Author Topic: My Most Favorite Irish Song sung by Paul McCartney ~ calling my Irish blood (Read 8738 times)

Dunkel · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2016, 03:14:47 pm »

Jen that is a new one for me. The bagpipes do it for me. Just don't go calling that injun blood of yours

Jen · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2016, 03:36:38 pm »

Dunkel?... wait... whaaat? How did you know I have injun blood as well? You must be able to see my smoke signals from Kentucky...!

Dunkel · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2016, 06:23:41 pm »

I'd know a Cherokee face anywhere

apisbees · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2016, 06:55:21 pm »

Paul and Linda McCartney along with Denny Laine.
Hate to burst your Irish Bubble, but the song is about a place in Scotland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre

I first heard it in 1978 when I bought the wings greatest hits album and fell in love with the song.
It was the first song to hit #1 that Paul had after the Beatles broke up in 1970
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre_%28song%29

Jen · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2016, 10:31:56 pm »

Hahhaha Dunkel, that cracks me up! I think you're pulling my leg

But actually it would probably be my hands that have the cherokee touch, from my maternal grandmother. Very proud of that

Dunkel · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2016, 12:50:52 am »

Actually there is a little German and French influence there that is throwing me off a little if I was betting

Jen · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2016, 01:34:56 am »

WhaatEveer! You must have been deep in the archives mister

Jen · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2016, 12:53:34 pm »

Apis, Yep you're right, did a little research and it is Scotland. And, I think the bagpipes have no Irish connection as well. Didn't know that until now

Paul McCartney and Wings was hot during my high school days. Band On The Run was my fav song then, and the idea of that song as well. "During the supporting tour, Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan for cannabis possession, putting the band on hold." The McCartney's commented that that was the only night they ever slept apart.

Then about 10 years ago or so, I bought the cd, and fell in love with Wings music again. That's when one day I was driving down the highway and really listened to Mull of Kintyre, I had a nice sound system in my truck so the bagpipes blew me away, and I memorized the words. Still a Beatles fan, all of them

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2016, 03:38:14 pm »

St Patrick's Day is rough on me, my Irish side wants Whisky, and my German side wants sour kraut, wienies, and beer. I don't want to show partiality so i have both and we are all very, very, happy

Jack

Dunkel · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2016, 05:08:38 pm »

I had remembered your post about the Cherokee heritage. I did have to look that post to make sure and saw the German and French connection.

Les · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:07:14 pm »

Lovely, thank you so much for posting.

lazy shooter · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2016, 05:21:36 pm »

The below link is a beautiful Irish song sung by real Irish men. I don't think there is a more beautiful song than this one, although Danny Boy sung by one of the Irish tenors is pretty close.

Jen · « **Reply #13 on:** March 25, 2016, 06:49:48 pm »

Lazy... That was just so beautiful that I had to go find the lyrics so I could sing along

apisbees · « **Reply #14 on:** March 25, 2016, 07:28:11 pm »

OK closer to Irish, but still a song from a Scotish poem about a place in Scotland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Mountain_Thyme

Quote

"Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a folk song written by Francis McPeake, a member of a well known musical family in Belfast, Ireland, and is of Scottish origin.[1] McPeake's lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810), a contemporary of Robert Burns. Tannahill's original song, first published in Robert Archibald Smith's Scottish Minstrel (1821–24), is about the hills (braes) around Balquhidder near Lochearnhead. Like Burns, Tannahill collected and adapted traditional songs, and "The Braes of Balquhither" may have been based on the traditional song "The Braes o' Bowhether".

Sorry Jen

Jen · « **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:40:19 pm »

Hahahahahaha! This gives me a good laugh!

I needed that!

But Apis, you need to go after Lazy! He's the one who posted that song first. I just followed with the lyrics.

You would think that the Irish in my blood would know this, but I fear not.

Okay! Now Darn It! You should post a lovely Irish song for us who are getting it wrong. And it can't be Danny Boy!

I'll be waiting...

tic toc tic toc

lazy shooter · « **Reply #16 on:** March 25, 2016, 10:09:50 pm »

The Irish claim the song, and either don't believe the above or choose not to believe it. It is for me an Irish song. My last true pure blood relatives were an Irish immigrant married to a Comanche woman. They were my maternal grandparents. The Scotts are a grasping bunch. They probably claim "Danny Boy."

Jen · « **Reply #17 on:** March 25, 2016, 10:26:13 pm »

Wow Lazy, Irish and Comanche..... That could be a hot headed bunch right there... Phew

lazy shooter · « **Reply #18 on:** March 25, 2016, 10:28:14 pm »

Here is you a fun Irish song.

lazy shooter · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2016, 10:41:28 pm »

I copied the wrong url.