Except being able to actually understand the lyrics. As much as I love the Pogues that's one area that Shane MacGowan really has problems with sometimes.
I love these guys because they take the old folk songs that i love and give them a new, younger sound. Kinda like Dropkick Murphys a bit but tending to stay a little traditional sounding. Love it.
@smokeawaybarmey I most certainly will. May I also suggest you take a look at “A Pair of Brown Eyes” cover by the young dubs which I think is still floating round the tube. I’m sure the original will still hold a place in your heart but they really come into their own on that song; I find it better. (But that is one guy’s thoughts!) The words a defiantly a lot clearer then when you know who sings it XD
Pretty sure that Shane Mcgowan is proud of this. He is bringing Irish folk music further and this is a great, but slightly different version:) Enjoyed it.
A beautiful cover of a terrific tune! (And the lyrics a little easier to make out than you-know-who's, LOL). Keep it up, lads. Best wishes from northwest Pennsylvania, USA.
o know for two people so determined to prove your not a fag and the other one is you seem to enjoy going into greatly detailed gay sexual fantasys. Has it occurred to you guys that you are both closet gays?
listen banker, ive given this sum thot, I am really starting to think you think I'm gay. but I'm with ryoko1995, I think yer repressed gay. he's right-a fag banker like you could never be smert enuf to be a psychologist & you don't have to be one to see that you like lathered muscles. chix luv me, I chase tail, U GET tail, its different! to think it'd be suggested that I'd want a steamy fag fantisy w/ u.
just cuz yer a biker does't giv me wood, that's gay altogeher! chapless ass pants!!!
Luuk @U Fag banker, yer no longr taken me out for candlelit dinners?? cours not, cuz Id nevr go! & u'd never show 2 cuz you'd B 2busy trying on yer sequin women's bikini thong just like in this Young Dubliner's song at minute 0:25! U'd be so fawkin fansy! i bet u'd luv that U sick FAG!!! I bet u'd prance arownd & pin me on the floor. U WISH!!!! not unless u were a real chick, cuz I only lov hot babes, not a QUEEEEER lick you!
oh oxfordbiker, you're such a Queer, it drives me crazy! your faggot-fagness is so draped in velvet & chenille you can't even look down to see your diamond studded stilettos with your big hairy legs stuffed in them, grrr!
oh brilluent one ox riding a biker%%% you nasty nottie biker. Like my big strong arms could even FIT around your biker body. fuq you fagg, u wish you could meet me friday night, as if queer! i'd gangbang the site of you and OWN u! good one, trying to get balloch to take yer side too, hippie burly fag for sure!
Oxfordbiker bitch, I'm really $tarting to get this feeling you think I'm A fag. I've landed more babes in a year than you've ever landed in a year to year & a half, I can promise you that ASSDIVER! You were probibly so busy w/ OXFORD college boys, you couldn't get the numbers I've got on you. You were stroking their thighs and running your fingers through their lucious hair cuz you're so FAG for them!!! QUEEERRR!! And I see you R a banker, a predominantly GAY industry! Take that, FAG!!!!!
Wtf banker!!? U dont know shit bout me, fag, dont pretend you do!!!!!!
I see youre from texas didnt you americans invent faggotry as an official pastime when all the native Indian chicks wouldnt put out cos um palefaces dicks were too fukkin small? An wen you say 'babes', I assume you mean the fukkin PIGS, inbetween all the brokeback-cocksucking, you livestock-humping, sausage-spilling cowboy-creaming jizzsplat //
Holy $hit Banker! I suppose U were fuqqing making the same hand motion like at 1:42 in this 'Young Dubliners - If I Should Fall from Grace with God' song when you were tantalizingly looking up all this info on me?? STALKER FAG BANKER!!! I'm sure you got Brokeback Mountain MEMORIZED thatz how you know so much bout it STEER QUEER!! I bet you want to shove me up against a wall n' kiss me long n' hard like that too?? !! You wish, I am NOT GAY, but you ARE!!!! FAG FAG FAG BANKER!!!!
Shove you up against a wall and kiss you fag?Yer sure.Then maybe hold each other close, your firm grip on my quivering body.Then go for a nice meal -my treat- &back to mine for cocktails overlooking the city.Then we'd look at each other long n hard.Youd hold a finger to my lips&lead me by the hand to the bedroom.Next morning, we'd smile across the breakfast bar,completely content;warm glows across our bodies
..
oh yeah-then id whip our my gat and fukkin KILL YOU, FAG!!
@oxfordbiker Boy Queer Banker, quite the FAG FANTASY youVe painted here! I could tell U were gayHARD when U said COCKtails & if u did yer godanm reserch RITE U'd know Texans drink BEER, cuz we R Men, not FAGS like u frm OXFORD? Where the fuCk is Oxferd anyway, like GAY Idaho or somethun? No, seriously, where is it. i should call U a fag to yer FACE, meet U somewhere & really GIVE it to U. yer so gaY I bet when I shove u against a wall in a bar fite u'd rub your FAG hands all over my chest!!!!
ill tell u were Oxferd is, you fuccking fairy faggot. walk forward 10 paces. stop. extend your right hand. extend index finger. bend over. swing your arm out back. insert finger violently into rectum. repeat. repeat. make a face just like 2:11 in this Young Dubliners If I Should Fall From Grace With God video.
U wldnt no wat HIT u if we ever met you fagger. You wul SO be goin down. Yuod go down so hard youd prolly gag and swallow yer fillings...
Its an honest mistake. Have fun with it. Personally I would appreciate going more old school or more new sounding with it. Its like right in the middle and thats not where I'm at.
Great version of the song! I love seeing folk rock bands cover old songs, both traditional and by other folk or folk rock artists. It shows that they're truly keeping the folk traditions alive, in their own way, and not just taking an aesthetic or sound and plastering it over generic rock or punk.
As much as I LOVE the Pogues, I think this version is really good, too! I've checked out a few more covers from Young Dubliners ("Leaving of Liverpool" and "Tell me Ma") and they were great as well! The lead singer looks very sympathetic and cool and I like his voice! Pogues are brilliant, probably best band of all time, but the Young Dubliners surely rock! So you should not accuse them for covering a Pogues Song! That's pretty childish!
I hate all these whingey comments on folk videos about being better or worse than "originals." It completely destroys the spirit of folk.
Folk isn't like your little shitty pop bands, nobody cares who did the "original" or who did the "cover." Just appreciate every version for it's differences!
Of course it's folk. "Celtic Punk" is just a pseudo-genre invented by the media to sell Flogging Molly, The Dropkick Murphys, The Tossers and co' to kids that think they understand what punk actually means.
Hate to break it to you... This is a super old IRISH FOLK SONG. The Pogues are punk, Young Dubs are rock... It's a matter of preference, all the remakes. There have been hundreds of remakes /takes on this song over hundreds of years... But this is a traditional Irish FOLK song that goes WAY back.
Exactly! The beauty of folk music, in all it's forms, is that the artists are not merely presenting their work to an audience, but GIVING it to them. Folk songs where gifts from the artist to their culture, and it was an honour that it should be adopted by other musicians. Modern mainstream music likes that old spirit of communal possession of culture, so it's good to see it kept alive by bands like the Young Dubliners.
@CymroFinnegan Pretty sure that Shane Mcgowan is proud of this. He is bringing Irish folk music further and this is a great, but slightly different version:) Enjoyed it.
@CymroFinnegan dont know if I double posted this but thats the point folk music is supposed to be sung by the people thats why is folk its for common folks thats why most the music is easily understood
I agree 100% army ... this version rocks and is even better than the Pogues. I know for some that is heresy, but hey, I like this set and harmony. It just works better. Plus, the Young Dubliners are a whole lot more accessable than the Pogues.
Brilliant guys! I'm not as much into their older stuff, but their all Irish folk CD is great. I can't get enough of Foggy Dew, and Follow me up to Carlow.
The Young Dubs totally rock and have done a spectacular job following the sense, the feeling, the mood of the original, the Pogues ... and for me, the YDs are not only more available to the general public, but also more true rockers
Of course The Pogues version is better, you can't improve on perfection. That being said, I do enjoy the Young Dubliners' version. For all you idiots knocking on Shane because of his voice, STFU! Shane MacGowan is maybe the greatest living songwriter. Music isn't all about who can sing better. If it was, nobody would give a shit about Bob Dylan.
A vote was taken and it was unanimous - madhatter is a douche. The fiddle player in this band plays keyboards, mandolin and harmonica in addition to his fiddle duties - he's got more talent in his pinky than McGowan ever thought about having...drunken sot that he is. (and if he's dead already then my apologies to the deceased) (and if he's not dead then my god - how has that not happened yet...my poor liver!)
No offense, but I think you're being a little unfair to Shane. He was/is a good musical artist, but I won't say his version is better than this. I won't say this version is better than his (Though it is AMAZING!), either. It's different. And that's the beauty of Irish music- every performer can make the same song sound different and wonderful.
This version's way better than the Pogues. McGowan needs to sober up and learn that singing involves actually moving the mouth. At least I can understand the words to this one. Young Dubliners own this song. Erin go bragh!
To each their own, I suppose. I like the Pogues in small doses. I've never really cared for Shane McGowan's singing though. In any case, I can't get enough of the Dub's and see them every time they are in town, which isn't often enough...
We used to go and see Keith and the lads play before they emigrated to the states which was some time ago. Cant wait to see them in Dublin at the end of March. Huge gang making plans to hit Whelan's pub in Dublin.
i really have to agree with mr. gifford on his assessment. you will not find a more high energy band that engages the crowd more than this band - they are excellent. i'd put them in the top 2 of the best bands you've never heard of (and i don't know who the other band is!).
Except being able to actually understand the lyrics. As much as I love the Pogues that's one area that Shane MacGowan really has problems with sometimes.
Bryan198026 1 week ago
the whole cd is remakes and covers paying homage to Ireland
unnamed228 1 week ago
As much as I love the Pogues version I can agree with those who say this version is better. It just seems more...upbeat I suppose. I like that.
Bryan198026 1 month ago
@Bryan198026 No way, this is a great cover indeed, but nothing can match the raw power of Shane's voice!
MetallicAddict15 1 week ago
Thank GOD they came out with a version of this song! Personally, I like this sound better than Pogues (well-deserved name, I might add).
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You want to know what Shane would say to you little whiny ass i-ties? Póg... my... arse, or pogue mahone. You pick.
RhinoKlox 4 months ago in playlist Erin Go Bragh.
You want to know what Shane would say to you little whiny ass i-ties? Póg... my... arse, or pogue mahone. You pick.
RhinoKlox 4 months ago in playlist Erin Go Bragh.
had a guinness and saw them play at world cafe live wilmington. first time they played in DE
jmanbloom 4 months ago
not bad at all
good sound boys
whirrandchime 5 months ago
it's mandatory for any celtic group to do a rendition of this classic
TheIrishlad12 5 months ago
If the Good Lord Hadn't invented whiskey, the Irish would have taken over the WORLD, LOL...
Bonedigger1015 5 months ago
@Bonedigger1015 That's what they say, but I blame fucking Pommies.
moparmonster1965 5 months ago
Im the only one at my school who doesn't like rap and i'm proud of that.
TheZero4life 5 months ago
From Traditional Irish Tunes to Awesome covers to Hard Rockin' Originals, The Young Dubs are a great band. Go see them live!!!!!!!!!!!
pundragonrebel 5 months ago 2
Ijust love it.
metobe104 5 months ago
This is the first time I've actually heard the lyrics to this song. I never knew what the hell Shane McGowan was saying.
gsuitcase 6 months ago
I love these guys because they take the old folk songs that i love and give them a new, younger sound. Kinda like Dropkick Murphys a bit but tending to stay a little traditional sounding. Love it.
greenbay316 7 months ago
Both versions are great!
Lardman678 7 months ago
Great version!
rocketsjudoka 8 months ago
The Pogues? Drunken beasts. I've become friends with Keith and we're working on a film project.
fanadfilms 8 months ago
sham is no shane mcgowen!
ganteangagananam 9 months ago
AMAZING Cover
HALFTHEMIKE 9 months ago
fucking aye!
devinzeb 10 months ago
What is this for some plastic shit! Thank God for The Pogues and Greenland Whalefishers!!!
bergenrock 10 months ago
Ehh... I prefer the scraggly voice of Shane McGowan from The Pogues as opposed to this.
charredsoul 1 year ago
@charredsoul no one gives a shit what you prefer son.
mike802 11 months ago 3
@charredsoul Is iad na Pogues cac.
fanadfilms 8 months ago
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the replay button got raped cause of this GREAT SONG!:DDD
virko1990 1 year ago
the replay button got raped cause of this GREAT SONG!:DDD
virko1990 1 year ago
@smokeawaybarmey Apart from Shane, Phil, Andrew and Cait, Terry Woods is from Dublin, so it would be fair to describe them as an Anglo- Irish band.
SuperDsweeney 1 year ago
well said cymrofinnegan! Folk is meant to played and played again and again! its open for interpretation
spontaneous1200 1 year ago
@smokeawaybarmey I most certainly will. May I also suggest you take a look at “A Pair of Brown Eyes” cover by the young dubs which I think is still floating round the tube. I’m sure the original will still hold a place in your heart but they really come into their own on that song; I find it better. (But that is one guy’s thoughts!) The words a defiantly a lot clearer then when you know who sings it XD
MrCopperhead1861 1 year ago
8 people think The Pougles are the only Irish band on the face of the earth! (I am glad they are not :)
MrCopperhead1861 1 year ago
i love the fiddle in this...
Glenn400ad 1 year ago 2
Looks like 7 people have no idea what music is
excitedbike 1 year ago
@excitedbike Or perhaps this just isn't their thing?
Postscript624 1 year ago
This is by far the best cover on Youtube... But the song feels somewhat empty, as if the violin doesn't fully compensate for not having an accordion.
LinusHagne 1 year ago
this is a good version !
i just love the the bit in the original when shane shreiks/wails
assways 1 year ago
Pretty sure that Shane Mcgowan is proud of this. He is bringing Irish folk music further and this is a great, but slightly different version:) Enjoyed it.
pesselur 1 year ago
Very cool version of a great song. Shane is God!!
dudeacus 1 year ago
A beautiful cover of a terrific tune! (And the lyrics a little easier to make out than you-know-who's, LOL). Keep it up, lads. Best wishes from northwest Pennsylvania, USA.
t1mmytee 1 year ago
stop arguing
enjoy this beautiful song like I do :D
wouthezx 1 year ago 7
u guys are idiots, but its ok because this song is "off the hook" as they say
1234banjo 2 years ago
@1234banjo indeed. makes me glad to have a dad from cookstown.
CanadianCalabo 2 years ago
don't need to be a psychologist to know your both obsessed with gay sex fantasies.
ryoko1995 2 years ago
o know for two people so determined to prove your not a fag and the other one is you seem to enjoy going into greatly detailed gay sexual fantasys. Has it occurred to you guys that you are both closet gays?
ryoko1995 2 years ago 3
wat r u - a spikollygist or sumthing? u seem 2no a LOT bout fagging...
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 3
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listen banker, ive given this sum thot, I am really starting to think you think I'm gay. but I'm with ryoko1995, I think yer repressed gay. he's right-a fag banker like you could never be smert enuf to be a psychologist & you don't have to be one to see that you like lathered muscles. chix luv me, I chase tail, U GET tail, its different! to think it'd be suggested that I'd want a steamy fag fantisy w/ u.
just cuz yer a biker does't giv me wood, that's gay altogeher! chapless ass pants!!!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago
yer too RIGHT you chase taIL - 'cept the tails ON THE FRONT - your fricking FAG fantasist.
I dunno what ryoko's problem is, but I heard 'ryoko' is Japanese for 'He-Who-Fags' so dat explains alot
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 3
Luuk @U Fag banker, yer no longr taken me out for candlelit dinners?? cours not, cuz Id nevr go! & u'd never show 2 cuz you'd B 2busy trying on yer sequin women's bikini thong just like in this Young Dubliner's song at minute 0:25! U'd be so fawkin fansy! i bet u'd luv that U sick FAG!!! I bet u'd prance arownd & pin me on the floor. U WISH!!!! not unless u were a real chick, cuz I only lov hot babes, not a QUEEEEER lick you!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago
Just like the Pogues but ten times more shit and with stupid Yank accents.
balloch 2 years ago
Irish Music is God's gift
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago 2
to those who have angered him.
oxfordbiker 2 years ago
fag!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago 4
you'd like it if I was, wouldn't you fag?
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 2
you're so faggot, you grow your hair long just so you can shape it into a bra
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago 3
you're so faggot, Mr Brains left a message asking if you'd be the new company mascot.
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 2
oh oxfordbiker, you're such a Queer, it drives me crazy! your faggot-fagness is so draped in velvet & chenille you can't even look down to see your diamond studded stilettos with your big hairy legs stuffed in them, grrr!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago 3
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oxfordbiker 2 years ago
only a True Faggian (c) could come up with such a fukkin gross image, you sikk fuk!! You make me wanna puke with your Faggoratory!!
Just wonderin: you free on Friday night at all? x
oxfordbiker 2 years ago
oh brilluent one ox riding a biker%%% you nasty nottie biker. Like my big strong arms could even FIT around your biker body. fuq you fagg, u wish you could meet me friday night, as if queer! i'd gangbang the site of you and OWN u! good one, trying to get balloch to take yer side too, hippie burly fag for sure!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago
OH FUCKING HELL!
WHAT A FUCKING FAGGOT THIS COCKBURGLAR IS!!
You chin-wiping, butt-stroking, chest-resting, back-clasping, neck-licking, toe-gnawing, glory-mining, fish-dishing fricking FAG!
You actually took that for REAL? Oh. My. GOD. You can go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut you utter freak!!
Ugh! Can I open my eyes now? Has the FAG gone now Mummy?
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 3
Oxfordbiker bitch, I'm really $tarting to get this feeling you think I'm A fag. I've landed more babes in a year than you've ever landed in a year to year & a half, I can promise you that ASSDIVER! You were probibly so busy w/ OXFORD college boys, you couldn't get the numbers I've got on you. You were stroking their thighs and running your fingers through their lucious hair cuz you're so FAG for them!!! QUEEERRR!! And I see you R a banker, a predominantly GAY industry! Take that, FAG!!!!!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago
Wtf banker!!? U dont know shit bout me, fag, dont pretend you do!!!!!!
I see youre from texas didnt you americans invent faggotry as an official pastime when all the native Indian chicks wouldnt put out cos um palefaces dicks were too fukkin small? An wen you say 'babes', I assume you mean the fukkin PIGS, inbetween all the brokeback-cocksucking, you livestock-humping, sausage-spilling cowboy-creaming jizzsplat //
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 3
Holy $hit Banker! I suppose U were fuqqing making the same hand motion like at 1:42 in this 'Young Dubliners - If I Should Fall from Grace with God' song when you were tantalizingly looking up all this info on me?? STALKER FAG BANKER!!! I'm sure you got Brokeback Mountain MEMORIZED thatz how you know so much bout it STEER QUEER!! I bet you want to shove me up against a wall n' kiss me long n' hard like that too?? !! You wish, I am NOT GAY, but you ARE!!!! FAG FAG FAG BANKER!!!!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago
Shove you up against a wall and kiss you fag?Yer sure.Then maybe hold each other close, your firm grip on my quivering body.Then go for a nice meal -my treat- &back to mine for cocktails overlooking the city.Then we'd look at each other long n hard.Youd hold a finger to my lips&lead me by the hand to the bedroom.Next morning, we'd smile across the breakfast bar,completely content;warm glows across our bodies
..
oh yeah-then id whip our my gat and fukkin KILL YOU, FAG!!
(almost forgot that part)
oxfordbiker 2 years ago
@oxfordbiker Boy Queer Banker, quite the FAG FANTASY youVe painted here! I could tell U were gayHARD when U said COCKtails & if u did yer godanm reserch RITE U'd know Texans drink BEER, cuz we R Men, not FAGS like u frm OXFORD? Where the fuCk is Oxferd anyway, like GAY Idaho or somethun? No, seriously, where is it. i should call U a fag to yer FACE, meet U somewhere & really GIVE it to U. yer so gaY I bet when I shove u against a wall in a bar fite u'd rub your FAG hands all over my chest!!!!
whatsupfamousface 2 years ago
ill tell u were Oxferd is, you fuccking fairy faggot. walk forward 10 paces. stop. extend your right hand. extend index finger. bend over. swing your arm out back. insert finger violently into rectum. repeat. repeat. make a face just like 2:11 in this Young Dubliners If I Should Fall From Grace With God video.
U wldnt no wat HIT u if we ever met you fagger. You wul SO be goin down. Yuod go down so hard youd prolly gag and swallow yer fillings...
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 3
Hey wat is it with oyur dumb name anyways? Whatsup? I think we can anser THAT question fag!!!
oxfordbiker 2 years ago 3
@oxfordbiker dude, racist much? people are just fuckin people man chill
chitownshuffler1 2 months ago
Its an honest mistake. Have fun with it. Personally I would appreciate going more old school or more new sounding with it. Its like right in the middle and thats not where I'm at.
branchout5 2 years ago 2
Its alright, hes just about 8 pints of whiskey off getting the vocals right..
benbebin 2 years ago 3
No one would drink whiskey in pints.
runner855 2 years ago
I'd rather would
JohnPreston0157 2 years ago
Not the same without the Banshee-like screech from Macgowan (which by hte way can be heard for almost a mile away [from experience])
Decent attempt but ultimately a hopeless case trying to match the original
petercrouch67 2 years ago 2
a great cover, but sub par to the pogues
Penglens 2 years ago
True, but then, what isn't subpar compared to the Pogues?
FNGamer 2 years ago 11
@FNGamer
Good Point!
Penglens 2 years ago
I love 'em !! I saw them live and I've been hooked ever since.....
ThroughAMirrorDarkly 2 years ago
Meh...it's good but not a patch on the pogues
happygoluckyscamp 2 years ago
@happygoluckyscamp:
The Pogues had MacGowan, what do you expect?
SPARTANG294 2 years ago 2
just what i'm thinking!
wisard734 2 years ago
Great version of the song! I love seeing folk rock bands cover old songs, both traditional and by other folk or folk rock artists. It shows that they're truly keeping the folk traditions alive, in their own way, and not just taking an aesthetic or sound and plastering it over generic rock or punk.
Traitorfish 2 years ago
I saw the Young Dubliners do an in store appearance at the Virgin store in SF before it closed and they did a good set.
07BSPtC 2 years ago
Great Song! I Love Young Dubliners!
snicolai84 2 years ago
Wonderful version!
Panzerfairy 2 years ago
As much as I LOVE the Pogues, I think this version is really good, too! I've checked out a few more covers from Young Dubliners ("Leaving of Liverpool" and "Tell me Ma") and they were great as well! The lead singer looks very sympathetic and cool and I like his voice! Pogues are brilliant, probably best band of all time, but the Young Dubliners surely rock! So you should not accuse them for covering a Pogues Song! That's pretty childish!
ramblingbloke 2 years ago 3
if your sade, just put 'young dubliners' on - that should solve your problem"! (:
dxhello 2 years ago
amen to that brother
demonwolf11 2 years ago
i am a fan of the young dubliners; but their version of this songa lacks the energy that the pogues had (way too mellow)
scarryharry011 2 years ago
Well, in all fairness, The Pogues are a punk band, the Dubs are not. :)
theresaruf 2 years ago
I hate all these whingey comments on folk videos about being better or worse than "originals." It completely destroys the spirit of folk.
Folk isn't like your little shitty pop bands, nobody cares who did the "original" or who did the "cover." Just appreciate every version for it's differences!
CymroFinnegan 2 years ago 100
Well said! =)
zlayzer 2 years ago
This isn't folk, its Celtic Punk...and the Pogues own it!
petercrouch67 2 years ago
Of course it's folk. "Celtic Punk" is just a pseudo-genre invented by the media to sell Flogging Molly, The Dropkick Murphys, The Tossers and co' to kids that think they understand what punk actually means.
CymroFinnegan 2 years ago 4
they have their faults but DKM and Flogging Molly are both decent bands
rifleman1122 2 years ago
Hate to break it to you... This is a super old IRISH FOLK SONG. The Pogues are punk, Young Dubs are rock... It's a matter of preference, all the remakes. There have been hundreds of remakes /takes on this song over hundreds of years... But this is a traditional Irish FOLK song that goes WAY back.
theresaruf 2 years ago
"If I should fall fro grace" was written by Shane Macgowen, lead singer of the pogues. It was also the title of their 3rd album.
petercrouch67 2 years ago
Oh, I beg your pardon. I was listening to Dubs videos a plenty and I thought I was commenting on "Follow Me Up To Carlow". :)
theresaruf 2 years ago
Exactly! The beauty of folk music, in all it's forms, is that the artists are not merely presenting their work to an audience, but GIVING it to them. Folk songs where gifts from the artist to their culture, and it was an honour that it should be adopted by other musicians. Modern mainstream music likes that old spirit of communal possession of culture, so it's good to see it kept alive by bands like the Young Dubliners.
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@CymroFinnegan Pretty sure that Shane Mcgowan is proud of this. He is bringing Irish folk music further and this is a great, but slightly different version:) Enjoyed it.
pesselur 1 year ago
@CymroFinnegan agreed
pathofwisdom 1 year ago
@CymroFinnegan That's the spirit of punk as well. I hope Shane MacGowan would agree with me in saying just enjoy the feckin' music!
hanshotfirst1138 1 year ago
@CymroFinnegan I wholeheartedly agree with this.
charredsoul 8 months ago
@CymroFinnegan dont know if I double posted this but thats the point folk music is supposed to be sung by the people thats why is folk its for common folks thats why most the music is easily understood
JustinLong1989 6 months ago
it just doesn't have Shane's raspy drunken voice, it doesn't make this worse or better. Just different
rifleman1122 2 years ago
Total Shite. How to murder a classic exhibit #1. As for Smoothness, fuckin hell go and buy an eagles record.
Doles71 2 years ago
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Doles71 2 years ago
Yeah I love these guys! The New album is now 7.99 on iTunes! Can't be that!
Daizie332 2 years ago
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Anyone who thinks this is better than the pogues is a fucking moron. Seriuosly you don't deserve to breathe.
SluggerOtoole83 2 years ago
I agree 100% army ... this version rocks and is even better than the Pogues. I know for some that is heresy, but hey, I like this set and harmony. It just works better. Plus, the Young Dubliners are a whole lot more accessable than the Pogues.
Sean2Ireland 2 years ago 2
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Kinda like when i say my ass stinks. Which it does anyway!!
jondawg83 2 years ago
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worst cover version ever
jackvance65 2 years ago
Gotta say I like this version better than the Pogues..... Both nice, just like the smoothness of this one.
army91c 3 years ago 5
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benicarmen 3 years ago
Brilliant guys! I'm not as much into their older stuff, but their all Irish folk CD is great. I can't get enough of Foggy Dew, and Follow me up to Carlow.
ben4291 3 years ago 3
Then check out their original material! They really do rock!
Daizie332 3 years ago
if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
punkskabassist87 3 years ago
i prefer YD's version but the pogues are great too
rifleman1122 3 years ago
I love this song... by The Pogues. These guys ruined it. You can't alter one note without destroying the song... so don't YD!
But YD is still great. Putting out Irish folk to a younger crowd :D
TheDrunkenScot123 3 years ago
boy they really took all the energy out of this song.
cwneely 3 years ago
good cover, but no one beats The Pogues!
MagnusfjellbergD 3 years ago 2
this band rules !! fuck you !!
ossobrusai 3 years ago 2
it's like listening to a cover of a Beatle song...nothing can beat the real thing.
punkskabassist87 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
HOW I HATE THIS BAND!
Yes I've been drinkin'.
madhatter230 3 years ago
The Young Dubs totally rock and have done a spectacular job following the sense, the feeling, the mood of the original, the Pogues ... and for me, the YDs are not only more available to the general public, but also more true rockers
Sean2Ireland 3 years ago
how can you be more of a true rocker than Shane MacGowan?!?
punkskabassist87 3 years ago 3
sorry, but no.
irishguitarist91 3 years ago
good "modern" rendition of this old song, but sounds a little to much like the orginal.
VideoDude87 3 years ago
'88 is only 20 years ago. The original is not an old song in the sense of Irish folk.
07BSPtC 3 years ago
Nice, sounds very much like the original. Good job.
theivanivan 3 years ago
Of course The Pogues version is better, you can't improve on perfection. That being said, I do enjoy the Young Dubliners' version. For all you idiots knocking on Shane because of his voice, STFU! Shane MacGowan is maybe the greatest living songwriter. Music isn't all about who can sing better. If it was, nobody would give a shit about Bob Dylan.
DjAmes987 3 years ago 4
Word.
LinusHagne 3 years ago
pogues are better..... all i have to say.
AGStewart 3 years ago
A vote was taken and it was unanimous - madhatter is a douche. The fiddle player in this band plays keyboards, mandolin and harmonica in addition to his fiddle duties - he's got more talent in his pinky than McGowan ever thought about having...drunken sot that he is. (and if he's dead already then my apologies to the deceased) (and if he's not dead then my god - how has that not happened yet...my poor liver!)
ncurry1968 3 years ago
No offense, but I think you're being a little unfair to Shane. He was/is a good musical artist, but I won't say his version is better than this. I won't say this version is better than his (Though it is AMAZING!), either. It's different. And that's the beauty of Irish music- every performer can make the same song sound different and wonderful.
FoxfirePoet 3 years ago
I think Shane's liver would say the same...that it wasn't being treated fairly.
Sorry, you are right - he WAS an amazing talent. I just get pissed when someone squanders their God given talent on booze and drugs...what a waste!
ncurry1968 3 years ago
Here, we agree. Let's hope these bhoys don't go the same route as Shane.
FoxfirePoet 3 years ago
nice way to type arsehole as a nice word.
i know shane do drugs and stuff and hell yeah he's wasted. But He did great songs.
By the ay he`s Fifty by now. And boo-hoo I don`t care 'bout some lame wimps who don't understand sarcasm. Go play while evil bastards drink a pint.
madhatter230 3 years ago
shane is the only person that´s allowed to sing this song.
Never Mind Young Dubliners Here´s The Pogues
GEGENRIEGER 3 years ago
A "modern" version, but somehow I most definately love shane's rough voice and accent for this song...
zulamun 3 years ago
needs a lot of talent to turn a great folkpunksong into this crap...nyah shouldnt get so angry. my poor heart.
madhatter230 3 years ago
This version's way better than the Pogues. McGowan needs to sober up and learn that singing involves actually moving the mouth. At least I can understand the words to this one. Young Dubliners own this song. Erin go bragh!
bdcksnt1 3 years ago
Shamrock Ultras and Ireland forver!
NS8800 3 years ago
a good song !it seams Good chance for You!!!
vdg5rt 3 years ago
no way young dubliners play this song way better than pogues
Ph0be 3 years ago
i saw you guys in Fredericia in ''Statoil''
you were driving in a grey bus/car.
i talked to you'r sound engineer. he was from Los Angeles. And by the way he's was very nice
bubbyliciouz 3 years ago
Thank you for visiting Viborg guys - What a show that was!
MagnusSU 3 years ago
argh...
and i thought fiddlers green would suck -.-
i don't know, i think there are songs in the world wich you just shouldnt cover...
madhatter230 3 years ago
i know who bren is (bass) i have his giutar in my house hes my sis's freind
chicken4school 3 years ago
i saw them play yesterday!
there really good live!
and i took a pic with Bob(the guitarist)
sk8trkunti7 3 years ago
i saw them play yesterday!
there really good live!
and i took a pic with Bob(the guitarist)
sk8trkunti7 3 years ago
Awesome!
RunRig75 3 years ago
wow they butchered this song.
ramonemeister 3 years ago
What didn't you like about it?
dwelwell 3 years ago
well it started off pretty well, but it just seemed like it was sang wrong. and i didn't like the breakdowns for the verses.
ramonemeister 3 years ago
yeah i would say the pogues own this song.
irishdude2424 3 years ago
They were supposedly in Denver last night. Anybody know about that?
CyrusStirling 3 years ago
This is very good!
Puddyfatwood 3 years ago
The whole Album is amazing. Great version a lot better then the Pogues
josinski28 3 years ago
Agree - these guys do the Pogues better than the Pogues...
dwelwell 3 years ago
See reply to the root comment.
leiferman13 3 years ago
Sorry sir, this is indeed a worthy and rocking cover, but nothing beats the Pogues. End of story. Full stop.
leiferman13 3 years ago
To each their own, I suppose. I like the Pogues in small doses. I've never really cared for Shane McGowan's singing though. In any case, I can't get enough of the Dub's and see them every time they are in town, which isn't often enough...
dwelwell 3 years ago
LOVED YOU IN BAY CITY BOYS! See you in Cleveland...
angnolan 3 years ago
We used to go and see Keith and the lads play before they emigrated to the states which was some time ago. Cant wait to see them in Dublin at the end of March. Huge gang making plans to hit Whelan's pub in Dublin.
meta87n 3 years ago
where can you get this in mp3 format?
smokinglirare 4 years ago
love these guys, went to a bunch of their concerts.
chas is a friend of my dads, and works with his brother.
fun on their tourbus, aha good times x]
xXdanicaxsoccerXx 4 years ago
saw them as jethro tull's supporting group in june 2001. Ok, Tull are tull, but their short show lighted up the audience. Great group
voloaltissimo 4 years ago
it was in rome, 20th of june 2001, i guess....
voloaltissimo 4 years ago
Keith(lead singer)is from Dublin,,,,very Irish
sullenmoons 4 years ago
great version, but it doesn't beat the pogues. I also miss the scream alot :p
chrisaldi 4 years ago
Yo Man! Better than the Pogues version by far! Heyo!
dersoerensen 4 years ago
anyone know how i can download this video so that i can put it on my iPod?
ncurry1968 4 years ago
i use a tool called tubesock
jhdteacher 4 years ago
i really have to agree with mr. gifford on his assessment. you will not find a more high energy band that engages the crowd more than this band - they are excellent. i'd put them in the top 2 of the best bands you've never heard of (and i don't know who the other band is!).
ncurry1968 4 years ago
I love these guys. They're really amazing.
AmericanGirl2008 4 years ago
No scream...That's a bummer...I love The Pogues' Version.
Delmers 4 years ago
I like these folks...
Great music...
StoopTroup 4 years ago