Cliches?

ndjr · Post by **ndjr** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:40 am

I have the impression that An Air From County Derry, a.k.a. Danny Boy, seems to be avoided by musicians native to Ireland. Are there any other songs that are, at least currently, considered to be cliches by the Irish, or the Scottish for that matter?

I was wondering about Minstrel Boy particularly, as one doesn't find it commonly on CDs. I only know of one published instance of it, played by James Galway with the Chieftans. It's rather popular with audiences on this side of the water, but I'm curious what the Irish opinion of it is.

[ This Message was edited by: ndjr on 2002-02-15 10:01 ]

Firefly · Post by **Firefly** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:57 am

I can't speak for anybody else on the board, but as far as I'm concerned, "Amazing Grace" is to Scots music what "Danny Boy" is to Irish - an absolutely beautiful tune that has been hopelessly ruined by countless artists' shall we say...creative...renderings.

I wish more people would learn to leave this one alone, instead of trying to interpret the heck out of it, ultimately loosing the simple beauty of the tune in the first place. (I inherited some of this ire from my father, a bagpiper, who swears that some people he's met think it's the only song capable of being played on the pipes!)

~Firefly

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 3:12 am

Tooralooraloora!
Tooraloorali!
Tooralooraloori!
That's an Irish lullabye.

Arto_Vallivirta · Post by **Arto_Vallivirta** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 4:33 am

Whiskey in the Jar

Graphics Guy · Post by **Graphics Guy** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 4:45 am

Swallowtail Jig
Inisheer

Dan

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 5:21 am

Every ethnic group has their list of over played songs.
Hava Nagila, Jewish
Arrivederci Roma, Italian
The list goes on...

Graphics Guy · Post by **Graphics Guy** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 5:27 am

I can just hear Johann S. Bach
I really wish I hadnt written the Minuet waltz. They keep butchering it !!!!

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 5:51 am

On 2002-02-15 06:27, Graphics Guy wrote:
I can just hear Johann S. Bach
I really wish I hadnt written the Minuet waltz. They keep butchering it !!!!

Wish granted or wasn't the minute waltz written by Chopin?

Andreas · Post by **Andreas** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 6:44 am

Yes, it is by Chopin ,but I think he wrote "I wish I hadn't written the Minute waltz".

Of course, the wish is still granted.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 6:48 am

On 2002-02-15 05:33, Arto_Vallivirta wrote:
Whiskey in the Jar

Oh! I second that! Add to it Whistling Gypsy Rover.

NancyF · Post by **NancyF** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 8:01 am

cotton-eyed joe around here...

Lady Whistler · Post by **Lady Whistler** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 8:09 am

Orange Blossom Special!
My husband is a fiddler and everywhere he goes that is the first song people whant him to play.

LW

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 8:25 am

In our local guitar shops (and probably everywhere else, too, since there was a gag about it in "Wayne's World"), "Stairway to Heaven"!

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 8:55 am

I don't know about overdone songs, but me and my true love will never meet again, on the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Tom

brownja · Post by **brownja** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 9:00 am

Anything you hear on St. Paddy's day in NYC.
But, as has been said before, every genre has their own overplayed songs.
I once heard that "The Macerena" was revenge for "Achy Breaky Heart"
Vivaldi's Four Seasons is done to death on classical stations.
Cheers,
jb