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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 12:45 am |
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susansweet
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Richie Havens singing Follow the Drinking Gourd
Also he sings Give Us a Flag which is really good
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 05:16 pm |
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David White
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Well if we are going to suggest modern covers of Civil War tunes let me make an off beat suggestion of the Dropkick Murphys. They are an alternative group that plays many traditional tunes in an untraditional manner using both traditional and untraditional instruments. The vocals are in the style of the music the kids listen to today (sounds like the singer is seriously constipated) and is an acquired taste but I like their high energy and instrumentation. If you saw Martin Scorsese's The Departed one of their treatments of a traditional sailing song, Going up to Boston was prominently featured (like Scorsese or not the man knows how to integrate music into a film).
Anyway their Civil War song I like is The Fighting 69th, which was a Civil War re-lyricing (is that a word?) of the traditional Irish tune The Foggy Dew.
While I'm plugging them, I'll plug another of their songs, an anti-war ballad, that they actually do in a more traditional manner influenced by the Vietnam War but about the Great War and that is the Greenfields of France.
Anyway I'm like my parents and hate my kids' music most of the time but I like these guys and many of my daughter's friends at high school think I'm "awesome" because I listen to the Dropkicks.
Last edited on Fri Oct 19th, 2007 05:18 pm by David White
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 05:47 pm |
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Fuller
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I love the Dropkick Murphys! I already plugged them in my rap is crap thread. "Cadence to Arms" frikin rocks. "Going up to Boston" is great. Have you watched their video for Spicy McHaggis?!! Hilarious. It's to the tune of my favorite reel "Clumsy Lover."
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 05:48 pm |
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ole
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David: When did you realize that you had become your dad?
ole
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 05:53 pm |
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David White
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Ole:
When all my familiy and family's friends started calling me by my dad's name.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 07:37 pm |
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PvtClewell
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Hey, dad,
I've got an autographed CD by Molly Mason and Jay Ungar and several of my favorites off it are Hard Times, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground and Hard Crackers.
Ashoken Farewell, of course, is not a Civil War tune, but it sounds like it could've been. That's good enough for me.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 08:19 pm |
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Cookie12NJCoD
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Now I know these are old Irish sea shanty's but they are tons of fun to sing around the camp fire. Nelson's Blood, All For Me Grog and Boney was a Warrior.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 08:26 pm |
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Texas Defender
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Cookie-
Civil War songs involving ships and sailors don't seem to have made it onto the favorites lists. There are some pretty good ones, such as: "Roll, ALABAMA, Roll," and: "The Cumberland Crew."
I'm glad to see that someone likes songs of the sea. You might also like this website.
Songs of the Sea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 08:42 pm |
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ole
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Let's not forget "Shenandoah." An unforgettable.
David. No one has yet had the guts to call me Jens. They might think it, but they wouldn't say it. Come to think of it, it would be an honor. That little bugger was one helluva man.
ole
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19th, 2007 08:53 pm |
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Cookie12NJCoD
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Texas Defender wrote: Cookie-
Civil War songs involving ships and sailors don't seem to have made it onto the favorites lists. There are some pretty good ones, such as: "Roll, ALABAMA, Roll," and: "The Cumberland Crew."
I'm glad to see that someone likes songs of the sea. You might also like this website.
Songs of the Sea
Oh, I love many of the "favorites" too, I just wanted to mention these. I find many of the sea shanty's are a little more fun and silly. Must have been all that rum!
...urp....'scuze me....
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21st, 2007 06:17 pm |
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booklover
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My favorite was Abraham Lincoln's cover of the "Duke of Earl" for George McClellan:
Mac Mac Mac
Little Mac Mac Mac
Get off your ass Mac Mac
and on the grass Mac Mac
Never made the charts but Abe always thought it was Number One with a bullet. (OK, I'll stop)
Best
Rob
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Dixie Girl
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My favorite song is Dixie's Land. Bonnie Blue Flag comes next
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War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest
When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - John Wilkes Booth
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