Christy Moore - Ordinary Man (With Lyrics)

[Donnelly2008]

Tune!

[aidanroche64]

some man for one man

[Elpistolero34]

Brilliant song 

[armidas200]

brilliant song.brilliant man.

[bruizapple]

wicked song... and totally relevent to today....

[Suppressedify]

Great song, great lyrics, christy moore's a legend !

Workers of the world, unite !

[nick10791]

3 bankers don't like this

[clearyboii2k9]

@nick10791 haha! 2 fuckin right

[TheKgv1]

@nick10791

sometimes the shortest answers have truly the most content.....well done, you hit the nail on the head!

[101truthhurts]

The solo in this song would make even the best holywood session guys think.

[MrThisnameworks]

So relivent to modern times... coz the Tories are back in power perhaps?

[MrPenfold84]

@MrThisnameworks Oh like the labour did so well to get everyone back into work?

[MrThisnameworks]

At least they did better than the tories did/doing.

[MrPenfold84]

@MrThisnameworks Don't be so deluded!

[ETS1Alan]

what 3 irish haten bastards disliked this song !!

fecken bastards christy moore a legende of irish music <3

na hÉireann agus bródúil !!!!!!!!!!

[harveyr150]

who are the fags that disliked it? probably the twats driving the cars and smoking the cigars :/

[harveyr150]

who are the fags that disliked it? probably the twats driving the big cigars...

[101truthhurts]

That shoudl be re-released.

[GougerOfTheGroin]

Moore should keep his mouth shut with these anti-capitalist ballads, we don't need another red terror

[soooooo89]

@GougerOfTheGroin hes singing this song on behalf of the ordinary man, maybe you should show a little more respect.

[GougerOfTheGroin]

@soooooo89 Why would I show respect to a man crying over losing his shitty job in a factory. He should have thought of his employment position before he went getting his wife up the duff multiple times.

[soooooo89]

@GougerOfTheGroin oh thats right, i virtually fogot that everyman should have a college degree before having a kid or perhaps a top class job that provides a lucrative income, such a variety of those kinds of jobs around. lol! the man is trying to provide food and shelter for his family in an honest way, but there is no work to be found. so on the contrary you should show respect.

[GougerOfTheGroin]

@soooooo89 Well im in a situation where I used to be on a stable healthy paycheck per year and now could be made redundant at the drop of a hat. So I've told my wife no, there is no way we are having kids. Shes finally broken now and spends her days ironing and crying. You won't see me with starved kiddies you see, therefore you should respect me lad. U mirin son?

[MrKirby69r]

pure class

[sjifhjfjgoijs]

all true im afraid



[Gaz10t]

Live version's much better

[dizzee1391]

@Gaz10t

it doesnt matter just enjoy the geniuos of thi man

[WIZFREE]

love it

[TheCotty91]

i love this song

[DubInOttawa]

Now I will stand corrected on this but was Ordinary Man not dedicated too Thatcher? The song was written by Peter Hames and not Christy. Like I say I will stand corrected on it BUT I do have a live version of Christy introducing it saying "You can say what you like about Maggie Thatcher but there was some great songs written about her!" I agree it rings very true in today's climate BUT to many of you seem to think it was written about Irish economic climate years ago.

[dubbymacky]

@DubInOttawa he introduces the song by saying there was great music written in thatchers time . what he ment was that people write the best music going through the hardest times!

[oisinfallon9]

This song is played the whole time now, as the lyrics have come back to haunt us

[happysocks1000]

love this tune its a song for the normal man of this fucked up system of capitilsm we build this country and we get shit on by the powers that be fuck fina fail

[Dubsackjack]

I want to cry

[komda]

Class-struggle seems more acute than ever. Half of the world is fooled in to morgageslavery and belives they are 'middleclass', while the other half starve every day. SHAME on transnational capitalism! You dig your own graves besides ours.. Solidarity from Sweden.

[kevin311269]

fair play to the IRISH GOVERMENT shower of w***ers

this song seems to fit the irish climate @ the moment

fina FAIL

[oisinfallon9]

@kevin311269 true!

[fatheadmcdee]

A CLASS SONG WITH GREAT LYICS AND UNFORTUNATLY MORE AND MORE PPL ARE SINGING THE SAME TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!

[geofflovett]

There is no industrial future,just a re-enactment of the past.

R.I.P N.U.M

[bondie45]

7 Times i have been made redundant, its either that i am a picture of bad luck or the countries in a poor state.

[bigballsno1]

We need a revival of music similar to Christy's in this day and age ..

[TheWhiskylass]

how real is this today!!! God help us do we ever learn

[kevinindublin]

The musicianship on this is very good. I like the sound. Who are the musicians?

[neillconnor]

Song about Thatchers britain, and its here again

[UnbreakableWestlife]

recession song



[yerauldda87]

listen ta this song evey day!!! brillliant man anybody know where i can get the Paddy Rooney version???? had it then it got stolen lol ! i wonder why ha!!!! ????????

[AnaJil]

Simple and so meaningful words... Very true to life... Thanks so much AidanSmart for posting...

[RyderDonna]

WTH is wrong with everyone???? Please.. actually.. i would not believe the hate if i did not see it for myself......  FUCK SAKE... learn ppl and carry on from past wrongs

[deano50z]

And whats "FF"?

[ACHellerup]

Fianna Fáil

[deano50z]

Im only 14 but can som1 tell me what Tatchers reign was?

[PrehistoricPinup]

@deano50z Just before you were born, Margaret Thatcher ruled the UK, and her policy was to shut down the miners in England and lots of other industry, and replace the working England with a new business orientated England. She also became an enemy to N.Ireland, declaring Bobby Sands a terrorist prisoner. There was only one good thing about Thatchers reign, some great songs were written about her.

[deano50z]

@PrehistoricPinup BITCH! :L thanks nice one :D

[hookersandblow]

go ahead and take a look at "hunger". netflix should have it.

[derry323232]

@deano50z



[jackhammer617]

croppy boy lay down!fucken rich bastards!!power corrupts all!

[popoeye88]

banks banks burn the banks

[simbernefc]

what a friken legend a boy christy

[bigmac2268]

class song love it

[sonofwilt]

A great song. Happy St. Patrick's Day

[MSavage59]

Im an Ordinary Man nothing special and nothing grand love this song

Happy St Pattys Day

[Ciaranb100]

great song a song for these times

[colinandkellie]

The lyrics have come back to haunt us.. Cowen, Lennighan and the bankers 'still drive a car, smoke a big cigar and still take the family on a crusie' ...' a generation cast aside' .... Who's the fool here..poor Paddy again !

[aidolirish]

very true mate

[snow54445]

if ever the american people disagree with thier laws they can exercise their constituaniol right to amend it or their human right to revolt against it and establish a new government

[irishbollix]

@colinandkellie

you thick paddy cunt, you're ranting and raving about how cowan and co. fucked up ireland while it was fuckers like you that voted them into power. ergo you got what you deserved. so stop blaming FF for your idiocy and educate your monkey ass into getting a job.

[MusicMadGuy2010]

@irishbollix As for you, you may consider attending anger management courses. Jesus man! your angry...

[davidmason5]

@irishbollix As far as I know nobody 'voted' Cowan to lead the country.

[irishbollix]

@davidmason5

well, the majorty of voters wanted FF and thats' how ye got him, as hes' the leader of this criminal organization.

[yerauldda87]

@colinandkellie f u k the c o w

h8 her anyway



[Larkin6000]

T'was ever thus...

[DJEMMEY25]

@colinandkellie so true

[bluckaneyr]

Twenty five years after Christy first sung this song about our economic crisis of the 1980's, it sounds more true than ever. Our children coming out of college to mass unemployment, as the song says, a generation cast aside by Bertie's Fianna Fáil and their banker and developer friends. They must not be allowed get away with it this time. And as for the ECB, "they have stripped us bare of our dignity and pride".

[rchelreade31]

i love this song and reminds me about credit crunch dats goin on ):

[kalakutas26]

I like this old song !@!@!

[whalemeat100]

ANY WORK?????

[Mrmcgourty]

@whalemeat100 NO WORK TODAY AAAAAAYYYY

[needasecondchance]

Aisus2009...We shouldn't pay much heed to organised religions, God and God only will decide where our souls go.

I take offense at organised religions condemming suicide victims to hell, who the fuck do THEY think they are, God himself? my thinking is that God in his infinite mercy will judge everyone in the end, and fuck those who's religions condemm, they no nothing about it...

[cathalpf]

why post this here, this song is nothing to do with religion or suicide. and Christy is no fan of the Church. i personally can only agree with assisted suicide. if you are fit and healthy, takin your own life is wrong

[foxumsprippitz]

Aye to that!

[Universe593]

@needasecondchance God doesn't decide where our souls (we) go. We decide where we go through our thoughts and actions.

But I agree that organised religions are just a way of control and sometimes repression.

The song is beautiful, especially at these times ;)

[xYUGURTx]

i like that you said that =]

lol

[MrPsticks]

i remember being made redundant five times during thatchers reign. things still dont change

[mrsinn]

@MrPsticks

History repeats itself.

[skycladwow]

watching my husband signing up- his boss has gone on holiday and bought his son a new car?????

[MsCread]

I grew up seeing the dole queues that this song is about and now I stand an adult looking at the same queues forming again. The cowboys in the Dail and the EU did nothing for us really did they?

[gerdoyle]

Sorry.. I thumbed you down by accident.. was meant to be thumbs up!

[AberavonAbstractics]

and still condemned i stand ... just an ordinary man...REVOLUTION CALLING...makes you wonder why people dont want to work..there isnt any...work..not like in our prents time..not like today,n "god knows wot the kids r gonna do"..

fuckn disgusting politicians..klll yourselves,its the only way to save your rapidly dying spirits..!

n to any 1 who dont like or agree with this..your amongst the first to go..fuckstain..!

[Aisus2009]

Dude, i almost agree, im not religous ( im athiest ) but in most religions killing yourself is condemning your soul to hell as far as i beleive.

The only thing they can do, is, F**k themselves royaly, or get a spaceship with limited oxygen supply, and fly to the next galaxy ( they would be dead before they left our solar system )

good plan hu :P

[AberavonAbstractics]

twleve pence for a bullet..thats all it costs..12p for each of them money hungry,corporate cocksuckers.,,,BLAT...BLAT...e­nd of..

[GazzVidss]

the last time i really listned to this song my dad and mother where lat go from there lifes work,

i see the dole queues getting larger by the day. are we going back to the bad oul days? can we really let this government do that so our children as i had seen my parents got stripped of there pride.

why? are we not in Riesing.

[bnmkop10]

As I entered the FÁS office this morning this song came to my mind immediately. It was so sad seeing all those strong men waiting for some opportunities... :(

[camelguts]

NOW THAT WE ARE FACED - WITH THIS HUMAN WASTE. Thank god for unions (mine in particular Maritime Union of Australia) for giving workers the voice too fight for a FAIR share of the corporate dollar generated by there hard effort. This does not mean the company cant make good profits just dont shaft the workers for being in a Union or when things are not AS profitable.

[camelguts]

Realspark Wake up Thatcher was anti union and detroyed an industry that had brought needed employment too hundreds of workers because of her polical ideoligy. History does/ should rightly condem her as the sour faced dictator she was. Dont fuck with free marked bullshit (over employment) or with my Irish friends.

[111fearless1111]

nice

[wetforchina]

I think we'll all be singing this by this time next year.

[nudeadnation]

saw a band cover this the other day the dedicated it to that fat cunt brian cowen

[NiallersC88]

Legend. Epic

[needasecondchance]

I honestly beleive that Thatcher should have stood trial for crimes against humanity, she willfully destroyed peoples lives in the 1980s. She's responsible for many deaths including the deaths of the hunger strikers in Ireland.

Shame on Thatcher...

[nudeadnation]

jelly and ice cream when thatcher dies

[needasecondchance]

Christy Moore! Legendary Performer, Pure Magic...

[yourfatma]

proves that this is the new thacher era¬

[fogiebear08]

raelspark,ur a typical english cunt!!!!!

thatcher was a evil bitch.she made ppl die because of her ignorance!!!she let 10 ppl die in the h blocks because they WERE political prisoniers!they dident let the loyalists die lyk tat.she put the u.k and Ireland, north and south through hell.

and an other point, the ONLY person who could shut her up was the Taoiseach at the time, Charlie Haughey!an IRISH MAN!!!!!

fuck off with ur stupid comments!

[johnob1994]

Ledgend!!

[187maker]

still very relivent today!

[leeomurchu]

It's true it's a poignant song now that we're in a recession, it's a great song regardless and what we're goin through is nothing compared to what it was in the 80's in Ireland.. try paying your mortgage when interest hits 18% and welfare payments are cut..

[murrat9898]

legendary tune. goya luv christy!

[TheOtus]

Okay, the song had minimal instrumental side, as it was hoping for me to cry and yell how awesome the lyrics are. Well, to me it was just lame angst. xD

[DJEMMEY25]

wow this is a great tune but now that the country's in a recession this song very brings it home to you of how even worst things can get :(

[annloakman101]

ok tune suts the times now

[jjokocha09]

Shut up raelspark no one wants to hear your opinions.

[Raelspark]

Hey Paul, I pray you have respect for other peoples' opinions. I'm only commenting on a song. I am aware it not the fault of the Worker that the factory is closing, but the He never says why it is closing. Businesses which lose money cannot stay in operation. Perhaps if the Worker had advanced in the company, he might be in a better position to get a better job. You don't have to be insulting about it.

[deresonly1tazy]

Raelspark...insults are necessary when it comes to people like you...nob

[187maker]

you are a retard

[kevdabul]

he is a legend ur a retard

[paulcozzz]

raelspark i hope you become unemployed ! im going to pray for it every night!

[Raelspark]

Read the lyrics and pay attention to what the narrator is saying. He blames the factory and the economy, but what did he do to better himself?  Instead of taking classes in something after work, he probably went to the pub. How come he never advanced in the factory? Because he had no skills, he wants to take just about any job that comes along. It's depressing and he's paying for it. But hey, let's blame M. Thatcher. It's easier.

[jedkang]

your a fuckin gobshite, thatcher was a cunt, her own party shafted her and she is 1 of the reasons (notice i said 1) why the british are hated throughout the world, her policies and arrogance caused untold suffering to millions of people worldwide,not least in her own backyard, remember the coalminers, you ignorant prick.

[Raelspark]

You stupid Irish dumbass!

Your tiny brain probably forgot that coal was not a viable and useful source of energy in England any more. At the time there were less and less customers for coal. The coal mines closed because there wasn't any more need for them. Over in the USA the same thing has occurred with steel, in that it has become cheaper to buy foreign steel, and not American.  The problem was the change in the economy, not Thatcher. You, the others here, are too stupid to realize that.

[59claire]

Should be re-released....considering the times it would represent everything!!

[samanthanimhurchu]

Thanks for the lyrics!

[SULLY2014]

great tune we can all relate