BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs

Subject: BBC - New Series about famous Irish songs
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Jan 03 - 09:52 AM

I think many of you will be interested in this; I have seen advertisements for this new television series.

Starting this Friday 31st 9.30pm on BBC 1 Northern Ireland is a new series about famous Irish songs,(I know only some will be able to see this). Singer Brian Kennedy hosts the series and it tells the story behind these songs and the people who wrote them.

The first programme opens with the story behind the 'Isle Of Innisfree' and talks about its writer Dick Farrelly and his son Gerard Farrelly is a guest on the programme.

Another song featured in the first programme is Phil Coulter's 'The Town I Love So Well', and of course Phil will also be on the programme. I think it should be a great series.

Anyway, there you have it.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Jan 03 - 07:10 PM

Look forward to seeing that. Thanks.

Paul

Subject: Lyr Add: ISLE OF INNISFREE (Richard Farrelly)
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 12:47 PM

Saw the first programme and really enjoyed it. A shame Brian Kennedy, like so many singers got a lot of lines wrong in the 'Isle Of Innisfree'.

One would think that with this being a documentry, going into these songs in detail, that the producers of the series would have made sure that the lyrics be exactly as written by the composer. And for the BBC, this would have been so easy to verify.

And for the record:

THE ISLE OF INNISFREE (theme of The Quiet Man)

Words and Music: Richard/Dick Farrelly
Copyright: The Peter Maurice Music Co Ltd.   

I've met some folks who say that I'm a dreamer
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
When all the things he loves are far away.
And precious things are dreams onto an exile
They take him o'er the land across the sea
Especially when it happens he's an exile
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree.

(Chorus)
And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops
Of this great city wondrous tho' it be
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
I'm once again back home in Innisfree.

I wander o'er green hills thro' dreamy valleys
And find a peace no other land could know
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laughing as they flow.
And then into a humble shack I wander
My dear old home, and tenderly behold
The folks I love around the turf fire gathered
On bended knees their rosary is told.

(New chorus)
But dreams don't last
Tho' dreams are not forgotten
And soon I'm back to stern reality
But tho' they paved the footways here with gold dust
I still would choose the ISLE OF INNISFREE.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: GUEST,Sally Ann from Galway
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 05:27 PM

Unfortunately I missed the programme, but if what you say happened (in other words, 'Innisfree' murdered yet again), in a documentry by the BBC, that's unforgivable.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 06:40 PM

Well, I hope they do Spancil Hill, and get it right.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: The Pooka
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 07:16 PM

Right or wrong, I hope somebody (public television network maybe?) here in the US might pick it up & rebroadcast it sometime. Like to see.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 07:42 PM

That's BBC 1 TV - 9.30 on Friday - Brian Kennedy On Song
Brian Kennedy takes us on a musical journey around Ireland revealing the stories behind some of our best loved songs and performing with many of Ireland's best known musicians.

I can't see any indication it's archived or streamed or anything. Shame.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 07:42 PM

BBC1 TV Northern Ireland, I should,have said.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 06 Feb 03 - 10:24 PM

If there are errors, you need to be blaming the singers, not BBC Northern Ireland!

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: leprechaun
Date: 07 Feb 03 - 05:42 PM

Maybe some day those programmes will make it to Oregon on PBS.

You're my favorite GUEST.

Subject: RE: BBC -New Series about famous Irish songs
From: Coyote Breath
Date: 08 Feb 03 - 04:18 PM

Now that would be lovely indeed!

All we get here in St. Louis are extremely tired, bad, British comedy, and travel shows, and cooking shows and the occasional re-run of old Mystery! programs. Lotsa Lawrence Welk and other musical fluff. And our local PBS wonders why it's membership is falling!

CB