Wolfe Tones tickets
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Topic: Wolfe Tones tickets
Posted By: The GerK
Subject: Wolfe Tones tickets
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2023 at 10:48pm
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Looking for two for the Olympia on Sunday Oct 22.
Like all their gigs these days, tickets hard to come by which is great to see.
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Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2023 at 10:31am
Catalpa are the warm up act so give FW a shout to see if he can help out
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Posted By: irelandfan
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2023 at 10:48am
 The GerK wrote:
Looking for two for the Olympia on Sunday Oct 22.
Like all their gigs these days, tickets hard to come by which is great to see.
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Where do you think the change has happened
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I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes.
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2023 at 11:53am
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The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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Posted By: jamo1
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2023 at 3:44pm
Joe Duffy, Alan Shatter, Irish Indo reporters mainly the editor who is so far up Fine Gaels hole its actually laughable etc etc put them back on the map.
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Del Boy: You do know what a pyscopath is dont you Grandad
Grandad: Of course i know what a Pyscopath is, its a fella who dresses up in womens clothes.
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Posted By: The GerK
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2023 at 10:16pm
Gaz wrote:
Catalpa are the warm up act so give FW a shout to see if he can help out |
Have asked CW.
My niece is playing on the night too. Gold dust
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Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 9:20am
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up.
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 9:34am
Borussia wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up. |
Why?
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na.
I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to
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Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 9:41am
horsebox wrote:
Borussia wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up. |
Why? |
People can go to any gigs they want, sing whatever songs they want (and other people are allowed not to like the music also). But a song written about a Scottish Football Club 30 odd years ago isn't something I would consider part of my culture, for example.
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 9:45am
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I think it's more to do with the band and not the song, and there is a tonne of songs about the good old IRA, which we would have all been brought up listening too.
The problem with Celtic symphony is that it's a very catchy tune.
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na.
I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to
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Posted By: zizu Kilbane
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 9:45am
Borussia wrote:
horsebox wrote:
Borussia wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up. |
Why? |
People can go to any gigs they want, sing whatever songs they want (and other people are allowed not to like the music also). But a song written about a Scottish Football Club 30 odd years ago isn't something I would consider part of my culture, for example.
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That's one song in isolation but the vast majority of their songs are about irish history or the Irish social experience (such emigration).
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"Sometimes, sh*t happens, someone's gotta deal with it, and who ya gonna call?"
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Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 9:56am
zizu Kilbane wrote:
Borussia wrote:
horsebox wrote:
Borussia wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up. |
Why? |
People can go to any gigs they want, sing whatever songs they want (and other people are allowed not to like the music also). But a song written about a Scottish Football Club 30 odd years ago isn't something I would consider part of my culture, for example.
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That's one song in isolation but the vast majority of their songs are about irish history or the Irish social experience (such emigration).
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A number of those songs weren't written by them - Which isn't a swipe at them at all. Maybe it's just me but considering songs 20/30 years old (of any genre) as part of my culture is something I struggle with. The old songs that they cover I would consider more in that way but they when people seem to "defend" listening to the Wolfe Tones now (and I throw that in inverted commas as people can listen to what they like) it isn't really the old covers they seem to reference.
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 11:09am
Borussia wrote:
A number of those songs weren't written by them - Which isn't a swipe at them at all. Maybe it's just me but considering songs 20/30 years old (of any genre) as part of my culture is something I struggle with. The old songs that they cover I would consider more in that way but they when people seem to "defend" listening to the Wolfe Tones now (and I throw that in inverted commas as people can listen to what they like) it isn't really the old covers they seem to reference.
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I think what is meant by culture can vary. From an artistic and musical point of view, the Wolfe Tones are undoubtedly central from an Irish cultural point of view. They really are trailblazers from the point of view of rebel and traditional music.
That being said, I would believe that they are being used from a political culture point of view, by people who have little interest in promoting the Wolfe Tones on a musical level.
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Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 11:36am
Het-field wrote:
Borussia wrote:
A number of those songs weren't written by them - Which isn't a swipe at them at all. Maybe it's just me but considering songs 20/30 years old (of any genre) as part of my culture is something I struggle with. The old songs that they cover I would consider more in that way but they when people seem to "defend" listening to the Wolfe Tones now (and I throw that in inverted commas as people can listen to what they like) it isn't really the old covers they seem to reference.
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I think what is meant by culture can vary. From an artistic and musical point of view, the Wolfe Tones are undoubtedly central from an Irish cultural point of view. They really are trailblazers from the point of view of rebel and traditional music.
That being said, I would believe that they are being used from a political culture point of view, by people who have little interest in promoting the Wolfe Tones on a musical level. |
Are the though? I mean, politics is kinda central to a lot of their own songs.
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 11:43am
Borussia wrote:
Het-field wrote:
Borussia wrote:
A number of those songs weren't written by them - Which isn't a swipe at them at all. Maybe it's just me but considering songs 20/30 years old (of any genre) as part of my culture is something I struggle with. The old songs that they cover I would consider more in that way but they when people seem to "defend" listening to the Wolfe Tones now (and I throw that in inverted commas as people can listen to what they like) it isn't really the old covers they seem to reference.
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I think what is meant by culture can vary. From an artistic and musical point of view, the Wolfe Tones are undoubtedly central from an Irish cultural point of view. They really are trailblazers from the point of view of rebel and traditional music.
That being said, I would believe that they are being used from a political culture point of view, by people who have little interest in promoting the Wolfe Tones on a musical level. |
Are the though? I mean, politics is kinda central to a lot of their own songs. |
Thats true, but they have undoubtedly seen a resurgence at a time when there have been efforts to sanitise certain aspects of the political past. The argument of 'our songs' is indicative of this. Or indeed the focus on the 'ooh ah..' thing. There is much more too the band than that. But for commentators and online shills, it can be useful.
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Posted By: The GerK
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 11:43am
Borussia wrote:
horsebox wrote:
Borussia wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up. |
Why? |
People can go to any gigs they want, sing whatever songs they want (and other people are allowed not to like the music also). But a song written about a Scottish Football Club 30 odd years ago isn't something I would consider part of my culture, for example.
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That's one song. Do you know any of the other 20 they sing at a gig?
Thes best Tones songs for me hardly mention the IRA Boston Rose My Heart is in Ireland Streets of New York Only Our Rivers Run Free Grace Irish Eyes
All deeply embedded in our history
Oh....but the Celtic Synphony
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Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2023 at 11:53am
The GerK wrote:
Borussia wrote:
horsebox wrote:
Borussia wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
The women’s soccer team controversy put them back in the spotlight where we had people in media here and abroad basically criticising people for singing republican songs.
I think we now have a cohort of people who have said, no f**k that they are good songs and part of our culture and actually I am going to double down and make it my business to go see them and sing along.
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The "part of our culture" thing cracks me up. |
Why? |
People can go to any gigs they want, sing whatever songs they want (and other people are allowed not to like the music also). But a song written about a Scottish Football Club 30 odd years ago isn't something I would consider part of my culture, for example.
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That's one song. Do you know any of the other 20 they sing at a gig?
Thes best Tones songs for me hardly mention the IRA Boston Rose My Heart is in Ireland Streets of New York Only Our Rivers Run Free Grace Irish Eyes
All deeply embedded in our history
Oh....but the Celtic Synphony |
But that's the whole point of this. The discussion is around the political songs on both sides.
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