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CHAOS in Ireland!!!!! Justin Timberlake covers a classic Irish ballad...

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Ireland is DIVIDED over this!!!! (Well, any fucking excuse with us, really...)

But seriously, HERE is Justin Timberlake's take on the classic Irish ballad, "The 'Oul Triangle..." (The title comes from the 'triangle' that prison warders would rattle to wake prisoners every morning... "Oul" just means 'old'... Mountjoy Gaol was, and still indeed is, a functioning gaol built along the banks of North Dublin's Royal Canal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuLmTUTQok

This is ALL OVER Irish radio! I think it's FANTASTIC! (I'm not in the majority here!) Not only does he sing it with real truth and meaning, but the harmonies, (uncommon in traditional Irish folk music) hint at how, since the 1850s, Irish traditional music has influenced American popular music in a line that can be traced through Guthrie, Dylan, The Dillards, The Eagles and REM...

(Irish muso-purists are APPALLED that an American pop-star has re-interpreted a classic Irish anthem. Well, FUCK them. Music is ALIVE and never written in stone. KUDOS to Justin Timberlake for his heartfelt and beautiful rendering of an Irish classic!)

So... Whaddya Fookers Tink? (As we say here...)

xx Stephen
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(This is what we consider a "CLASSIC" version... Sung here by the late-lamented Luke Kelly of "The Dubliners...")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7birRBmNM

I'd really love if people came in with an opinion on this...

Music is my thing, and I was raised on such beauty as these folk songs...

xx SF
Liz
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Quote by stephanie

So... Whaddya Fookers Tink? (As we say here...)

xx Stephen


I quite like both versions.

The Luke Kelly version sounds more rustic and 'old country' to me. JT's is quite polished and harmonious (as you would expect).

Different strokes.

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I quite like both versions.

The Luke Kelly version sounds more rustic and 'old country' to me. JT's is quite polished and harmonious (as you would expect).

Different strokes.




"YA KIN'T LIKE DEM BOTE, YE WEE ENGLISH DEVIANT!!!!!!! PICK ONE OR WE'LL BOMB MANCHESTER... (again...) CHILDERENDENDERIDDLEDILLEDEN COULD DIE!!!!!"

xx SF

This is why I wasn't allowed in Gen-Pop...
Liz
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"YA KIN'T LIKE DEM BOTE, YE WEE ENGLISH DEVIANT!!!!!!! PICK ONE OR WE'LL BOMB MANCHESTER... (again...) CHILDERENDENDERIDDLEDILLEDEN COULD DIE!!!!!"

xx SF


I only do it to annoy the music journalists

"What'd she say? She likes both?"

"Yep."

"She can't say that! Can she?"

"I dunno."

"But... what sort of fuckin' answer is that?! She needs to pick one!"

"Whatever."

Alright, alright. If I HAD to choose one, for the sake of the children, probably the JT cover.

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I only do it to annoy the music journalists

"What'd she say? She likes both?"

"Yep."

"She can't say that! Can she?"

"I dunno."

"But... what sort of fuckin' interview is that?! She needs to pick one!"

"Whatever."

Alright, alright. If I HAD to choose one, for the sake of the children, probably the JT cover.


Correct.

(But only 'cos the other one exists, and THAT'S Irish politics in a nutshell... *Giggles!*)

I WILL tell you a true story.

I once did literacy classes and writing classes at Mountjoy... (I TAUGHT THEM YOU FUCKERS...)

The women's wing of the Gaol is above the men's wing.... (It was built in about the late 1800's...) One of the warders told me that the women prisoners often tie their knickers to pieces of thread and lower them down the wall for the pleasure of the male inmate, who'll pull the prize in through their little windows...

APPARENTLY, when said prisoners are finished admiring the finish of the lingerie... (Or whatever it is they do...) they tie cigarettes to the kninnies and then tug on the thread so that the girl knows to pull them back up... (Insert your own joke...)

And for the life of me, I just think that's beautiful...

xx SF
Liz
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And for the life of me, I just think that's beautiful...


I love your stories.

(How many cigarettes are we talking? Did they have fancy kninnies? What if they kept them?)

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I love your stories.

(How many cigarettes are we talking? Did they have fancy kninnies? What if they kept them?)


Ahh, now Pharie... Sure, there'd be a carton of Marlboro Red Sellotaped to the remains of yours as they were sent back up, the centre chewed out of them, and half the lads on B-wing picking cotton from their teeth and smiling blissfully... Money well spent... And you only in overnight for a parking fine... Jayzus!

xx SF

(I'm going to hell...)
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Having listened to both, I have to agree with Liz. They are both quite good. But to avoid havin' me home destroyed, again, I'll go with Liz. Justin's cover is a wee bit more polished and the harmonies are 'spot on'. Raised on Tommy Makem and the Clancy's I do have an appreciation of music from the 'Auld Sod'
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By the way.....you two are having way too much fun here! It should be illegal!
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I listened to both. I think the Dubliners version is more raw and heartfelt, but I prefer JT's rendition. I think he gave it due respect and didn't "Americanise" it. The harmonies were beautifully done.
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Justin Beaver version... defo...
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Sorry, you are gonna hate my answer, but I like both versions. I think JT did a great job, and it takes guts for an american to take that song on. I also really like the original version because it sounds more rustic. smile
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Justin Beaver version... defo...


You are such a trouble maker!
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Definitely original. ..but than again I have a thing for husky in this case 'ish' voices. I didn't understand most of the lyrics, but is heartfelt and so emotional.
JT did okay job, I think, however his emotions that are coming trough I just cannot connect to the song. maybe a wee too much pathetic? However much respect for JT for doing this cover, maybe 0.1% of his fans would be curious enough and google original version and learn something new about the music and its heritages. Like I did today smile

edit: actually I fell in love with the original and Luke Kelly. I keep listening to the song. Thanks Stephanie!!
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Here is another version I like too. Just throwing something else in the mix. Not the biggest Timberlake fan but he can sing, no doubt.
Buz
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Maybe ole Justin has some Irish in him. You know there are like 40 million Irish-Americans running around spreading their genes all over the place here.