The Mero (explanation wanted)

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: MartinRyan
Date: 04 Nov 01 - 06:06 PM

The Mero was a cinema in Mary St. in Dublin. Can't recall its proper name at the moment. The song is classic urban nostalgia, remembering days when the city was of a size which allowed a sense of community to survive. I know - I was there!

Regards

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST,Rainer
Date: 01 Nov 01 - 05:18 AM

Some people mean the Mero was a district and some people mean it was a cinema. I think the most people are thinking that The Mero was a district in Dublin.

What is Nelsons Column? I am sorry, but I do not understand it.

Now my conclusion: The Mero is a song about a district in Dublin where a lot of people had lived, like crazy people like Bang-Bang or well known like Brendan Behan. The narrator is talking about his life and his life in this district. The narrator do not visit the church and like to drink. Am I right? What is about the violence in the 9th verse and fear in the 1st verse. What mean the phrase "Who is your man?"?

Kind regards Rainer

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST,Navillus
Date: 01 Nov 01 - 02:19 AM

The pillar refers to Nelsons Column which was pulled down in Dublin. It is also referred to in the song "The Rare Ould Times". I was told that the Mero was a district in Dublin.

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Nov 01 - 02:02 AM

Hello!

In the link listed further up are just some slang words explained, but not the meaning of the whole song.

If it is just about visiting a cinema what means the first verse and why they are talking about a church and all those people in Dublin? In the first verse the narrator seems to be nervous, I do not think that it is just the fear about someone under his bed. So why is he really nervous? The song said Dublin has changed since the pillar was going down, what does that mean?

Perhaps I am thinking about it in a complicated way, but if it were just a song about a cinema then there would not be such infomations about the church, the people (bang-bang) and the narrator himself.

Kind regards

Rainer

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST,Paddy(1)
Date: 31 Oct 01 - 05:00 PM

Rainer

This song has nothing to do with the troubles in the North.
It is an amusing ditty which sketches some everyday occurrences in Dublin over a period.
I recommend you go to the link listed further up this thread.
The MERO was the slang name for a particular cinema, I have no idea which, but the song is suggesting nothing more sinister than a visit to a cinema !
Paddy(1)

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST,Rainer
Date: 31 Oct 01 - 04:02 PM

Hello!

I am still trying to get the meaning of this song. Give me a try: The song is about the troubles (North Ireland/Republic of Ireland). Some people want to solve the problem with alcohol and some people are going to the church. Everyone is getting crazy (they're all playing bang-bang) about this situation. Am I right, or not? I am not sure!

Kind regards Rainer

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST,Stavanger Bill
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 04:40 AM

Hi Rainer,

I think "The Mero" is a place in Dublin. Within the text there is a reference "Bang, Bang shoots the busses with a golden key". I was once told by someone from Dublin that Bang, Bang was one of Dublin's street characters. He had suffered some form of mental illness (probably shell shock) during the First World War, he had been decorated and been given the freedom of the city of Dublin (the golden key). He was to be seen on the streets of Dublin shooting at the busses with his key, in the same way that small boys used to do with sticks while playing "cowboys and indians", up until he died (I think in 1957).

All the best, Bill.

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST,Rainer
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 03:48 AM

Thanks, but I have read it already. There are just some explanations for the slang words. I am just looking for the sense of this song. Is it a song about the war between North-Ireland and the Republic? And what does this cinema mean "The Mero".

Kind regards Rainer

Subject: RE: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: Snuffy
Date: 28 Oct 01 - 06:27 PM

try looking in this thread for lots of information LYR REQ: The Mero. There are several other threads requesting the same info, but they all ultimately lead back to here.

Wassail! V

Subject: The Mero (explaination wanted)
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Oct 01 - 04:35 PM

Hello!

English is not my native language and therefore I have some problems with the lyrics of "The Mero".

What is the sense of "The Mero"?

Kind regards Rainer