Luke Kelly Paddy On The Railway ( 1979/80 )

[MrDannysuzy]

how come all the good artists are dieing like flies and the suckish ones are multiplying like rabbits?

[MarkforMetal]

@MrDannysuzy That's quite simple. among artists good ones are very rare and sadly the suckish ones ain't..

[irishgeal1]

lukes on the milky way waiting for us.

[grimaces]

@irishgeal1

Funny

[golfclub48]

classsssssssssssssss

[1977Cavalry]

Luke is the greatest Irish singer ever to come out of Ireland. i am a Irish singer and trust me when you try to sing songs like him, you better get up early and by that i mean practising.

[theloudhalo]

I don't think Luke seems confused on this video. He's very much in command of everything. I have really enjoyed this as I do all of his renditions over the years and I'm not even from his traditional background.

Music breaks down all barriers.

He is certainly one of my musical heroes.

[albar76]

irish bob marley. you will never find more soul than that!

[Thrawn6211]

@albar76 He's a little more than Bob Marley, I think, although they both died at a young age and are heroes in their countries.

[stanibol]

@albar76 indeed I agree, both kelly and marley had stacks of charisma

[geoffhummerstone]

craicin`

[mac899]

"When Ronnie Drew was born" hahahahahaha

[sonicelec]

What s singer - one of the best voices I gave ever heard - his voice and his stage presents are pure Ireland

[verbusen]

HEY! I'm number 125,000! Thats kind of cool, I'll have a toast to that!

Long live the Irish!

[Fuxmajor1813]

@verbusen Sláinte !



[rebelgirlCSA]

haha in 1841 when Ronnie drew was born lol Luke must have been hilarious

[cindydintn]

Luke's stage presence is because he sings as natually as he talks.

[MONTAGNEVILLE]

LUKE IS IRELAND AND HER VOICE

[Javlin91]

I love luke kelly i think hes 1 of Irelands best Singers

[MrLance228]

im glad he is the voice of ireland

[Zesazerty]

@MrLance228 I'm the new voice of Ireland.

[xXTotalDIsCordXx]

@Zesazerty When you can lilt rather than sing "a Rocky Road to Dublin" while keeping a consistence of passionate but not a over-zealous jaunty spirid about it, then i may consider giving you a new task, but i say emphaticallly that you will never beat Luke Kelly.

[OlanRollin]

savage

[MikeHoncho1986]

Reminds me of a summer spent in Pittsburgh with the lads. This was sang anytime we had a few in us, which was a lot.....

[conditionaisbeta]

In 1841 (when Ronnie Drew was born) LOL

[nikicrucer]

what a voice...what a man....true legend...my father in-law drank with him in dublin in the early 70's a true gent he was. I'm glad that my early years my father taught me these songs along with christy moore songs, the clancy brother's etc.... I am proud of my heritage and proud to say that Luke Kelly's brings a tear to my eye and joy to my heart. R.I.P Luke your soul shall live on in your music

[tircrough]

jesus u must be hard to please if ur questioning a perforfance like that,its fair to say i mite be obsessed wi mr kelly

[7oct1936]

You must be joking when you use "confused"

Just listen to his diction, timing and attack all brilliant

I wish I was as confused as that most of the time

Oldgit

[dowdallerno1]

happy birthday Luke, you will live forever through your songs

[pluckdaduck]

The milky way lol love ya luke god bless

[marcuslon]

love that man so much rest in peace luke irish legend



[Ivo13579]

Saw the dubliners play this song in Tilburg ( Holland) on 10/10/2010. They were great, but this 'old' version is phenomenal!

[TenderTrap86]

I don't get it. Where was he working?

[edvpill]

god bless the irish

[Markus20475]

Luke always in our hearts and music

[ukastprint]

Confused? Please. This man bites chunks out of this song. If only you were all so talented.

[kathleenandhercat]

great song

[kathleenandhercat]

great song



[kathleenandhercat]

great song

[irishgeal1]

lmao, 1800 and 41 when drew was born, i bet ronnie loved that. get in there the dubliners.

[Inferno247]

In 1841 ... "when Ronnie Drew was born" :-D hehe love that @ the begining :).

[Chomuno]

@Inferno247 haha I haven't heard the first time! What a humourous singer, may he spend the eternity in the black peace of his peaceful and flowered grave.

[MsDodo117]

i love luke and his voice too, for me, he is the best singer ever, but don't forget ronnie and ciarian.

may they all rest in peace.

[CalumK1982]

The Dubliners are not the same without Luke Kelly - what an amazing voice, a brilliant performer!!!

[boattrainpaddy]

Long Live Luke Kelly!!!!

[coletteconroy]

brill song

[irkofan]

The angels lament as their voices are no longer the most beautiful in heaven.

[elboxo]

A true Irish song

[0801killer]

luke - love your voice may the angels enjoy it...

[ringterlit]

I may sing this song tonight at The Rover...

[irishgeal1]

up the c.i.e and luke

[MsDodo117]

in 1841 ---- want to see the face of ronnie

[dbd1353]

Deathbycatz, your school has great taste. this is one of the first songs I learned..My late Irish mother used to sing it to me when I was young...

[deathbycatz]

my irish dance school does this dance!

[secretsofwar10]

IN 1841!!! , when ronnie drew was born - ha ha

[SuzieQew]

Legendary song!

[Olderen]

his name was paddy he worked on the railway and then he died

[ejlaparram]

I don't only love Luke's voice and lookes, I think his sence of humor is also great!!!

[CredoCatholicJournal]

Fantastic!

[DancesWithLlamas]

1841? Is this song about the Western railway companies in America?

[shylence]

No British ones.

[ozzma]

You don't by any chanse know the name of that song? the american version I mean.

[JCDenton04]

this is British there is an American version out there

[elboxo]

Its irish asshole

[dawtimbhoy]

@elboxo your asshole

[elboxo]

@dawtimbhoy Well done.thats great,all on your own was it?

[0801killer]

@elboxo rott in hell you lousy bastard

[irishgeal1]

luke just being great as it was the only mode he knew.

[SuperBootsForDinner]

fuck sake you cant help but love our trad its infectious well wer up to 90million claiments of irishness now but inky 3million got the green in our blood

[Nordrian]

I tend to love traditional musics :p I love Irish music, and Celtic music :D

[magmalin]

Irish music is not just great for the Irish. I love it and know a lot of the lyrics of the songs by heart, used to sing my kids to sleep with Irish songs when they were babies. Though I've never been to Ireland...

[whitewizzardreturns]

I can tell something wasn't quite right in this vid of Luke. If he did have the operation before this concert then it would explain him looking confused a bit on stage. Rest in peace Luke and may your music always bring happiness and comfort to those of us still here on earth.

[kellyoneill]

This was before the Operation,

exactly when does Luke look confused?

[funkwolf1]

@kellyoneill all the way through espically at the beggining, he seemed giddy and blinked multiple times

[steelyphil41]

@funkwolf1 he was giddy cos he said a joke, he was slaggin ronnie drew

[cindydintn]

@kellyoneill I don't think Luke looks confused, but the sides of his face don't match. The right side of his face is more swollen than the left side. That could have been a sinus infection, though.

[DoWhtYaLike86]

@whitewizzardreturns I think this was after his operation

[carpentry72]

@whitewizzardreturns Id say your confused

[MultiHawkeye101]

@whitewizzardreturns Haaa you fuckin mongo this was pre op

[wackybumcheek]

knee slappin fun with friends! love it!! luke = God

[schillaci1987]

pulling switches and dodging hitches!!!

[irishgeal1]

dam you luke, you set the bar to high for us mere mortals.

[TenderTrap86]

Okay, so he was wearing courteroy britches, digging ditches and what....?

[EricBristowLegend]

pulling switching and dodging?????

[jkeppel90]

Dodging ditches.

[jkeppel90]

I found out yesterday that this performance was after the tumour was removed the first time. It said so on the Luke documentary.

[PaulDRooney]

"In eighteen hundred and forty-one! *mutter* "When Ronnie Drew was born." Haha good song though and platformen don't say up the ra they're gone and hopefully forever.

[57pg]

i think that's suppose to be IRA

[cwwakeysprincess]

Fucking Love it..Legend ! x

[platformen]

greetings from Denmark. i love good old luke, and the Dubliners as well.

UP THE RA

[aidolirish]

every song by luke is good

[antfoley1983]

I love the Dubliners but this song is something else!

[schiple]

I love Luke Kelly!!

[EricBristowLegend]

luv u luke rip

[thehappyfucker]

Class

[viennamaestro]

An incredible voice. Yes, it's Irish folk. but it's soul, soul, soul

[conorg32]

LEGEND

[kulyfr]

God Blees to you Luke, you spread your laughter and your wonderful voice all over the world. You will never be forgotten in our hearts. God speed and send som love to Ronnie too.

[sangdracks]

is it my imagination, or is he speaking in hebrew at the very end? i thought i heard him saying something......

[AncientBohemoth]

It's your imagination!

He says; "thank you very much, your very kind".

[4391159]

our day will come Luke will rise again

[LindaLimerick]

Aww R.I.P. Luke and Ronnie

2 Legends, Bet the craic is 90 in Heaven Now =)

[pete584]

amazing r.i.p you ol tinker

[fanvasvart]

This is the VOICE of Ireland.....

[coachhandsome]

Exactly. Can`t get much better than that

[RUAC]

Well said, couldn't agree more ! Resquecant in pace Luke Kelly

James Flannery

Leeds

[bousie1234]

Gr8

[birdman404]

cool lukey song weel done miss o neill xxx

[polmaccaba]

living in Atlanta, 50 inch screen...fair play to you!

[wackybumcheek]

fair play! the further you get from Ireland the more fun stuff like this is!

[cicciotamborra]

i just only want to say thank you to all the irish artist,i'm from italy cheers to all irish people......thank you ronnie,thank you luke and thank you shane!!!!

[joeygsmom]

PorscheJochen, I read that Ciaran had a brain hemorrhage in 74, he never really recovered and was unable to perform. According to the article the Dubliners never stopped paying him, nor would they consider replacing him until his death in 88. If thats true they sure were some loyal friends!

[josparkes]

Lovely singing. My Dad's name was Paddy, his Dad was irish, I never met him, but I love irish music.

Jo Sparkes

1/11/2008

Norfolk

[mrsquelchy]

I play a similar song called 'Philamiooriay' which is a lot faster and uses most of the lyrics to the verses as they are on here. Interesting to hear another version. My version is entirely in G and Am so is a doddle to play - this seems similar although with an occasional C thrown in but it'd be good to hear people singing this sort of thing live again.

[PorscheJochen]

where is ciaran bourke??

[SirCoughsalot]

This was a while after Ciaran died. (Hope I spelled his name right. God be good to him.)

[PorscheJochen]

what?? Ciarian died on 10. Mai 1988 an Luke on 30. Januar 1984!

???

[SirCoughsalot]

Are you sure? If that's the case, I really have no idea.

[PorscheJochen]

Im absolutly sure! look at wikipedia...

[sammcc102]

ciaran died in 1988, but was unable to play since he became unwell in 74/75

[pornshop08]

Is this guy alive r dead can anyone tell me?

[kellyoneill]

Luke died of a brain tumour in 1984.

[raglan67]

as kelly said luke is no longer with us , check for more of him on here and enjoy

[KILLUCAN]

Born 1940 Died January 30 1984 in hospital R.I.P Luke

[SirCoughsalot]

Anyone have the chords for this?

[kateypie1]

god bless you luke, and god speed ronnie. two of the best men.

[Pyke96]

He is so locked there. What a legend.

[nacho1560]

RIP, Luke, and your mate Ronnie Drew who died of cancer today, 16th August, 2008. Give the angels some new tunes, lads.

[bollix13]

He totally has the audience in his hand - d'you see the way he gets them to clap along, totally stop, and then start up again?!

Let's see any performer get up nowadays and command such attention with just his voice and a few acoustic musicians

[nacho1560]

what a performance. As someone else said he puts his heart and soul into his performances and really cares. you can tell he cares about Paddy.

[birdman404]

i was wearing courdroy breeches digging ditches pulling switches cool lyrics lukey you are the master eireann go brah!

[poetry77]

When you were Singing it was your soul who Spoke

Pure Magic words straight from the Tongue

while your Heart started to bleed, Sometimes

Your eyes closed and almost melt to one with you face

Such beautiful pieces

With such Poetic and such Clearly rhyms

Luke Kelly

* * 1940 -- 1984 * *

Manjula

[poetry77]

Zo'n energie had deze man!!1 Zo Bruu Hoe hij was.

Hij was de Hazes van Ierland

Manjula

[praskovia13]

Happy St Patricks day peace and good luck to all

[ajlib]

"In 1814, when ronnie drew was born"

haha :D

[RailwayFreak071]

1841,Ronnie Drew was born

[stickydrummergal]

i love luke!!

such a legend!

R.I.P

[kateypie1]

this just gets better everytime i watch it! what a sense of the humour luke had :)

[kellyoneill]

we watch luke on the projector,

lukey on the full length and height of the wall is amazing especially with the cinema sound, ya should try it , nothing like it!!!!

[RCAFchicky]

i also watch Luke on my projector screen with surround sound. Feels almost like he's alive again. Nothing like it...

R.I.P Legend Luke Kelly

[kellyoneill]

Is right, lol just aswell i have nice neighbours.

[RailwayFreak071]

Ya haven't lived until you see Luke's blastful voice on a 8ft screen accompanied with surround sound speakers!Were studying Kavanagh as a Leaving Cert poet and were watched Luke sing Raglan Road,the majority of my class hadn't heard him before but they were awestruck!Luke just sung as normal in my life but the people in my class didn't no what was happening.My teacher even asked me for a loan of my Performer to copy the DVD to show to the rest of her classes!Just simply magical!

[craiced1]

Fair play to you lad you know what real music is.! !Great to have d younger generation remembering past legends.

[jaytodt]

Should we all give up?

[Thomastanko]

awsome kiss

[kellyoneill]

lol aww, kiss xxx

[praskovia13]

merry Christmas to all, may sanity clause visit the eejits of the world and heres to peace and enlightenment in 2008

[praskovia13]

lol, ey up ould lad

[beef12123]

where duz he live A

[praskovia13]

is that yourself there?

[praskovia13]

where does he live? JOKE!!

[aaronkelley]

Luke looks like me brother Brian!!!!

[zulawoo]

"when ronnie drew was born"

Brilliant

[praskovia13]

love this, tugs at yer heartstrings to b sure

[BJL1888]

like it :)

[kellyoneill]

lol well ya should love it !