Borrowed Music

[Zuzana]

Rock n Roll Paddy is basically note for note the same song as Barnyards of Delgaty (done by the CB&TM among others).

No doubt about that. Hear with your own ears at:

http://music.download.com/wyldenept/360 ... #100223494

[Achilles1022]

some Dubliners/Pogues connections:

"Tramps And Hawkers" --> Song With No Name
"Willie Gannon," like Old Main Drag, seems to be inspired by 'Contessa.'

both of these songs can be found on the Dubliners' "The Dubliners with Luke Kelly" album (remastered version).

[Zuzana]

I think there is a striking resemblance in the melody of Snake With Eyes Of Garnet and Drinkin' In the Day(the song written by Bono and Simon Carmody for Ronnie Drew). Has anybody else noticed that? Could it be just a coincidence? (Ronnie's album Dirty Rotten Shameon which the song appears was released a year later than Shane's Snake, so in this case it doesn't necessarily have to be Shane who borrows from others...)

[arkansas]

I still can't find any sources of that song Contessa that predate the Pogues tune. Is it possible that the TEXT was written in 1966 and the melody was borrowed from the Pogues tune? hm...

That's what I think too. Here's another version of Contessa, with a different melody, but the same lyrics.
And here they mention how The Old Main Drag was an inspiration for Contessa. (The same page, tanslated to English)

[goodbar]

don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but there's some riffs in 'thousands are sailing' that sound totally like 'donald where's yer trousers?'

or maybe i'm on crack.

just excited to have contributed something to this dead topic.

[Hellbeard]

That's what I think too. Here's another version of Contessa, with a different melody, but the same lyrics.
And here they mention how The Old Main Drag was an inspiration for Contessa. (The same page, tanslated to English)

Thanks for solving that riddle

[Grack]

Hmmm...was listening to a CD I bought a couple years ago in Doolin, Ireland and there's a song on there called "Englands Motorway".

It's the same melody as the traditional song "Homes of Donegal"...and thus also the same melody as "The Song With No Name" from The Snake....

[sanx]

i recent;y bought Cruachan's newest album, and on a song called Michael Collins, they use the riff from sea Shanty and Paddy Public Enemey #1.


scott

[goodbar]

i recent;y bought Cruachan's newest album, and on a song called Michael Collins, they use the riff from sea Shanty and Paddy Public Enemey #1.


scott

it's a traditional song called the kesh jig.

[Sober]

After having read all your posts, I am not sure if I find Shane/The Pogues that original anymore.

[achilleus1022]

There's a striking similarity between parts of The Snake With Eyes Of Garnet and 'Lucy' by Nick Cave. There's no question that the chord progression is identical for the first two lines of every verse, though the keys are different. The lyrical similarity is more than obvious, as well.

Last [D] night as I lay [Bm] dreaming / my [D] way across the [Bm] sea

Last [G] night I lay [Em] trembling / the [G] moon it was [Em] low

If you play 'Lucy' on guitar and simply speed up the tempo, you may as well be playing 'Snake.'

I'm basing this analysis on the version of 'Lucy' found on Shane and Nick Cave's "What A Wonderful World" single. I've never heard Cave's original version.

[Guesting]

London Girl intro --> (Rag Mama Rag)

[Grack]

There's a striking similarity between parts of The Snake With Eyes Of Garnet and 'Lucy' by Nick Cave.

Actually, Shane used Nick Cave's Lucy for the melody of Christmas Lullaby. I don't hear the 'Snake With Eyes' similarity.

Identical chords are nothing astonishing...most traditional Irish tunes only have only 3-4 chords in them and are often in one of three keys (D, G or C). I play trad. Irish music and I can't tell you how many jigs have the chord progression:

D---G---D-G-A---D---G---DGAD

It's just common in folk music....and blues, and country, and....

[trev]

Anyone else noticed the similarity between wild cats of kilkenny and pink floyd's 'one of these days' ?

[Grack]

The horn part in Metropolis is borrowed from Tom Waits' 'Midtown' from the Rain Dods album.

I used to have an mp3 where someone even cut the two songs together. Was kinda cool. Wonder what happened to that...