The Good Ship Kangaroo - Planxty 1980

[Dempsey1798]

UNREAL 

[supplier181]

best song ever

[supplier181]

best song ever great moral booster

[CrimsonEmpire]

is that a bizuki(sp?)?

[DavidN070]

top stuff christy..some intro......

[MrCajunmojo]

This is genuine Irish folk music. Never to be bettered.

[restlesswave]

the `external canine genitalia`!

[MACSWEELPIPE]

THATS WERE ITS AT FOLKS! LEGENDS!

[masseyfergy68]

the dawgs bollox

[Vox91]

There's only ONE thing I don't like about Planxty and it's that once you get hooked on them you can't really listen to other Irish folk bands because they all sound like cheap, second-rate copies of these guys.

[Farfromhere001]

so sad... i miss my love! perhaps ill take to smokin' opium and leave on the kangaroo for some far away land...

[Farfromhere001]

so sad... i miss my love!

[happyasafool]

@Farfromhere001 you'll see your love again,worry not : )

[Farfromhere001]

@happyasafool I'm actually back with my old lover again now :) after a year and a half split my love of 5 years has come back to me! I've stopped drinking so I listen to this music less, hahaha, but i still love this music with all my heart and it makes me cry!

[Farfromhere001]

Respond to this video... that was six months ago....

[yinstylebagua2007]

Love them. By the Jesus!

[beaghteach]

legends!!!!

[jexplink]

Christy is SOOOO cool. 

[hydfawr]

timeless, beautiful music . Check out more by this band !!

[Bjornlooser]

This and "Farmer Michael Hayes" would be two of the best Planxty songs - Thanks for posting

[SemajSattler]

i love the way the mandolin player plays. its so happy

[ACodger]

What an intro, indeed: The song (originally titled "On Board of the Kangaroo") was written by the English music-hall songwriter and performer Harry Clifton in 1866, and Ireland doesn't figure in the song a jot. Half of what Christy says about the story in the song was pulled out of his ..., not from the lyrics or any factual incident. No Cork, no waiter (he was a waterman), no delays, no opium...  And why completely summarize lyrics before you sing them??

[RovinBoozers]

@ACodger Great. Go make a Wikipedia page about it.

[imaballadeer]

@ACodger have you no idea about ballad singing???was going to try explain what the story does but not going to waist my time.you would'nt understand even if i did given your post.you must be a complete idiot!!!please stay away from planxty vids.

[amokkisback]

jaysus, christy has some set of hair on him!!

[Rupertbear27]

Saw them many times in the 70's--Brilliant !!!!!

Christy used to come across from Ireland-Liverpool then the North East and used to play in Folk Clubs till all hours after having a few bottles of Broon Ale

[kathleentherose]

Planxty - an ceoil go h-íontach- the best Irish group agus Clannad!! We love the music!! Go raibh mhaith agait lads!!! xxxxxx

[ohisashiburi]

Love Christy!

[spectrum99122]

It's a shocking indictment of our own immigration system in the UK that band founder Christy Moore was held and questioned under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 2004 and questioned over the lyrics of his songs.... would you believe it. Shame on us. Big Brother has arrived.

[BY957RJ]

in Italy it was very difficult to find this kind of music twenty years ago or more, i think this stream of folk music is a gold mine and it's no surprise that people like Bob Dylan went fishing in it and came along with some lucky arrangements and words...one of the finest folk ensemble ever

[brianoc22]

Hello, could anyone tell me the approx scale length of the instrument andy is playing here? Cheers

[beanaldo]

jaysus christys beard makes him look old

[syronis]

Best tune I haveheard this year...

I have been listening to sheite for too long, thanks for postin this, its great

[jstmull]

Truly a great bunch of musicians.

[kathleentherose]

Would ye ALL just lighten up and stop the codology"!!!! there will never be as good a grupai as planxty

[louosman]

christy rabits on abit

[fh041205]

Not half!!!! Have to love the backround knowledge though. No point singing these songs if you don't know what they're about.

[fannymcslap]

Ah ya need the backstory for tunes like these, also it helps to have somethin to talk about while the rest of them are tunin up!

[Kentuckyhorse1]

As we sailed away from Millford bay - great song - love Plaxty. Search Little Musgrave, another fantastic song

[microry1960]

Great music !

[kathleentherose]

An álainn lads, go raibh míle mhaith agait leis an ceoil seo. I'll always remember my 2 uncles from kilkenny playing with ye in the Fleadh Ceoilsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[theghostintheruins]

Just great! Thanks for uploading.

[Superbus90]

classic

[benjaminsdutton]

i'm surprised christy didn't bust lunny and irvine for that tuning session during his intro ...... ( and still they were a little out !! )

Was privileged to see the reunion gig .......... what a blast ,,,,,,,,,, ! Trad on !!

[Nadaef]

You must not be a performer benjaminsdutton. They were tuning at the most appropriate time and it did not detract in the least from the spoken intro IMHO. It is not unusual for a band to actually extend the intro talk to give musicians time for tuning or replacing a broken string, etc.

[benjaminsdutton]

Well actually Nadaef ... I am a performer and also an audio engineer and while I realise the impotance of tuning , I also can hear when someting is out of tune to the ear, and while maybe this"out of tune " track is most likely caused by variant speed of the original video tape problem ....... my comment was meant in humour ........ Lighten up dude

[errabaled]

Sorry but I missed the clairvoyant emoticon that indicated that the use of the word 'bust' was meant in 'good' humor. Sounded like you wanted Christy to smack 'em. I think my response was fairly light in the context of what was posted. Lighten up your own self "dude".

[Nadaef]

And I could also grab onto typos about the, 'impotance of tuning' and make musical Viagra jokes but we don't need to go there do we ;-D

[benjaminsdutton]

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

[ba44a]

can somebody post the new ,, the good ship kangaroo live please form Planxty live,,... from not so long ago

[Bosco239]

Christys voice has improved with age.

I prefure the 2004 version.

[lagui2]

Merci merci merci ;)

[angryadams]

fantastic...did a guest spot as a resident foreigner dj on a radio station in korea one day ...idea was to get people fron different countrys to play traditional music from where you are from. This was first song. Absolutely love it.

[sickbuffalo]

Wonderful stuff

[1singularity]

What an intro,, as only Christy could do!! This is the finest folk band of all time

[0TedMaul0]

Top quality tune

[itcfan]

Thye can only be described as giants of Irish music and music in general. Long live Andy, Donal, Liam and Christy. Check out their 2004 re-union DVD, they sing this great song.

[Skrillbo]

I really like this song - I was introduced to Planxty by my dad, but he also plays folk himself so I've always been around it. Thanks for posting this :)

[Brouzk]

Same story here, he has an enormous collection and had the pleasure of Christy singing John O'Dreams at his brothers funeral. Me Dad likes to pound the Bodhran too, love it.

[Dimwit720]

I've been an all round music fan for 50+ years but I don't think I've ever enjoyed anything quite as much as this song, and especially the pipes solos. It's wonderful to find these old videos!

[killiekentman]

great song by a great band and singer. still as good today as it was when i first heard it.

[skane01]

does it get any better than this - it's improved since i lost heard it in the 70s

[titch69p]

the origanal supergroup makes you proud and thankful that you are irish

[jmperpinya]

Por más que lo veo y lo oigo una vez y otra, y otra, no puedo hacer otra cosa que admirarme de que haya existido un grupo capaz de hacer cosas como esta y de emocionarnos tan profundamente... Muchas gracias, Planxty!!

[sugarpaddy08]

my grandmother wrote that song origionally , the sailors name was Sean Cremin, he was off his head from hash lol

[sneakyam]

And a virtuoso performance from Liam (just quietly)

[franklymike]

Great song Saw them in 79 at the Hammersmith Odeon in their reunion concert.

They like in this have an obsession with being in tune. cannot think why.

Donal Lunny is the greatest living Irishman though some might say it was Van.

[autodane]

Because mandolins and bouzoukis are monsters to get in tune.

And Van Morrison does not even compare with these guys!

[nichmars]

These guys SLAY Van Morrison, and practically everyone else!

[hibernia1]

Stop knocking Van Morrison, its not relevent. Van Morrison isn't in the same genre. And Van Morrison is bloody good.

[pontyfaxjr]

very good, i like it.

w00t planxty!

[JackHarry2]

Thanks Bilko for posting this - Great piece

[murrayhill27]

SUBLIME!!!

[mcbarron23]

i just love this song...i sang it a few times at the "shannon arms" a pub in san francisco too many years ago. just LOVE it...does any one know if there is a video of christy singing the "ilse of mann song" oh the crack was mighty...that one...thanks

[teds02zr]

a boy christy

[Hogie506]

Fantastic!!! Keep it up lawds!!!

[Iomarca]

A strange and wonderful song, played beautifully by one of the greatest groups of all time.

[JimmyGoggin]

I keep coming back to this video of this song. Superb.

[seattlebeard]

KICK ASS !!!

Thank you so much!

[murrayhill27]

Perfection personified!!!

Brilliant video...Thanks for posting.

[1sexylaydee]

brilliant i love it so much

[frankdidit]

great but they have better

[brendanseanbarry]

This track represents the absolute peak of Irish folk music. All the ingredients are there: superb musicianship, brilliant ensemble playing and harmonising, not to mention Ireland's greatest ever singer, Christy Moore, showing his mastery of all the required phrasing, pacing and attitude. Planxty's best track.

[oailpin]

Great stuff

[CastletoKarma]

Mighty stuff this!

[SANDSER]

thanks 4 postin these unreal vid's..wer de hell r u gettin em??

[hibernia1]

o yeah

[hibernia1]

planxty, the standing band

[johncelticfan]

yer man playin' the pipes is sittin'

[Kildanko]

Thanks for posting!