The Youtube Guide to Irish Punk Music
We start off with the forerunners of Irish Punk, doing their most famous song: Dirty Old Town, by The Pogues. You'll notice, if you haven't heard it in a while, that it's quieter than you might have thought. From a longer concert clip, you can catch their modernized version of Whiskey, You're the Devil at 8:45, and the utterly haunting "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" at 13:30 (I would throw in Uncle Tupelo's version of Moonshiner here to emphasize just how heartbreaking Irish music can be, but there's no free version online that I've found).
In America, the heart of the Irish Punk scene is unquestionably Boston, home to many a punk/ska band like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, but also the whiskey-soaked Irish punk band the Dropkick Murphys. For movie buffs, their song "I'm Shipping Off to Boston" featured prominently in Martin Scorcese's The Departed. You may not have known the lyrics are by Woody Guthrie, and are the second song that the Murphys have put to music from his lyrics, after the title track of their album "Blackout" from a few years ago. The Murphys like to redo classic Irish songs, as evidenced by their version of "The Wild Rover", which is good, and "The Fields of Athenry", which is friggin' awesome.
From the West Coast we have the slightly more Irish, slightly less loud Flogging Molly, who just released a DVD, "Whiskey On a Sunday" whose trailer features fantastic potshots at music executives. For our clips, we'll go with the rowdy crowd favorites Drunken Lullabies and What's Left of the Flag For Me.
Finally, I'd be remiss in not mentioning Chicago's lead entry into the category, The Tossers, who certainly set the standard for being plowed during a live performance when they closed out a recent tour in Champaign. For your enjoyment, here is Good Morning, Da.
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