N.Y. pub bans ‘Danny Boy’ on St. Patrick’s

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:44 am

Now if we can just get Amazing Grace banned.... the world will have a chance to enjoy some other tunes.

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:22 am

It is a lovely melody. I just don't much appreciate the music hall/parlor-song feel to the lyrics. When I read the news story about it's banning this morning I gave a cheer. I rank it right up there with so many other "beloved", but to my ear detestable, songs for the green-beer crowd. Brings to mind the Robbie O'Connell song You're Not Irish.

Cheers,
Feadan

taity · Post by **taity** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:39 am

ban them and they would be played all the more dont you think .and where do you stop

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:08 pm

taity wrote:ban them and they would be played all the more dont you think .and where do you stop

If folks want to play/sing it "all the more" that's fine I suppose...just not in his pub

I'm certainly not advocating banning green-beer songs from ever being sung anywhere...hey, whatever floats your boat...but I heartily applaud the gentleman's show of taste and sense of culture. It's his pub. I guess he can run it however he sees fit.

Feadan

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:47 pm

In order not to offend too many of the "green beer crowd", when they ask for "Danny Boy", you could say that it had already been played for the evening. A wee lie couldn't hurt too much, could it? But if they became too upset, you could then ask: how about "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" instead?

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:53 pm

Doug_Tipple wrote:In order not to offend too many of the "green beer crowd", when they ask for "Danny Boy", you could say that it had already been played for the evening. A wee lie couldn't hurt too much, could it? But if they became too upset, you could then ask: how about "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" instead?

hahahaha

This just may not be possible (or wise) in many circumstances...

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:53 pm

Doug_Tipple wrote:But if they became too upset, you could then ask: how about "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" instead?

You're a sick puppy Doug...

Feadan

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:44 pm

The Weekenders wrote:Now if we can just get Amazing Grace banned.... the world will have a chance to enjoy some other tunes.

Back when I was working Ren Fairs people used to request Amazing Grace all the time!!!! I sometimes casually joked that the faire was set three centuries before Amazing Grace was written.

I played it though. Always give the audience what they want.

It's a lot more fun to sing if you insert the words to Gilligan's Island.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:52 pm

The one time I was ever asked to sing "Danny Boy," I politely replied that I don't sing that song...but that I know other lovely songs of emmigration and loss, and that, if they would let me choose one, I could give them a real tear-jerker (Airde Cuan). They loved it.

Redwolf

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:23 pm

Feadan wrote:
Doug_Tipple wrote:But if they became too upset, you could then ask: how about "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" instead?
You're a sick puppy Doug...

Feadan

This only goes to show you that not all good ideas receive universal acceptance. I did find this vintage recording to demonstrate what I had in mind. Yes, I know, the flute player is pretty bad, but you get the idea anyway. Irish Eyes

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:33 pm

When visiting New York last January some guy kept demanding Mason's Apron with a phony Brittish accent (what kind of sense does that make???) at maximum volume.

Eventually it was played it but the idiot kept demanding it. Banning Danny Boy is probably a good thing to keep the drunken idiots quiet.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:40 pm

The Weekenders wrote:Now if we can just get Amazing Grace banned.... the world will have a chance to enjoy some other tunes.

It just wouldn't seem like Sunday morning without singing 272.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:49 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:
The Weekenders wrote:Now if we can just get Amazing Grace banned.... the world will have a chance to enjoy some other tunes.
Back when I was working Ren Fairs people used to request Amazing Grace all the time!!!! I sometimes casually joked that the faire was set three centuries before Amazing Grace was written.

I played it though. Always give the audience what they want.

It's a lot more fun to sing if you insert the words to Gilligan's Island.

No,no,no - House of the Rising Sun (and it works vice versa, too).

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:02 pm

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:14 pm

sbfluter wrote:When visiting New York last January some guy kept demanding Mason's Apron with a phony Brittish accent (what kind of sense does that make???) at maximum volume.

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oh, that's nothing...when they start asking for 'middle period Queen',
then it's definitely cut + run time!