Did you know that St. Patrick’s Day commemorates Ireland’s widespread acceptance of Christianity, to the credit of a young man named Patrick who would later become a patron saint of Ireland? I tried to find Patrick’s full original name for you, pre-sainthood, but gave up after a few minutes. My Irish Catholic girlfriend said that when a person is sainted, their original name is “wiped from the earth,” but I think she’s just kidding. Anyway! This Patrick kid was kidnapped at 16 and made a slave in Ireland, but then he escaped to Britain where I’m assuming he learned all about Christianity, and then he went BACK to Ireland to teach them how to be Christians instead of Celtic polytheists. Cheers!
So in honor of yet another holiday that we celebrate without really knowing why, we’ve put together a playlist of songs that could possibly make you feel like you’re in Ireland! (Unless you’re already in Ireland, in which case this whole playlist will probably seem silly. You could make a better one.) Or they could remind you of that time you went to an Irish pub that played Irish music. Or maybe it’s just a string of songs that include fiddles and bagpipes or neither and sound somewhat similar or not at all or are by Irish bands. Maybe, much like St. Patrick’s Day itself, this playlist can just be a good excuse to pause Lent, drink beer/whisky and sing along.
sorta
Roll Away Your Stone – Mumford & Sons
Streams of Whiskey – The Pogues
Untitled – Neutral Milk Hotel
O Valencia! – The Decemberists
Volcano – Damien Rice
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Drunken Lullabies – Flogging Molly
Rejoice – U2
Lorelei – Cocteau Twins
The Seven Deadly Sins – Flogging Molly
Mandinka – Sinead O’Conner
Zombie – The Cranberries
Sally MacLennane – The Pogues
There Will Always Be An Ireland – The Mountain Goats
Thickets – Patrick Wolf
Dil Nachde – Delhi 2 Dublin
Want to suggest a playlist theme? Hit Crystal up on Formspring and someone on the team might make it for you.
zoooooooombie!!! IN YOUR HEAD <3
Yes. I mean I'm currently trying to forget my that my ex-Irish-girlfriend dumped me recently but ZOMBIEEEE
Thanks for this x
Im not sure what i think of some of the choices in this but at least its giving me something to listen to as england beat ireland in rugby :( good job i guess :)
Interesting mix…like it all but U2.
I strongly recommend clicking my links. I mean, you don’t have to, but don’t you like to have fun?
Enter The Haggis – Lanigan’s Ball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7JvpiV5qK0
DJ Schmolli – Johnny’s 99 Problems (But The Pot Of Gold Ain’t One) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoBa9p1Bu2w
ENTER THE HAGGISSSSSSSS
I FREAKING LOVE ENTER THE HAGGIS. I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE IN THE WORLD.
WE ARE IN THE WORLD TOGETHER!
All the cool kids listen to Enter the Haggis.
Dude I had no idea anyone else listened to Enter the Haggis! Yay!
Enter the Haggis is Scottish…?
Luckily, as we will all be drunk today, the actual countries that bands are from is largely irrelevant. :)
Ha sorry I dont know which is worse that I left that comment or that I stayed 100% sober on Paddy’s day :( :-/
Oh! And Charlie Mops, of course.
Also C’est la Vie by B*Witched, and the soundtrack to Riverdance. ;)
OH GOD NO!!! haha
Hahaha, Nina. YES. If I wanted to torture foreigners with Irish-ishness I’d definitely include those.
I should be evil and make B*Witched my ringtone for the weekend… :)
Do it >:D
OMGG BRB LISTENING TO B*WITCHED
Have just remembered the crush I had on the curly-haired B*Witcher Lindsay Armaou when B*Witched were first around. Gorgeous, gorgeous girl.
Needs Moar Pogues!
It needs some Gaelic Storm. I recommend “Johnny Tarr”– best. Drinking. Song. Ever.
I like Gaelic Storm’s song about punching Russel Crowe in the face. Good song.
“Before the Night is Over” will always have a special place in my heart…
I must protest the exclusion of Dropkick Murphys, it’s not St. Patrick’s day without DKM
Against Me!- Pints of Guinness Will Make you Strong
Flogging Molly- If I Ever Leave This World Alive
(Both because I like my Irish-ish songs depressing)
And..
Dropkick Murphy’s- The Dirty Glass
Wallis Bird :) because she’s gay too!
Also, according to a new academic paper (that I read about on jezebel), apparently it’s likely that St. Patrick had been a tax collector in Roman Britain and moved to Ireland so he could trade slaves.
I am Irish and I’ve been drinking since 11 am. It’s going well.
… you’re still spelling everything correctly. Mildly unacceptable.
HOW did Lisa Hannigan not make this list????
Might I also suggest:
House of Pain – Top O’ The Mornin’ To Ya
http://youtu.be/15qc3_joy5A
Black 47 – Funky Ceili
Nice mix. I would like to suggest Grada because they are fun and Irish and have fiddles. Also Sinead Lohan (90’s, yay!). Oh and The Frames, The Frames!
YES the Frames :) … and the Swell Season are equally tremendous (and only 50% less Irish)
I listened to the Pogues and Flogging Molly while remaining modestly drunk throughout the day, mostly in a pub, although there was Chinese food involved later on.
oh good I thought I was the only Pogues listener. I played them at work, no one could understand the words so I was ok, I did see a few puzzled looks like, no..that couldn’t be what I heard…
I’m sorry but has nobody ever heard of the Irish lesbian musician wallis Bird? you have to, have to, HAVE TO check her out. do yourself a favour……
Also check out Fionn Regan, who looks a little like a lesbian.
Ahh St. Patricks, also known as my birthday! I went out and all the beer was green, but that is fine cos I don’t like beer anyway.
Also, THIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9w_KpxI-z4
Ahh no Chieftains? On St. Patrick’s Day? They’re the only good thing about a weird holiday.
my St Patrick’s Day playlist: Pogues, Dropkick Murphy’s, Flogging Molly, more Pogues, Cranberries, Chieftains, a random fiddle instrumental song, more Pogues.
my St Patrick’s day drinking list: Smithwick’s, Guinness, Harpoon (from Boston so it’s practically Irish), Jameson, more Smithwick’s.
it was a very fine day indeed.
oh, and some of The Dubliners (the band, not the Joyce novel).