cambridge Folk many moons ago. Incredible stuff.
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
..re; MacghMaghnughsagh...McManus are another lot of blow-ins/invaders like the Nixons etc, and most other beings in Ireland. There ain't an Irish name for an Anglo-Saxon name. Slán.
DamianNixon 3 years ago
that suits me fine damian, we're all mongrels after all, though I've plenty of other Irish surnames to call upon should things get tough. what do you think of malone, o' loughlin, o ' carroll, regan & mccann? bound to be an invader there. :-)
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
Multi-anonymous eh?
DamianNixon 3 years ago
Multi-anonymous? I don't think so.
Adrian Joseph McManus, formerly of Peterborough, now of Pontevedra, Galicia, at your service. You might call MacMaghnusa an artistic name, rather like Dylan. :-)
Saludos,
AJM
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
The Guy Is Just Amazin
murlach1 3 years ago
Lovely man, I will dedicate my next few weeks to learn this beautiful tune on my concertina.
Thanks. Tom from Oregon
thomasdean321 3 years ago
this is amazingly beautiful!
siouxlandrenwench 3 years ago
wats up withh the bit at the end
hipyaboyya 3 years ago
Bad editing. It's English folk rock group Steeleye Span about to sing 'All Around My Hat' on an early 70's UK children's programme.
It's was a UK hit for them, which is ironic considering it's a rebel song.
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
Hiya MacMaghnusa (isn't and never was a Gaelic name) Stop hiding and tell everyone your name is really David Lean!
DamianNixon 3 years ago
Enlighten me Mr. Nixon. :-)
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
Hi boy....da mbeadh giota beag gaeilge agat, beadh 'fhios agat cad é atá mé a' maoimh! Olé.
DamianNixon 3 years ago
Olé tu!
Ojalá que yo tuviera la soltura que tienes tu con la lengua de mis antepasados en Fermanagh. Mi padre tampoco la habla, y el nació allí. Yo tengo que conformarme con otra segunda lengua, y menos mal que tiene casi quinientos millones de hablantes. A terceira lingua que falo, chámase galego. E a lingua dos galegos, un pobo de orixe celta aqui no noroeste da peninsula ibérica. A coñeces?
Coídate,
Mac.
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
I could never bring myself to learn the language Franco spoke. Sorry.
DamianNixon 3 years ago
So you would condemn a whole culture because of Franco?
Franco was also from Galicia.
Does that rule out Galego in your eyes?
I took the trouble of translating your message.
Did you do the same with mine, I wonder?
We 'plastic pats', as you might call us, are not lesser people for having committed the heinous crime of not knowing the Irish language. If you had just a scant knowledge of Spanish/Gallego, you'd understand that I was actually praising your bilingual skills.
Never mind,
Mac
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
Hey Mac...I didn't condemn anyone.
You took the trouble of translating my message? I didn't realise it would be putting you to trouble to translate one sentence.
No, I didn't translate yours.
'Plastic Pats'? Who used that term?
You think it's a heinous crime not to learn Gaeilge? I wouldn't say that nor do I think it. (more..)
DamianNixon 3 years ago
(cont)There's NO CHANCE of me learning Spanish/Gallego as I will never be in Spain but thanks for praising me for speaking my own language and the 'foreign English'
.Never mind what? You could have just as easily NOT sent the blinkin message if you didn't want me to read it. Olé.
DamianNixon 3 years ago
OK Damian, but you're initial comments here about me hiding behind David Lean were a tad caustic, no? Or is it just your sense of humour I don't get? 'Plastic pats' comes from my old flat-mate Neil, a Galway man who never stopped reminding me of my pitiful 'diaspora condition'. You could call it paranoia. 'Never mind', was off the cuff. I was just thinking that any explanation I attempted probably wouldn't be good enough for you.
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
I was clearly wrong. This isn't the best medium for holding a real conversation, is it? Hadn't thought that praising you for being bilingual could sound patronising. Apologies.
Mac.
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
Hi Mac...The David Lean comment was a joke about your film editing. Damian
DamianNixon 3 years ago
I was patently a victim of a humour bypass this week. :-)
M
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
lol. I thought you were winding me up. I'm uploading my version of this at the moment. Should be there in an hour. D.
DamianNixon 3 years ago
come on the irish boy,this performance id fukin AMAZING.
hipyaboyya 3 years ago
Aye. Brady. Still my hero. Magic..
chamberlandbigshtyle 3 years ago
i heard this song in '80, climbed down from the roof and called the dj at the station and headed to the record store. took a few months to track down. fantastic singer.
doviejames 3 years ago
wonderfull, amazing
weeweelegs 3 years ago
Oh my god, Brady plays and sings so damn well.
nostrospoof 3 years ago
gotta love paul brady. one of the best.. although i like his versions of this song from the 70's better!
riverboy89 3 years ago
Beautifull song, beautifull voice. i have done version ofthison my site , please check it out and tell me what you think. Thankyou . Peace .
ChrisyMcCullagh83 3 years ago
one of the best songs I've heard in a long time
beanno67 3 years ago 2
I'm not into Paul Brady's more contemporary works, but I do love to hear him sing the good old traditional ones. He has such a great voice. Check out his Liberty Tapes album. Choice.
CindySweetwater 3 years ago
wonderful player and singer....
uwekasten 3 years ago
excellent song....pure quality
GREGLILL 3 years ago
If you search for Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits singing Lily of the West on the Long Black Veil album with the Chieftains, it is the same song. That is my favorite version with the uillean pipes. But Paul Brady has the best voice.
Stuckenmacht 3 years ago
Change the cadence and you also have "I'm a good old rebel", the viaticum of the old South
grofaz1939 3 years ago
Take a listen to" The one I love",bust a string nearly everytime I play it..E,is a sweet chord.
MandyMayzy 3 years ago
I enjoyed that song.. located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second largest salt-water lake in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana. Paul Brady has a very good voice. Justin :)
ArtistIreland 3 years ago
Wonderful Job! Thanks to Directjinxy for sharing.
classican 3 years ago
anyone got The Homes of Donegal? - dynamite!!
jaqmart 3 years ago
I think the song ure looking for is the hills of donegal, hope that helps!! xo
Buckbagbitch 3 years ago
Found it - look under
Donegal (homes of donegal)
great old photos
jaqmart 3 years ago
brilliant brilliant song :)
mark220788 3 years ago
I'd never even heard of this song before a friend mentioned it and sent me to this link - Wonderful!!!!
siouxlandrenwench 3 years ago
Paul Brady again manages to play the definitive version of this old song, as he does with a lot of his repertoire. What are the last few seconds tacked on to this video?!--I don't get it.
steelspin 3 years ago
Bad editing. It's Steeleye Span about to sing All Around My Hat on an early 70's UK children's programme.
macmaghnusa 3 years ago
It s amazing he still having the same voice as 20 years ago, great artist
joelsan2000 4 years ago 3
Ah, this is a great version of a great song. I always like how Brady manages to incorporate small details in either singing or guitar (in this case especially the latter) that add something special to the songs, which are already good to begin with.
wrongwayup 4 years ago 2
One of the most brilliant acoustic artists out there, period.
Keelsman 4 years ago 2
A truly great artist.........
wonderful
beachcaster56 4 years ago 2
... an awesome take. I had been looking at old, beloved Planxty stuff... which then led to the Pontchartrain duet with Andy... which then led to this... and then, hey, whoa, the man's lost none of his old magic... in fact, he seems to have gained a whole lot more besides... simply one of our greatest singer-songwriters - Wonder Full stuff, Paul... rock on...
barbarianeradicator 4 years ago 2
I think Paul very kindly put detailed tabs of this song
on his website. I have seen him twice - here in Texas -
amazing guitar player and singer.
woland99 4 years ago 2
well done!
marktherover 4 years ago
watch tommy emmanuel,, genius,,
vinothelizard 4 years ago
While I agree that TE is an amazingly talented man, I've come to view Paul Brady in a different light. I just don't see the need for a comparison between the two. To me, Paul Brady's music comes from a different place and regardless of the virtuosity of TE's playing, Paul Brady is certainly his equal. I can't imagine a performer with more expressiveness, passion and soul than PB. He's the real deal, just like Mr. Emmanuel.
SantaCruzOM 4 years ago 2
Hello Skara, the tuning is open D.I play the tune myself so im sure of what im talking about, cheers ps. DADF#AD.
Plikten 4 years ago
yep, open D.
Keelsman 4 years ago
great; I'd agree that his 76' version is probably the best ever. Tuning NOT dadgad but open G (Same as in Mary and the soldier)
skara100 4 years ago
i'd rather hear The Be Good Tanyas sing this song..not 2 b found though..dissapointed
76anita 4 years ago
Really? I like the Tanyas, and I like the song, but I can't get into their version of it.
Keelsman 4 years ago
the tuning is actually dadgad
frankdidit 4 years ago
have to agree with other replyer the g has to be tuned to d(unlike the tuning you have sugested,sorry) unless you have followed the track when he is playing with the other musician (watch version)
cheers
davync 4 years ago
Nice, but it doesn't compare with his '77 version.
BardofCornwall 4 years ago
Keine Chance gegen Dylans Version. Weder Gitarre noch Gesang. Dylan wirkt glaubwürdiger, intensiver.
blinzinger 4 years ago
hot house flowers version i think is the best ive heard.
fermanaghman 4 years ago
is that open g??
collywak 4 years ago
thank you teech
Arrchie4 4 years ago
is he playing in normal tuning or is it dadgad tuning?
celtictom 4 years ago
The tuning is DADF#AD
israelirishmusic 4 years ago
im glad someone uploaded this version by Paul Brady. Is this the one he recorded for the BBC 4 folk season?
richard1easton 4 years ago
up strabane!!!
pol777POL 4 years ago
Powerful as usual !This guy was a huge influcence when I was growing up .
Thanks for posting this video!
brendanokelly 4 years ago
does antone know the make of guitar he uses?
ridethewave003 4 years ago