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  • dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    If you are gonna listen to Irish music, it has to be proper traditional music and not that Irish country rubbish.

    We need a thread dedicated to Trad :D

    ha ha ha, when I was a kid I used to look at my mams records and used to wonder why loads of songs had 'Trad.' written after them, wasn't til I bought a pogues record record I understood
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    ha ha ha, when I was a kid I used to look at my mams records and used to wonder why loads of songs had 'Trad.' written after them, wasn't til I bought a pogues record record I understood

    This is more what I mean by traditional music

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqoSD1825yc
  • dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    This is more what I mean by traditional music

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqoSD1825yc

    ok sorry, didn't realise it had a diff connotation there. I thought it meant Traditionally Arranged
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    Can't beat a good lively seisún with plenty of music, drink and dance.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    My university has a society dedicated to Irish traditional music called TradSoc and they play a lot of traditional Irish instruments. They played at a Christmas carol service in there a couple of years ago.
  • dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    My university has a society dedicated to Irish traditional music called TradSoc and they play a lot of traditional Irish instruments. They played at a Christmas carol service in there a couple of years ago.

    To show what we put up with, we went to a wedding reception and half way through they let some kids get 'on the the mic' and they 'freestyled' I just wanted to die
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    To show what we put up with, we went to a wedding reception and half way through they let some kids get 'on the the mic' and they 'freestyled' I just wanted to die

    What do you mean they freestyled? What did they do?
  • dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    What do you mean they freestyled? What did they do?

    basically just made stuff up on the spot, rap style, me and missus were sat staring at the floor
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    I used to play the tin whistle, bloody good I was too. I tried to learn the fiddle but it never took.
  • dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    I used to play the tin whistle, bloody good I was too. I tried to learn the fiddle but it never took.

    could you play it with your nose? seen a Cpl of people do that, the tin whistle not the fiddle
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    could you play it with your nose? seen a Cpl of people do that, the tin whistle not the fiddle

    Nah I could never do that with either :p
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    basically just made stuff up on the spot, rap style, me and missus were sat staring at the floor

    Not sure what to make of that :o
  • dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    Not sure what to make of that :o

    believe me it is awful
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,452
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    Yeah I saw the One Direction christmas card in easons last week but not the Daniel one (probably sold out:o)
  • SILLY SUESILLY SUE Posts: 5,499
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    I was unfortunate to stumble upon one of those dreadful Daniel O'Donnell cards. :o Noticed there was also a Cliff Richard one. It was in Clintons Cards or whatever it's called.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    SILLY SUE wrote: »
    I was unfortunate to stumble upon one of those dreadful Daniel O'Donnell cards. :o Noticed there was also a Cliff Richard one. It was in Clintons Cards or whatever it's called.

    Did it play his version of Silent Night when you opened it? :o The Cliff Richard one probably plays Congratulations or one of his awful Christmas songs :o
  • mialiciousmialicious Posts: 4,686
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    basically just made stuff up on the spot, rap style, me and missus were sat staring at the floor

    you miserable sods.
  • SILLY SUESILLY SUE Posts: 5,499
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    Did it play his version of Silent Night when you opened it? :o The Cliff Richard one probably plays Congratulations or one of his awful Christmas songs :o

    I didn't muster the courage to open the Cliff one! :D The Daniel O'Donnell one was wishing a happy Christmas. As I promptly closed the card after that; I didn't get the chance to see if he actually sang.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Ever since I saw that card Daniel O'Donnell has been haunting me! He's been on TV here in Ireland (someone pass me the sick bucket) and mum got a DO'D CD for Christmas! I'm trapped in some sort of Daniel O'Donnell nightmare! I'm too young to be forced to listen to him. I like stuff like Britney Spears and The Saturdays :D Help! :o
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    It was Tommy Fleming that I was subjected to last night. I would almost rather have Daniel :eek:
  • cliffy91cliffy91 Posts: 1,462
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    Did it play his version of Silent Night when you opened it? :o The Cliff Richard one probably plays Congratulations or one of his awful Christmas songs :o

    I've had the Cliff one before,it just says 'merry christmas' or 'happy birthday' if its a birthday one,tho its not Cliff himself saying it
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    It was Tommy Fleming that I was subjected to last night. I would almost rather have Daniel :eek:

    What channel was he on?
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    What channel was he on?

    TG4 I think. It was a show from some Cathedral in Dublin. The songs were good, I just wasn't keen on him singing them.
  • JoJoJayJoJoJay Posts: 859
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    true story about my granny

    They live in a place called Oldtown, Co. Dublin, middle of nowhere to us from our council estate in Manchester. There was 1 shop, a church, a pub and a water pump, my granny was barred from the bloody pub for fighting. She was 60 odd

    😃😃😃😄😄
  • CMCM Posts: 33,235
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    I was doing some Christmas shopping this afternoon and I came across this in a shop:

    http://oi39.tinypic.com/243hnb6.jpg

    It's a Daniel O'Donnell Christmas card :o When you open it up it plays his version of Silent Night. Who on earth would buy this? And if that wasn't bad enough, they had Michael Buble and 1D Christmas cards!

    BTW I posted this in Music as it's music-related, though I use the term loosely where DO'D, Buble and 1D are concerned :D

    Plenty would like Daniel O'Donnell cards. :)
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