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Re: The Great Hunger documentary

Post by old barney greyheron Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:56 am

I just watched this documentary again..on youtube (isn't youtube the bestest thing in the world!)
There's a huge error early on that i'd not noticed before. The narrator states Shane was born in Tipperary, every man and his dog knows he was born in Kent, England, as his parents were visiting family for Christmas. I'm astonished such a mistake got through all the processes, into the actual final edit. Still a brilliant doc though. I love the Christie Moore and Sinead O'connor versions of Shane songs. And Ronnie Drew singing 'the dunes' is truly awesome.

Re: The Great Hunger documentary

Post by redadeg Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:18 am

Thanks a lot for that link. Found some quie good Bootlegs there, but sadly no Gig-Vids :(

Re: The Great Hunger Documentary

Post by Low D Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:37 pm

redadeg wrote:I have a low qualitiy copy on DVD.
Not bad for watching, but could be better. Ronnie is awesome at the end.

I prefer the "If i should fall from grace" doku.

I am searching for TV recordings of Live Shows. Like Japan 88 oder later. Any links where i can find some gigs?


The music in "The Great Hunger" is great, i actually ripped it all and burned it to cd.

The best place i've ever found for live shows is www.dimeadozen.org - it tends to be full (there's 40,000 members or something), but auto-purges like every 15 min. Pick an evening, try to register, and keep trying, you'll get in. I've got ***tonnes*** of Pogues stuff there over the years.

Re: The Great Hunger Documentary

Post by redadeg Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:49 am

I have a low qualitiy copy on DVD.
Not bad for watching, but could be better. Ronnie is awesome at the end.

I prefer the "If i should fall from grace" doku.

I am searching for TV recordings of Live Shows. Like Japan 88 oder later. Any links where i can find some gigs?

Re: The Great Hunger Documentary

Post by Low D Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:03 am

Forum rules prevent the posting of any sort of direct links. But if you do bit torrent, i would suggest you head over to http://www.thepiratebay.org, as it's running there (in .mpg format) and appears to be seeded.

Re: The Great Hunger Documentary

Post by old barney greyheron Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:57 am

I just realised, that wasn't really helpful..sorry, I was too busy swearing to notice...it's bound to be out there in ciderspace some where...

Re: The Great Hunger Documentary

Post by old barney greyheron Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:54 am

Gah!! I used to have this on video...lost it...thanks for reminding me...

The Great Hunger Documentary

Post by ManniGee Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:25 pm

Hi !

Can anybody tell me where I can get a copy of the BBC documentary about Shane ? It is called "The Great Hunger "...

Any infos are appreciated...Thx !

Post by Niall Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:48 am

RICHB wrote:
dawsonn wrote:sinead o connor is a beautifull woman


Quite intresting the Shane and Sinead relationship. I was watching an old Late Show thing i have on dvd from2000 I think where he is saying the whole herion bust thing was her just trying to get media attention and if she had really been a friend she wouldnt have done it. Then I read an interview with Shane from 2003 where he had come off herion where he basically he says that she is truely a great woman who had saved his life.


maybe when he got clean he realised what she had done for him

The Great Hunger

Post by Dun Na Ngall Darren Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:31 pm

This was first shown on BBC2 around 97 to promote Shane and The Popes "The Crock of Gold". It is a right good documentary however I have since heard that Shane hates it. What really makes it is the different artists doing Shane's songs.

The are all top notch however the best has got to be Ronnie Drew singing "The Dunes" at the end of the show....absolutely brilliant.

Post by Christine Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:55 pm

Fantastic, thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can make that one. How can there possibly be more reasons to look forward to Christmas? Also your (and CM's) earlier reviews were brilliant, I shall spend all my Christmas money on tickets.

And have a great trip to Japan - hopefully without any screaching kids bothering you!

Post by philipchevron Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:20 pm

Jackthelad wrote:''Where's the pub, where is it! WHERE IS THE PUB!?''


YOu have to admit, there are few questions more vital for a drinking man. Which reminds me, tonight I saw Conor McPherson's latest The Seafarer at the National theatre. I have to say I am a huge admirer of his work as a writer without ever really believing him to be a man of the theatre. But this play breaks that duck - his first play about alcoholism since he himself quit his career as an intensive farmer of the fuzzy foam (c. Declan Lynch) and it's the first Conor McPherson play I've actually LIKED rather than admired. Many of you will know the legend of the Hellfire Club, in which the devil plays cards with a bunch of drinkers. I don't think it's giving too much away to say that the legend is revisted here in style. And now Irish culture has a great Christmas Eve play to go along with its great Christmas Eve song.

Post by Jackthelad Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:04 pm

''Where's the pub, where is it! WHERE IS THE PUB!?''

Post by Low D Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:55 pm

rumsodomyandthelash wrote:Thanks Low D . i also use a mac and was not aware of that piece of software and thanks again for the pm hint :lol: :lol:


one note, if you use the free demo version, it only lets you rip a max of 10 min, then it gives you static. but you can do as many 10 min chunks as you like. this means, basically, rather than ripping the whole show and then cutting & pasting out what you want, you'll need to do the songs seperately. not a big burden for free software, tho.

Post by rumsodomyandthelash Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:19 am

Low D wrote:
rumsodomyandthelash wrote:does anyone know if you can get an audio recording of the spancil hill duo with christie moore and what christie album would you recomend me to get , not having had any prior interest :?:


hi. i have a macintosh, and used some free software (or the free demo version, anyway) called "audio hijack" which lets you rip audio out of virually any program, and create a wav file, or mp3 file, or whatever you want. so i made a really great-sounding disc from the performances in "the great hunger". BUT the duet with christy is clipped! the whole thing circulates as an mp3. it's from "the late late show tribute to christy moore", which also circulates amongst traders. i have yet to make audio rips from that, but i would suggest you get a copy of that & extract the audio.

or just find the mp3 if you're not audio hi-fi picky.

Thanks Low D . i also use a mac and was not aware of that piece of software and thanks again for the pm hint :lol: :lol:

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