Ronnie Drew Tribute/Statue?

brummytom

rubadub wrote: »

No, he lived there much later on in life, and is buried there.

Yep, was born in Dun Laoghaire and lived there with his grandparents during his childhood as far as I know

ynotdu

Brummy,enjoyed that video,Ronnie does indeed do the song justice!
John Shean aint half bad on the thin whistle on it either is he?
Have them playing on a CD at the moment along with a few cans.
Bliss!:)

Ronnie and Luke had a much deeper side to them than a casual observor would know.

They actually made a pact that they would not sing songs to inspire or encourage violence during the *troubles*.

it cost them dearly in terms of earnings as the Wolfe Tones were cleaning up on the back of *lets kill the fcukers*type ballads.

So Yayyyyyyyyy to ya Ronnie one year on,the twinkle in your eye is now a twinkle in the Heavens:)

brummytom

Yep John Sheahan's a great tin-whistler (and fiddler/mandolin player - man of many talents), my favourite of his whistle tunes is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2iHNSlJMfc

I heard some interview with Ronnie where he said something like "When children are getting killed, that's when I stopped supporting it. From that day I vowed never to sing another rebel song".
Too bloody right aswell; always seemed to me a man of great substance - you read his biography at all?

I realise I'm rambling, but once I'm started on the Dubs there's no shutting me up :P

I'm sure Ronnie Luke and Ciaran are up there tonight having a good old session

ynotdu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7quXT5K9zg

ynotdu

brummytom wrote: »

Yep John Sheahan's a great tin-whistler (and fiddler/mandolin player - man of many talents), my favourite of his whistle tunes is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2iHNSlJMfc

I heard some interview with Ronnie where he said something like "When children are getting killed, that's when I stopped supporting it. From that day I vowed never to sing another rebel song".
Too bloody right aswell; always seemed to me a man of great substance - you read his biography at all?

I realise I'm rambling, but once I'm started on the Dubs there's no shutting me up :P

I'm sure Ronnie Luke and Ciaran are up there tonight having a good old session

No did not read his biography.but i drank with him twice,once it was just me and him for an hour before he was due to play,he had stage fright and he had a piece of paper with the first line of each verse of each song he intended to sing,he told me he had stagefright all his career!

He seemed so relaxed on TV it is hard to believe aint it?but i swear its true!

Oh btw You are not rambling its just called enthusism:)

brummytom

ynotdu wrote: »

No did not read his biography.but i drank with him twice,once it was just me and him for an hour before he was due to play,he had stage fright and he had a piece of paper with the first line of each verse of each song he intended to sing,he told me he had stagefright all his career!

He seemed so relaxed on TV it is hard to believe aint it?but i swear its true!

Oh btw You are not rambling its just called enthusism:)

Oh wow - I'm very jealous! It's weird to think of Ronnie having nerves, he always seemed so confident and relaxed on stage! Really interesting, thanks

3hn2givr7mx1sc

brummytom wrote: »

****in hell, I spent ages looking to find the 'add poll' option! Google's ****.
Anyway, Poll added.. considering there's so many Dubs on here, I'd be interested hearing what they think.

You don't have to be from Dublin to like Ronnie Drew or The Dubliners, you should know that better than anyone.

brummytom

Alani Massive Mourner wrote: »

You don't have to be from Dublin to like Ronnie Drew or The Dubliners, you should know that better than anyone.

Fair point, I just meant because the proposed statue would be in Dublin, so it'd be Dublin residents ultimately paying for it.

Four-Percent

Jaysus, I had my first pint in a pub in O'Donoghue's, didn't know that it was the Dubliner's old haunt:eek:

AnonoBoy

Four-Percent wrote: »

Jaysus, I had my first pint in a pub in O'Donoghue's, didn't know that it was the Dubliner's old haunt:eek:

There's another pub inside O'Donoghue's? Jaysus - did O'Donoghue's go on a mad pub eating rampage or something and devour a load of other watering holes? :eek:

Four-Percent

AnonoBoy wrote: »

There's another pub inside O'Donoghue's? Jaysus - did O'Donoghue's go on a mad pub eating rampage or something and devour a load of other watering holes? :eek:

Shurrup!

Xavi6

Joe Dolan should get one first.

Doc

Wait until they all die then build one for all of them there is a recession on after all.

If you cant wait then buy a gun.

Fratton Fred

Rebelheart wrote: »

I had much more time for Luke Kelly's singing but a statue to both of them or The Dubliners would be a nice addition to the Dublin landscape, insofar as statues of mere mortals have any purpose at all. But that's another issue.

yeah, exactly, why have a statue to someone who didn't blow anybody up :rolleyes:

johnny_knoxvile

a Ronnie Drew Petting Zoo would be nicer.

Xavi6

johnny_knoxvile wrote: »

a Ronnie Drew Petting Zoo would be nicer.

I thought O'Searcaigh had that one sewn up.

johnny_knoxvile

Xavi6 wrote: »

I thought O'Searcaigh had that one sewn up.

thats the "heavy petting" Zoo...its different.

Dancor

Xavi6 wrote: »

Joe Dolan should get one first.

He did...

ynotdu

A bio of luke has just started on RTE1 TV,bound to include mention of Ronnie(to stay sort of on topic!:)) finishs at midnight.

brummytom

ynotdu wrote: »

A bio of luke has just started on RTE1 TV,bound to include mention of Ronnie(to stay sort of on topic!:)) finishs at midnight.

I hate being in England... anyone know a proxy to watch RTE's iplayer thing on?

mickos

brummytom wrote: »

I hate being in England... anyone know a proxy to watch RTE's iplayer thing on?

It doesn't seem to be up online yet Tom either ways. Great show though. Interview with Ronnie re: Luke. Some of the techies here will sort it for you i'm sure.

Rebelheart

Programme on Luke Kelly on RTÉ 1 at the moment, 18 August 2009. It's called simply 'Luke'. They are now talking about his massive funeral and how "all Dublin stopped" (Des Geraghty). Phil Coulter, Christy Moore, Bono, Gerry Adams and a whole slew of people are contributing to it.

brummytom

Is it this by any chance?

mickos

That s it Tom. After watching it I'm sitting back now having a can and listening to a bit of Luke. What a legend. Excellent documentary as well.

ynotdu

brummytom wrote: »

I hate being in England... anyone know a proxy to watch RTE's iplayer thing on?

Hi,ya brummy,i am not teasing i swear,it was excellant.

He died aged just 44,i could not believe that:(

proxys are a bit dodgy,a lot of them are fronts for accesing all your files passwords etc.

there are some genuine ones but are mainly for the Chinese to by-pass censorship there,also they do not support streaming video in most cases.

there is a good one i know of that does the biz,the trial period is only for three days and limits you to an American ip.

im not sure if i can post its name as it is pay software,but you can choose to appear to be in almost every country to watch their players with the full version.
if you are interested i can PM you its name.
cheers.

brummytom

I watched it about a year ago but had forgotten about it until tonight - just started watching it again; it's great.

God bless kellyoneill for uploading it (anyone who's ever watched a video of Luke on youtube has probably watched a video she's uploaded)


EDIT: Cheers ynotdu, but I've got it now.. no need for pesky proxys :P

ynotdu

brummytom wrote: »

I watched it about a year ago but had forgotten about it until tonight - just started watching it again; it's great.

God bless kellyoneill for uploading it (anyone who's ever watched a video of Luke on youtube has probably watched a video she's uploaded)


EDIT: Cheers ynotdu, but I've got it now.. no need for pesky proxys :P

i did not notice your link Brummy as it was translated to THIS(i must practice that sometime:))
glad you can watch it,and now i have saved the link to my favourites so i can watch it again when the mood takes...........:)

so i owe ya one!

Rebelheart

brummytom wrote: »

Is it this by any chance?

That's the one. I never heard of GoogleVideos until your link. Seems pretty cool. I'm going to check now if they have entire movies on there! Thanks!