He was the black sheep. A permanent pariah. He asked no quarter of the bosses and none was given. He learned no lessons. He acknowledged no mistakes. He was as stubborn a Mick as ever stumbled out of the northeast parishes to take a patrolman shield. He brooked no authority. He did what he wanted to do and he said what he wanted to say. In the end, he gave you the clearances. He was natural PO-lice.
a tribute beyond compare, to a people who took their oppurtunities despite hatred from others. Irish didnt cry, irish who used their brains and brawn, to this day the greatest struggle agianst a foriegn and WHITE aggresor, a piece of inconsequentioal shit, the irish will never give up on this small 6 county piece. despite american libberals and conservatives, irish true will always advance the cause.
Oh,..what I meant was that Native Americans are discriminated against in the US,as well as other people,so it would be rather hypocritical of me to speak like a racist.Also,ya know,its a racist thing to call someone a Cracker too.Just sayin,..
@ChimeraAZ yeah i am one that was irony of saying cracker. well said though I'm glad you didn't get mad like most people do if you reply to their comment.
andersonnonono -and just where did your feeble little brain pick up on my being a racist?be interesting if you could tell me.Lol! Not a word about anyone's race in there,other than Shane's Nationality.LOL! We ALL know that Shane is of Irish blood,that has never been the question.It's always does he claim to be Irish or English in NATIONALITY. To be a racist,I would have had to diss him for being born of Irish blood,which I didnt.How funny! Me,a racist.I'm part Native American.
@ChimeraAZ I agree you did not say anything racist but how does being native american mean you cannot be racist? Kinda annoying for crackers that only they can be racist. Irish people some of the whitest and most discriminated just saying....
STOP,STOP,STOP it! Jesus.Who cares where he lived when he was 6,or where he went to school first,or second.Or if he is Irish or English.He is what he is,..Brilliant! All we should care about is that he gives us a massive amount of great music to listen to and love,and a great personality to enjoy to boot.And I pray that Shane will be in the world for a long time. It will be somewhat diminished when he leaves it.God,I love this song!! HeeHee!!
@Trinity61 A child looking for a reaction no doubt so shame on me for bothering, but English band??? And what Irish boxer my delusional friend?? I know I'm going to get 'born in England' but ask Shane McGowan his nationality... You've claimed enough other nationalities from Linford Christie to Frank Bruno so back off. We didn't all get to choose where we were born Mr Empire.
@TommyKeegan McGowan has spent most of his life in London.The band came up on the London pub live scene of the 80ties.So the person that said English band,is a wee bit right.Even if most are Irish,playing there Irish music.With a bit of punk rock thrown into it.And that is there down to London,and what was happening there when they were young.And I am not English or Irish.I am Scottish and a big Pogues fan.Love there music and love them live,they are total grade A legands.U know its Xmas way em.
@legandrydirk actually the band lived in london only 5 years and he is 60 something now.its an irish band.just cause the were in london doesnt make em english.ask shane mcgowan if his english and youd get a bottle in the face
@legandrydirk he lived in ireland most of there lifes.the spent only 5 years in london and there all about 60 something.they still live in ireland cause its there home.tell shane mcgowen his british and watch that bottle break ur face so good luck to ya
@leontrotsky911 Your wrong he even speaks with a London accent.Most of his adult life was spent in London.Why would I call him British anyway?London is were the money is.And that is why he choose to stay there.What Irish person do you know,that talks like he does?The only ones who do,have been staying here over 20 years.And for such a big Celtic fan.He does not go to many games.I know a guy that sits behind,were McGowan hss his seat.And he says that he is hardly ever there.
I loved the Pogues before the Wire, saw them in kilburn back in the early 90s, Shane's the man. Pissed up poet laureate of our (the mislead 80s) generation.
the wire brought me to the pogues, but the quality kept me there. awesome band.
and I agree with everyone who has said that it really doesn't matter how you came across the band, similar to the people who discovered the stones through Black Ops
Who cares how we came to this song? It doesn't matter how you stumbled upon this song, just be happy you were lucky enough to. The Wire is an incredible show and the Pogues are an incredible band. Leave it at that?
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this Canadian wants this to go out to all my American brothers, to me you are beautiful and we are both the only true "north Americans". I love you and always will.
On my Ma's side I'm second generation. On dad's side I'm the 18 male in my family to take up arms. The first was during the revolution. I'm a free born man of the USA. God Bless America
@88McCloskey and it was probably never graced by an irishman. 95% of those pubs have nothing to do with ireland except for a few signs probably made in china.
I loved the Pogues before the Wire, but at the same point The Wire, much like Scorcese using the piano coda in Layla for Goodfellas, has definitely changed the viewpoint of anyone who watched the Wire about this song. It's not a bad thing guys.
This song was used a few times to great effect in the classic HBO series; The Wire about life on a gang run, drug-riddled housing scheme in West Baltimore, Maryland USA and the covert intelligence gathering carried out by the police that served frequently to fuel the ongoing violence. If you haven't seen The Wire (5 seasons in total) yet, I urge you to check it out. It is flawless and superb drama.
I'm sharing this song for all my Irish American friends. Happy St. Patrick's Day folks :) xx
I love the pogues! This band writes the best songs about Irish immigrants in all countries, and definately Irish Americans...this song reminds me so much of my grandpa McCann's funeral. The two things he used to say all the time were "I walked and walked and walked all over India" (about is service in the Army during WWII) and "I'm a freeborn man of the USA".
It's a dirty rotten shame that most people know Lady Ga Ga. But you have to look for great music like this. If it wasn't for the car comercial I would never heard these guys.
Excellent, quality music been watching these guys for long time now, but tell you what sound just sounds the same as back in the 80 same.love it.... hope you come back to glasgow
The three who voted thumbs down must be these real fat fucks, shlubs, slobs, rolly pollys, old farts, & sagging, miserable, non-Irish, non-booze guzzling boors with these protruding guts & zero appreciation for GREAT music! They need to break out of their funk & live a little! Time to reap as much enjoyment & excitement from life as possible guys, & brilliant, uplifting songs such as this gem could be just the antidote! Me--I'm a free born man of the USA!!!
The tale of a boozy, arrogant, nasty, itchy-dicked, foulmouthed, Mick asshole who made a living off of giving a fuck when it wasn't his turn to give a fuck. LONG LIVE JIMMY MCNULTY!!!
load of Yanks on here looking for a slice of history, no problem with that but y'must understand yiz are american and that's that. Oirish american - whats all that about? anyway, great great song - love the pogues man, up the pool!
@TheMerseyBoy OIRISH AMERICAN is about representing where your family came from. And to hate on that my friend is a sad deed. I know im a yank but for you to poke at that makes you a parasite. My grandda would kick your ass you fuckin leach!
@TrueTxGx A LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY? Check your fucking books.(I'm an Anarchist at that). You think that yanks are craving for a lil piece of historty? We've had that and don't want anymore.(MOST F US). Suck a cock you pompous fag!
@naughton101 LOL indeed! Though are ye referring to County Cook out in Northern Illinois? No doubt there are many Irish out there ((as certain parts of Chicago are thoroughly steeped in Irish culture & pride!)). Though the two most Irish counties in America are right south of Boston--Norfolk & Plymouth, with each being roughly 40% Irish respectively. Also, Quincy, where I live, is, on this per capita basis, the most Irish city in the country, with at 38% of its citizens claiming green genes!
@sxlfkta yeah im from Chicago i know that Boston area town have huge Irish population but Boston is a small city(in size) so areas like Quincy are more like neighborhoods in Chicago. If you ever come to Chicago go to Western Ave on the south side both sides of the street for over a mile are Irish pubs/bars
@naughton101 I see your point my man! Also, I love Chicago, as it's basically my favorite city in the entire country! For Boston is GREAT, though Chicago is Spectacular, fascinating & very exciting, while its Irish citizens are definitely friendlier, more open & less ill-tempered than those from Boston/Quincy Mass. ((for I've met many wonderful Irish Americans from your wonderful & much beloved city!))! You seem like this very interesting dude, so feel free to stay in touch anytime my man!
aye fuck some telly program this is a top tune, that peeler ballax 'Nulty knew fuck all about whisky anyways. Knock back Bushmills in Ireland for it being a "prod" whisky and ye'd be out on yer ear for pig ignorance. Never popped any o those boys neither so he's no proper lad.
@zacafreakingriah eventually great songs end up associated with something. at least it was the wire. you know the worst thing? a f-in soccer mom commercial with Fall From grace With God...horrible.
@zacafreakingriah so fuckin' what, it's a great fucking song and it's a great fucking show,i wouldn't even know who the pogues are if it wasn't for that show and i would have missed out on one of the greatest bands(and songwriters/singers Shane MacGowan) i ever heard so everybody stop whining,shut the fuck up, and enjoy the fucking song, and if someone says that they heard it on the wire or wherever, it just means that a great show led them to a great song, that's it, nothing more, nothing less.
@Rao665 its more like 5 times and i articulated it so stupid whining people like you would get the point, but i guess i underestimated your stupidity, and btw i am not from UK or America + it was harder for me to avoid being part of the masses and to be an individual and listen to and find great music when i am constantly surrounded by a bunch of idiots who wouldnt know great music if it hit them in the face, so again stop whining and bitching and enjoy the song.
i heard this song as many of you people at the tv show "the wire". i´m from germany and i am sure that i disgrace myself now, but i did not get it. whats this song about? why do they played this song at the obsequies?
thats how i understood it, but in "the wire" there some cops surely not irish! so i thought that i missunderstood something! but i guess it means more a feeling then a nationality?!
@TSunami3761 The Irish have a long history in the police departments on the East Coast. After the famine brought them over in the 1840's-50's, it was one of the few jobs open to Irishmen. This would explain the tradition taking hold, even in Bawlmer where 63.4% of the population is Black now.
To me this song is about the illussion of freedom in the USA. "BUT he never threw a fight unless the fight was right so THEY sent him to the war". Only to come back dead and remembered in his own words as "a free born man of the U.S.A". What he said and what happened kind of contradict each other
@Dakatt1 i have to doubt the "illusion" theory of yours.seems like he had many options in the song. beyond that, america has made many an irishman more than what they would have been in ireland proper at the time.
@dbpgh The options were to fight the way they wanted or be sent off to war. He choose to be a fighter, fair enough, he didn't make the decision on what would ultimatley be his demise. So freedom is around until you go against the wishes of those who run countries and make wars. Maybe not an illusion but certainly a dillusion from Dwyers perspective.
"they sent him to the war - I'm a free born man" Beautifully ironic song
@Dakatt1 really i dont have a strong aesthic snese that myabe you have. i think the song is more about love,which is a more concrete idea than freedom.i dont know who wrote this,but i know enough that brendan behan and the like are beyond my grasp.it touches certain connections, but i appreciate your perspective.
Hey,dont turn this great song into a Wire thing, nor a debate on "winde","wine" ,"wind", etc. Keep this classic simple.As someone smarter than all of you, here are the key points to bear in mind:
1. greatest group ever: the Pogues
2. greatest song ever: this one (river shannon close second)
Its actually Spanish rifles far away as oppossed to winde or wind. McGowan had a bit of a facination with the Spanish Civil War and thats what he's shiten on about. Thats what it says in the lyrics section on the album in lay
he's referring to the brave irish americans who helped you spanish boys fight franco or dont u know your own fucking history the word is wind dont read to much into it it's not rocket science..
It makes sense, connected to the thing of the fights line and that he was sent to the war... Didn't think about that... But don't get so excited, this is not my native language and for sure I don't need any average american to give me any lesson about my "fucking" history.
@richjohnf: It's not what I did. I'm assuming you don't share my heritage. It's not something one can simply explain, you're born with you're Celtic pride. GO IRELAND
but 15 minutes later we had our first taste of whiskey, there was uncles givin lectures on irish history! The men all started tellin jokes and the women they got friskey. By five o clock in the evening every bastard there was piskey!
born in england and spent most of his early life there.cept a coupla years in tipperary. his family arent even from dublin so youre pulling that outa your arse
pilesOG-Naaaaah,np,..I only get mad when people refuse to spell "you",and put "u" instead.The English language is going to hell,.....HeHe,..
ChimeraAZ 6 hours ago
shout out to The Wire for this song
geoff3486 10 hours ago
hahahahaha love it!
nametide 2 days ago
He was the black sheep. A permanent pariah. He asked no quarter of the bosses and none was given. He learned no lessons. He acknowledged no mistakes. He was as stubborn a Mick as ever stumbled out of the northeast parishes to take a patrolman shield. He brooked no authority. He did what he wanted to do and he said what he wanted to say. In the end, he gave you the clearances. He was natural PO-lice.
IDF1987 4 days ago 2
@IDF1987 And Idont give that one up lightly, even when they're lying on the table....
Play the FUCKIN SONG!!!!!!
jimithechef1 1 day ago
a tribute beyond compare, to a people who took their oppurtunities despite hatred from others. Irish didnt cry, irish who used their brains and brawn, to this day the greatest struggle agianst a foriegn and WHITE aggresor, a piece of inconsequentioal shit, the irish will never give up on this small 6 county piece. despite american libberals and conservatives, irish true will always advance the cause.
fzcamm 1 week ago
Oh,..what I meant was that Native Americans are discriminated against in the US,as well as other people,so it would be rather hypocritical of me to speak like a racist.Also,ya know,its a racist thing to call someone a Cracker too.Just sayin,..
ChimeraAZ 1 week ago
@ChimeraAZ yeah i am one that was irony of saying cracker. well said though I'm glad you didn't get mad like most people do if you reply to their comment.
pilesOG 2 days ago
andersonnonono -and just where did your feeble little brain pick up on my being a racist?be interesting if you could tell me.Lol! Not a word about anyone's race in there,other than Shane's Nationality.LOL! We ALL know that Shane is of Irish blood,that has never been the question.It's always does he claim to be Irish or English in NATIONALITY. To be a racist,I would have had to diss him for being born of Irish blood,which I didnt.How funny! Me,a racist.I'm part Native American.
ChimeraAZ 3 weeks ago
@ChimeraAZ I agree you did not say anything racist but how does being native american mean you cannot be racist? Kinda annoying for crackers that only they can be racist. Irish people some of the whitest and most discriminated just saying....
pilesOG 2 weeks ago
@pilesOG because all the other gowls are a buncha cunts
worthy0ne 1 week ago
STOP,STOP,STOP it! Jesus.Who cares where he lived when he was 6,or where he went to school first,or second.Or if he is Irish or English.He is what he is,..Brilliant! All we should care about is that he gives us a massive amount of great music to listen to and love,and a great personality to enjoy to boot.And I pray that Shane will be in the world for a long time. It will be somewhat diminished when he leaves it.God,I love this song!! HeeHee!!
ChimeraAZ 4 weeks ago
@ChimeraAZ +you racist
andersonnonono 3 weeks ago
your lyriv=cs are wrong but fuck it im shitfzced, erin go brah
nigols88 4 weeks ago
the wire :)
Jamelgooo 1 month ago 4
filthy08 I love that you took time to write all the lyrics down: thanks :)
Isismusicnow 1 month ago
Great song!!!
IceGuard1988 1 month ago
One of the most patriotic American songs ever...and it was written by an English band about a dead Irish boxer. Go figure.
Trinity61 1 month ago
@Trinity61 A child looking for a reaction no doubt so shame on me for bothering, but English band??? And what Irish boxer my delusional friend?? I know I'm going to get 'born in England' but ask Shane McGowan his nationality... You've claimed enough other nationalities from Linford Christie to Frank Bruno so back off. We didn't all get to choose where we were born Mr Empire.
TommyKeegan 1 month ago
@TommyKeegan McGowan has spent most of his life in London.The band came up on the London pub live scene of the 80ties.So the person that said English band,is a wee bit right.Even if most are Irish,playing there Irish music.With a bit of punk rock thrown into it.And that is there down to London,and what was happening there when they were young.And I am not English or Irish.I am Scottish and a big Pogues fan.Love there music and love them live,they are total grade A legands.U know its Xmas way em.
legandrydirk 1 month ago
@legandrydirk actually the band lived in london only 5 years and he is 60 something now.its an irish band.just cause the were in london doesnt make em english.ask shane mcgowan if his english and youd get a bottle in the face
leontrotsky911 1 month ago
@leontrotsky911 shane is 54 now not 60 something, jesus and the internet is right at your fingertips.
rneoman 3 weeks ago
@legandrydirk he lived in ireland most of there lifes.the spent only 5 years in london and there all about 60 something.they still live in ireland cause its there home.tell shane mcgowen his british and watch that bottle break ur face so good luck to ya
leontrotsky911 1 month ago
@leontrotsky911 Your wrong he even speaks with a London accent.Most of his adult life was spent in London.Why would I call him British anyway?London is were the money is.And that is why he choose to stay there.What Irish person do you know,that talks like he does?The only ones who do,have been staying here over 20 years.And for such a big Celtic fan.He does not go to many games.I know a guy that sits behind,were McGowan hss his seat.And he says that he is hardly ever there.
legandrydirk 1 month ago
@Trinity61 its an irish band from ireland......wow
leontrotsky911 1 month ago
i want this song to be played at my funeral while i'm lying in a pool table
:D
fede018 1 month ago 3
@fede018
me too. thats a srsly epic way to be the dead man at a party!
IshimaruCH 1 month ago
who was jim dwyer???
ramonthe3rd 1 month ago
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witchking19899 1 month ago
The Wire has a lot of culture in its series. Irish, Greek, English, American, Afro-American, Polish... Such a nice series!
AFreeKurdistan 1 month ago 2
I loved the Pogues before the Wire, saw them in kilburn back in the early 90s, Shane's the man. Pissed up poet laureate of our (the mislead 80s) generation.
TheGregski 2 months ago
fuckin yanks havent got a clue.
martinnolan88 2 months ago
the wire brought me to the pogues, but the quality kept me there. awesome band.
and I agree with everyone who has said that it really doesn't matter how you came across the band, similar to the people who discovered the stones through Black Ops
jesusmcsanders 3 months ago 2
@jesusmcsanders There were people that didn't know about the Stones before Black Ops?
ravenwing613 3 months ago
@ravenwing613 amazingly, yes. their sales jumped considerably right after the game was released.
I'd imagine that most people had at least heard of the band, but didn't know the music.
jesusmcsanders 3 months ago
are the five dislike guys fucking deaf
cakemania321 3 months ago
Who cares how we came to this song? It doesn't matter how you stumbled upon this song, just be happy you were lucky enough to. The Wire is an incredible show and the Pogues are an incredible band. Leave it at that?
88McCloskey 3 months ago
The Wire The Wire The Wire The Wire The Wire The Wire The Wire The Wire... Just wanted to piss off a few Irish gentlemen
yungyacht 3 months ago
i have one question... what the hell is The Wire?
Mereanonymous 4 months ago
@Mereanonymous The best TV series ever my friend.
TheMagicRat933 4 months ago
@Mereanonymous You ever heard of the word GOOGLE
yungyacht 3 months ago
@yungyacht dude, seriously? wtf. why the hostility.
SillyJericho 3 months ago
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this Canadian wants this to go out to all my American brothers, to me you are beautiful and we are both the only true "north Americans". I love you and always will.
Donryall 4 months ago
@Donryall thanks lad I appreciate it. You guys will always be the friendly neighbors up north. Canada is a beautiful country!
88McCloskey 3 months ago
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garbanzobean1 5 months ago
On my Ma's side I'm second generation. On dad's side I'm the 18 male in my family to take up arms. The first was during the revolution. I'm a free born man of the USA. God Bless America
Ricklawrence 5 months ago
five people aren't free born men
h1br1dthe0ri3 5 months ago
Totally don't get what it's about.... But it's the pogues, and good.
Also, like the rewritten, improved american anthem at the end.
dav3fk 5 months ago 2
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@dav3fk
rewritten, improved american anthem " ?
Feck arse - you yanks ruin anything good. It's a great song as Pogues presented it originally.
TheRedPenn 4 months ago
We NYC Cops love it and If I should Fall From Grace with God. No ones bag pipes are better than NYC Police.
ranger450t 5 months ago
Karioke
cullybog87 5 months ago
GOD created alcohol to keep the Irish from ruling the world.
mitchelldaniel89 5 months ago 36
@mitchelldaniel89 GOD created alcohol to let the Irish rule the world. ;) theres irish pubs in fecking Afghanistan for christ sakes
88McCloskey 2 months ago 5
@88McCloskey and it was probably never graced by an irishman. 95% of those pubs have nothing to do with ireland except for a few signs probably made in china.
martinnolan88 2 months ago
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alex0mecagoentusmuer 6 months ago
If you're going to post a lyrics video at least get the bloody lyrics right!
balbrig06 6 months ago
the pogues are the best drinking band ever to exist in the universe!!!!!!!
haskellmoeller 6 months ago
5 people arent freeborn men of the USA
Irishyoshi1 6 months ago 4
@Irishyoshi1 1 person pisses everybody off with their stupid ass comment.
GOLIATHdominates 6 months ago
@GOLIATHdominates Im a Unicorn!!!
Irishyoshi1 4 months ago
2 days left for Zagreb. I can't wait anymore !
MrCroatiaUploader 6 months ago 3
"The Cadillac stood by the house and the yanks they were within" - what a line
CountryQuestion 6 months ago
If anyone can post the video of the Pogues on Saturday Night Live performing this song it would be cool.
FlatulenceFox 7 months ago
@FlatulenceFox I second that. Great performance.
circushead 6 months ago
fuck tha wire, im sure you have seen the soccer mom commercial with grace of god....horrible.
dbpgh 8 months ago
If you lying there on the corner it was probably jimmy that done ya! - The Bunk
IDF1987 8 months ago 3
RIP Robert F. Colesman (Detective Ray Cole)
IDF1987 8 months ago
this seems like an american sally maclennane
ricochet3212 8 months ago
'fifteen minutes we had our first taste of whiskey'
classic Pogues, plain and simple!
MacAoidh4 8 months ago
croatians and irish brothers at arms!!!!!!!!!!!111
fyckthissht 9 months ago
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simpkin7 9 months ago
I loved the Pogues before the Wire, but at the same point The Wire, much like Scorcese using the piano coda in Layla for Goodfellas, has definitely changed the viewpoint of anyone who watched the Wire about this song. It's not a bad thing guys.
nycalling72 10 months ago 2
Wow. When did the disconect happen- when y'all got the HBO? Some of us learned to love the Pogues on the LP. Brave New World.
seriously699 10 months ago
This song was used a few times to great effect in the classic HBO series; The Wire about life on a gang run, drug-riddled housing scheme in West Baltimore, Maryland USA and the covert intelligence gathering carried out by the police that served frequently to fuel the ongoing violence. If you haven't seen The Wire (5 seasons in total) yet, I urge you to check it out. It is flawless and superb drama.
I'm sharing this song for all my Irish American friends. Happy St. Patrick's Day folks :) xx
upstatelugh 10 months ago 2
I love the pogues! This band writes the best songs about Irish immigrants in all countries, and definately Irish Americans...this song reminds me so much of my grandpa McCann's funeral. The two things he used to say all the time were "I walked and walked and walked all over India" (about is service in the Army during WWII) and "I'm a freeborn man of the USA".
goldheartmoutaintop 10 months ago 3
It's a dirty rotten shame that most people know Lady Ga Ga. But you have to look for great music like this. If it wasn't for the car comercial I would never heard these guys.
crorivpro 11 months ago
@crorivpro
Excellent, quality music been watching these guys for long time now, but tell you what sound just sounds the same as back in the 80 same.love it.... hope you come back to glasgow
RyanH0879 10 months ago
Filthy Phil is the man!!
crickyw 11 months ago
the wire is the best
gustavonosecorta 11 months ago
@gustavonosecorta
sctt44 8 months ago
The three who voted thumbs down must be these real fat fucks, shlubs, slobs, rolly pollys, old farts, & sagging, miserable, non-Irish, non-booze guzzling boors with these protruding guts & zero appreciation for GREAT music! They need to break out of their funk & live a little! Time to reap as much enjoyment & excitement from life as possible guys, & brilliant, uplifting songs such as this gem could be just the antidote! Me--I'm a free born man of the USA!!!
sxlfkta 11 months ago 3
1:54 I am italian and i have always believed that he say "VERY WELL GONNA AWAY" :D
leonardomargiotta 11 months ago
From the wake video:
The tale of a boozy, arrogant, nasty, itchy-dicked, foulmouthed, Mick asshole who made a living off of giving a fuck when it wasn't his turn to give a fuck. LONG LIVE JIMMY MCNULTY!!!
gdhuertas07 1 year ago
load of Yanks on here looking for a slice of history, no problem with that but y'must understand yiz are american and that's that. Oirish american - whats all that about? anyway, great great song - love the pogues man, up the pool!
TheMerseyBoy 1 year ago
@TheMerseyBoy OIRISH AMERICAN is about representing where your family came from. And to hate on that my friend is a sad deed. I know im a yank but for you to poke at that makes you a parasite. My grandda would kick your ass you fuckin leach!
TrueTxGx 1 year ago
@TrueTxGx A LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY? Check your fucking books.(I'm an Anarchist at that). You think that yanks are craving for a lil piece of historty? We've had that and don't want anymore.(MOST F US). Suck a cock you pompous fag!
TrueTxGx 1 year ago
@TheMerseyBoy Yeah and your english
Liam2621 1 year ago
@Liam2621 Nah I'm not see...
TheMerseyBoy 1 year ago
@TheMerseyBoy y'must understand your english and thats that, anglo irish - whats all that about?
Liam2621 1 year ago
@Liam2621 Been in Liverpool 21 0f 43 years nah lad, 22 of The Liberties, keep popping Liam kidda
TheMerseyBoy 11 months ago
@TheMerseyBoy And you're a scouse orange cunt.
TAL.
TheOrbit14 9 months ago 3
@TheOrbit14 Lost me fruitcake - catholic, of proud Irish heritage and laughing at your ignorant bellend ways!!!
TheMerseyBoy 9 months ago
The Massachusetts state anthem!!! For it is the most Irish state in the entire country!
sxlfkta 1 year ago 2
@sxlfkta dont forget about the Irish from County Cook lol
naughton101 1 year ago
@naughton101 LOL indeed! Though are ye referring to County Cook out in Northern Illinois? No doubt there are many Irish out there ((as certain parts of Chicago are thoroughly steeped in Irish culture & pride!)). Though the two most Irish counties in America are right south of Boston--Norfolk & Plymouth, with each being roughly 40% Irish respectively. Also, Quincy, where I live, is, on this per capita basis, the most Irish city in the country, with at 38% of its citizens claiming green genes!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
@sxlfkta yeah im from Chicago i know that Boston area town have huge Irish population but Boston is a small city(in size) so areas like Quincy are more like neighborhoods in Chicago. If you ever come to Chicago go to Western Ave on the south side both sides of the street for over a mile are Irish pubs/bars
naughton101 1 year ago
@naughton101 I see your point my man! Also, I love Chicago, as it's basically my favorite city in the entire country! For Boston is GREAT, though Chicago is Spectacular, fascinating & very exciting, while its Irish citizens are definitely friendlier, more open & less ill-tempered than those from Boston/Quincy Mass. ((for I've met many wonderful Irish Americans from your wonderful & much beloved city!))! You seem like this very interesting dude, so feel free to stay in touch anytime my man!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
aye fuck some telly program this is a top tune, that peeler ballax 'Nulty knew fuck all about whisky anyways. Knock back Bushmills in Ireland for it being a "prod" whisky and ye'd be out on yer ear for pig ignorance. Never popped any o those boys neither so he's no proper lad.
tinmccool 1 year ago
Irish for life.
thecorekorre 1 year ago
Jodido Mcnulty!!!!!!
campesu 1 year ago
Im a free born man ofda UUUUUUUUUUUSA
srfrr 1 year ago
jimmmmmyyyyyyyy, fukin legend. How can a tv program influence so many people
ultimatedynamo1 1 year ago
I remember when this song wasn't associated with the wire and more associated with it being a great fucking song
zacafreakingriah 1 year ago 66
@zacafreakingriah What a dickhead comment
Feehely93 9 months ago
@zacafreakingriah there's nothing wrong with an amazing tv show introducing an amazing band to a whole new generation.
07foxmulder 9 months ago 44
@zacafreakingriah who cares it's a great song.... Slainte'
OscarLimaMike 7 months ago
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@zacafreakingriah It's assoiciated with both, you dumb fuck!
Kimholmlund 6 months ago
@zacafreakingriah at LEAST the show it's associated with does it justice and is itself a GREAT show
harborwolf22 6 months ago
@zacafreakingriah eventually great songs end up associated with something. at least it was the wire. you know the worst thing? a f-in soccer mom commercial with Fall From grace With God...horrible.
dbpgh 5 months ago
@zacafreakingriah so fuckin' what, it's a great fucking song and it's a great fucking show,i wouldn't even know who the pogues are if it wasn't for that show and i would have missed out on one of the greatest bands(and songwriters/singers Shane MacGowan) i ever heard so everybody stop whining,shut the fuck up, and enjoy the fucking song, and if someone says that they heard it on the wire or wherever, it just means that a great show led them to a great song, that's it, nothing more, nothing less.
TommY2033M 5 months ago 2
@TommY2033M
the word "Fuckin" said like 8 times in your paragraph?
your argument fails you inarticulate fuck.
and if you have to watch a tv show to be exposed to a great band, then your life is shit really.
Rao665 4 months ago
@Rao665 its more like 5 times and i articulated it so stupid whining people like you would get the point, but i guess i underestimated your stupidity, and btw i am not from UK or America + it was harder for me to avoid being part of the masses and to be an individual and listen to and find great music when i am constantly surrounded by a bunch of idiots who wouldnt know great music if it hit them in the face, so again stop whining and bitching and enjoy the song.
TommY2033M 4 months ago
"Shiii-yiit if it was you lying dead on some street corner,....pro-bly Jimmie that done it."
thecalistallion 1 year ago 2
bunk motherfuckin moreland
funtcuck69 1 year ago
there's less dislikes on this then, do they know it's christmas time?
funkwolf1 1 year ago
1 person aint proud
URUdderRandomness 1 year ago
This song makes me proud to be Italian
bazulight1 1 year ago 2
@bazulight1
shut up
Ratskeller1896 1 year ago
i heard this song as many of you people at the tv show "the wire". i´m from germany and i am sure that i disgrace myself now, but i did not get it. whats this song about? why do they played this song at the obsequies?
TSunami3761 1 year ago
@TSunami3761 cause the song tells the story of a dead guy and his funeral (where they all get drunk, the same as the wire).
A376ers 1 year ago
@TSunami3761 This song is about being an Irish American Patriot and a true hard case bad motherfucker.
cameljoe212 1 year ago
@cameljoe212
thats how i understood it, but in "the wire" there some cops surely not irish! so i thought that i missunderstood something! but i guess it means more a feeling then a nationality?!
TSunami3761 1 year ago
@TSunami3761 The Irish have a long history in the police departments on the East Coast. After the famine brought them over in the 1840's-50's, it was one of the few jobs open to Irishmen. This would explain the tradition taking hold, even in Bawlmer where 63.4% of the population is Black now.
Celestion321 1 year ago
@TSunami3761 and a party, a big fucking Irish party, the Irish call it a wake.
cameljoe212 1 year ago
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Unbelievable song and geniusly used in an equally brilliant tv series
316jokerman 1 year ago
Unbelievable song and geniusly used in an equally brilliant tv series
316jokerman 1 year ago 4
Ok guys, can we all stop arguing and enjoy the song over a pint?
Shardhero16 1 year ago 38
macgowans songs will be with us forever
mod69 1 year ago
To me this song is about the illussion of freedom in the USA. "BUT he never threw a fight unless the fight was right so THEY sent him to the war". Only to come back dead and remembered in his own words as "a free born man of the U.S.A". What he said and what happened kind of contradict each other
Dakatt1 1 year ago
@Dakatt1 i have to doubt the "illusion" theory of yours.seems like he had many options in the song. beyond that, america has made many an irishman more than what they would have been in ireland proper at the time.
dbpgh 1 year ago
@dbpgh The options were to fight the way they wanted or be sent off to war. He choose to be a fighter, fair enough, he didn't make the decision on what would ultimatley be his demise. So freedom is around until you go against the wishes of those who run countries and make wars. Maybe not an illusion but certainly a dillusion from Dwyers perspective.
"they sent him to the war - I'm a free born man" Beautifully ironic song
Dakatt1 1 year ago
@Dakatt1 yeah well i guess one could say that freedom isnt free.
dbpgh 1 year ago
@dbpgh When whether or not you are allowed to be free is decided by someone else, is it really freedom or just a temporary privilege?
Dakatt1 1 year ago
@Dakatt1 really i dont have a strong aesthic snese that myabe you have. i think the song is more about love,which is a more concrete idea than freedom.i dont know who wrote this,but i know enough that brendan behan and the like are beyond my grasp.it touches certain connections, but i appreciate your perspective.
dbpgh 1 year ago
@dbpgh Yeah freedom costs a buck o five.
mightyjoesakic 1 year ago
Mick I can't deal with a sad song on Saturday. So here is a happy drunken immigrant song.
I'm free born man of the USA!
chrissaam 1 year ago
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dbpgh 1 year ago
irish american culture at its finest
MrMetalica11 1 year ago
music video?? This is simply lyrics on the screen where is the "simple music video" ?
brdavis7737 1 year ago
1 person is italian
croe551 1 year ago
Hey,dont turn this great song into a Wire thing, nor a debate on "winde","wine" ,"wind", etc. Keep this classic simple.As someone smarter than all of you, here are the key points to bear in mind:
1. greatest group ever: the Pogues
2. greatest song ever: this one (river shannon close second)
3. greatest city ever: Pittsburgh
dbpgh 1 year ago 3
"if you were lying dead on the street, it's probably Jimmy who'd done you"
momentaila 1 year ago 2
God damn natural Police.
JackMoranRain 1 year ago
Good song! :)
antiwar94 1 year ago
wire
kboyce1981 1 year ago
irish baltimore. enough said
kboyce1981 1 year ago
Oh The Wire how I miss thee.
Konuvis 1 year ago
Its actually Spanish rifles far away as oppossed to winde or wind. McGowan had a bit of a facination with the Spanish Civil War and thats what he's shiten on about. Thats what it says in the lyrics section on the album in lay
paulcoates208 1 year ago
@paulcoates208
Thanks for the info, good to know!
Alexsobre 1 year ago
Perfect song to have a drink of Jameson by!
Mrmusicvideoetc 1 year ago
your lyrics suck.. get some proper ears
gonesurfin27 1 year ago
he's referring to the brave irish americans who helped you spanish boys fight franco or dont u know your own fucking history the word is wind dont read to much into it it's not rocket science..
wolfgar50 1 year ago
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Alexsobre 1 year ago
@wolfgar50
It makes sense, connected to the thing of the fights line and that he was sent to the war... Didn't think about that... But don't get so excited, this is not my native language and for sure I don't need any average american to give me any lesson about my "fucking" history.
Go shooting someone.
Alexsobre 1 year ago 2
The lyrics given are far from 100% accurate.
anchower 1 year ago 2
i'm american. but for 4.43 i was irish.
getz21 1 year ago 27
@getz21 well said man.
TheJay9002 1 year ago
@richjohnf: It's not what I did. I'm assuming you don't share my heritage. It's not something one can simply explain, you're born with you're Celtic pride. GO IRELAND
Shardhero16 1 year ago
the boy can write.........perfect for mcnultys wake
surfin4 1 year ago
It is done the The Pogues
timohan100 1 year ago
what the hell is wrong with thinking this is flogging molly?
its a good fuckin song i just didn't know who did it
orgyoasisyahoocom 1 year ago
i've listened to this about 10 times today and still not sick of it. up the irish and happy paddys day!
tonton0345 1 year ago
but 15 minutes later we had our first taste of whiskey, there was uncles givin lectures on irish history! The men all started tellin jokes and the women they got friskey. By five o clock in the evening every bastard there was piskey!
JesusIzAPunkRocker 1 year ago 2
i thought this was flogging molly when i first heard it
orgyoasisyahoocom 1 year ago
@orgyoasisyahoocom
well if fooking not.
IRAKnROLL 1 year ago
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...this is one hell of a song
rantnraging 1 year ago 2
MCNUUULTTTYYYY
RolandBrice 1 year ago 35
@RolandBrice McNULTY The only man who caught an imaginary serial killer....THE WIRE the best tv show i have ever watched!!!
Zarla1992 1 year ago
Read the book "A drink with shane Mcgowen" in his own words he will tell you .
kennethh70 1 year ago
thats his birds book and shes a fuckin sneak
smokemeagoat 1 year ago
fagaimid*
Swagman8 2 years ago
agus fagamimid siud mar ata se
Swagman8 2 years ago
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the pogues are english you tit and that aint trad music just sounds like it to people who havent heard the real thing
kdance11 2 years ago
@kdance11 Ehhhhhh.....The pogues are Irish, Shane Mcgowan from Dublin.
ConorSod 2 years ago
born in england and spent most of his early life there.cept a coupla years in tipperary. his family arent even from dublin so youre pulling that outa your arse
kdance11 2 years ago
Dublin int jesus yer cont. up th e west!
smokemeagoat 1 year ago
Sorry mate, but Shane O'Hooligan was born in Kent - and raised in Tip.
ParaffinLampherman 2 years ago 2
Helz yea, with the little bit o' irish blood in me veins, I'm bound to Ireland, cuz my heart is there forever. no matter wat, anyone wit me?
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