Dropkick Murphys

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

Just listening to this classic today... Kiss me I'm shitfaced

It leaves you with a warm feeling deep down inside:

I can bench press a car, I'm an ex football star

with degrees from both Harvard and Yale

Girls just can't keep up, I'm a real love machine

I've had far better sex while in jail

I've designed the Sears Tower, I make two grand an hour

I cook the world's best duck flambe

I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me

I don't need these lines to get laid

So kiss me, I'm shitfaced

I'm soaked, I'm soiled and brown

in the trousers, she kissed me

And I only bought her one round

[Finnegan]

To be fair, I turned my nose up at it at first, but it really isn't that bad an album afterall. Sure, it's not the Gangs All Here or Sing Loung, Sing Proud - but it's got some great tunes on there and I suppose that qualifies.

For comic relief, I'll take Spicey McHaggis any day though. Best line's the Heff reference IMO.

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

To be fair, I turned my nose up at it at first, but it really isn't that bad an album afterall. Sure, it's not the Gangs All Here or Sing Loung, Sing Proud - but it's got some great tunes on there and I suppose that qualifies.

For comic relief, I'll take Spicey McHaggis any day though. Best line's the Heff reference IMO.

I liked Sing Loud Sing Proud and I agree that Spicy McHaggis is a pisser... always lookin' for chicks...

But I love Blackout cos it's just a lot of fun and great tunes and probably epitomises what they're all about.

Murphy Murphy darlin' dear...

[Finnegan]

I like 'Der Fields o' At'enroi, it sounds brilliant done as a punk ballad. But somehow I can never quite get over the fact it's being sung by a bunch of lads from Boston. At least Dave King was born in Dublin, it somehow gives Molly a little more... meaning?

I think it's for that reason my favourite Murphys song is The Fighting 69th. Not only is it a fooking great punk song, it's a celebration of American culture as much as it is their Irish heritage. There just seems to be more 'truth' in songs like the New American Way, the Fighting 69th and Fortunes of War. Maybe I'm just weird.

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

I like 'Der Fields o' At'enroi, it sounds brilliant done as a punk ballad. But somehow I can never quite get over the fact it's being sung by a bunch of lads from Boston. At least Dave King was born in Dublin, it somehow gives Molly a little more... meaning?

I think it's for that reason my favourite Murphys song is The Fighting 69th. Not only is it a fooking great punk song, it's a celebration of American culture as much as it is their Irish heritage. There just seems to be more 'truth' in songs like the New American Way, the Fighting 69th and Fortunes of War. Maybe I'm just weird.

Nah, you have a point. I guess it's just that Americans (and Australians for that matter) as a rule are either proud of their Irish heritage, or just have a thing for Irish folk. I know I love belting out the Black Velvet Band with mates around a pub table

It's obviously acceptable to a point before it gets a bit weird. I was speaking to a native Irish speaker from the Kerry coast a few weeks ago, and his tip for travelling the emerald isle was "if you're going to visit your cousins, call or write them beforehand! You'd be surprised the amount of people who roll up on people's doorsteps." I would have thought that much common courtesy, but I guess people must do it.

I love The Fields as well, bit disappointed at the lack of Republican chants during the chorus but I guess that would be the 'weird' like you say

[Finnegan]

Aye. I'm frequently fighting their corner to my even more cynical friends. I mean I'm guessing by the likes of Boys on the Docks that Ken's a first generation American and there are strong Irish communities around many port towns in the states, Scotland, England, Australia and God knows where else. But I do think that a lot of people use their family tree as an excuse to avoid being just American or just English or whatever.

[Jay]

Loved The Murphys for years!!!

you can't beat some punk rock bagpipes!!

the DVD on the road with the DKM's is also well worth buying loads of quality stuff to be found on it!!

[Mark]

Not as huge a fan as you lot are but I always find myself putting Boy's on the Docks on whenever I read about the Dropkicks, awesome song.

Any of you like The Real McKenzies? They're of a similar vein to Dropkick Murphys, just Scottish punk rock bagpipes.

[Finnegan]

All a load of Toss. The band I'd REALLY recomend to the lot o' you would be The Tossers. Better than all of 'em, boys.

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

Right, so Tossers and Real McKenzies are on the 'to do' list this week

[Jay]

All a load of Toss. The band I'd REALLY recomend to the lot o' you would be The Tossers. Better than all of 'em, boys.

you already recomended them to me an I wasn't disappointed top class stuff to be fair!! however I also purchase the T Duggins solo album that I am not so impressed with!!

[Finnegan]

Right, so Tossers and Real McKenzies are on the 'to do' list this week

You can probably get Long Dim Road pretty cheap off ebay second hand or something. Fantastic album, I'd recommend any of it for download really but the song 'Mad Riot' is a must. They're much folkier than the Murphs and probably even Molly. Give 'The Ballad of N.A.T.O.' a go, as well - it's a bit unorthadox but it's brilliant.

edit: What am I doing? Completely forgot about YouSendIt. Here you go: Mad Riot and The Ballad of N.A.T.O.

[Jay]

You can probably get Long Dim Road pretty cheap off ebay second hand or something. Fantastic album, I'd recommend any of it for download really but the song 'Mad Riot' is a must. They're much folkier than the Murphs and probably even Molly. Give 'The Ballad of N.A.T.O.' a go, as well - it's a bit unorthadox but it's brilliant.

edit: What am I doing? Completely forgot about YouSendIt. Here you go: Mad Riot and The Ballad of N.A.T.O.

or subscribe to EMUSIC get your 25 freee downloads and then cancel your subscription!!! unless you fancy 90 downlaods a month for £15, not a bad deal to be fair!

They have 3 Tossers albums Communication and conviction, Long dim Road and Purgatory

[Cat Burger]

'Do or die' is my favourite DKM album