Hi Christy.
Thanks for another cracker in HQ. Some more wonderful Gems on the list again tonight. Had never heard the “Finglas Boy “ live before, Wally really captured the essence of the story.
Think we have found a whole new role for Mick, as a “Prompter”😂😂. ….. with a bit of practice he could be a flier at it !!!!!
Best regards
Ride on.
Patsy
Twat! A Classic! Years ahead of its time! Was JCC a visionary? It could also be about that recent pox of a politician we had here thats even mentioned in the poem!
There once was an orange faced trump,
Who’s sayings should be sent to the dump,
All the singing of prose,
For his emperor’s new clothes,
Would sound like it came from his rump.
Hi Christy,
Yes my choice is for poetry to be read on it’s own. A friend of mine, James Grant, released an album I Shot the Albatross, which was various poems put to music but it was not enjoyed by the critics, and is a medium that rarely works to be frank.
Poetry is a beautiful art form, it can be sidesplitting , for example John Cooper Clarke’s ‘twat’.
On remembrance sunday the solemnity of Wilfred Owen’s ‘dulce et decorum est’ leaves my soul desolate.
Heaney’s poems are definitely best just read by him, and him alone, a voice i could listen to every day and so many incredible types of work left the pen that sat between his finger and thumb.
I cannot think that Bobby Sands poem ‘Rodaí MacCorlaí’ ,with the poacher’s son, would suit a strumming guitar, in the way that Tommy Mackem sang ‘roddy mccorley’ the song.
So no i think poetry should remain spoken and alone, though the mix ( without mixing) of the Poet and the Piper album is sheer bliss.
Rory
Christy's reply
my sentiments entirely…
spoken poetry is sometimes marred by inappropriate accompaniment
betimes intense verse can be lost in the kerfuffle
just heard John Cooper Clarke chat with Louis Theroux
hard to bate twat (fits the Donald perfectly..tommy robinson too)
Dear Christy, you know already of my affection for your great box set, last weekend i was in the North and after visiting a mutual friend i went to the Homeplace again.
I managed to pick up Seamus Heaney’s cd box set of him reading his whole collection. What a joy these 2 box sets will bring , while others eat the wee small birds eggs.
Rory
Christy's reply
Hi Rory…..
always good to heard from you…what do you feel about the use of music with poetry readings..I love to hear poetry spoken…..
Ok….
Leo
” tell me bout knocking on heavens door…”
Bob
” no , you tell me about knocking on heavens door “
Christy's reply
Leo
“great to meet you man,
used to never miss your gig back in the old windy city,
got all your stuff stashed back in me cloister,
vinyl, cassettes,cds, bootlegs,
I even got every one of your theme time radio shaws (thanks Luke )
them feckin nuns are forever rootin around in me archive”
Bob
“thats cool man
but let me ask you
when you gonna let them lovely ladies say mass?
let the girls turn H20 into vino collapso?
any move on reparation? restitution? excommuniction for fiddlers of the cloth
yizzer hoors for hangin on to the moolah
when ye gonna stop movin abusers around to fresh pasture?”
Leo
“These are very good questions my child
as soon as I get word from above
I’m bound to obedience, poverty,chastity,
my hands are tied ’til I get the nod
Bob
“you gotta get a grip man
yiz are a holy show
with all this misogyny,
you’re losin the room
tis time you tightened the barbed wire in your underpants Leo
I’m outa here man,
I gotta get back to the old wailin wall”
Looking forward to attending Vicar Street tomorrow Sunday 8th November with my mum Teena, daughter of the late Peter O Connor, 15th International Brigade. If you could think of Peter if you sing this song tomorrow night. Niamh & Teena O Connor
Sad to learn this morning of the passing of John Kelly, brother of Michael who was murdered on Bloody Sunday. John was a familiar face to many who visited the Museum of Free Derry and did an excellent job of ensuring that the true story of that sad day was told. Let us remember….
Hi Christy,
Kevin Rowland and his Dexy Midnight Runners
were in The Black Box last night and they burnt it down.
Mayo’s finest rocking up the old town.
The old and the new. Even snuck in The Curragh of Kildare.
Was in mighty form from start to finish was our Kev.
Had them dancing in the aisles and sent em home sweating.
Praise be they added Galway to their Irish tour.
Not so praisey that the hatted one has added Salthill
to next years run. Just never got the fuss mesel.
Anyways enjoy tomorrow night’s fun.
We’ll be up in HQ but not until March.
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
Bob How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man
Leo Where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain
Bob The answemy friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind
Leo get your hurl there and we ll have a puck around
Face the puck out
Hi Christy.
Thanks for another cracker in HQ. Some more wonderful Gems on the list again tonight. Had never heard the “Finglas Boy “ live before, Wally really captured the essence of the story.
Think we have found a whole new role for Mick, as a “Prompter”😂😂. ….. with a bit of practice he could be a flier at it !!!!!
Best regards
Ride on.
Patsy
The good Dr JCC has long been admired….never more so,than hearing ‘Evidently Chickentown’ at the end of a Sopranos episode…a surreal experience…
If only John and Tony had shared screen time .
D.
Twat! A Classic! Years ahead of its time! Was JCC a visionary? It could also be about that recent pox of a politician we had here thats even mentioned in the poem!
There once was an orange faced trump,
Who’s sayings should be sent to the dump,
All the singing of prose,
For his emperor’s new clothes,
Would sound like it came from his rump.
we dreamt that he was hung, drawn and quartered …
Hi Christy,
Yes my choice is for poetry to be read on it’s own. A friend of mine, James Grant, released an album I Shot the Albatross, which was various poems put to music but it was not enjoyed by the critics, and is a medium that rarely works to be frank.
Poetry is a beautiful art form, it can be sidesplitting , for example John Cooper Clarke’s ‘twat’.
On remembrance sunday the solemnity of Wilfred Owen’s ‘dulce et decorum est’ leaves my soul desolate.
Heaney’s poems are definitely best just read by him, and him alone, a voice i could listen to every day and so many incredible types of work left the pen that sat between his finger and thumb.
I cannot think that Bobby Sands poem ‘Rodaí MacCorlaí’ ,with the poacher’s son, would suit a strumming guitar, in the way that Tommy Mackem sang ‘roddy mccorley’ the song.
So no i think poetry should remain spoken and alone, though the mix ( without mixing) of the Poet and the Piper album is sheer bliss.
Rory
my sentiments entirely…
spoken poetry is sometimes marred by inappropriate accompaniment
betimes intense verse can be lost in the kerfuffle
just heard John Cooper Clarke chat with Louis Theroux
hard to bate twat (fits the Donald perfectly..tommy robinson too)
Dear Christy, you know already of my affection for your great box set, last weekend i was in the North and after visiting a mutual friend i went to the Homeplace again.
I managed to pick up Seamus Heaney’s cd box set of him reading his whole collection. What a joy these 2 box sets will bring , while others eat the wee small birds eggs.
Rory
Hi Rory…..
always good to heard from you…what do you feel about the use of music with poetry readings..I love to hear poetry spoken…..
Ok….
Leo
” tell me bout knocking on heavens door…”
Bob
” no , you tell me about knocking on heavens door “
Leo
“great to meet you man,
used to never miss your gig back in the old windy city,
got all your stuff stashed back in me cloister,
vinyl, cassettes,cds, bootlegs,
I even got every one of your theme time radio shaws (thanks Luke )
them feckin nuns are forever rootin around in me archive”
Bob
“thats cool man
but let me ask you
when you gonna let them lovely ladies say mass?
let the girls turn H20 into vino collapso?
any move on reparation? restitution? excommuniction for fiddlers of the cloth
yizzer hoors for hangin on to the moolah
when ye gonna stop movin abusers around to fresh pasture?”
Leo
“These are very good questions my child
as soon as I get word from above
I’m bound to obedience, poverty,chastity,
my hands are tied ’til I get the nod
Bob
“you gotta get a grip man
yiz are a holy show
with all this misogyny,
you’re losin the room
tis time you tightened the barbed wire in your underpants Leo
I’m outa here man,
I gotta get back to the old wailin wall”
Christy hope u keeping well
Any chance of a gig in portlaoise, mountmellick best wishes Mary
Looking forward to attending Vicar Street tomorrow Sunday 8th November with my mum Teena, daughter of the late Peter O Connor, 15th International Brigade. If you could think of Peter if you sing this song tomorrow night. Niamh & Teena O Connor
Sad to learn this morning of the passing of John Kelly, brother of Michael who was murdered on Bloody Sunday. John was a familiar face to many who visited the Museum of Free Derry and did an excellent job of ensuring that the true story of that sad day was told. Let us remember….
Hi Christy,
Kevin Rowland and his Dexy Midnight Runners
were in The Black Box last night and they burnt it down.
Mayo’s finest rocking up the old town.
The old and the new. Even snuck in The Curragh of Kildare.
Was in mighty form from start to finish was our Kev.
Had them dancing in the aisles and sent em home sweating.
Praise be they added Galway to their Irish tour.
Not so praisey that the hatted one has added Salthill
to next years run. Just never got the fuss mesel.
Anyways enjoy tomorrow night’s fun.
We’ll be up in HQ but not until March.
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
Bob How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man
Leo Where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain
Bob The answemy friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind
Leo get your hurl there and we ll have a puck around
Face the puck out