Are the Irish a nation of recovering alchoholics? Lol.
2007-11-13 10:42:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
The people who made the songs were dispossessed and lonely, and many of the songs were made in other countries by Irish who had emigrated, with English words on an Irish tune. Sometimes English words replaced Irish words, and the originals are usually much nicer - an example of this is the song Buachaill On Eirne or The Boy from The Erne, which was replaced by Come By the Hills to the Land where Fancy is Free, or some such garbage. Buachaill On Eirne was about a young man who courts a lot of pretty women but can't forget the one who he wants to marry but doesn't have the money to impress her family, who plan on marrying her to a wealthy old farmer.
I don't think there are that many songs about drinking, not when you hear the thousands of other songs about lost loves, lost money, lost (or dreamed) lottery tickets, lost homes, horses, dogs, food, jumbo breakfast rolls, or stroppy foreigners thinking they can run the joint and how the Irish dealt with them, those are called rebel songs.
2007-11-13 20:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Orla C 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
a lot of supposedly traditional Irish songs in English were actually written by people in the US. In America the Irish are viewed as party lovers. Funny that, because in the UK they are viewed as feckless and stupid. But nobody writes songs about people like that.
Eh, that and the fact that Irish people do go to the pub. A lot!
2007-11-15 01:07:33 · answer #2 · answered by CuriousJ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because in Irish society the pub is the gathering place for everyone and drinking and getting drunk are what happens in pubs.
2007-11-13 10:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by Chewy_Is_My_Co_Pilot 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Frank Zappa - knockers and Beer George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Johnny Paycheck - Fifteen Beers ineffective Kennedys - Too inebriated To F**ok Jerry Lee Lewis - what's Made Milwaukee well known (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) Black Label Society - Born to Booze Humble Pie - good Booze And undesirable females The Who - despite the fact that plenty I Booze Ween - Booze Me Up Butthole Surfers - Alcohol Starsailor - Alcoholic Rod Stewart - Cigarettes And Alcohol Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol Wings - Wino Junko Royksopp - The Alcoholic 10cc - The nameless Alcoholic Ozzy Osbourne - Demon Alcohol Karie Kahimi - Alcohol Swans - Alcohol The Seed grateful ineffective - Wharf Rat Richard & Linda Thompson - Down the place the Drunkards Roll Procol Harum - inebriated lower back Jimmy Buffett - God's own inebriated Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville Tom Waits - inebriated on the Moon tension-by using Truckers - ineffective, inebriated, And bare The Reverend Horton warmth - toddler i'm inebriated Del Amitri - inebriated In A Band vivid Eyes - inebriated youngster Catholic Spirit - Drunkard Eric Burdon & conflict - Spill the Wine Neil Diamond - pink pink Wine Katrina and the Waves - pink Wine And Whiskey chilly conflict teenagers - pink Wine, fulfillment! it is only the very tip of the iceberg, i ought to possibly locate thousands if i had to. Alcohol is between the main undemanding concern concerns in rock song. shocked you should in elementary terms locate "Black Milk"...
2016-10-16 10:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Irish know how to have fun so probably most of their songs are made to have a good time & sing along in the pub,,,Alice,Alice who the f-ck is Alice
So Emily S where do you come from? I'm British are you from another planet because it seems this earth is not to your standards
2007-11-13 10:46:21 · answer #5 · answered by kimble 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Eh, no they're not. A lot of them are about fighting the English. And fighting the people from the next county. And fighting off the people from the next house. And THEN going to the pub.
2007-11-14 21:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by My Dose Makes Angels 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Irish songs are deep and meaningful and alot are republican songs (black and tans, fenian gun etc.) when you look at all the Irish songs there is you will realise that only a small number are about drinking.
2007-11-14 07:35:24 · answer #7 · answered by Ciara 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just loosens the tongue and encourages people to talk.
Sign in a Dublin pub:
"A bird is known by its song - a man by his conversation".
They're not daft, the Irish.
2007-11-13 11:22:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good Evening Mr Magic Bus Driver....I trust you are enjoying your evening?
I dont think that the Irish are recovering at all!...
Anyway....with all that fine guiness and magical music what else is there to sing about??...
2007-11-13 11:18:23 · answer #9 · answered by stormydays 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are a great nation for drinkers, I'm a recovered alcoholic and regularly attend AA meetings, I have a lot of Irish friends there.
Most of them called Michael for some reason.
2007-11-13 10:46:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋