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| The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Doctor D Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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A tribute to original drummer Josh Dalsimer's Dad. It was a thank you for letting the BossToneS practice in the Dalsimer basement when they were getting started and practice space was at a premium in Boston. |
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| Thin Lizzy – Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is full of Irish cultural references.
Roisin Dubh is Irish for Black Rose which is a nickname for Ireland itself.
Cuchulainn is a mythical Irish warrior.
The Shenandoah is a river in Ireland.
James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde and Brendan Behan are all Irish authors referenced in clever fashion in this song.
Dark Rosaleen is an english translation of Roisin Dubh (so its essentially Dark Rose)
I think, although I'm not much of a soccer guy, that George Best was a soccer player in Northern Ireland.
Van the Man is Van Morrison, Irish musician.
Starvation refers to the great famine.
Whiskey in the Jar is a traditional Irish song and Synge is JM Synge is an Irish playwright. Playboy of the Western World was a Synge play.
Tipperary is a county in Ireland.
Pretty clever way of paying homage to Thin Lizzy's homeland. |
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| Flogging Molly – Another Bag Of Bricks Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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if you like this song, try "Turkish Song of the Damned" by the Pogues...the 2 sound so similar that I wouldn't be surprised if this song was written as a sort of tribute or something to Shane MacGowan and the Pogues...good stuff |
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| Flogging Molly – To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Roisin Dubh means "little dark rose" in Irish (dubh is black, and roisin is the diminuitive form of rose)and is often used as a sort of poetic nickname for Ireland. So when he says, "So I say my farewell to a nation/As the leaf waves goodbye to it's son" he's literally saying goodbye to Ireland (and I suppose Ireland is metaphorically waving back). |
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| Harry Chapin – 30,000 Pounds of Bananas Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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This is actually a true story. Chapin wrote it after being told about a truck transporting bannannas which crashed in Scranton, spilling bannannas everywhere.
This next part I'm not 100% sure about, but I think that the woman who was the wife of the driver actually contacted Chapin about the song, and thats where the second live ending comes from. |
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