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Re: The broad majestic Shannon

Post by phro37 Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:54 am

ManniGee wrote:Hi !

I do not know, if this link has been posted before. It is Liam Clancey singing The Broad Majestic Shannon. I love this version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrLux_AtXk

It starts after 10 seconds.


fucking awesome. even the replacement of "babe" with "shane" lends a mythical and mystical aspect to the song. i can almost imagine this "shane" to be another lost character in this now-seemingly-traditional version.

Re: The broad majestic Shannon

Post by ManniGee Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:02 am

Hi !

I do not know, if this link has been posted before. It is Liam Clancey singing The Broad Majestic Shannon. I love this version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrLux_AtXk

It starts after 10 seconds.

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Post by dsweeney Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:31 pm

JohnG wrote:Just have to say what a great song this is. It even sounds more traditional than many traditional songs, if you get my gist!


Well said John. And I for one know EXACTLY what you mean.

Post by Kroil Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:07 pm

shipbuilder wrote:One of their finest moments off their finest lp. Possibly even their greatest song. The lyrics blend seamlessley with the music and the song outshines 'Fairytale..' in my eyes - and ears. Beautiful, beautiful stuff. We had it played at our wedding and I was bawling.

"Take my hand and dry your tears babe
Take my and forget your fears babe
There's no pain there's no more sorrow
They've all gone gone in the years babe."

WOW! :cry: :cry: :cry:


Just read this thread.

This line hits me and is amongst the greatest.

Re: I have come to the conclusion....

Post by GunsOfBrixton29 Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:29 am

Sam's Cross wrote:
evilaxeman0 wrote:broad majestic shannon is actually the greatest ever song written and performed in the history of music


You might be right, but it's got a Bminor in it, which is a bitch to play on the mandolin if you've only been playing six months.
You can do it without the Bm. I replace it with an A major. Doesn't sound too bad.

If you listen to T. Duggins' cover of it, he does the same I think.

Re: I have come to the conclusion....

Post by Sam's Cross Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:46 pm

evilaxeman0 wrote:broad majestic shannon is actually the greatest ever song written and performed in the history of music


You might be right, but it's got a Bminor in it, which is a bitch to play on the mandolin if you've only been playing six months.

Re: I have come to the conclusion....

Post by DownInTheGround Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:11 pm

evilaxeman0 wrote:broad majestic shannon is actually the greatest ever song written and performed in the history of music


I assume you came up with some complicated mathmatical formula, including: age of song, instruments used, lyrical merits, weight of the guitarist and the teeth of the frontman? By my quick calculations your spot on!

Post by dawson Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:43 pm

WOW well If this is true then I say this day should now be known as the Broad Majestic Shannon day.

I have come to the conclusion....

Post by evilaxeman0 Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:08 pm

broad majestic shannon is actually the greatest ever song written and performed in the history of music

Post by Hooperman Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:10 am

Im sorry that was worded badly. What i meant was that you had borrowed a tune rather than writing one, however after struggling for several weeks to learn it i think that it would have been easier to write one rather than stick with the traditional tune. However i hadnt made the connection between the name and the lyrics, i had just thought that it had been used because it went well with the words, i hadnt thought about the "take my hand" line and the tune title. Pretty darn clever.

Post by philipchevron Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:51 pm

Hooperman wrote:Great song. At first i looked at how the melody bits were a traditional tune that they borrowed with some cynicism, but i found the tune and decided that the easy option would have probably been to write their own. I think harp tunes are awkward!


The instrumental to which I believe you're referring, Turlough O'Carolan's "Tabhair Dom Do Lámh", is some distance from being a "cynical" appropriation. The title means "Give me your hand" which has obvious resonance with the lyric "Take my hand..........and dry your tears babe". The Pogues have never drawn from the vast canon of Irish music in any way which we would consider exploitative or cynical or lacking in purpose.

Re: The broad majestic Shannon

Post by neilinseattle Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:02 pm

philipchevron wrote:
The Duke of Ingmar wrote:Just read through Ann Scanlon´s book "The lost decade" again before leaving for Birmingham tomorrow.

On pg. 95 it says that Shane wrote "The broad majestic Shannon" after being asked by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem to write them a song. Does anyone know if the Clancys & T. Makem ever played or even recorded this song ?

My understanding is they didn't particularly like the song and passed up the opportunity to record it. Even seminal legends of Irish music have faulty opinions sometimes.


The independant film channel aired the Shane documentary a couple years back and they added an interview with Liam and others after the film. He tells a story about encountering Shane in New York City where Shane, in a rather drunken state, yelled to him "Hey, Liam! I wrote a song for you!!!" It was obviously Broad Majestic Shannon. Liam was very complementary to the Pogues, discussing the cultural environment in which the band was formed and their contribution to Irish culture. Liam even sang a few bars of Broad Majestic Shannon, and in tribute to Shane even altered the words, singing "Shane" in place of "babe".

Post by Hooperman Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:45 pm

Great song. At first i looked at how the melody bits were a traditional tune that they borrowed with some cynicism, but i found the tune and decided that the easy option would have probably been to write their own. I think harp tunes are awkward!

Re: The broad majestic Shannon

Post by The Duke of Ingmar Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:18 am

Behan wrote:
But even Ol`Blue Eyes himself once rejected a song by Sir Paul ... although according to Mr McCartney that was just the right thing to do ...


Didn't Ol'Blue Eyes compiliment Shane MacGowan's writing once? I think he would've loved the Pogues and their songs, especially The Broad Majestic Shannon.


Never heard that before, but I agree he´d have surely appreciated the songwriting of The Pogues.

Re: The broad majestic Shannon

Post by Behan Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:14 am

But even Ol`Blue Eyes himself once rejected a song by Sir Paul ... although according to Mr McCartney that was just the right thing to do ...


Didn't Ol'Blue Eyes compiliment Shane MacGowan's writing once? I think he would've loved the Pogues and their songs, especially The Broad Majestic Shannon.

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