Black 47 - James Connolly

Black 47 anthemic tribute to James Connolly - socialist union leader, one of those who led the Easter 1916 uprising and were subsequently executed by the British. Black 47 recaptures the working class spirit and passion of James Connolly in their song.

Larry Kirwan, lead singer of the band who wrote the song explains:
With [1916 Irish socialist hero] James Connolly, I hated the old standard song "The Ballad of James Connolly." As a socialist myself, I resented that he had been railroaded by tears-in-the-beer nationalism. I thought that Connolly would have resented that, too. I always have to find a way to enter [the person's] spirit, as it were. With Connolly, it was quite simple. What must he have felt-knowing that he was going to be executed-about leaving his family fatherless and penniless? Once I found that chink in the armor, the rest was just a matter of diligent and knowledgeable songwriting.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• James Connolly
• Black 47
• Celtic Rock
• Irish Rock
• Nightly Song
• Socialist rock
• political rock

[antifreetrader]

WHY ARE YOU ON THIS SITE, YOUR A TROLL OF WHAT THIS MAN STOOD UP TO. YOU DO NOT TALK OF THE DISPARITY GRAPHS AND CHARTS OF BUYING POWER AND THE ELITEST CLASS CASHING IN ON THE VENOM YOUR TRYING TO SELL, YOU SOUND ALL CUTE WITH DOG WISTLE SNIPES. YOU LOVE THE SYSTEM OF TAX LOOP HOLES FOR THE PIGS AND CANT FATHOM SERVICE JOBS SUCK FOR THE MASSES AND BENEFIT THE OWNERS WHO LOSE TO THE FRANCHISES PEDDLED BY THE KEYSTONE INVESTMENT PIGS AND WE ALL PAY MORE FOR LESS AND THE JOB GETS WORSE,

[antifreetrader]

1979 GM union job about 9/hr.medical,up to 5 weeks vacation, overtime, holidays and holiday pay, dental and life insurance,today wal-mart replaced them as the usa's largest private sector employer its 8-10/hr, 2 weeks vac, no hol pay or medical most jobs are part time and no pension and its over 30 years later!People do not want to work in factories you say? Well they would if it had 4x the pay and full benefits so you could raise a family and buy a home unlike the new franchise shit service job

[antifreetrader]

@emncaity Yea no worries!!! Good to see people that get it!!!!

[emncaity]

@antifreetrader

You understand I'm on your side on this, right?

[antifreetrader]

@emncaity Hey Mate, corperate media does wonders, look at apples iphone plant in china and see what the pigs think of humans!!!! I am no commie but more socialist as the govt is the only firewall to capitalism it is a system rewarded by greed and the destruction of workers! everyone cannot be rich but a living wage and pension was to much for the pigs so mexico and china do it all.. The torys worship it, the selfish wish they were part of it, the lemmings allow it and human right are fading!

[overlandpark4me]

Good thing they killed them because if my grandad had a chance he would have killed him..

[Kilnahard]

I will never be a communist. I will never be a socialist. Not even close. But I will always admire anyone that genuinely believes they can improve somebody else's life. Even if we disagree on how we might get there. James Connolly was one of those that everybody should be able to find a way to admire.

[Komotau4691]

@Komotau4691 sorry mistake his not her :-) my english is dumb...

[yvwic50]

Still holdin' on to my rifle.....

[Anglagard1]

Thank you for subjecting me to an anti-union ad before I got to listen to this song. I'm sure you deserve to make money from posting somebody else's work on YouTube. Shame on you.

[emncaity]

@antifreetrader

Hey, three straight decades of trickle-down brainwashing does wonders. It really is amazing, watching people come out and rally for exactly what's hurting them, and they're just too thick to know it.