Put a Penny in the Slot, Fionn Regan

[WordWizard1]

man, this sort of poetry and amazing song writing can't even be considered in the same league as todays mainstream garbage radio releases. i feel sorry inside that so many gaga and bieber obsessed teens will not get the chance to hear and appreciate real music like this. hopefully one day they will :)

[feargaire]

@WordWizard1 good things come.......... Life is all about phases! Agree great music though.

[owainglyndwr16]

As Songwriters go , he's way up there with the best .. this song has a cooky Edie Brickell feel to it

[bunnyisblue]

I don't think it's fake. D : I don't think he would ever fake an accent or anything like that. Plus who cares it's a really great song and he has a great voice.

[Vinnie9Ball]

he sounds too american....

[MigiesEdition]

since when is that a bad thing?

[Vinnie9Ball]

eh....since he's not american, he's Irish and it's obviously fake

[chuzz123]

@MigiesEdition ....if your not american it is :D :I

[thepumpdontwork]

@Vinnie9Ball. You are missing the point here."Sounds american" is a crass meaningless clíche. Lyrically this guy is totally original. Come on, a song that starts with an apology for lifting items from a house including cutlery, Hennesy and a book on President's deceased up to "tears like flashbulbs" is wildly new and original. His guitar work is extremely adroit, okay very much in a standard folk/travis genre, but also he brings his own twist to that. Recognise genius when you see it :)

[Vinnie9Ball]

@thepumpdontwork in fairness though the lyrics should really be " a book on TAOISEACHS deceased".....

[thepumpdontwork]

@Vinnie9Ball. LOL I guess. But what's the problem with presidents in the Irish context. We got them too. Being a Republic(albeit the curvy bananaoid variety)... we have a presidents too......they live in the Phoenix Park. We've even got deceased presidents ;-)

[Vinnie9Ball]

@thepumpdontwork Ha yes we do but who the hell would write a book on them?!

[SlippyPiggy]

this is a great song.

great lyrics.

great voice.

what can i say great overall :)

[kamdown1669]

send out a battalion to find her!

[JonTru90]

i just realized this isn't hte whole song haha

[yanivyi]

his videos are just amazing!!

[fuzymarshmellow]

what's the meaning of this song

[Lenduarm]

Love it

[homelessbillll]

Does anybody have his old EP's?! I want to download them, but I can't find them anywhere. /:

[Mogwa87]

Eh seeing him at Electric Picnic....Woot!!!!

[randomwebsurfer]

Leave, go, my Golden Arm(:

[TheHB27]

She will not let you be.

Her lover

I understand this. Truth has a way of connecting on different levels. This song levels me.

[jamesinho]

it also turned you into a pretentious wanker

[UniteResistRevolt]

good, good... might go see him at Electric Picnic

[xXseeXspotXrunXx]

lovelovelove

[rolandgladden]

Great music and video:)

[haykendell]

can't get enough of his songs

[tetewari]

what!!?? Damien Rice it's good... but Fionn it's a poet!!!

[EoRiain]

@ velvetrazz

his song reminds me of Leonard Cohen

In my opinion its one of his best songs

[recklesshighwaypig]

it reminds me of famous blue raincoat

[carlosiscool123]

beautiful song

[persianchick28]

my bro can play some of his songs and i sing to them and it's very beautiful

[savannahheroine]

Pretty<3

[HarmonyIsOverated]

i really like this guy :)

[VelvetRazz]

i'm not hating or anything but he sounds familiar to another musician i just can't put my finger on it.

[freezedryfun]

ben kweller?

[marloweowsley]

i bought this in ireland when it came out, and i asked the guy in the shop what it was like, and he said (in a very sexy brogue) that regan is like damien rice, only better (potentially).

[jefferydale86]

*cough* better than Damien Rice...? The guy you talked to is very wrong.

[shamstone]

way way way better than damien rice. rice is depressing

[SingOneWeKnow]

Are you thinking Sondre Lerche? Because I thought the same thing after hearing him, and I think he sounds a lot like Lerche.

[thisissam09]

this song is amazing!

[pikyt]

Such a song!

And how many songwriters can you name that reference Paul Auster? Fionn Regan is just amazing.

[mst3k92]

what does goloden mean?

[mst3k92]

Does anyone know what the last line of the chorus is? To me it sounds like "my golden arm" (i know thats not it) but a lyrics page says its "Mark old and line" which doesnt make sense to me and it doesnt sound like that. Is that the actual lyric?

[smileitssunday89]

Fionn Regan is simply amazing. Saw him play at the music show a couple of months back.

[smallglassfrog]

one of my favorites of his songs by far

[soccerholic101]

beautiful... im addicted <3

[hystericalandletdown]

Beautiful song...

[Rumplestiltskin16]

Very clever and pretty.

[Caughtupinthemiddle]

does anyone see dwight shrute in him?? [from The Office]

[DominateEarth]

Yes! He's a great musician anyway.

[soccer3alf]

I love this song so much it just said so much to me

[thunderstruck11]

oh man, this song is going to EXPLODE now. I wish he could still be kept secret.

[UserRED13]

You're just a hater that can't admire superior songwriting. Go back to your pop music.

P.S., you're an idiot for using "gay" as a replacement word for "stupid."

[Brady148]

Sorry, my brother left that. And yes, he is an idiot.

[UserRED13]

LOL, it's all good. ♥

[PsychoKiller24601]

I saw Fionn REgan last night....he charged E19 and played for less than an hour. It took him half an hour to set up. Its not like he had a 200 piece orchestra and enough lights to rival time square....he had 4 guitars, one mouth organ, a vocal mic and no lighting. that surely shouldnt have taken 30 minutes.I dunno about his music but annette buckley upstaged him and yes I would be inclined to agree with your brother even if it makes me an idiot by association.

[shoutwahoo]

His songs remind me of Laura Marling's songs

[chuzz123]

@shoutwahoo and they both remind me of bob dylan songs :D

[carse101]

light ight ight shine....leave go. i love that part!

[ronaldo2734]

i like the 'she won't let you her lover' part

[terrycharles1979]

What a lovely song!  Really sweet video too.

[xXdaniizXx]

;D can't wait to go see him

xo-

[soodleb]

such good lryics just can't get enough.

[jross1975]

Totally amazing song. It's simplicity is to be admired, and ionn has a voice of an angel.

Doesn't get much better than this!

[whatwouldstephendo]

wow this song makes me think of Juno, the movie...

[Hip2BeSquare]

amazing song

[saminside]

fantastic lyrics

[pinballwizard9]

awful awful song

[easypeesyjapanese]

Thanks for sharing, man. You really got to the bottom of that song. Huge vocabulary, too: ''hm, it's awful...but I need to say more than that.....I know! It's awful awful''. Yeats would be proud.

[DeathofBabylon]

Wow, sweet name drop there.

W.B. Yeats is brilliant.

[MusicTheFirstLove]

wot has w.b yeats hve to do with this song ?

sorry i dont meen to sound cheeky, im jst wondering.

[DINGDONG645]

you got pwned

[tux56]

"Yeats would be proud."

I'd say he would be, with such a insult.

[5to5overtime]

why do you have it favorited if it's so awful?

[ikeylius]

why is embedding disabled on Fionn vids?

[dante561]

Woot ! ! ! ! ! His hair makes me happy :P

[ipxwnedaninja]

how pretty.

[brobin65]

I love this song its the best

[Alexandraisonfire]

So refreshing to hear such a sincere song.

[theciancian]

sure he signed my phone with a text message

[hopeinathought]

he's grrrreat!

[MrSifter8]

Fantastic! Regan is superb. And he's nothing like Dylan. That's lazy.

[boringVandorsla]

How is it lazy?

[robmetcalfe]

More like a young Donovan me thinks!!!

kangaroobin (1 month ago)

he reminds me soo much of the young bob dylan,is like he's modelled himself on bob.

[DINGDONG645]

i can see the early bob dylan in him also

[freshinit]

That's how you write songs....SOOOO LOVLY. Listen and learn

X

[maitiudeburca]

My God, what a great song.

[randomenuf4u]

i <3 this song

[gluey123456789]

Fionn Regan is the shit!

[nnanook]

dunno about that but he's definatley the shizzz (he's so good he gets three z's)

[kangaroobin]

he reminds me soo much of the young bob dylan,is like he's modelled himself on bob.

[SilverZipperRecords]

anyone who likes this should check out Dillon Campbell...

[PenceInTheSlot]

whoa dude, this guy's from ireland? i thought he was from like, kansas, usa or something. lmao.

[Besitzen]

Could you not tell with a name like 'Fionn'?

[jesusandknitting]

I wish he sang the last part. It's so beautiful.

[ChemicalFrankenstein]

is his name pronounced "fee-on" or "fy-on" regan?

[tescobum444]

feeyon

[nattt23]

Nope 'Fy-un'

[claireification]

This song is absolutely amazing!! I heard it in a Paste Magazine sampler and fell in love with it. <3

[dbyrnerulz]

hes from bray!

[wellplayedboy]

Great artist. I agree very under-rated even in Ireland.

[GoodBoy4real]

saw him play live and it was...amazing. i don't understand why he isn't more popular, and why lesser songwriters are. hope he comes out with some more great songs.

[everlastlove]

seen him with bout twenty five peeps in crowd was best gig i ever been to made hairs on back my neck stand up when he played this legend boy pure legend <

[blanchontour]

this fella is a legend in the makin

saw him at glasto last year and the crowd that turned up to see him did not do him justice - ha ha - if only they all knew!!

[thelowestformofwit]

can anyone pleeease send me this song

its so fantastic

im really getting into music like this atm =]

but yeah... please :)

x

[Agar101]

buy it :)

[StayFrosty2]

yeah for any confused people out there

FIONN REGAN IS NOT DEAD!!!

[newsieslvr4ever91]

i looooooove this song <333 XD

[fazleta]

Saw him in Brighton, he is fantastic. He mesmerised the lot of us, and no, he's not deceased.... can't wait to hopefully see him again, so very gifted....

[tommy1tit]

RIP my friend

[Sparkygravity]

uh he didn't die did he?

[tommy1tit]

The pain we share together

[SaileAway]

not that i know of. mayb'es talking about the dog. lol

[marco252005]

long live kurt cobain, bob dylan, and FR

[vlaggadhanbob]

Folk forever!

[xLucx]

I met him on silvester and i really like his songs. He is great

[leobutie]

my favourite song from the album

amazing

[PRODRIFTER46]

wow i reli like his acoustic music reminds me of simon&garfunkel acoustic playin and song

[collyyy]

jesus man that's a bob dylan song! no

[IsabelleCarbonell]

video doesn't really add anything to the song... and what a monster of a song, i can't get over how awesome it is. I also cant decide if the lyrics all mean something or if it's more sound-based. Probably some of both

[oscarkev190]

what a legend of a song although i think it was evil of the record companies to cut out the last 2 or three verses but still amazing artist and video and song............AND album.............im done now

[gypsyroses198]

i think this song is brilliant its really pretty well the tune is i may be missing the meaning of the song

[AbstractNumbers]

What a wonderful song and man :)

[srahh3209]

i love his hair - has anyone ever heard his son "the underwood typewriter"? it's SO GOOD

[KayLed7894]

I lived off this song when I was camping! I love it!!

[112rhavin3581321]

such a chillax song i really like it.

[Bowietastic]

This song reminds me a little bit of Lou Reed.

[prolifikshadow]

Fionn Regan is an amazing artist, he is someone to keep an eye on

[jennierandom]

This song is amazing <3

Makes me smile

[1lama]

Does anyone know which song Fionn performed live on Conan O'Brien?

[50CalibreBullet]

Hunter's Map

[jjns06]

Does anyone know which song Fionn performed live on Conan O'Brien?

[JJooliee]

HE called me!!!

[tescobum444]

omg really?!! thats soo cool!

[JJooliee]

Yeah you see i hav the soundest friend EVER and he met fionn regan and he asked him to call me!:] Coolest friend EVERRR! I love him! =D x

[tescobum444]

ha thats mad! does ur friend actually no him?

[JJooliee]

Not exactly know but he met him... I spose you could say that... Twas awesome tho...;) hehe! Fionn Rocks! x

[tescobum444]

haha heck yes he does! ur friend sounds cool!

[JJooliee]

My friends not that cool... Bit of a freak actualy! =)

[tescobum444]

i think ur a freak :P

[JJooliee]

I think you Dont!

=D

I think you reeeeeeeally think im SUPER SONICally cool...

[Roundapanda]

I like his hair : )

It makes me happy

[kaykay8542]

love this song

[LoRcS123]

he turned 4 last week

[skinniersideward]

what age is he

[jvevers]

just amazin! One of the best acoustic guitarists around!

[johnersmonkey]

very very nice

[UngentlemanlyJim]

A truly beautiful song. Only chanced upon this fellow a few days ago. His lyrics give me goosebumps. Especially the verse with reference to Paul Auster... I wish him the best and hope to hear more!

[theciancian]

I only heard him for the firt time the other day at a gig in marlay park... i thought he was brilliant and i got to meet fionn himself and he was really nice too... he signed my phone with a text message :) "finno"

[tescobum444]

haha I was there aswell but i new some of his stuff from a friend of mine already she cudnt be there so i asked him if i rang her wud he chat to her for a min and he did! such a sound chap! wish he played this tho!! fionn rocks!:)

[StukaStukaStuka]

Wow, some cynical people out there, considering the amount of tripe that gets noticed in the charts.. You could give Leonard Cohen this song to sing and he'd be a happy man. Addictive, I hope to catch the man live soon.

[niamhshock]

Going to see Fionn in Vicar st Nov 3...cant wait!

[QuarterProductions]

he reminds me of a male regina spektor. great sound.

[theabstractkid]

Fionn Regan is a flawless artist, and i am very much looking forward to the gig in Belfast =]

[mployee]

hi guys just wondering if you like Fionn Regan check out Employees of the month , search for "Stupid Cupid Demo " or " Angel Eyes" would love a comment as we are new in town.....................mploy­ee

[jonaza24]

First Indie-song thats really good:) sounds like Donovan in the 60´s, Glad that someone got music right theese days:)

[Agar101]

thats exactly what i thought!:) 'cept it's not really 'indie'as the way it's meant now is it

love this guy

[jonaza24]

no. hehe. indie have become a style in music more than "indipendent" sort of speak, but thats not important:) glad to see that some one else saw the Donovan in him:) nice bro

[KillerBaboon]

I love that reference to Naylor's Cove. I remember the bonfires down there. I love this town, and Fionn reminds me of why.

[mmmpineapple]

I know, the little references to the swans etc are lovely. It's nice to have a song about Bray.

[caulibanez]

that last message made no sense, he should win the Nationwide Music Prize.

[caulibanez]

Great song. he should would the Nationwide music prize.

[funkieash]

i love dat song so much!!!!!

[funkieash]

i love the song so much!!!

[cheypie18]

i love this song! bray rules:P!!

[bennett28]

nice song

[WRMountfort]

you know i only listen to rap... but this song i like

[Wooderful]

MY dog was a ridgeback and he died... then i heard this song and i cried...

outside of boston on a trip to harford on a college radio... random music hazaa!

[adwkiwi]

My new favourite song and a great video!

[polskybabushka]

It's a love song

[ezioldschool]

Can Anybody tell me the meaning of this song. What is the meaning of the lyrics.

Thanks

[Damoos9276]

Watch My Cover... I've only been playing Guitar since last Montgh.. Fionn is a Genius

[freefall516]

Love this song one of the best on album, then again i haven't had it long so maybe just first impressions talking...anyway anyone who is into this and likes Nick drake I would advise to them to listen closely to this think it would appeal to them

c ya