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  • Reminds me of Queen Boadicea of the Iceni :)

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  • Five Points!

  • i used to listen to this all the time as a kid. it made me so happy to hear it in gangs of new york.

  • Ohhh i love it

  • Don't you remember you're Old Uncle Jack? - Ohhhh the times we had

  • @californiafart what immigrants came from there???

  • But this is the theme song of ThePertinent1 no?

  • Cherokee/Irish in the house :)

  • listen to the drums... it's a fantastic sound!

  • shut up you tits lol :/

    :D

    afroceltsoundsysyem is a collaberation band (seminal by the way) of techno producers and fiolk musicians including guys from the pogues this was made ages before the film but the film is really good i bet the guys who made this piece couldnt have imageined it set to an 18th century 5 points : )

  • for gods sake I have to go find @moorevayne 's comment now....

  • WOW THEY DID FUCKING MUSIC FOR THIS MOVIE OMG!!

  • @klyana130 No, the music was recorded long before this movie was made. It's on their first album.

  • The Confederation Of American Natives

  • @Theminasmorgul0071 the dead rabbits <_<

  • and on the 7th day the lord rested he then took a big shit and what came out of him was ireland

  • "Father do you know there's a nigga in the church"

  • @betsyboy06 then comes the lol thwack

  • The beauty of this music is something indescribable ...

  • I really love Afro Celt...the mix of the cultures in music. The Irish and Scots also mixed very well with the Cherokee when they came to this country and music was part of the bond. I should know, my great grandparents were Irish and Cherokee. Thank you for this post on You Tube. <3

  • @songbirdsearching Same Here... Cherokee/Irish!

  • they need to make the sequel. The Barbary Coast it's about San Francisco's version of the five points.

  • @californiafart what type of immigrants there mexican?

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  • about time a decent song 

  • It's this song older than the movie? i remember this song from long time ago...

  • @migueabreu This is called Dark Moon, High Tide. It is by the Afro Celt Sound System. They have a number of albums. They are from the 80's & 90's. Don't think they record anymore. There sound is unlike anything I have ever heard before or since. This song is on their first or second album. Try Amazon if you are interested.

  • sounding cool!!! wicked movie!

  • OH MY FUCKING GOD! THIS SONG IS SO AWESOME! Love it.

  • i can't belive this movie came out ten years ago already.. but the song is fifteen years old. i mean.. solid choice for the music supervisor to choose this (i haven't seen the movie) but wow. i always thought this group should be more mainstream than they are.

  • But this is the theme tune of The Pertinent1 no?

  • damn find movie

  • apprently this music is the start of jazz and rock and roll

  • @TJP06 em its irish themed music.

  • Ich weis nicht was für missgeburten das nicht gut finden aber eins sag ich euch.... Fickt euch ins Knie ihr HiWi's ohne witz hört lieber Helge schneider bevor ihr sowas mieß bewertet ihr ficker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • gotta go with the natives, history always puts the winner of battles as the "good guys". the only natives that im glad lost in battle are the indians because by them getting beat it made it possible for the U.S. to become the U.S., well that and many other things but i would not say that it was right for the indians.

  • @drocto21 that was really messed up sentenced the europeans who call themeselves natives arent native there still european the native americans are the natives and i wish the us didnt exist then the native americans would still own their rightfull country.

  • @JordoF6 The indians migrated here from what is now Russia many thousands of years ago. The Crow, Sioux, Choctaw and all the rest spent a great deal of their time killing each other and running each other off of their land. Yes the Europeans subjugated, the native peoples...but no more than what they did to themselves.

  • @Texsoroban IT WAS NOT RUSSIA.IT WAS CHINA.CROSSED OVER TO ALASKA AND CANADA.THEN HERE..

  • If Scorsese had scrapped Howard Shore's music entirely and asked Afro Celt to score the film it would have been much better.

  • @levanyzzuf

    Heard THAT.

  • hahahahaha what happens when your a Native and Irish??

  • @Molers31 noting to worry about.inside your heart..go with it,

  • @Molers31 You beat yourself to a pulp.Then got drunk...For victory.

  • Loved the movie love this song

  • :D !

  • I wish this music never ended...

  • @DodasParkinson  then click replay :P

  • @DodasParkinson then press the replay button...

  • One of my favorite movies of all time with music from one of my favorites bands...what more can one ask for?

  • I knew Afroceltsound systems since the First album , but when i heard the song in the movie i jizzed in my pants <3

  • this is my solo song

  • love this group. this movie was STELLAR...and a cast that is phenomenal. gotta love scorsese! (or however his name is spelled...!)

  • @notTHEcher You spelled it right lololol, except it would be capitalized :)

  • 8 people`ve voted natives........damn

  • Words can not describe how epic Afro Celt Sound System is.

  • OHHH Yeahhh ! Billy "the butcher"

  • c ool film cool music

  • Sooooo love this track! And ACSS ever since I first heard them back in the mid-90's. This music brings out the tribal warrior in this non-Celt! By blood, anyway - I consider myself Celtic at heart! :D

  • @chrysalys64 Only two kinds of people in the world. Celts and those who wish they were!!!

  • Great sound... Love it !!!

  • @moorevayne that was a beautiful comment I agree completely

  • whats the song going on during the first battle?

  • I AM GOING TO DEVELOPE A NEW STYLE OF MUSIC!!!!!!

  • @MCDEVVOMAN First develop the old way of grammar ^^

  • @Alexanderson200 ill develop my foot in your mouth when im brakin your teeth .. have a nice day

  • @MCDEVVOMAN "I'll develop my foot in your mouth when I'm breaking your teeth" You stand corrected! ^^

  • @Patibularius It's what the Butcher says first in the movie, it's pronounced kinda like "ban-a", it means "well/good" in italian.

  • @SeppukuDoll they said that in assassin's creed II too :3

    but he's a native, he have just to say 'good' ? ^^

  • @Kozuechan2894 Good point. I dunno!

  • @SeppukuDoll actually at least in this movie he says Bene which is short 4 Beneacht an Irish Gaelic word meanin good

  • Maybe it is an Irish thing but this music makes you feel alive right to your very core. I get goosebumps every time I listen to their music.

  • @Patibularius You should've said "bene" and challenged him right there in honor of the great men who butchered each other on that very same place.

  • Probably the only one who thinks this, but it sounds like it could be in a Suikoden game.

  • I love ACSS! they are really good!

  • There back on tour again so look for them!! If you like this tune

    check out Mojave By ACSS.

    N-joy

  • great movie. great song.

  • @moorevayne dude...seek mental professional help...immediately

  • Classic!!!!! I love this song

  • An awesome group of inspirational artists, I'll be walking down the ailse to this track on my wedding day!! :@)

  • Wow! Love the unique sound these guys've got. The best of celtic, african and electronic combined.

  • Wow! You're actually stating a socio-economic relationship between Black and Irish immigrants in early America as fact because this song is on the soundtrack for a movie? I find it safer to say that some people in the late 20th century discovered African style drums fit well with Irish music and they formed a band. The song appeared in Gangs of New York because the movie focuses on Irish immigrants and the music is, what do you know? Irish!

    Nice try but, wow, that was bad.

    Great song btw.

  • @fuckinghostile82

    Nice try yourself, but actually there are many close similarities between various tribal forms of music--in the tonality of the scales and modes, the nature of the instruments, and other such elements. In addition, there certainly were some parallels between the various economically disadvantaged immigrant populations and black Americans. If you haven't already read Steinberg on the Ethnic Myth or Ignatiev on How the Irish Became White, you might start there.

  • @emncaity ALL DRUMMING IS HUMAN INSTINCT AND OUR HERITAGE FUCKING IRISH, CELT, ARAB AFRICAN INDIAN NATIVE AMERICA from WHERE EVER FUCKoff @Fuckshithostile dumbshit

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  • When this song started playing in the movie, I was like, "no way."

  • Thank you to the people who wrote me back.

    If you don't like this particular piece, listen to other music from their albums. I'm sure you'll like their music, but you have to be in the mood to listen to new music. When ever I'm in the mood for some thing new, I come here to YouTube to listen to different kind of music or a new singer or band that I don't know of, and then I take it from there. It's the best way to listen to new artists, and learn of new types of music. You'll save a lot of $.

  • Yeah, i think it's a bodhran too

  • Everytime I hear, this I think of "my crew" I run with ;)

  • ah great song. its in tristan & isolde too

  • is that a bodhran at beginning of this?

  • @balmer7

    I'd say yes,sounds like A brush tipper.

  • Such atmospheric bliss.

  • this is on the album, afro celt sound system volume one sound magic

  • if you like this style of music check out lake of shadows by moving hearts

  • thestoutman, It's on Sound Magic

  • Yeeeeaaaahhh, LUUUV LUUUV LUVVV it!!!!!!!<3<3<3

  • does anyone know what afro celt album this song is off???

  • Very uplifting. Thank you for your share. Big Up x x

  • AFRO-CELT rocks !!!!

  • I love afro celtic sound system!

  • wes el mejor grupo de toda la tierra, la mejor musica actual que puede ofrecer Irlanda... que de U2 ni que ocho cuartos... AFROCELT REINA!!!!!!!!!!

  • Esta musica es una mescla con instrumentos Celticos y Africanos. No es de Irlanda ni Africana. Es una mescla de dos tipos de musica. Pero esta en particular suena muy Celtica por la mayoria de los instruments que se escuchan. Yo lo se porque los vi en Dublin cuando yo vivi alla y soy muy familiar con la musica de ello que tambien me gusta mucho.

  • who said its from Ireland or africa? we know its not irish or african because its afro-celtic, a blend, the name says it for itself. and if gangs of new york is set in, well New York, USA, we know that the irish and african immigrants shared a commonality here up to the early 20th century-- being dirt poor and socities second class. It may at first sound more celtic than african, but the afro-fusion lends the song its pulse, lifeline. I think bluegrass is a neo-afro-celtic fusion.

  • @MizzPrettyPrettyGyal A really nice observation on your part....my daddy would love to here what you said about bluegrass.

  • the only way to really appreciate this band is to see them live. what a show. fantastic

  • I gree 100 % They are fantastic live, and you can't stop dancing to their music. The music gets into your body like a drug! It's an amazing feeling. I can't wait to see them again!

  • Me too, last time I saw them was in 98, for God's sake! They were amazing!

  • _ Irish Music..... superb....

  • Afro Celt Sound System - this time without vocals and lyrics - but still AMAZING ! This is taken from their 1st album.

  • I love how this song takes the tribal musics of two continents as different as night and day, combines them, and produces something amazing.

  • fills me with a fighting spirit every time i hear it! gotta love afro celt sound system - AMAZING LIVE!

  • Great song!

  • Wonderful song, it reminds me to Ireland, a country I love.

  • yes me too! the celtic sounds

  • It's not an amazing film but the cinematography and story is and thank christ for Scorsese and the score is grand! *Bows

  • This is the theme song of The Changeling1 no?

  • this is one of the best soundtracks ever.

  • i second that

  • LOVE IT

  • excelente tema buena por esa

  • I so love this song beyond words. Afrocelt captures the greatest emotions, and mixes of emotions. I have never seen this movie, but this song sounds triumphant, like a battle cry at some parts. And, it has the beat of quick marching, yet it has the beauty of those wind instruments!

  • if you still havent seen it i recomend you do. its an amazing movie and as you said the soundtrack captures raw emotion.

  • @RayeOfSunshine93 if u havent seen the movie u should go see it right now ( although your comment was made a year ago probably u've already seen it by now )

  • @RayeOfSunshine93 I'd recommend you to watch the film Gangs of New York, it's a damn good one!

  • @RayeOfSunshine93 watch the movie!

  • love Afro Celt Sound sx. different musicians on each album.....they carry weight, as it were.

  • yo donnie your probably not from new york or even irish so stop writing a bunch of tough guy comments about your country. you don't share in the struggles that irish people (my ancestors) had to endure coming over to this country. you don't know what it is to work hard for everything you've ever owed, to put food on the table and still have nothing to show for it..... just leave it alone fag.

  • Happy St. Pattys Day!! Unify Ireland!

  • ENGLAND, GET OUT OF IRELAND ! ! !

    I love that when its Saint Paddy's Day =D

  • very good the music

  • I love this song. It has a lot of . . . I don't know what to call it. It's very epic in a calming way. Simply complicated, filled with Oxymorons! It's amazing!

  • Here is a suggestion Raye: Try only to use large words in proper context.

  • Here is a suggestion donniedarko66699: Try not to correct other people's English when you have nothing but a rudimentary understanding of it yourself.

  • Rudimentary . . . I'm going to use that, is that okay? That's an awesome word I'll use on my sister, if that's alright with you.

  • I decline the request vagabond. Now to the gallows with you.

  • :) I'll take the suggestion. Thanks. The song is cool. It is awesome. Is that better?

    I actually have no idea what you're talking about, but here are some smaller words: I, is, am, a, and, are, me, she, he, his, her, him, That's all I can think of now. This song rocks.

  • Americans are wannabe romans but eventually like Rome America WILL fall and i will be filled with glee and will savor the moment and watch you fat Americans crawling for the last time.

  • original thought you have, little fellow. say what you like, but i cant help but notice that the world still primarily takes it cues from north america in ref to art, film, music, and Lit. this isnt some patriotic 'yay america' rant, just logic and truth. have a good day.

  • Once again you fucking retard READ the message and understand it or don't respond i didn't say America fell YET but it will see all you cunts do is prove my point and how the fuck would you know if i'm small or big you dumb goof OH let me guess you are some big time internet gangsTA huh, and don't try to talk down to me over the net you buffoon.

  • Gosh, no. Who would talk down to somebody who can write like that--and almost completely without punctuation, too?

    Look, fellas: This guy's either having you on, or he's just in an extended state of adolescent angst. Or both. Either way, boring.

  • Wow emnacity applause for you, you entered a two month old arguement that was done and finished.

  • Wow, donniedarko, double applause for you, for replying--and in a mostly coherent way, too. (We won't discuss the redundancy of "done and finished." I still think you did pretty well.)

    You are aware that comments posted on this very public forum on youtube stay out here, right? Have you retracted your earlier nonsense at some point, and I just didn't see it?

    Nah. You just want to drop your little flames, then scoot away and be an idiot somewhere else. I get it.

  • By the way radiof00le a buddy of mine and me would love to get our hands on that juicy baby you have.Oh and why you morons wanted Bush gone just proves your useless creatures Bush was awesome

  • Amen!

  • Rome and America have a lot in common, but a lot different characteristics. But, the big difference is that America is young, probably in her "Stupid Teenager" years. A lot of good has come out of America, and some bad. You choose which is which. But, the point is that she's still young, and has potential. She could go either way, but so far, she's been a bright star. Hopefully she won't go the same way most american celebrities go. :) Fall or not, we'll see. For now, we'll stand.

  • How on earth did you get to bashing Americans from this video? And what kind of person are you, that you would want watch an entire country suffer--a country, that like all others, is filled with women, children, elderly, and ill? What kind of person wills pain on innocents?

  • Only the weak do not enjoy the visage of others suffering and sooner or later you WILL all die and you will see embracing the cold bittersweet arms of brother death is true happiness.

  • What kind of person? A 20-year-old ignofu$% from Canada. Just go to the guy's page. It'll explain a lot.

  • Oh Calligaris8 i just saw your comment you the "children" weak and innocent old and ill they ALL will die anyhow you might as well consider them dead already.

  • It's funny americans always say canadians suck. but what they dont realize, when they go to war, we supply them with most of their shit... always have =P and you americans didnt even go in WW1... we did... so shut it you lazy peices.

  • This "lazy peice" noticed that you were too lazy to check your work to see that you misspelled the word piece; and you were too lazy to finish the phrase with "of shit".

    The Creator bless both our countries.

  • Is English a second language to you? You seem incapable of using it correctly. The word in the second sentence of your comment-assuming it is a second sentence considering there is no period at the end of the first-should be "an" not "and". This is the second time i have corrected you on either spelling or usage.

    You are remarkably stupid and inane. If you are not just some immature kid mouthing off you should do society a favor and crawl under a rock and die.

  • Ummm, if by "go in WW1" you mean fight, then yes America did "go in" WW1.

  • The United States of America never officially participated in WW1

  • You never actually fought battles, you were an associated power that kept their distance and watched, and that didn't even take place until 1917.

  • Are you really that dumb and naive? Seriously dude, read a history book. They were never formally allied to Britain and France, but they still sent men overseas to fight.

  • Since when does YouTube allow 11 year old Canadians on this site?

    I for one suggest you stop continuously checking this page for signs of people responding to your crazy Canadian antics.

    What do ya say aboot that, eh?

  • i don't come here to see what people wrote i frequently listen to this song usually daily and i SEE what has been written. And yes since i live in Canada i MUST be an 11 year old seeing as how we don't age in our igloo's must be all that seal blubber EH? and where do you fit in with this dumb argument who's the 11 year old here i wonder? NOT POSSIBLY YOU NO NO.

  • Canadians sucks

  • AH and then you pipe up i see insult canadians i doubt you ver met them and if you said you have you most likely are lying but it's okay i am not Canadian myself but i do live in canada but you go right on and keep insulting them buttercup :).

  • this song is the best if you are warming up for a fight

  • Shut the fuck up ya Canadian wanker!! Your country has no sense of humour....I've met 6 Canadians and all of them have been wankers....hahaha, you should be proud to be America's little bro!!

  • who ever heard of the fighting canadians?

  • you ARE truly a retard thefnnatural

  • And you are truly a tool.

  • OOOO you get me all hot and bothered therageravenlee uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggg­gggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • well how clever you also are ThefnNatural Canadians couldn't possibly have fights or an army or policemen or boxers or wrestlers no no we just fish seals all day and eat their blubber from igloo's.