Christmas Lullaby

by **Zuzana** Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:01 pm

KathleenwithaK wrote:I would have sung Shane's version to my son had I known it way back then.

Or Sit Down By the Fire! That's a great lullaby.

by **KathleenwithaK** Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:35 pm

Zuzana wrote:
The Snake wrote:If you go to youtube and listen to Shane singing Nick Cave's Lucy on jool's you'll see that it's the exact tune to christmas lullaby on the popes "best of" album.

Not the first tune Shane borrowed. Or maybe he and Nick Cave just caught the same tune at the same time...
As a journo observed: Curiously, he [Shane] believes his songs are not really his, they are mystic elements which float around. Anyone can do it. "Christy Moore summed it up beautifully. He said there are all these songs floating around the air and if you don't reach out and catch one then someone else, I dunno, Paul Simon or someone, will grab it instead.'' (from this article)

Christmas Lullaby also borrows a bit from the Irish Lullaby

Yes, Irish Lullaby was what my Grandmother sang to me and what I sang to my son. I love Shane's take on it. I would have sung Shane's version to my son had I known it way back then.

by **Zuzana** Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:55 pm

The Snake wrote:If you go to youtube and listen to Shane singing Nick Cave's Lucy on jool's you'll see that it's the exact tune to christmas lullaby on the popes "best of" album.

Not the first tune Shane borrowed.

Or maybe he and Nick Cave just caught the same tune at the same time...
As a journo observed: Curiously, he [Shane] believes his songs are not really his, they are mystic elements which float around. Anyone can do it. "Christy Moore summed it up beautifully. He said there are all these songs floating around the air and if you don't reach out and catch one then someone else, I dunno, Paul Simon or someone, will grab it instead.'' (from this article)

Christmas Lullaby also borrows a bit from the Irish Lullaby

by **The Snake** Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:22 pm

If you go to youtube and listen to Shane singing Nick Cave's Lucy on jool's you'll see that it's the exact tune to christmas lullaby on the popes "best of" album.

by **James** Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:54 am

Simon Maguire wrote:
Smerker wrote:
Simon Maguire wrote:Better than Fairytale IMO.

Your opinion's on drugs.

Did you notice the ?

And my opinions private life is no one elses business.

True say.

by **Simon Maguire** Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:12 pm

Smerker wrote:
Simon Maguire wrote:Better than Fairytale IMO.

Your opinion's on drugs.

Did you notice the :wink:

?

And my opinions private life is no one elses business.

by **KathleenwithaK** Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:37 pm

mmmmm, sounds like a martini, i'll have one please

by **Eric V** Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:22 pm

The ORF wrote:The song you are refering to Eric, is Tura-Lura-Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby) and can be found on The Band live album The Last Waltz.

Yes. Thank you. That's the song.

So is that a Trad song, then mixed together with the Nick Cave song, and peppered with MacGowan to become Christmas Lullaby?

by **Paddy Rolling Clone** Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:08 am

Smerker wrote:
Simon Maguire wrote:Better than Fairytale IMO.

Your opinion's on drugs.

Oh my..

by **James** Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:05 pm

Simon Maguire wrote:Better than Fairytale IMO.

Your opinion's on drugs.

by **The ORF** Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:15 pm

The song you are refering to Eric, is Tura-Lura-Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby) and can be found on The Band live album The Last Waltz. The Band's Richard Manuel sings it together with Van Morrison, one of the many guest stars on that album and concert movie.

by **Simon Maguire** Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:30 pm

Better than Fiarytale IMO. :wink:

by **Eric V** Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:38 am

philipchevron wrote:
Dropofpoison wrote:
Eric V wrote:I remember hearing The Band playing a similar basic song, so I think Shane did not write a lot of it, but dressed it up a bit.

Was that what The Pogues were originally intending to cover for their Christmas song before FtoNY? I know Frank Murray wanted them to cover something by The Band

"Christmas Must Be Tonight" from Islands. An OK song on an iffy Band album.

No, I don't think that's the one I had in mind. I did a search online yesterday and found that too, but its not the one. I distinctly remember hearing "its a Christmas lulaby" at the end of a chorus much like Shane's song. I'll have to keep digging. (unfortunately, some bands did not foresee the internet and chose names that are near impossible to do research on, like the Band, and X, and poor old John Doe.... a double whammy)

by **philipchevron** Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:13 am

Dropofpoison wrote:
Eric V wrote:I remember hearing The Band playing a similar basic song, so I think Shane did not write a lot of it, but dressed it up a bit.

Was that what The Pogues were originally intending to cover for their Christmas song before FtoNY? I know Frank Murray wanted them to cover something by The Band

"Christmas Must Be Tonight" from Islands. An OK song on an iffy Band album.

by **Niall** Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:43 am

i think its a great track