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Lidi 21 May 98 - 05:43 PM
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Subject: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Lidi
Date: 21 May 98 - 05:43 PM

Hi everyone...

I was just wondering if anyone here knows where I can get hold of an mp3 of "rocky road to Dublin"? I want to download the song if it exists as an mp3 on the net...could someone help me out, please? I would be very grateful if so... sláinte..


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: rosebrook
Date: 21 May 98 - 09:12 PM

what is an mp3?


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Bruce O.
Date: 21 May 98 - 11:25 PM

So, I'm not the only one mystified. (Song and tune are in DT)


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 22 May 98 - 12:17 AM

G'day,
What is mp3? Have a look at this thread. If that's a bit technical, mp3 is a very new means of storing audio in high quality, high compressed form.

Cheers,
Alan


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 22 May 98 - 12:47 AM

And this:

What is MP3?

What is Layer 3 Audio (better known as MP3)?

MPEG layer 3 is an audio format that produces highly compressed files without sacrificing audio quality. Perceived frequency response and signal-to-noise ratio are retained. Without data reduction, digital audio signals typically consist of 16 bit samples recorded at a sampling rate more than twice the actual audio bandwidth (i.e. 44.1 kHz for Compact Disks). So you end up with more than 1400 kbit to represent just one second of stereo music in CD quality. By using MPEG audio coding, you may shrink down the original sound data from a CD by a ratio of 12 to 1, without losing sound quality. The compression ratio by itself makes the MP3 format ideal for copying songs to computer. The smaller file size also means that posts will be less likely to be dropped: a 1-part file is more likely to come through whole than a 12-part file. The disadvantages of MP3 compression are that lots of processor power is required to encode and play files, a sound-card is required (16-bit sound card recommended for PCs), and the player/encoder/decoder software is not in widespread use; although, it is being used more and more each day.

And it appears that you probably need a Pentium!

Regards John


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Jon W.
Date: 22 May 98 - 10:15 AM

Now, Alan, if you'll just add MP3 to your MIDITXT program we'll be in business. Shouldn't take more'n half an hour or so (tongue very far in cheek).


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Bert
Date: 22 May 98 - 12:35 PM

Seeing as you mentioned "Rocky Road to Dublin" I have some questions about the song.

Years ago when my Father was a boy, my Great Grandmother used to sing the song to him.

The way that he remembers it is...

They've banished all the hogs on the rocky road to Dublin
Garra ga dira thum
Gara ga dira thagga dee
Garra ga dira thum

The questions are...
Does anyone have any more of this version?
Are they nonsense words or is it meant to be Gaelic?
Does anyone know versions other than the one that The Dubliners sing?

Thanks, Bert.


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Harald
Date: 22 May 98 - 12:48 PM

No, it´s not gaelic. These are "nonsense-words" very common in Irish music, often used in choruses. I could imagine that they are derived from the former lilting-style, used when the Irish language was forbidden, and people had to sing without using words at all.


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Harald
Date: 22 May 98 - 12:52 PM

The Rocky Road to Dublin


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: McGrath
Date: 22 May 98 - 02:03 PM

Yip! Harald is right. It's only lilting or mouth music. Lilting is still a recognised art and there are lilting competitions to this day. It is most useful if you have no instruments to play as was the usual case in the bad days of old.

Dances were often held where mouth music was the only form of music out of neccessity.

Regards Frank


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: alison
Date: 22 May 98 - 09:22 PM

Hi,

Isn't it on "The Long black veil" being massacred by the Chieftains and the Rolling Stones?

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who didn't know what an mp3 was.

Slainte

Alison


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: Harald
Date: 22 May 98 - 10:52 PM

Yes Alison, it is. But besides, do you know of at least one folky group that did not do a version of the Rocky Road ? So I can accept the Stones´ version, too. Obviously, they had lots of fun, playing it. Isn´t that also an aim of folk music ?

Slan go foill, Harald


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: alison
Date: 23 May 98 - 09:47 PM

Hi,

Certainly is Harald. Many a good song I've helped massacre in my time too. And a good time was had by all.

slainte

alison


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: GUEST,old farts
Date: 11 Oct 04 - 04:08 PM

so where the fuck is the mp3


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Subject: RE: Rocky road to Dublin - mp3
From: mack/misophist
Date: 11 Oct 04 - 08:22 PM

One small complaint: The midi link offered by Harald is quite a lot like Rocky Road but doesn't really match any version I've ever heard.

Lidi: If your ISP allows 4.6 megabyte attachments, PM me your address and I'll mail it to you.


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