It’s my Birthday Week (February 5th for those new to the game), so let’s start it off with a little background on our favorite Irish drummer, Robyn McKenna. I was put under the table by more than one Irish chick back in the day and I learned quickly not to compete with them.
So, in honor of Robyn’s heritage, a TRIPLE play of songs with Irish overtones. First up, “Whiskey In The Jar” by Thin Lizzy. One helluva a band from Ireland and a rockin’ version of an Irish folk song. Then, Denis Leary cracks me up and this song makes me laugh until I’m silly! Here’s his tongue in cheek “Traditional Irish Folk Song”. I’ve included the Irish Rovers for two reasons: one, I grew up listening to them, and two, this song is about Mountain Dew. Well, not THE Mountain Dew, but close enough.
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Denis Leary ROCKS. Also, poitin FTW!
Ha! How appropriate you mention Poitin, a HIGHLY alcoholic beverage from Ireland, which is derived from the word “pota” which essentially means “pot”. Nice one! Scores on many levels with us pot heads.
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I did not know that off the top of my head, but I have been Googling the heck out of Irish traditions/customs/slangs and did stumble on that one this morning. You guys would be surprised how much research I put into a comic like this one. I’d even go drinking if I had too…
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LOL! Glad to have inspired your further education 😛
‘Come peelers all, from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim too…’ Yep, there’s nothing like a spot of the ould homebrew to chase off flu…pneumonia…Ebola…
You’ll probably end up knowing more about Ireland than I ever did, seeing as how I was merely born there and then exported 😀
She knows where to drink! Irish bars and pubs are my favourite kinda place too.
Only been to a couple and they are fantastic. They know how to drink, let me tell you. And Bud’s about to find that out.
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We have the same birthday! 🙂
But luckily not the YEAR! I’ll be 53 (1957). Do know HOW much scrolling I have to do on sites that ask for your age to get back to 1957 on those drop-down menus? Ugh.
We’ll put on our party hats on Friday and show the world how to rock! See you then…
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Why, yes, I do know how much scrolling you have to do! 1957 here too. 🙂
We ’57s are gonna rule the world here shortly. More babies were born in 1957 in any year prior or since. We’re #1! (must have been something in the water to get America humping like that back then…)
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That last song reminded me of one we used to have on a record called “Good Old Mountain Dew”
I have noticed that Grooveshark.com listings are not that accurate. I do believe the title IS “Good Old Mountain Dew” but the person who uploaded it got it wrong. I’ve seen misspellings, wrong groups to songs, and more. I’m not even sure how it is legal for Grooveshark to provide this service as it’s essentially file sharing of songs, which is what I thought got Napster in hot water.
Well, if these things die one day, we’ll know what happened… and I’ll have a LOT of code to edit out of these posts!
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Hmm. Since I don’t/won’t listen to the linked songs on these pages, I don’t know *which* Mountain Dew song you have up – but I know at least two: The Rare Ould Mountain Dew (which has been done by everyone and his dog, including the Pogues), and a ‘hillbilly’ song called The Good Old Mountain Dew (‘I’ll shut up my mug if you’ll give me a jug of that good old mountain dew…’). They’re totally different songs!
strangely enough, one of the fellows singing in the version of “the rare old mountain dew” byron linked to sounds remarkably similar to shane mcgowan. not exactly the same, mind you, since it obviously isn’t shane mcgowan, but you can hear a definite similarity there.
–dee!
O thy Deeship – with enough alcohol inserted, *everyone* sounds like the McGowan 😛
Ah-ha… Well, then the one here is the “Rare Old Mountain Dew” then. I was only aware of the other version. Heh, we rednecks…
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Heheh, more edjumication for ye! 🙂
And for your next assignment, use each of these words properly in a sentence:
langers
gobshite
chavering
knackers
There will be a pop quiz at the end of your study period 😀
Heh, they’re all words a person could use to describe me at various times in my life. For example:
Langer: idiot
Gobsite: foolish
Chavering: lighthearted
Knackers: Is how I am right now… tired.
How’s that teach? 🙂
Ratbags — yet again I have to reply in the wrong place, since there’s no Reply button in the right place ~gives your comments-threading script a Look~
Close but no see-gar, Grasshopper! Pay attention now:
‘Langers’: ex.1 ‘Did’ja see the state of Jimbo, he was totally langers after seventeen pints…’ ex.2 ‘I swear, those United fans are a load of langers!’ (score: 65 per cent)
‘Gobshite’: ex.1 ‘Aah, ye’re nothin’ but a feckin gobshite!’ ex.2 ‘Them politicians, can’t believe a word they say cos they’re all gobshites.’ Although the word gobshite has broadened in meaning somewhat, it’s noteworthy that it comes from ‘gob’ (mouth) and ‘shite’ (no prizes for guessing…), so what it actually means is ‘Nothing but shit ever comes out of your mouth’ 🙂 (score: 25 per cent)
‘Chavering’: ex.1 ‘Would’ja ever look at that, them two are practically chavering right out in the public bar!’ ex.2 ‘She was all there, but he was so shitearsed that he wasn’t even able for a bit of chavering…’ Yep, ‘chaver’/’charver’ comes from the same source as ‘chav’, and means, well, making the beast with two backs. Whoever told you it meant ‘lighthearted’ was having you on! (score: 0)
‘Knackers’: ex.1 ‘She’s a good kid, but her family are a right bunch of knackers.’ ex.2 ‘The damn engine was blown but the body was in good nick, so I sold it to the knackers for a oner.’ You done falledededed into my trap – ‘knackered’ does indeed mean tired/no longer working/pining for the fjords, but ‘knackers’ are gypsies/rag-and-bone men/professional horse-slaughterers. Still, your heart was in the right place. (score: 45 per cent)
And there you go. You didn’t get a cookie, but hopefully you did get a laugh or two out of it…
I love Dennis Leary’s stuff. Pretty sure that song is from his “No Cure for Cancer” CD.
You are right, sir! That it is. I love that track and I’ve yet to meet anyone of Irish decent who hasn’t just fallen to the floor laughing. “They cut off our heads and we drink…”
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How I loved Thin Lizzy! I always remember Phil Lynott when he was asked was it unusual being black and Irish answered “So’s Guinness”
I was never aware of all the stuff behind the scenes with Thin Lizzy. I was not aware of them until “Jailbreak” as probably a lot of us here the USA as well, and they faded out quickly too, so there wasn’t much of a chance to get in on the “poop” going on behind the scenes.
I also remember Thin Lizzy from touring with BTO back in the day. BTO tried to promote bands like them and Trooper by having them as opening acts. I nod my hat to the guys in BTO for that.
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MHROTD.
Steve.
And the same to you, sir!
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Happy Birthday, fellow Aquarian! Mine is five days after yours. Cheers!
Yep, it’s always the Age of Aquarius in my opinion…
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Ducking is an art that I have never seemed to master.
Yeah, I always seem to look just as it about to hit me. I do not have a keen “spidey” sense at all…
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Oh, I thought Whiskey in the Jar was a Metallica song?!
*ducks*
LOL, I’m just kidding, and I too know when to duck.
Actually, it seems that song has been done by a lot of folks since the 50s. I was aware (but never heard) the Metallica version as I saw it in Wikipedia while doing research for the comic name.
Metallica? Who’s that? 😀
Your birthday week? Happy birthday, Byron! Good to see those old songs (and cartoonists) live on and on. 🙂
Note I didn’t say “old cartoonists” 😉
Hmmm, but somehow it was implied… 🙂
LOL! I take my age with Grace and Dignity… they’re two strippers at the local club…
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Well céad míle fáilte! Twixt Bud’s actin’ the maggot for tha’ full shilling demon-cailín an’ the craic at this dodgy new shebeen, I’m thinkin’ yer becomin’ a right cute seanachaí!
Slán!
Would have written you a story, if I’d known… Probably a good thing I didn’t know.
I spent the first half of the month swamped in birthday stories. *twitch*