A lot of Irish music is boring and repetitious. Here's some

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:55 am

I'm into slow airs these days, so I'll add to the list:

Fil, Fil, A Run O (lovely!)
Gile Mear
Eamonn a Chnoic
Buachaill on Eirne
An Boithrin Bui
Baidin Fheidhlimidh (just don't ever ask me how to pronounce this one...play it I can; say it I can't!)

Redwolf

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 8:38 am

Here's what I'm obsessed by / working on in the Irish side these days:

Are You Ready Yet?
An Phis Fliuch
Lucky in Love
The Dairymaid

The Clareman's
The King of the Fairies
O'Sullivan's March
An Sean Duine
Dinny O'Brien's
The Crib of Perches
The Creel of Turf
Alexander's Hornpipe

On the "other side"

I'm currently haunted by a neat little duet, the Adagio and Allegro from Sonata 1 by Loeillet.

Best wishes,

--James
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chas · Post by **chas** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 8:57 am

Road to Lisdoonvarna
Eleanor Plunkett
Beauty in tears
King George IV (I think, the march that begins the 2nd Deanta album)
Another vote for Banish Misfortune

bassnwhistle · Post by **bassnwhistle** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 9:28 am

Given E=Fb's criteria (easy to play and great sounding) I'd say:

- Banish Misfortune
- Baidin Fheidhlimidh
- The Pearl (by Phil Cunningham of now-defunct Silly Wizard) - low whistle - drop-dead-gorgeous, very simple, slow and, yes, repetitive, but if you vary your ornamentation and play with a good fiddler, this is what your audience will be humming on the way home.
Ian

OutOfBreath · Post by **OutOfBreath** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 9:45 am

I vote for "The Irish Washerwoman"

John (grinnin', duckin', and headed for cover)

E = Fb · Post by **E = Fb** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 9:59 am

On 2003-01-01 01:55, Redwolf wrote:
I'm into slow airs these days, so I'll add to the list:

Fil, Fil, A Run O (lovely!)
Gile Mear
Eamonn a Chnoic
Buachaill on Eirne
An Boithrin Bui
Baidin Fheidhlimidh (just don't ever ask me how to pronounce this one...play it I can; say it I can't!)

Redwolf

It's pronounced
Baw-Deen Ellim-ee
It means "Felim's little boat". There are words to it that go something like: "Felim's little boat went to Toree, with Felim in it". It's not what you'd call deep.

Tom

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:16 pm

Hi tom,Those lyrics might not be deep,but the sea was-Felim ended up at the bottom of it if memory serves me right!

feadog39 · Post by **feadog39** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:30 pm

Okay,the best tune i discovered/learned of late is by far a reel by the name of 'Beare Island.' was composed by Finbar Dwyer. Holy bananas, batman, it is a mighty tune. First heard it on Micheal O`Raghallaigh's CD, The Nervous Man.

can't...stop..play..ing...it...help!

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:57 pm

On 2003-01-01 10:59, E = Fb wrote:
On 2003-01-01 01:55, Redwolf wrote:
I'm into slow airs these days, so I'll add to the list:

Fil, Fil, A Run O (lovely!)
Gile Mear
Eamonn a Chnoic
Buachaill on Eirne
An Boithrin Bui
Baidin Fheidhlimidh (just don't ever ask me how to pronounce this one...play it I can; say it I can't!)

Redwolf

It's pronounced
Baw-Deen Ellim-ee
It means "Felim's little boat". There are words to it that go something like: "Felim's little boat went to Toree, with Felim in it". It's not what you'd call deep.

Tom

Actually, that's what I like about it...it's such a perky little tune, but the words are rather tragic (If I recall, it's something like "Felim's boat sank off Tory with Felim in it")...that kind of conundrum tickles my musical fancy

.

And it is pretty, and easy to play.

Redwolf

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 1:55 pm

On 2002-12-31 18:45, Sandy Jasper wrote:
"Boulavogue" haunts my soul.

I also like "Spancil Hill" right now.

Yes Sandy,I think that 'Spancil hill' is a rousing tune,but everytime I hear it now,I can't forget being at a session in a Dublin pub when a local requested this tune in a rather loud manner."I'M NOT PLAYING DAT SHOITE!!" was the fiddler's reply.The Dublin accent is difficult to render into type,but i think you get where he was coming from!

ChrisLaughlin · Post by **ChrisLaughlin** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 9:20 pm

I'm really hoping this thread is a joke.

"A lot of Irish music is boring and repetitive".... right :roll:

Best,
Chris

Paul Anderson · Post by **Paul Anderson** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 9:53 pm

Amen Chris. Maybe everyone's listening to Phil Coulter or Clannad or Daniel O'Donnell or Uncle Hugo. I just finished working on The Battering Ram and Come West Along The Road. If they're boring to some, change the medication.

Dragon · Post by **Dragon** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:25 pm

Well...

I do not play "songs"... just whatever comes to mind. However, there is one song that I am putting in time to learn (which is going a ways for me). The swallowtail jig is not only a great sounding song, but the shape of the song always brings me to an old barn I used to hang around and watching the swallowtails.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:08 am

On 2003-01-01 14:55, kevin m. wrote:
On 2002-12-31 18:45, Sandy Jasper wrote:

I also like "Spancil Hill" right now.
Yes Sandy,I think that 'Spancil hill' is a rousing tune,but everytime I hear it now,I can't forget being at a session in a Dublin pub when a local requested this tune in a rather loud manner."I'M NOT PLAYING DAT SHOITE!!" was the fiddler's reply.The Dublin accent is difficult to render into type,but i think you get where he was coming from!

I had to grin at this one. It was the repeated practising of that song that finally drove me away (frothing at the mouth) from my regular weekly singing class of the last two years. "I'm not singing that shoite" is my feeling exactly. About as rousing as a dead dog in a ditch to me.

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madguy · Post by **madguy** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:43 am

So far, several searches to find Baidin Fheidhlimidh have come up empty. Could someone please lead me to this one? Thanks in advance.

~Larry