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If anyone interested in this has never heard the song ''Joe Mc Donnell'' pictured above and the fifth to die , by The Wolfe Tones , please give it a listen , for me it's one of the greatest songs ever written on the subject of the Hunger strikes .

I could write a million words on just how much i adore this band , for me the most underrated band in the world ever , and believe me i'm not prone to hyperbole . These fabulous people provided me with some of the finest memories of my 55 year old life from the mid 90's , such great and totally u...

i absolutely loved this song ever since day one , still do , back then i lived in my native Leeds aged 22 , i now live and work in this fabulous big city and i love the tube late at night , there is such an intense electric quality in the atmosphere that cant be found anywhere else (beats the New...

i was 12 when the original came out in 69 , i remember it quite well even though it was hushed up back then ,also the significance kind of passed me by , 14 years on of course in 1983 i think it was , things were quite different and i was also into this kind of synth pop , i love this cover vers...

Wow this takes me back to the summer of 73 , i was 17 and remember this song well , shame it didn't do well better in the charts

always loved this wonderful tune , it reminds me of when i first visited The States in 1987 , i had this on my walkman as we were climbing the Wyoming part of the Rockies , music and scenic travel go hand in hand for me.

back in 67 when this first came out when i was 10 years old , i thought She was singing ''ah ah ah he lives on his own'' until i first heard the DJ's on the very recently opened Radio One announce it correctly .

The Greatest !!! , how in God's name have people fallen for that nonsense throughout the years , Tyson at his best , ie before he let himself go would have flattened him within 2 rounds , iv'e forgotten how many times he was beaten , i think it was four wasn't it , what kind of record is that for...