agnomenamedgrimblekrumble wrote:Ohhh, man, #5 is right on the tip of my tongue, Ramblin'...
Gnome, I'm sure you'd rather have a woman on the tip of your tongue, yes?? And hmmm, those axes look darn familiar ... perhaps from a place I wish I had time to go to. Too many forums, not enough RM.

Sorry amigo.
I'm ending this Eirrish one because I want to do another, if SD doesn't mind. Yes, that's right, all of these bands/performers are/were from the Emerald Isle.
1. U2 – Who’s gonna ride your wild horses? Este-Van grabs numero uno.
2. Corrs - Breathless The fact that no one got this seems to speak volumes as to how many people actually look at this thread.

Maybe I've alienated many of SD's insatiable throng, I'll try to do better. This set was for that "young Dubliner" anyway.
3. Cranberries - Ode to my family Esteban gets 1/2. Oh hell, I'll just give him the whole dang point, he'll need them all when he goes to Boston.
4. Boomtown Rats - I don’t like Mondays. That wild Irish rogue again ... may your mouth be wet Esteban!
5. Sinead O’Connor - I am stretched on your grave Using the lyrics from "Nothing Compares 2 U" would have been too easy. Anyway she has an AWESOME voice and her first album -- I do not want what I haven't got -- is a classic that will stand the test of time.
6. Van Morrison - Into the mystic. Good job Spawn of Satin. One of Van's most romantic songs, and for anyone who lives in the Bay Area, go see his daughter, Shana, perform live. She is fantastic, and has a more bluesy voice, kinda like Melissa Etheridge and Joan Osborne, but with a folksy twang. After a show back in 2000 (in Mill Valley, CA), I kinda asked her if she'd like to go out sometime. Bitch shot me down.
7. Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid A US one-hit wonder from 1998, but RM loves chick-rock. I think she was popular before that though in Ireland doing a cover of Mr. Dylan's "To Ramona" -- are you listening SD?
8. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak. Another one for the young Dubliner, Este-van. Phil Lynott, the Irish bloke who started TL and who wrote most of their songs and led the group, was underrated -- possibly because he was a real oddity: an Irish black man in the mostly-white world of 70s hard rock. And, he played the Bass, not either of their twin wailing geetars. Sadly, he died way too early, like many of his peers, at the ripe old age of 35, in 1986. Yep -- alcohol, heroin, cocaine ... the usual. Sure and begorrah he's up there wailin' away on his bass with all of the others (Hendrix, SRV, Syd, Kurt, etc etc). Trust me when I say I bet he was welcome to that party.
9. Pogues - Fairytale of New York. Great job, Baralis.
10. Chieftains - Women of Ireland
"May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you."
"May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human
and enough hope to make you happy."
Toastin'Man
p.s. SD you okay with me doing another which will be very different?