Originally posted by germcevoythe Dirty Old Town snippet during Bad was also fantastic
Originally posted by germcevoythe Dirty Old Town snippet during Bad was also fantastic
Originally posted by LikeASong[..]If you wanna hear a great D.O.T., get yourself into Dublin 1989-12-30 and turn out loud Running To Stand Still. Best crowd ever. Dirty old toooown... Dirty old town"
Originally posted by germcevoyit's everywhere in Lovetown. Croke was the first time it had been snippeted in ages
Originally posted by LikeASong[..]Yes but Dublin crowd is so beautiful singing it. DOT has its real meaning only when played in Dublin.
Originally posted by germcevoyeven though its an English song
Originally posted by LikeASong[..]I didn't know! In fact I thought it was a genuine dubliner song...
Originally posted by germcevoyIt was just made popular buy a Dublin gorup amd its very much an Irish song but it was written in 1949 by Ewan MacColl about his home town Salford in England
Thanks for the info. Originally posted by LikeASong[..]I knew about MacColl, but i really thought he was a complete dubliner!
Originally posted by germcevoyreading the lyric, it definatley suited Dublin (at the time) more than anywhere else. It will always be an Irish tune though
