Irish Folk Song

[Revelationroadshow 0]

Need a little help. Saturday's couple have asked for:

 

"Fields of Athenry"

 

An old irish folk song

 

Napster no's nothing!

 

Any ideas - albums, is the title correct etc...

[Dream Catchers 0]

Need a little help. Saturday's couple have asked for:

 

"Fields of Athenry"

 

An old irish folk song

 

Napster no's nothing!

 

Any ideas - albums, is the title correct etc...

It's dead popular on karaoke.

There is an mp3 of it here

 

Jim

[Danno13 0]

There are versions by tonnes of different artists.. I wouldn't like to guess which is the best one though, may be worth asking the client.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fields_of_Athenry

 

Looks like Danny Doyle was the original.

Edited October 11, 2007 by Danno13

[Dream Catchers 0]

The Danny Doyle version is available on MSN download http://music.msn.com/album/?album=10222640

 

Jim

[Revelationroadshow 0]

The Danny Doyle version is available on MSN download http://music.msn.com/album/?album=10222640

 

Jim

 

But not to download - or at least I can't find how to

 

Thanks anyway

[Dream Catchers 0]

But not to download - or at least I can't find how to

 

Thanks anyway

look on the right hand side near the top, there is a box that gives you the option of where to download from. :Thumbup:

 

Jim

[djtim 0]

This might be worth a punt. At £3 it's not much to lose if it's c#@p!

 

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/672880/Iri...gs/Product.html

 

Tim

[Paul Smith 0]

The best version (if you can find it for download at such short notice) is Brush Shiels which is a lot more rocky than the other ones.

 

The song is about the Irish potato famine and whichever version you use fade the chorus (Long Live the Fields of Athenry etc) and let them get on with it smile icon

 

Here's more info Amazon

[Mattaious 0]

I sing that on karaoke - When im feeling sad

 

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[Tonsk 0]

I'd go with Paul's recommendation of Brush Shiels

 

Matt, if you're about today in Norwich, lemme know as I have his CD sat in my drawer.

[digitaldistortion 0]

Need a little help. Saturday's couple have asked for:

 

"Fields of Athenry"

 

An old irish folk song

 

Napster no's nothing!

 

Any ideas - albums, is the title correct etc...

 

I'd check your spelling......Napster lists 107 songs of that title!!!!!!!!!

 

[Corabar Steve 0]

Of the versions on Napster, I'd go for the version by Brace Yourself Bridget, trad enough for the oldies, ballsy enough for the younger crowd, without being a full on rock track like Brush Shiels version.

[spinner 0]

I'd check your spelling......Napster lists 107 songs of that title!!!!!!!!!

 

 

:bouncy:

[Revelationroadshow 0]

I'd check your spelling......Napster lists 107 songs of that title!!!!!!!!!

 

I seem to be having a lot of Napster problems lately - is the spelling I listed in my first post not correct then? If it is, my Napster search gave me nothing!

 

I'll have another go when I get home!

 

By the way - Tonsk - you're a star. Good to actually put a face to the name at long last!

Edited October 12, 2007 by Revelationroadshow

[Tonsk 0]

No worries - Hope the CD helps..

[Shaun101 0]

Paddy Reilly has got to be up there. Most of my family big irish family regard it as the best one. As for the that rock version a lot of the older crowd scorn upon it but then again it appeals to a lot more of the younger ones.

[jamesareback 0]

As for the that rock version a lot of the older crowd scorn upon it but then again it appeals to a lot more of the younger ones.

 

I agree that the older crowd frown upon the rock version but the younger crowd like it, also I play a clubland version of it and it always goes down well with any crowd.

 

Mike

[stevemarshall 0]

The Furey Brothers did the original and still the best:)

 

the song was written in 1888 too:)

[robbiedj 0]

No, it was written in the 1970's.

 

From Wiki:-

 

"The Fields of Athenry" is a folk song about the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849), composed in the 1970s by Inchicore songwriter Pete St. John and first recorded by Irish ballad singer Danny Doyle. It tells the story of the famine through first-person narrative, recounting the tale of a prisoner who has been sentenced to being transported to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food to feed his starving family. The claim has been made that the words originate from a broadsheet ballad published in the 1880s by Devlin in Dublin with a different tune; however Pete St. John has stated definitively that he wrote the words as well as the music, so the story of the 1880s broadsheet may be false.