Happy St Patrick's Day! I have to head out pretty soon, meet up with some friends. We're going to drink some green beer and see a parade in downtown. Today's the day where I put on my green Doc Martens.
I've put up some more Irish music videos and ran across Black 47. This is the New York band, formed in 1989 and was named after the infamous Irish Potato Famine 1845-47.
I'm surprise to see that the band is still around and released Elvis Murphys' Green Suede Shoes in 2005 and Bittersweet Sixteen (collection) in 2006.
The first music video I've seen from them is "Funky Ceili", which played a few times on MTV's 120 Minutes. The song is about an Irish bank worker (probably based on the singer, Larry Kirwan's true story) who's down on his luck and went off to America. The song's for his girl, Bridie.
If you're wondering what a funky ceili is, it's from the Gaelic word Ceilidh which means a social gathering with music, dancing, etc. Céilí is the Irish spelling while Cèilidh is the Scotish.
Here are some more video selections:
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