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01 Sep 01 - 06:26 PM (#539855) Subject: Dublin Bay From: Thomas the Rhymer I really like singing this song:
And the future is as big and as wide as Dublin Bay The trouble I'm having with it is chiefly this; in a book by an Irish scholar that I found in my local library, he spoke open disparagement towards the song. For him, it was just not 'authentic', and he thought it was an impostor, obviously written quite recently, and therefore,... schlock. Anyone out there like it too? I'd love to sing it again, but the old boy really took the wind out o me 'Dublin Bay' sails...ttr |
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02 Sep 01 - 07:32 AM (#540111) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: MartinRyan Thomas What was the book? Regards |
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02 Sep 01 - 09:55 AM (#540143) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: Clinton Hammond Who cares what the book was... it's sounds like it's written by someone educated beyond their level of intelligence! It's a damn fine piece of song, no matter how ya butter it! play it, play it lots, and play it LOUD! Check out Stephen Fearing's version of it, followed by a kickass version of King Of The Fairies, on his CD "Out To Sea"! It's probably my favourite version so far... ;-) |
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02 Sep 01 - 01:09 PM (#540244) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: Thomas the Rhymer I gotta tell you, that is one of my all time favorite recordings... When I took up DADGAD, and actually learned 'Welfare Wednesday', my whole world shifted... But Dublin Bay is best in standard tuning, with high energy. Have you ever seen Steven Fearing in concert? I haven't, and would love too! I can't remember the author's name, and the book is not in front of me... He is worth wading through though, 'cause he published some really fine old material. It is in the Kitsap County Library system, in washington state. Something like 'Irish Minstrelry' or sumptin...ttr |
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02 Sep 01 - 01:15 PM (#540248) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: Clinton Hammond I've seen Stephen a few times... he's pegged me as the guy at the Windsor Folk Club who always has a smoke for him... I used to play WW, but like Stephen says, these days, it's just too much of a downer... I think I'm gonna have to dust down Dublin Bay... I'll tell Stephen HI for ya when he's here in a couple of months... ;-) |
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02 Sep 01 - 01:31 PM (#540262) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: Thomas the Rhymer Well, yeh, but sometimes, too much of a downer is just right... musically, that is... Like when the 'love of your life' dumps you for a backstabbing idiot.... I got to admit, too, that I usually chicken out of that song whenever I think I might play it out... With Dublin Bay, I like to Advance the Em in the little break a bit, by rushing it rhythymicly, and then holding it untll it's normal ending time... gives it that extra sumptin. ... and yes, Mr. Fearing has influenced me a great deal. I am indeed grateful. ttr |
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02 Sep 01 - 02:36 PM (#540302) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: Clinton Hammond I'd kill to be able to play HALF as well as he does!!! :-) |
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02 Sep 01 - 05:23 PM (#540412) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: MartinRyan No panic! I'm just curious, as usual. I've never heard the song and am just wondering how old it is and where it come from. As a dubliner, I'm a bit puzzled by the reference to "the Lough". Any more words, please? There are several songs, not surprisingly, with the title - including at least one shipwreck account. Regards p.s. Clinton is, of course, right! If you like the damn thing and sing it in a way that you and others enjoy - get on with it and to hell with the critic! |
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02 Sep 01 - 05:36 PM (#540416) Subject: RE: Dublin Bay From: Clinton Hammond ^5's MR! |