When I was about 12, I had a VHS tape (yes, I am ancient) of an old "Tom Brown's Schooldays" film. It featured part of the song Molly Malone (that some boys were singing in the common room). It was only a part of it and it hadn't anything to do with the story, but I remember thinking it was absolutely lovely. This was back in the day before the Internet and YouTube, so following up on it was very difficult (Indian/Saudi Arabian interest in Irish music was never very high). And so the song drifted from my mind.
And then, yesterday, I came across this.
The movie featured singers who sounded like choirboys (and probably were), and they sounded good enough, but this man's voice really seems to hit the spot. The gruffness of age lends an added element of nostalgia and "what might have been" to the song that really touches you.
4 comments:
I'm confused...are you also a boy and his hippo? Also, I don't have my headphones here, so remind me to listen to this sometime when I do!
Yup, same person. I alternate between two different email accounts and didn't feel like signing out and in everytime I felt like updating the blog.
Also, I'm kinda sorta surprised you didn't know of the Dubliners. They sound like your kind of band.
I know the Dubliners, my dad has one of their cd's...I think that's how I know them anyway :) I danced to a lot of the songs they sing in dance class too
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