Love this, I saw these chaps live locally back in the early seventies and I remember them singing this song. I love everything about it, the tune, the lyrics that drone it's great.
@gerardhennessy3586
6 жыл бұрын
What a fabulous, fabulous track this is. And how wonderful to hear it once again. This is the ORIGINAL Furey Brothers recording, complete with the fantastic uileann pipes that bring out the underlying poignancy of the lyrics. Many thanks for posting. I first heard this song as performed live by a quite wonderful rock group from Cork called Gaslight who were very popular in the city beat clubs around the beginning of the 1970's. They comprised Paddy Madden (vocals) Tony Troy (Lead Guitar) Bill O'Brien (Bass)and Len De La Coeur (Drums). Sadly they never - at least to my knowledge - made any recordings. I wonder whatever happened to them?
@PROGAMER-bt8od
5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, I bought the CD years ago of the original album and downloaded this particular song as it is my favourite, love the pipes on it.
@timoconnor2866
6 жыл бұрын
This single from 1973 is still full of surprises! I only found out last year that Gerry Rafferty (of Baker Street etc) wrote it. And an interview this evening on Irish radio with Finbar Furey revealed that BBC disc jockey John Peel made it his Single of the Year for '73. Not bad at all for youngsters from Dublin. Those of us old enough will know what a recommendation from John Peel meant. The radio show is on www.rte.ie and the programme is called The Rolling Wave.
@oldpossum4860
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it was 1972. I remember it following me round Ireland in August of that year, when it was a massive hit, before migrating to the UK.
@PROGAMER-bt8od
6 жыл бұрын
Forgot I put this up , one of my favourites of any genre, Eddie Furey and Billy Connolly are friends to this day, great song by the late Gerry Rafferty from his days in the Humblebums I believe and great arrangement by the Fureys
@pjspauljamessmith8617
Жыл бұрын
Much prefer the sound of Uilleann pipes or "pipes of the elbow" to Bag Pipes. Great rendition of Rafferty song thanks.
@jordan7326
Жыл бұрын
I genuinely never new Gerry Rafferty RIP wrote this beautiful song. Eddie had such a sweet voice, what a great song writer G. Rafferty was 👏👏👏
@edeledeledel5490
Жыл бұрын
Try my two favourite Gerry Rafferty songs (notwithstanding Baker Street): "Don't Give up on Me" kzitem.info/news/bejne/tJWfsKlpqZ9jo3o&ab_channel=GerryRafferty-Topic and Mary Skeffington, written about his mother kzitem.info/news/bejne/mZeXvZumpqipa5w&ab_channel=1dois3quatro5seis7
@jayjordano
Жыл бұрын
@@edeledeledel5490 Thank you kindly for suggesting those two songs in your comment, they are great 👍
@edeledeledel5490
Жыл бұрын
@@jayjordano Happy to spread a little more joy in the world in these troubled times.
@jayjordano
Жыл бұрын
@@edeledeledel5490 Indeed they are very troubled times. In my opinion the end times, life in the 80s when I was young was so great or so it seemed. God bless take care 🙏
@edeledeledel5490
Жыл бұрын
@@jayjordano Life in the 60s, when I was young, was quite hard compared with today, but I do think we were happier; whatever happened to the ideals of Flower Power?
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