Red Roses for Me game

[Smoz]

Transmetropolitan 12
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 10
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 10
Dingle Regatta 7
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 5
Kitty 12


I think we will see a lot of love for the likes of Boys From County Hell as this progresses, I think the early stages are not necessarily a good indication of what are the best loved tracks. Shame to see DITGWTDMG dropping this early, it certainly used to be a highlight of the live set way back when.

[kmurray105]

Transmetropolitan 12
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 11
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 10
Dingle Regatta 6
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 5
Kitty 12

that was hard

[NewJerseyRich]

Transmetropolitan 12
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 11
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 10
Dingle Regatta 6
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 4
Kitty 13

[Sportin' Life]

Transmetropolitan 12
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 11
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 10
Dingle Regatta 5
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 5
Kitty 13

Somedays I really think DITGWTDMG is the best track on the album. Its like the card cheat on London Calling. Somedays I think it is brilliant, other days I don't seem to want to listen to it much. But now I want to save it if I can.

[Brian]

Transmetropolitan 12
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 9
Dingle Regatta 5
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 5
Kitty 13

Very tough call, but I took a point away from Poor Paddy. Love the song (especially live and appreciated hearing it on the tour), just not as much as others.

[lesh]

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 5
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 5
Kitty 13


Argh, as others have already said, hard choices to make. I happen to love the instrumentals, it's a shame to see Dingle Regatta & The Battle of Brisbane drop down. After some amount of deliberation I add one point to Transmetropolitan and subtract one point from Poor Paddy. (Though I really did want to cast my vote for Down in the Ground…it's an integral part of one of my crappy-workday-antidote playlists…wailing & screaming along with the ending of it while driving home is very cathartic.)

[firehazard]

This thread has reminded me how much I love this album. Not that I'd ever forgotten really. It's still hard to pick out tracks for plus or minus voting.

But just because I do think it's a brilliant track, and essential to the album, and a Shane composition to boot... and because today I may well need to do some good old screaming too, so DITGWTDMG gets my plus vote today.
I'd flirted with giving a minus to The Auld Triangle, but it wouldn't seem right to do that to Mr Behan today of all days. So (and because I haven't done it before) I'm afraid I'm going to knock off Dingle Regatta (as it were). Sorry Dingle Regatta, I do love you really.

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 13
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 4
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 6
Kitty 13

[Low D]

Can't do it. Like a lot of you, it's different songs on different days. Poor Paddy..., Transmetropolitan, kitty... and i'm feeling motivated to add a point to Down in the Ground... just 'cause i like to root for the underdog (and i think it's a great song. "Ambitious" as Philip says. Successfully so, says i).

Have to try again later.

[NewJerseyRich]

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 10
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 14
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 3
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 6
Kitty 13


work time over, play time begins!

[firehazard]

Ok, today's vote:
Plus one for Greenland Whale Fisheries, because it's March the eighteenth day. And it's a blistering version of the song. And it's a Friday, and I usually end up singing the song on Friday nights.
Minus one for The Auld Triangle, partly because it's had neither ups nor downs at all yet. But I shall probably regret it later.

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 9
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 14
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 3
Greenland Whale Fisheries 11
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 6
Kitty 13

[aljaM]

It's a tough one, but...

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 9
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 15
Streams of Whiskey 13
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 3
Greenland Whale Fisheries 11
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 6
Kitty 13

[soulfinger]

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 9
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 14
Streams of Whiskey 14
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 3
Greenland Whale Fisheries 11
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 6
Kitty 13

Tactical voting to get streams back to joint top.

[territa]

I think we'd be at a different place on the "chart" if this poll were taken blindly. But that not being the case:

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 9
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 14
Streams of Whiskey 14
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 3
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 7
Kitty 13

[Mike M]

For my one go-round at voting....

Transmetropolitan 12
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 9
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 14
Streams of Whiskey 14
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 3
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 7
Kitty 14

[Charles]

Transmetropolitan 13
Battle of Brisbane 7
The Auld Triangle 9
Waxie's Dargle 10
Boys from the County Hell 12
Sea Shanty 11
Dark Streets of London 14
Streams of Whiskey 14
Poor Paddy 8
Dingle Regatta 2
Greenland Whale Fisheries 10
Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go 7
Kitty 14